Anquam Mahamoud

Civil Rights

Support the efforts of organizations like UnRestrict MN and Gender Justice to ensure that Minnesotans of all genders, sexual identities and LGBTQIA community have access to culturally responsive care. Learn more

Criminal Justice / Public Safety

Ban tear gas, a chemical weapon which is banned by the Geneva Protocol. Learn more

Support youth afterschool programs to provide an alternative to riskier activities. Learn more

Fund restorative justice approaches to violence in our communities, and work towards breaking the cycle of youth entering the criminal/legal justice system through upstream, collaborative, restorative and rehabilitative approaches to the fore. This work is successful through engaging counties, local school districts, police agencies, and families, and is being championed by leaders like Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty. Learn more

Ban the use of no-knock warrants. Learn more

End the criminalization of poverty also known as the cash bail system. Learn more

Support common-sense and needed gun reform laws like universal background checks, red flag laws (“extreme risk protection orders”) and straw purchase reforms as large, system level approaches are the best way to limit the easy availability of firearms. Learn more

End qualified immunity, which is a form of legal protection that prevents bad officers from being fired for misconduct. Learn more

Economy

Support our small businesses and emerging entrepreneurs with economic investments along our cultural and commercial corridors (Franklin Ave East, East Lake Street, 38th Street, and George Floyd Square). Learn more

Education

Secure funding for the Stable Homes Stable Schools program which is a pioneering partnership between MPHA, City of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, and Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) that works to improve families’ housing stability, students’ school attendance, and students’ educational outcomes through rental assistance and wrap-around supportive services. Learn more

Minnesota has some of the highest nation’s costs for child care. We must adequately fund comprehensive childcare and school-based childcare for all children to ensure families can find and afford the care they need. Learn more

Expand the Full-Service Community School Model that will help increase enrollment, improve attendance and academic outcomes for students and more. Learn more

Protect the Northstar Promise Act that removes financial barriers and improves equity in our education system by offering tuition free higher education. Learn more

Fix decaying infrastructure at Minneapolis Public Schools by securing funding to replace lead pipes, upgrade facilities, and provide students the experience they deserve. Learn more

Fully fund our public schools so our students are prepared to thrive whether they continue to post-secondary education or the workforce. Learn more

Support comprehensive sexual health education that teaches about healthy relationships, LGBTQ health, and consent. Learn more

Support student debt forgiveness for loans held by the state of Minnesota. Learn more

I support the Education Support Professionals Bill of Rights which will Increase the starting wages for all ESPs in Minnesota Public Schools to 25 an hour, provides them with health insurance, and ensures that all ESPs have access to twelve hours of professional development each year. Learn more

Prioritize and implement immediate funding for Minneapolis Public Schools to prevent mass layoffs and budget cuts. Learn more

Ensure our educators are earning a family-sustaining wage, and that classroom sizes do not exceed unsustainable levels in our public schools. Learn more

Environment / Energy

Fully leverage the federal Inflation Reduction Act to shrink our carbon footprint to aggressively reach our state and local climate action goals. Learn more

Close Smith Foundry to improve health outcomes and promote environmental justice for our most diverse communities. Learn more

Expand tree canopy efforts statewide and provide relief for residents paying for tree removals from the emerald ash borer. No resident should be forced out of their home because they cannot pay unplanned costs. Learn more

Support the Prove it First legislation, which requires any new mining proposal to undergo an independent and rigorous environmental review process conducted over the course of several years. Learn more

Provide State Funding for the Minneapolis Climate Equity Plan which sets goals to significantly reduce pollution by 2030 and become carbon neutral by 2050. And prioritize the Southside and Northside Green Zones along with neighborhoods most impacted by pollution. This will help reduce utility bills and increase green jobs. Learn more

Support the East Phillips Urban Farm community vision with state funding for development. Learn more

Provide greater tools, education, and support for local partners (both public and private) to take advantage of state and federal subsidies for rooftop and community solar. Learn more

Support efforts to close the HERC as soon as 2028, and work in deep partnership with counties and cities to to allocate funding from the state for zero waste initiatives, EPR legislation, SCORE grant funding and resources for residents to accelerate system wide efforts, and to ensure HERC is shuttered swiftly and responsibly in partnership with community. Learn more

Invest in clean energy alternatives and support net-zero development through available federal and state dollars. Learn more

Healthcare

I will work with the Minnesota Department of Human Services on its Safe Recovery Sites efforts that will save lives through overdose and infection prevention. I will also support establishing overdose prevention centers in Minneapolis, expanding access to NALOXONE and fentanyl test strips in transit hubs and locations with high drug overdose calls, and increasing culturally specific services in Native American, African-American, and East-African communities. Learn more

Establish a healthcare for all system in the State of Minnesota by supporting a single-payer healthcare system like the Minnesota Health Plan. Ensure that dental care, prescription drugs, optometry, mental health services, chemical dependency treatment, medical equipment and supplies, home care services, and nursing home care is covered. Learn more

We must expand resources and access to preventative and restorative services for mental health and substance use disorders. Take a harm reduction approach to substance use as opposed to one that criminalizes addiction, and remove barriers to housing with or without services for people who are struggling with addiction and/or mental health. Learn more

Housing

A compassionate, coordinated unsheltered response that is Housing First modeled. Learn more

Support a strong Renters’ Bill of Rights that protects tenants from unsafe living conditions, unreasonable rent increases, harassment, manipulation, and displacement. Learn more

Increase funding for public housing in Minneapolis to address the 229 Million Capital Backlog, if left unaddressed this number will surpass 380 Million over the next 20 years. Learn more

Work with our unhoused communities to provide safe and sanitary living conditions in addition to guidance and support for transitional and long term housing solutions. Learn more

Support legislation that will require Cities and counties to create humane and public health centered policies regarding homeless encampments. And efforts to take a public health approach to homelessness in our District and our State. Learn more

Work with municipal governments with the necessary tools and resources to take action to reduce homelessness at the local level. And support funding for more proactive housing inspections. Learn more

Being bold with sustained, deep investment in funding for income-based public housing, affordable and workforce housing across the state. Learn more

Fund culturally specific providers, deeply affordable, low-barrier housing and intentional shelter space like a South Minneapolis Tiny Indoor Village (AVIVO Village). Work with the City of Minneapolis and Hennepin County to bring this to fruition. Learn more

Infrastructure / Transportation

Invest in a robust, multimodal transportation system so all residents, regardless of income, ability, or background can reliably and affordably access jobs, healthy foods, entertainment, and essential services across the metro. Support funding so cities can improve walking, biking, and rolling infrastructure. Learn more

Invest in statewide infrastructure for electric vehicles. Learn more

Work with the Minnesota Department of Transportation to reassess freeway expansion philosophy so that we can better position and fund mass beneficial transit projects for residents. Learn more

Taxes / Budget

Increase state investments through DEED (Department of Employment and Economic Development) to partner with municipalities for new community oriented development projects and initiatives across the district. Learn more