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This past August marked my 50th year as a member of the Elkins community, 35 of which were spent teaching Beverly and Midland elementary students. I loved my job, my students, and the parents. I found over the years and countless interactions with people across the community that we may disagree on some issues, but we agree on many things that affect us all.
Recently, the West Virginia Democratic Party adopted the 21st Century Economic Bill of Rights Resolution, modeled after FDR's Economic Bill of Rights presented during his State of the Union address in 1944.
These are measurable goals for West Virginia to work toward that improve and expand our living standards and quality of life. This "Bill of Rights" is a blueprint for the kind of society which will benefit us all. Included in the resolution are the following:
The right to a job and a living wage
The right to a voice in the workplace through a union and collective bargaining
The right to comprehensive quality healthcare
The right to a complete cost-free public education and access to broadband internet
The right to decent, safe, affordable housing
The right to a clean environment and a healthy planet
The right to meaningful resources at birth and a secure retirement
The right to an equitable and economically fair Justice system
The right to vote and otherwise participate in public life.
I really do believe we have more in common than we hear on the news or read on social media. Let's talk to each other and work together for a better West Virginia. Let's move beyond our petty differences and lift each other up because when we lift up one, we lift up all.
Cindy Stemple
Chair- Randolph County Democratic Executive
Committee