
OTHER ISSUES
Listed below are Amber Fellow's stances and proposed plans to rectify other issues the Ypsilanti community is facing.
PUBLIC SAFETY
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Build an unarmed crisis response and de-escalation team
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Create an accountability and transparency mechanism for the YPD
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Invest in community-driven solutions that support wellbeing
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Resource harm reduction initiatives, diversion and reentry programs
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Create public safety policy that is trauma-informed
REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE
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Make Ypsilanti an abortion rights sanctuary
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Fund access to contraceptives, STI checks, prenatal and pregnancy care, domestic violence support, and childcare
RACIAL JUSTICE
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Advocate for national and state Reparations program to repay debts owed to Black and Indigenous people
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Create Reparations Commission
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Incentivize and resource Black-owned businesses
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Work with Indigenous elders and communities to explore Landback opportunities
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Challenge statewide affirmative action ban
VOTING RIGHTS and DEMOCRACY
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End the partisan election system
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Broaden decision-making power by putting Ypsi’s most important issues to city-wide vote
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Resource initiatives to re-enfranchise marginalized groups
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Amend the city charter to end rampant cronyism
LGBTQIA+ / QUEER LIBERATION
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Lend city-owned space for queer and trans mutual aid groups, mental health outreach, crisis support
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Create and enforce housing, workplace protections for queer and trans residents
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Resource initiatives that support Black and brown LGBTQA+ residents
DISABILITY JUSTICE and ACCESSIBILITY
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Enact ordinance for universal design and visitability based on city demographics
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Advocate for more Ypsi representation on the AAATA board
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Create forum for discussing COVID response
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Fight for rent control for fixed-income residents
IMMIGRANT RIGHTS
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Make Ypsilanti a sanctuary city
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Sever all ties between the YPD, courts, probation and parole office, and ICE
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Ramp up labor protections for immigrants
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City Hall more accessible to ESL/non-English speaking residents
WORKERS’ RIGHTS
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Resource worker unions
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Challenge the 2012 Snyder-era statewide anti-labor laws
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Support service worker unionization
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Create labor dispute mechanism
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Offer parking passes for service workers in Ypsi
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE and INFRASTRUCTURE
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Include the interests of marginalized residents and the natural world in development decisions
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Municipalize the energy grid
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Incentivize tree and native species planting, protect existing habitats
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Invest in public transit, bikeability and walkability, divest from car infrastructure
YOUTH
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Build a recreation center and create more public commons
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Resource civic groups and sports
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Improve parks and playgrounds, install permanent bathrooms in Riverside Park
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Challenge School of Choice, support restorative justice programs at YCS
ELDERS
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Assist programs that support aging-in-place, address senior isolation, and connect elders to their community
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Fight for rent control for fixed-income adults
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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Enact commercial vacancy tax and fight for commercial rent control
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Re-evaluate the DDA, audit resources
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Resource Ypsi’s creative community