Safe Injection Sites & Safe Disposal Sites
Reduce Supply and Reduce Criminalization
Destroying Stigma
We must work together as a community to normalize talking about addiction and treatments for it. This will also encourage parents to educate their children about the danger of opioids.
OPIOiD
cRISIS
Prevention Through Education
Will educate parents about the symptoms of adolescent drug use and advocate for education at school.
Will work to create more safe injection sites to reduce risks and overdoses. Also will prioritize creating more safe disposal sites and have Drug Take-Back Days by partnering with the DEA. In addition, I will work with AHOPE to implement clean syringe vending machines.
Work with law enforcement to target dealers, and not addicts. Will advocate for the implementation of the LEAD program as an alternative to arrest. Will also advocate for Drug Courts to be implemented in Boston.
Representing ALL of our community
Ashawn didn't grown up with a "silver spoon" in his mouth. He understands what it's like to struggle and because of that he knows the value of having a strong community! Ashawn's story starts off like a lot of others here in Dorchester. With his childhood. His Father came from the Dominican Republic and his Mother was raised right here in Boston. At a very young age his father was deported due to a drug bust, and soon after his mother's presence began to fade because she was addicted to drugs. So his grandmother stepped in and raised him.
His grandmother worked hard to provide for him and his siblings by working as a lunch monitor at the Lee School on Talbot Ave. When he was 8 years old she lost her job due to budget cuts and it became hard for her to provide for them. She was barely able to but food on the table and at times she wouldn't eat just to make sure they could. Eventually the state got involved, and Ashawn and his twin sister ended up being taken by the Department of Children and Family Services.
For a while they bounced from house to house, but were eventually adopted by the Small family. There were many times Ashawn almost gave up, but they never did and that kept him going.
When Ashawn was 11 he realized that things won't change unless you work to change them yourself, so he got involved with the Massachusetts Young Dems, Massachusetts High School Dems, and Student Voice. He got heavily involved in Gun Violence Prevention and founded Student Advocates of America where he fights for student equality and other major issues. He worked as an organizer with Elizabeth Warren.
After his grandmother passed, Ashawn remembered something she said when he was young... " You have a special calling in this life." With these words he decided he will fight for change and run for city council in his community of District 3.
Ashawn believes " It's Time For Action In District 3" to rise up and demand change in our community. He will fight for Equal Rights for Immigrants, To End the Opioid Crisis in District 3, Help Families in Need, Create Programs for The Youth, Create Job Training Programs, Fight Climate Change, work on Affordable Housing & Education.
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