Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Seasons Greetings


Wishing you and your family a

Safe and Happy Holiday Season!

Delegate Aisha N. Braveboy

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Leadership on the Minimum Wage

When the Maryland General Assembly convenes next month, I will again be the chief sponsor of a bill in the House of Delegates to raise the minimum wage.  I sponsored bills to raise the minimum wage during the 2012 and 2013 sessions but special interests and members of the political establishment blocked these efforts.  Maryland has one of the highest costs of living in the country yet maintains the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour.  My bill will raise the minimum wage to $10.10 by 2016.  This will lift thousands of Maryland families out of poverty.

Please read the following news articles about my efforts to raise awareness about this important issue.  Join me in the fight to raise the minimum wage!  Without your support and letters and telephone calls to members of the legislature, special interests may be able to again defeat measures to help Maryland's working families. 

Aisha

Delegate Aisha Braveboy 

Sunday, November 24, 2013

Fundraising is Key to our Success


My campaign for Maryland Attorney General is hosting several fundraisers before the end of 2013.  We will be holding a Braveboy for Maryland Fundraiser on Monday, November 25 from 6:30-8:30pm.  This fundraiser will be held at the Law Offices of Gabriel J. Christian & Associates located at 3060 Mitchellville Road, Bowie, Maryland 20716.

The campaign is also hosting a Women for Aisha Fundraiser on Saturday, January 4, 2014 from 11:00am – 1:00pm.  The Women for Aisha Fundraiser will be held at Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 located at 2701 Whitney Place, Forestville, Maryland 20747.  I encourage you and your family and friends to attend these fundraisers or otherwise donate to the campaign.  Maryland law prohibits members of the legislature from raising money while the General Assembly is in session.  This means that I will be prohibited from raising money from January 8 through April 7, 2014 during the 2014 legislative session.  It its critically important to support the campaign through your donations now before the General Assembly convenes in January.  

Recent polling for the 2014 Maryland Attorney General’s race shows that the race is up for grabs.  Approximately half of Maryland voters have not heard of any of the candidates.  The candidate who is most successful at raising their visibility and name recognition throughout Maryland has a strong chance of winning this race.  This is why I need your help.  I need your help to pay for the radio  advertisements, direct mail pieces and campaign literature that will help spread our message of Fair Growth and Justice for All across Maryland.  Every dollar you donate will be dedicated to building our campaign organization and raising our name recognition with voters.  This is a race we definitely can win and with your help we will make it happen!  Thank you so much for your support.

Sincerely,

Aisha

http://www.aishabraveboy.com/component/content/article/51

Sunday, November 3, 2013

Campaign Announcement - November 6


For the past several months, I have been traveling throughout Maryland and talking with people about the issues that affect their everyday lives.  What I've learned is that people, regardless of race, gender, socio-economic status, disability or age, want one thing---Justice.  Whether it is families facing foreclosure, workers who have not been paid fair wages, parents who want a quality education for their children, seniors who are being targeted by unscrupulous businesses or victims of domestic violence---they all want to be treated fairly and have their rights defended.  My conversations with Marylanders have galvanized my belief that more needs to be done to protect the people of our state, and that the people need a courageous, independent voice for Justice.  This is why I am running for Maryland Attorney General.  I plan to use the power of the Attorney General's Office to be a strong advocate for Maryland workers, consumers, students and the environment.  As I traveled the state and shared my commitment to defend the rights of all Marylanders, I have been humbled and encouraged by the outpouring of support I have received from so many of you.  Now is the time to move past the exploratory phase and make my campaign for Maryland Attorney General official.

Please join me for my official Campaign Announcement on Wednesday, November 6 @ 6:30pm.  The announcement will be held at Local 26 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW).  The address for IBEW Local 26 is: 4371 Parliament Place, Lanham, Maryland 20706.  Please join me and other community leaders as I discuss my vision for protecting consumers, stopping the school-to-prison pipeline, protecting home values for communities affected by foreclosures and enforcing the minimum wage and overtime laws in Maryland.

If you are not able to attend the announcement on November 6 and would like more information about the campaign, please visit my website www.aishabraveboy.com.  The single most important thing you can do right now to support the campaign is to DONATE.  Each dollar you give will go towards building our campaign organization and spreading our message of Justice for All to voters throughout the State.  No donation is too small, every dollar counts. Please join me!  

Sincerely,

Aisha 

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Now is the Time for Justice for Maryland's Historically Black Universities

On October 7, 2013, Judge Catherine Blake of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland handed down a historic victory for civil rights in higher education.  While some have tried to downplay the significance of Judge Blake’s decision, it is clear that this decision will have far-reaching impacts on the way the state administers higher education and will require a huge infusion of resources into Maryland’s Historically Black Institutions (HBIs). Judge Blake clearly stated that Maryland has continued a pattern of discrimination against Maryland’s HBIs.  Maryland discriminated by unnecessarily duplicating academic programs and perpetuating a “dual structure of higher education” that was traceable to the era of legal segregation. Maryland’s four HBIs are Bowie State University, Coppin State University, Morgan State University and the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore. 

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