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About Elizabeth

Issues

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Safe and Livable Neighborhoods

We all do better when every neighborhood is safe, strong, vital, and engaged.  I will work with neighbors to address livability crimes like graffiti and prostitution and ensure all neighborhoods have the tools to build community and reduce crime.

Restore Housing and Prevent Foreclosures

For many of us, our greatest resource is our home – whether we rent or own.  Neighbors know that keeping people in their homes stabilizes neighborhoods and reduces crime and blight associated with vacant houses.  I will continue work to revitalize vacant homes and commercial properties and, most importantly, I will continue to seek and apply creative solutions to prevent foreclosures. 

Economic Opportunity Agenda

Good jobs and vibrant business corners are critical to strong and safe neighborhoods. I will continue my work to revitalize our connecting corridors of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue, support small businesses, and combat poverty with job opportunities and skills training.

Investing in Youth Success

Helping children succeed and supporting strong schools is a community-wide responsibility.  I will work to drive public investment in the right places, not the same places, by introducing a Children’s Report Card to hold government accountable, expanding activities for children outside of the classroom, and strengthening the Youth Congress, a group of 55 young people creating and influencing policy.

Sustainability and Green City Leadership

Protecting our environment and continuing Minneapolis’ national leadership in sustainability practices is critical to our future.  I will promote improved networks for biking, walking, and transit, fight to ensure a transit station at Lake and I-35W is a top regional priority, and support locally grown food options for our neighborhoods.

 

My Background

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Experience and Public Service

  • Elizabeth with FamilyCouncil Committees. Since her election in 2005, Elizabeth’s council committee and board assignments have positioned her to lead on key issues for the City and 8th Ward.
    • Chair, Elections Committee (where Elizabeth has played a key role in implementing Instant Runoff Voting/Ranked Choice Voting).
    • Vice Chair, Transportation and Public Works Committee
    • Ways & Means (budget) Committee
    • Intergovernmental Affairs Committee
    • Chair, Information Systems Policy Steering Group
  • Board Assignments.
    • Chair, Youth Coordinating Board (As chair of this joint-powers board with city, county, school board, and park board members, Elizabeth steered the YCB back to an action-oriented agenda at a time when inter-governmental cooperation is more important than ever)
    • I-35W Solutions Alliance (chair, Legislative Subcommittee)
    • Noise Oversight Committee to the Metropolitan Airport Commission
    • Midtown Community Works Partnership
    • Vice-Chair, Metropolitan Emergency Services Board
    • Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee
    • Joint City County Lead Task Force.
    • Civilian Review Authority Task Force
  • Community Service
    • Member, Aliveness Project capital campaign steering group
    • Board member, WE WIN Institute
    • Volunteer, Interfaith Center for Worker Justice
    • Volunteer lawyer, Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights
    • Board member, Somali Women’s Association
    • Amicus Advisory Committee, National Employment Lawyer’s Association
    • President, Minnesota Chapter for National Employment Lawyer’s Association
    • President and volunteer violinist, Civic Orchestra of Minneapolis
    • Vice-Chair, Hennepin History Museum
  • Employment. Prior to her election to the City Council in Nov 2005, Elizabeth was a partner in the law firm of Hedin Goldberg & Glidden, P.A., where she represented plaintiffs in worker’s rights and civil rights cases for over ten years.
  • DFL Activism. Elizabeth is an active participant and leader in the DFL. In 2002, she co-authored with her mentor Andrea Rubenstein a ground-breaking amicus brief on behalf of the Minnesota Women’s Campaign Fund, objecting to the gendered effects of redistricting plans for state legislative offices in Minnesota. She has volunteered for many campaigns, working on grassroots organizing and fundraising for numerous DFL candidates.
  • Education
    • BA in English and Government & International Affairs, Augustana College (1990)
    • Juris doctor, University of Iowa College of Law (1993)
    • Masters of Public Affairs, Humphrey Institute, University of Minnesota (2004)
    • American Marshall Memorial Fellow (2004) (selected by the German Marshall Fund, for this program exposing young leaders to transatlantic policy issues)

 

 

 


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The Eighth Ward

Ward 8 is a vibrant and culturally diverse collection of communities located in the south central area of Minneapolis.
The 8th Ward is bordered on the north by Lake Street, home to the Midtown Exchange and a variety of small thriving businesses. It boasts the successful local business district of 48th and Chicago.
Sabathani Community Center

 Institutions serving community within the 8th Ward include Pillsbury House and Pillsbury House Theatre, Sabathani Community Center, as well as many congregations and faith-based organizations.

Issues facing the 8th Ward include transportation planning, reconstruction of I-35W, economic development on Lake Street, 38th Street, Chicago Avenue and Nicollet Avenue, property taxes, community building, and youth development.

Prepared and paid for by Volunteers for Glidden, 4006 Blaisdell, Minneapolis, MN  55409