Thank you
Your support throughout the past 14 months has been incredible. You put your faith in me, with your words of encouragement and your contributions, and the policies that we put forward to make DC a great place to call home.
As anyone who knows me would expect, I’ll continue to be involved, whether it’s on the Monday night citywide ANC calls, on my local ANC, or volunteering as an umpire on Capitol Hill, where I live. I’m committed to fighting for the ideas, platforms, and policies we raised and will keep working and fighting for those to ensure that they get the attention they deserve at the Wilson Building.
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This is it!
Now, I need your help at the polls—mark your ballot for Chander Jayaraman to choose a new way of thinking for the DC Council.
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DC Mail-in-Ballot Drop Box Locations
Still looking for a place to return your completed mail-in ballot? Consider one of DC’s drop boxes!
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Everyone Needs a Champion
Our movement is about YOU. Let’s make DC a better place for all of us.
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Here's my number. Call me.
When people want an honest answer, they call me. That's why I have their support and their vote. You can count on me and I will always be available to you. I want to hear what's important to you. As a council member, you'll always have my number.
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“Politics won’t fix this”
DC’s small businesses are our city’s lifeblood — essential to the economy and to workers. Right now, they’re struggling more than ever. Our city should be doing everything it can to make it easier to get in business and stay in business.
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Where is Chander on Your DC Ballot?
It’s not easy being #21, but Chander’s feeling lucky. There are a lot of great things that are 21, and Chander knows them all!
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A Capitol Hill Shooting: Chander & Robert Discuss Safety in DC
Chander has been awarded the 2020 Gun Sense Candidate distinction from Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America for advocating for gun violence prevention and making a commitment to govern with gun safety in mind.
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DC's Toughest Start of School Ever
Our parents, students, and teachers in DC just faced the toughest first day of school ever. We need leaders who take care of our children. The future of DC is in their hands.
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Adding an At-Risk Preference in School Lottery
I hope the DC Council will act on a proposal before it that would give at-risk students a better shot at getting into a high performing school of their choice by adding an at-risk preference in the lottery system.
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Let's Start Thinking of School Reopening Next Phase Now!
Reopening schools virtually this fall is the right call, based on the health data and what school districts around us are doing. The question now is: What next?
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Convening Key Leaders to Tackle Policing
Reflections on our Town Hall on policing Saturday. We can’t let this moment go and I’ll keep working on this issue til we get it right.
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Our City is Facing Challenges
Colbert King didn’t sugar coat it in his column last weekend. The city’s economic situation is grim. And the problems due to the loss of city revenues? Daunting.
The District is at a crossroads. The question for our city, and in the race for the District Council, is: how will we bring our city back even stronger than before?
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What Are ANCs (Advisory Neighborhood Commissions) anyway?
Sometimes I forget that many people in the District are not familiar with the intricacies and peculiarities of Advisory Neighborhood Commissions (ANCs) or the locally-elected commissioners who serve on them.
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Part Two: Getting Relief to Those Who Need It
Yesterday I wrote about shaping the District’s response to the COVID-19 crisis from the perspective of my background as an emergency preparedness planning specialist. The unprecedented steps we have taken are imperative to protect the health and well-being of our most vulnerable residents, regardless of their costs.
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Part One: Shaping our response to COVID-19
Over the course of my 17-year career as an emergency preparedness planning specialist, I’ve helped governments, schools, churches and other organizations prepare for all kinds of threats, training hundreds of businesses and thousands of people.
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