Aja: Service-Driven
Aja will not only be your representative in Springfield but will be on the ground working within our community alongside other elected officials that represent our district to ensure continuity and efficiency of services.
Aja: Public Safety = Public Responsibility
Aja stands strong against crime. She has coordinated meetings with citizens to meet with State and Local authorities to help curb crime. Aja is a wife and a mother who understands the importance of family and the need for a safe community. Residents should not be victimized by crime and live in poverty.
A synergistic effort in our community is needed when it comes to public safety. Aja believes that we need to be our neighbor’s keeper. Holding law enforcement accountable for our protection and safety is just as important as working together to protect our community and neighborhoods. Aja understands what it means to have a safe place to call home, a safe community for our children and safer streets for our businesses to thrive.
Aja: Advocate for Education
As a parent of a Chicago Public School student, Aja sees the challenges teachers face first-hand. Having a private school education, Aja understood the importance of her child attending public school because the access to resources is vast in comparison to a private school education. Aja is an advocate of education, she was an active member of the local school council at Turner-Drew Language Academy and Amelia Earhart S.T.E.A.M. Elementary School and a concerned parent of the PAC. Chicago Public School are challenged with classroom size, poverty, and safety factors that affect both the teachers and students. Aja believes that it takes a village to raise a child. Raising our children is the responsibility of not only parents but our community as well.
She understands and appreciates the need for job protections which can be achieved by experience and education. Quality paying jobs, safe communities and community based schools which are fully funded are just a few ways we can curb crime in Chicago. Aja knows from her years of experience that it will take a strong community to see change.
Aja: Labor - An Advocate for Working-Class Families
Aja grew up in a working-class home. Her father was a butcher for over 30 years and a proud member of the UFCW. His participation in organized labor has had a lasting effect on the support her family has received. Aja, herself, was an executive board member for AFSCME Local 1767 while working for the Cook County Public Defender’s Office and SEIU while working for Cook County’s Department of Facilities Management. She is currently a member of SEIU Local 73 as a Public Service Representative for the State of Illinois. Aja understands firsthand the importance of organized labor and its role in protecting the rights and equality of workers.
Aja will continue to support and fight for working-class families. She is an advocate for the rights of workers to organize.
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