GUIDING PRINCIPLE:

EVERYONE DESERVES A FAIR CHANCE AT LIFE, NO MATTER WHAT THEIR BACKGROUND, INCOME OR SITUATION.

Jessica Van der Veen is the founder of LANDS! – an organization dedicated to keeping public school lands, hospital lands, and urban spaces in public hands.

 
         
 

An economy is only as strong as the society it is rooted in. A society is only as stable as we make it. Public education, public health, social services and environmental security are the true economic stabilizers.