Elect
KWAME
BROWN
D.C. City Council At-Large (D)
September 14, 2004
www.votekwamebrown.org
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DC Native Kwame Brown
Wants to Bring Change to Council
The people who support Kwame Brown for City Council say
it is time for a change. Kwame Brown will bring new energy and new
ideas to the Council. Brown, 33, was born in Washington DC. He
graduated from Wilson High School, and participated in the Mayor's
Youth Leadership Institute.
Kwame Brown went on to graduate from Morgan State
University and Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He worked
in various management positions for MCI, Wal-Mart Corporation,
CitiGroup, and First Union.
In 1999, President Clinton appointed Brown as Senior
Adviser to the Department of Commerce. As current president of the
Maryland/DC Minority Supplier Business Council, Kwame Brown helped DC
minority businesses gain over $400 million in private contracts last
year.
Kwame sits on a number of civic boards. He volunteers
with the Good Samaritan Foundation, a group that hires students from
underprivileged environments to work with successful minority business
owners in Washington, DC. He lives in the Hillcrest community with his
wife Marcia, their two-year-old daughter, Lauren, and one-year-old son
Kwame II.
Kwame Brown Will Dedicate His Full Attention to the DC
Council
All Washington DC children deserve to grow up in a city
that's safe, healthy, affordable, and dedicated to educating its
future generations. The problems of our city require the full-time
attention of its elected leadership. If elected, I will be a full-time
councilmember... full time, fully engaged" - Kwame Brown
Taking Responsibility For the City's Problems
"We need greater accountability for issues that
Washington residents face everyday. Too many things continue to slip
through the cracks. We deserve quality schools, safe streets, and
responsible economic development. Kwame has the fresh perspective,
integrity, and business sense the city needs to tackle these tough
issues. " - Ike Fulwood, Former D.C. Police Chief and Ward 7
Resident
Improving Education
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Kwame Brown will fight to
re-establish the credibility of the DC public school system.
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Kwame Brown will fight to increase
funding for early childhood education, ensuring that all students can
read by the third grade.
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Kwame Brown will fight to increase
access to vocational training and college level Advanced Placement
classes.
Making Streets Safer
Creating District-Wide Prosperity
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Kwame Brown will fight for more
responsible economic development policies that focus on affordable housing and reinvigorating underserved
communities.
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Kwame Brown will push the District
Government to leverage its own land and financing programs to build housing for teachers, firefighters,
and police officers, many of whom are currently priced out of the DC market.
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Kwame Brown will fight for 100%
Smokefree Workplaces.
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Kwame Brown will make certain that
a greater percentage of contracts by the District Government are given to small local businesses and used
to hire D.C. residents.
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Kwame Brown will protect the
District's fiscal integrity by opposing the misuse of financial and tax incentive programs for unworthy projects.
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Kwame Brown will fight to ensure
that our water is clean and potable.
ENDORSED BY:
Metropolitan Washington Council AFL-CIO
Service Employees International Union
Ward One Democrats
NoSmokePacDC
"Kwame Brown is right.
Washington, DC needs new energy, new ideas and an At-Large
Councilmember who works full-fime to improve things." — Barry
Hudson, Ward 4 Resident
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New Energy. New Ideas.
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