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How Kennedy will address the problems of 
Black Community

Black businesses are the lifeblood of their community, and Kennedy knows it. He served on the board of Restoration Plaza in Bed-Stuy for 35 years. Ending redlining and releasing investment capital turned Restoration Plaza into a thriving business community.  Kennedy will replicate this success across the country. Rather than the hundred billion dollar bank bailouts, Kennedy will invest in urban and struggling communities. They will rise and thrive through Operation Phoenix.

  • Increased access to investment capital for a robust, self-sustaining Black business infrastructure.
  • Institute Black Business Development Agency to build and support African-American companies.
  • Web courses taught by respected Black entrepreneurs on starting a business as qualifiers for small business grants. 
  • Low interest microloans to invest in approved business plans with flexible repayment terms.
  • Millions of new, full-time jobs for the Black community.
  • Immigration policy that protects local resources, ending the migrant encampments in urban areas.
  • Increased trade school and college prep opportunities for our youth.
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Black Maternal Mortality

Kennedy will address the Black maternal mortality crisis by supporting expanded coverage for pre and postnatal care, doulas, and wraparound support up to a year after giving birth.

  • Tackle the Black Maternal Health crisis with increased funding to maternity wards in African-American communities.
  • Call for increased implicit bias training for medical students.
  • Incentives for medical facilities found to improve outcomes for Black patients.

Police Reform

  • Recruit police from the neighborhoods they serve.
  • Don’t make police do jobs they aren’t trained for.
  • Increased funding for mental health professionals accompanying police to help de-escalate citizens in nonviolent mental health crises.
  • Commission to root out systemic bias from the federal to the local levels.
  • Ending civil forfeiture by making seizing assets from citizens illegal without due process.

Economy

  • Cut government spending to address rising national debt
  • Kennedy will fight to keep Wall Street out of the single family home market and institute 3% government-backed mortgage bonds to make home ownership more affordable for families. It’s like having a rich uncle - Uncle Sam - who is willing to cosign your mortgage.
  • Cut utility costs by restricting natural gas exports
  • Negotiate trade deals to safeguard American consumer interests from foreign competition

Justice for Blacks

  • Robert Kennedy Jr. will end USDA discrimination against Black farmers, and protect current landowners from further land loss.
  • Expand reintroduction to the community for non-violent offenders and dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline by ending suspensions being added to criminal records.
  • Penalize environmental pollution caused by corporations dumping toxic waste in Black communities.

Healthcare & Addiction

  • Release medical regulatory agencies from the capture of pharmaceutical companies
  • Start a national fitness program like the one his uncle, JFK, successfully implemented
  • Decriminalize and tax marijuana federally, then use the revenue to build physical and spiritual healing centers around the country
  • Combat the chronic disease epidemic by supporting worldwide research into the underlying causes of related health issues

Education

  • Abolish interest on student loans and allow refinancing
  • Start a free universal preschool program
  • Focus education spending on improving the health and curriculum of public schools
  • Expand Title IV funding to include other kinds of programs, including “microcredentials” and “nanocredentials” which give people specific, useful training for the marketplace
  • End the cycle of rising tuition costs by holding universities accountable for lending activities

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