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The Challenge

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A Call for Lasting Change and Dignity for Communities.

The Michael “Harry O” Harris O-Plan Challenge is a challenge anyone seeking to be President of the United States of America to commit to the following policy proposals to put an end to fleeting promises of hope and change.

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. 

The decades went by and just as Harry O changed, the country changed. What did not change was the Community being disregarded or taken for granted by the political elites. Now, free after being pardoned, he is on a mission. 

That mission is to ensure that the next President of the United States delivers for the Community – that our votes mean something. Our choice must commit to uplifting our Communities: better schools, more jobs, not hope, but commitment! The sort of commitment that makes America great for all! To achieve this, 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 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 
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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