Betsy Coffia
Betsy Coffia earned an associate degree from Northwestern Michigan College and a bachelor's degree in social work from Ferris State University. Coffia's career experience includes working as a newspaper reporter, a weekly newspaper editor, and a social worker with Head Start. She has been affiliated with the Grand Traverse Economic Development Corporation, Grand Traverse Leelanau Veterans Affairs, the Grand Traverse County Democratic Party, the Leelanau County Democratic Party, the Benzie County Democratic Party, the Michigan Democratic Party, and the Traverse Heights Neighborhood Association.
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A Better Future Starts With Community: “Together we have the power to elect leaders who will put people and community first, not private profit.”
(Campaign website) Education & schools: “"I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality and freedom for their spirits. I believe that what self-centered men have torn down, men other-centered can build up. I still believe that one day mankind will bow before the altars of God and be crowned triumphant over war and bloodshed, and nonviolent redemptive good will proclaim rule of the land."”
(Campaign website) Immigration & border: “We must not fail to stand up for human rights, land and water, and civil liberties for all of our neighbors, because when we do, we leave our own at risk. We also become lesser as humans and a lesser community. The rights of women as well as of our immigrant, Native, queer, disabled, Black and brown neighbors, are being stripped away at an alarming pace under this regime. We can and must do so much better as we look to rebuild what this regime has destroyed.”
(Campaign website) Energy, environment & water: “Since we must rebuild, let’s do it right and leave no one behind. Let’s ensure civil liberties, protect our clean air and water.”
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