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“Karina Andelin Brown, a former Democratic House candidate from Cache County and one of the original backers of Proposition 3, said she's happy with the changes made to SB96.
"I think that Proposition 3 supporters should be encouraged. All of the results that have come about show our voice matters," she said. "Sometimes, compromise is what we have to do."
“During a rally to preserve a law voted on by Utahns this past election, Paul Gibbs asked fellow healthcare advocate Karina Andelin Brown to bring his little child to the front. Gibbs’ child, he explained, is alive because of Medicaid. Because the federal health care system allowed Gibbs to be alive.”
“Former Utah House Candidate Karina Andelin Brown spoke to the crowd about the importance of voting, supporting local leaders and informing them of issues that matter to the community.”
Here’s what organizers of the national Women’s March are saying: “The 2017 Women’s March inspired hundreds of women to run, millions more to vote, and dozens to win elected office. The 2019 Women’s March marks two years of resistance to the Trump presidency, two years of training new activists, and two years of building power. And this time, we're coming back with an agenda. … The #WomensWave is coming.” Our guests today include speakers at the Logan Utah Women's Wave: Lex Scott with Black Lives Matter Utah and the United Front, healthcare advocate and former Utah House candidate Karina Andelin Brown, student Devon Isaacs with the American Society of Indian Psychologists, and USU sociology professor Christy Glass. The Logan march will be held at the Cache County Courthouse on Saturday, November 19th at 12PM. More information can be found here . Support for Utah Women 20/20 is provided in part by our members and t he Utah Women’s Giving Circle, a grassroots community with everyday
“The four women on the panel had recently run for political office, although not all of them won their races. They discussed issues such as why more women are needed in office, having the confidence to run and some of the logistics of organizing a campaign.”
“Brown’s election campaign faces long odds—Cache County has not elected a Democrat to the state legislature in decades, and it has never elected a woman. But Brown said that she is motivated largely by the chance to promote Proposition 3. She had knocked on hundreds of doors and has found that “people are receptive to it,” she said. “One of my neighbors, who’s a Republican, she asked me the other day, ‘Why wouldn’t we want to help people?’ ”
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Chávez pointed out the the unique opportunity students had to engage with local candidates at the meeting.
“Instead of having it in the form of a debate, we’re having it in the form of a conversation,” she said. “They’re getting to express the issues that matter to them in the community, but the students get to ask to the candidates about what they would do.”
Brown, who has served as the secretary for the Utah Democratic Health Care Caucus, supported initiatives offering action on pressing issues facing Utahns.
“If we can get the ballot initiative to expand medicaid, Proposition 3, passed, approximately 150,000 Utahns will get healthcare privileges,” Brown said. “Healthcare isn’t the only area of life that we need to fight for vulnerable Utahns — we need to protect our children, guard the abused, lift the poor.”
Coverage of Utah Cultural Alliance 10/16/28 endorsed candidate event. Coverage begins at 7:57
