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RICHARD

SEIGLER-

CARTER

MANAGING DIRECTOR,
LEVERAGED

The notion of the American educa-
tional haves and have nots is often
pernicious and masked as a lack
of resources, rather than a lack of
leadership, support and rigor. I intend
to demonstrate that students across
the country can and will be successful
in any school model with concrete
systems, processes and functions that
place a student’s academic excellence
and their social-emotional needs first.
I view it as my personal responsibility
to not only ensure the conditions for
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excellence and success are in place, but ADVANCEMENT PROJECT
also to support the sector as a whole in
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ongoing development of future leaders

SANTIAGO- SHELDON

ROMERO HEAD OF SOCIAL IMPACT &
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS,
DAYLIGHT
CITY COUNCILWOMAN, DETROIT
I believe that my responsibility to this
moment is to promote financial health
I believe my responsibility at this among LGBTQ people by queering
moment is to bring back hope for our banking for the better. I’ve come to
local politics. We are all sick and tired understand that most of the challenges
of electing people who do not care to facing the LGBTQ community – from
show up or serve the residents that family rejection to healthcare access to
have elected them. I believe it’s my job violence – can be linked to economic
to change hearts and minds, to engage inequities. And if nearly every issue
residents, and bring them along during drives economic disparities or is driven
the governing process. I’m incredibly by economic exclusion, then we must
excited to get started and to prove that remove barriers to financial health in
we can have leaders who love and care order for our beloved queer community
for us in office. to truly thrive.

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