The results are in. Because of your overwhelming response, we couldn’t limit ourselves to just ten questions. So here are the fifteen questions that we’ve sent to the campaign staffs of Senators McCain and Obama.
Our country is in turmoil and as we debate on many topics, one topic seems to go unasked.
What are we going to do about the violence our children are facing daily nationwide, our children are being killed at alarming rates, what would you do as President to eliminate this plaque amongst our children.
-Sharlene
When you become president, what steps would you take to ensure that diversity is well represented in your administration and truly reflects the faces and culture of the American people?
-Otis
If you were President today - would you react in any way to situations such as what is happening in Zimbabwe or to what happened to the Myanmar, where leaders of the people are denying their constituents their basic civic rights?
-Soul
Our Educational system is failing young Black men and women, who are
often attending the poorer inter-city schools that do not have the funds
needed to advance scientists and informational technologists. What will
you do to create an equitable educational system in this country?
-Katherine
If you were President, how would you address the issues regarding not so equal employment opportunities found in the work place?
-Kyra
With a large portion of the population struggling to find affordable health care, what is your solution to insure that we can all afford to stay healthy? It should not be a choice between medical needs and other basic needs.
-Judy
We have a higher percentage of our citizens in prison than any other modern nation. Brutal dictatorships incarcerate less than we do. We need to take a preventive approach to crime, rather than a reactive one. What will you do to prevent our youth from ever walking the path of the criminal?
-Matthew
Mississippi governor will or wants to convert $600 Million dollars to the Port of Gulfport and there are still numerous citizens without general or affordable housing. The MDA grant is not reaching all the citizens that had damage. Our governor and HUD has turned citizen down in Phase I if they were not outside the 100-year flood plain and also turned citizens down in Phase II because they decided to base the amount you get on your income which had nothing to do with the Hurricane, it affected everyone the same.
What will you do about this?
-A Concerned Mississippi Citizen
What steps are your campaigns taking to ensure every vote cast in November is counted?
-James
The problem of environmental injustice, the disproportionate burden of environmental hazards, pollution, unhealthy land uses, and lack of basic amenities (sewer and water services, health-promoting infrastructure include medical care, green space, supermarkets, and sustainable economic development) in many low-income, disadvantaged, indigenous, immigrant and marginalized communities of color in both urban and rural areas, is pervasive in the US and causing health disparities and the destruction of communities. What urban planning/zoning/community development, economic policies, environmental justice legislation, climate change, and public health policies and funding legislation will the candidates develop, pass, support, and enforce to begin to solve this national tragedy?
-Sacoby
Gas prices continue to soar, these prices are making it impossible to fill our tanks, what do either parties plan to do to help lower and stabilize the price of gas?
-Monique
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