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The O-Plan

The Michael “Harry O” Harris Opportunity Plan (The O-Plan) is focused on positive change for the community.

Harry O grew up in South Central Los Angeles and knows every aspect of growing up as a young black man. He learned to hustle in legitimate and illegitimate businesses.

The illegitimate ones came with a heavy price. In total, Harry O did 33 years behind bars, spending time being housed on death row in San Quentin prison due to overcrowding. Once inside, Harry O took responsibility for the lifestyle that had landed him in prison. He committed himself to helping his Community. While inside, Harry O went on to become a co-founder of Death Row Records, but more importantly, he also helped create and co-found a variety of programs that literally changed the lives of thousands of incarcerated men and women. Now with the O-Plan, Harry O wants to push his community forward. The O Policy Plan focuses on two platforms, The Access Agenda and The Redemption Agenda. Both are guided by one unifying goal: Dignity for the Community.

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The Agenda

The Access Agenda creates Access to opportunities for the Community

Promote economic self-sufficiency to end the vicious cycle of generational debt

  • Incentivize responsible home ownership through the expansion of “rent to own” programs 
  • Develop a comprehensive and targeted economic empowerment program that fosters financial literacy, career development, and entrepreneurship education
  • Expand workforce training for the jobs of the future

Increase access to capital for the Community by MORE than $500 billion

  • Address barriers throughout the federal contracting process to create equal access for all contractors + incentivize state and local governments in the same 
  • Empower Community Development Financial Institutions to grow businesses and create generational wealth opportunities, breaking vicious cycles
  • Optimize Opportunity Zones and other geographical tax incentives to maximize impact for local Communities

Expand educational opportunities for all Communities 

  • Expand incentives for high-performing teachers to work in the schools that need it most and put a cap on the administrative budgets of school districts that receive federal funding to maximize funds going to students, not bureaucrats
  • Expand school choice options for students in failing schools so that parents can choose the best education for their children, ensuring zip codes do not decide their future
  • Allow Pell grants to be used for short-term trades programs 

The Redemption Agenda fosters stories of Redemption within the Community 

  • Advocate for hiring practices that promote seeking well-qualified applicants from the local Community
  • Incentivize accountable policing and the hosting of “Community Days” for the Community to build meaningful relationships with law enforcement 
  • Pass a second round of reforms i.e. the 2nd Step or Next Step Act

Look for opportunities to expand prison education and promote second chance hiring, reducing recidivism and increasing connectivity to the Community

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