Our Agenda
Platform
This is the agenda young Virginians are fighting for. Our platform is shaped by members and advanced through grassroots organizing.
Democracy & Voting Rights
- Automatic voter registration and same-day registration
- Restoration of voting rights for all returning citizens
- Fair redistricting and an end to gerrymandering
- Expanded early voting and accessible polling locations
Reproductive Freedom & Healthcare
- Protect and expand access to abortion care
- Mental health parity and investment in community care
- Medicaid expansion outreach and rural health access
- Trans-inclusive healthcare and patient autonomy
Education & Young Workers
- Debt-free public higher education and vocational training
- Student debt cancellation and borrower protection
- Paid family leave and a $15 minimum wage tied to inflation
- Protections for gig and student workers
Climate & Environmental Justice
- 100% clean energy by 2035 with a just transition
- Investment in frontline communities and green jobs
- Public transit expansion and pedestrian safety
- Protection of Virginia's waterways and natural lands
Civil Rights & Criminal Justice
- Police accountability and demilitarization
- Ending cash bail and mass incarceration
- Immigrant and refugee protections
- LGBTQ+ non-discrimination and hate crimes enforcement
Housing & Economic Justice
- Affordable housing trust fund and tenant protections
- Rent stabilization and eviction diversion
- First-generation homebuyer assistance
- Universal broadband and utility affordability
Good Jobs & Labor
- Protect and expand collective bargaining
- Prevailing wage and project labor agreements
- Apprenticeships and union pathways for young workers
- Crack down on wage theft and worker misclassification