Amanda Wilkinson is running for City Council for District 7 of New York city for the unity and greater support of our community.
Unity with Community is my greatest passion and personal walk through life.
As a child that grew from extreme poverty, to a young adult that survived great odds from a crushing accident and relearned to walk again, my gratitude for life and community is everything I am here for. I lost my mother at the early age of 23, and both of my parents struggled with their health and finances throughout my early life. We were often without adequate resources and on the brink of homelessness. Through the most difficult times of fear and uncertainty, I experienced and understood the value of community and where it stands when united. I never took for granted the second chance at life I received, nor the opportunities that came along the way for me to give back, share my voice to uplift others, and my mission to continue to support community as a whole.
It takes one to give another hope, but it is in unity with community that we thrive!
Education
As a former early childcare and special needs education provider and mother, my understanding and focus on delivering great care and honest leadership to optimize our city’s educational sources, affordable programs and childcare with equality for all. To build on our education system for our educators, staff, specialists and services for children in need, universal after- school programs that provide all children opportunity to have the maximum educational resources to thrive, as well as grant further opportunities for extra curriculum programs for families facing economic inequality and further supporting community programs involving STEM and the Arts.
I went back to school after becoming a single mother to enhance my education and have the greater ability to provide for my child and future. It was through community that provided the support I needed during the challenging time to succeed. Understanding this, working to increase community resources in education for our families including parents who wish to enhance their lives, is the way to reverse social disparities and uplift community.
Children who are given the opportunity to thrive in school, have better outcomes in the future. If this is the only support for many outside of their home, we cannot fail, but provide the resources and opportunities to keep our children uplifted and on a path of success”. -Amanda Wilkinson
Healthcare and Homelessness
As a dedicated healthcare professional, standing strong in providing healthcare equality as I see the challenges for all patients, their caregivers, and the need to better supply our resources and awareness for the high demand in need. Bringing back and supporting our providers, staff, institutions to provide and maintain optimal healthcare. Including awareness and care for our LQBQT community, to those with challenges of mental health, healthcare for homeless, social and racial healthcare disparities.
I will continue to advocate and unite community, hospitals, providers, and administrators for quality healthcare and significantly increase resources into our community.
Having worked and volunteered directly with organizations that provide mental healthcare, care management, and housing services to the homeless community, I understand the challenges, but I see the opportunities where improvement can be improved with unity and by implementing optimal long term solutions and resources.
Inflation and Affordable Housing
As a single mother and resident, like you, I feel the economic hurt of inflation, high taxes, the barriers of affordable housing and the dire need of improving the livelihood of our community.
Unity with community is essential to combating inflation by driving up resources, and not our costs. Having a professional business background in consulting and Real Estate, I take my experience to support the foundation needed for our businesses, organizations, agencies, providers, protectors, that supplies our city’s resources. This is an issue that requires immediate crisis management for our stability and safety.
From leadership on access to affordable resources for our every day needs, increasing investment back into our community and further developing affordable housing, community controlled rents, and improving restrictions for rentals, affordable purchasing, and down payment assistance programs for future home buyers.
When taken away from one, it takes away from all.
Immigration
New York City’s diversity, culture, and economic standing thrives on its history of immigration. To protect our community is to also support our organizations and agencies that aids in legal, workforce, educational, and family programs to facilitate successful foundations for the future of those new to our communities.
Crime and Safety
Unity with community is also focused on strengthening our agencies leadership, the resources implemented for ongoing professional development, training, and education for strong recruits, our public protectors, first responders enforcing public presence, especially in high crime zones, will drive down fear, and maximize our public safety on streets, transportation, and a unit for sustainable organizations throughout our communities.
It is in unity with community where we not only survive, but thrive. WE will do so together”!
Paid for by Amanda M. Wilkinson, for City Council, Manhattan District 7, 2025
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