Gerardo Hernandez for Youth Assembly (CA-27) Platform

Gerardo Hernandez for Youth Assembly's (House of Youth Representative's) (CA-27) Platform/Ideas/Vision 

There will be more platform ideas I have further on when my campaign progresses.

1. On my first day of office I will send a letter to the elect U.S. Youth President and Youth Vice President for the formation of the Youth Department of Peace. With the formation of a Youth Department of Peace, we will coordinate not only the international peace relations, but also the many domestic efforts —social work programs, conflict resolution, non-pharmaceutical mental health services, and other local peace-building efforts — in a way that increases their efficacy and begins to genuinely transform the experience of millions of our citizens.

2. If elected, I will introduce a bill to the House of Youth Representatives, that ensures our Youth Government to work with LGBTQIA+ organizations to protect status of individuals based on sexual orientation and gender identity, and provide affirmative psychotherapeutic services to youth, their families, etc.

3. If elected, I will introduce resolution on recognizing the duty of a creation, of a Green New Deal. - A Green New Deal would provide an overall strategy to combat climate change, also for how we can have a clean energy, sustainable infrastructure and transportation, that can revitalize our economy and utilize our innovative and human capacity to benefit all our people.

4. If elected, I will introduce a resolution on recognizing the duty to mandate and provide funding for Farm to School programs that significantly increase servings of fresh vegetables and fruits in secondary and elementary schools in the United States. - Currently we have poor federal standards over school lunches that are causing unhealthy children, these rates are uniquely high in
poor and minority communities and something needs to be done about it.

5. If elected, I will introduce a bill to the House of Youth Representative's, for the protection of tribal sovereignty. - Tribal nations have important needs for infrastructure, education and economic development that are severely underfunded and under-resourced. By passing this bill it would guarantee aid and to strengthen tribal self-governance.

6. If elected, I will introduce a resolution that would recognize the duty to introduce tribal nation annually summits. - This can be helpful in order to discuss and garner feedback on issues relating to planned federal activities that might impact tribal nations.

7. I believe the U.S. Youth Assembly should invest in teacher education programs that provide best practices and developmentally appropriate models of education for our future teachers.

8. Our U.S. Youth Assembly should work closely with veteran advocacy groups and our Youth Congress needs to put forth policies that matter most to our nation's active duty service members and veterans.

9. If elected, I will encourage our U.S. Youth Assembly to adopt a ranked-choice voting model for all Youth Elections. I will also work with the Youth Congress to adopt ranked choice voting for all Youth Elections.

10. I support that the U.S. Youth Assembly should have a investment in a Local Journalism Fund program that will make grants to local media outlets, non-profits, libraries, governments, and public-private partnerships to catalyze transitions to new models of support.

11. If elected I will introduce a bill to the U.S. House Of Youth Representative's to expand community based services for the homeless, allow the homeless to take part in decisions within the U.S. Youth Assembly about long - and short term solutions to their situation, and strengthen and increase funding of mental health and drug rehabilitation systems. -Homeless people have the right to full acknowledgment of their human dignity and a voice in decisions that affect them. And we should care for them as any other person, we should never ignore them, instead we should always help them in need. 

See my platform in my new campaign website here: https://sites.google.com/view/hernandez-for-house/platform?authuser=0