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10 Minutes A Day 2020 Endorsements

For President:

Joseph R. "Joe" Biden, Jr.

Joe Biden has a very important platform for people with disabilities. It includes the US ratifying international treaties on disability rights, creating a senior disability advocacy position in his administration, ending the sub-minimum wages disabled people are often forced to accept (as low as $1/hour), fully implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act to ensure that we live up to our promises to end discrimination against disabled individuals, ending the asset limit for SSI recipients that forces many disabled people to live in poverty, increasing benefits for low-income disabled SSDI recipients, and more. He also has plans to address poverty, such as ensuring that people who are in need of housing vouchers receive them, providing tax credits for healthcare, and ensuring rural broadband access is something that is a given for people. He will invest in farmers and end the tariffs; make foreign policy decision wisely and with diplomacy, experience, and international respect; and pay teachers what they deserve. He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction, an honor that puts him in a rare category and among only a handful of others who were given this award. Joe Biden wants to fight for us, all of us, to build a better today and a brighter tomorrow, and it is with pleasure that we endorse him for President of the United States for 2020. We also have merchandise to support Joe, and in the spirit of supporting causes (and people) whom he's supported, you can find many different items that show your support for Joe & also provide financial support to disenfranchised communities and social justice work.

For Vice-President:

Senator Kamala D. Harris

Kamala Harris is the daughter of immigrants and epitomizes the American Dream. Her late mother, Shymala Goplan, immigrated from India to the US to attend graduate school as a cancer researcher. Kamala’s father came from Jamaica to pursue an advanced degree in economics, and they met while members of the civil rights movement, a movement that Kamala has taken part in her whole life (even as a child in a stroller).

Kamala Harris was the first 2020 presidential candidate to unveil an ADA For the People initiative, which would strengthen and protect the rights of people with disabilities, our nation's largest minority,

 Kamala has a long record of advocating for social justice, successfully fighting against predatory lenders, for-profit-colleges, financial institutions (and other entities that foreclosed on millions of Americans’ homes during the great recession), big polluters, or other entities. She has fought for survivors, victims and families of gun violence victims, and has done much towards a fair criminal justice system--she was the first person to institute mandatory body cameras and implicit bias training, and from her Back on Track Program, to her Senate bill to end cash bail. Kamala's only client has always been the people--not corporations, not foreign governments--the people. She sponsored legislation to end Black maternal mortality, has supported HBCU's and diversity in STEM and in hiring, and continues to advocate for a compassionate approach to criminal justice that treats mental health as a health matter, not a crime. She supported bills to protect voting rights, is a big supporter of the right to choose (and the only 2020 candidate to mention the moderator's failure to even mention this issue after 5 debates), and she sits on four important committees. Senator Harris is known for her kindness, and on the night that she spoke at the DNC, a record 21.4 million people tuned in to listen.

As an organization that supports members of disenfranchised classes and social justice, particularly disability justice, we are proud to endorse Kamala Harris for Vice-President.

For Alaska State Representative: HD 25:

Janice Park

Janice Park is running for state representative in Alaska's House District 25, and her race is an important one. In her own words, Janice says, "Alaska has promises to keep. Promises to out children. I am fighting for the things that will benefit their future. Join me in that fight."

In addition to being a hardworking Alaskan of seventeen years who is passionate, intelligent, and who cares about her community, we consider Janice to be a friend whom we are proud to endorse for this seat. Janice's priorities include quality pre-K and education, Medicaid expansion, affordable healthcare, and coverage regardless of pre-existing conditions, and protecting reproductive rights. Help elect Janice  in 2020! We have known Janice for years, and her kindness and commitment to her community would make her an incredible asset to the Alaska legislature.

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