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Alex Ames

Youth Organizer

Alex Ames (she/her) is a sophomore at Georgia Tech studying public policy and radicalized violence in democracy spaces. She is co-founder and Communications Director of the Georgia Youth Justice Coalition, living and working on campus in Atlanta. Alex has organized with numerous democracy efforts in Georgia, from Senator Warnock\\\’s voter protection team to the #StudentsAgainstSonny campaign, and specializes in youth engagement. She has three younger siblings attending high school and two parents teaching science in Georgia\\\’s public schools.

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When Public Schools Close, Our Communities Suffer

The Missouri GOP supermajority has been defunding our public schools for over a decade, but the last five years have been at breakneck speed.

Houston ISD Hostile State Takeover: Our Fight to Take Back Our Schools

State-appointed Superintendent Mike Miles is taking Houston ISD down the road to perdition and our children are the losers.

HB 1422 Cyber Charter Reform – A Bipartisan Call to Get it Done

Statewide, the reforms included in HB 1422 could save school districts – and taxpayers – more than $400 million.

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