Write-In Tracy DeForde to be Your

Representative you in Congress

(11th District)

Communities of the 11th District

Beachwood, Bedford, Bedford Heights, Bratenahl, Chagrin Falls, Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga Heights, East Cleveland, Euclid, Garfield Heights, Gates Mills, Highland Heights, Highland Hills, Hunting Valley, Lakewood, Lyndhurst, Maple Heights, Mayfield Heights, Mayfield Village, Moreland Hills, Newburgh Heights, North Randall, Orange, Pepper Pike, Richmond Heights, Rocky River, Shaker Heights, South Euclid, University Heights, Warrensville Heights, Woodmere Village

We have the power to make positive change in the world, write-in Tracy DeForde as your Representatives in Congress (District 11). Unity makes all things possible.

District 11, WRITE TRACY DEFORDE ON YOUR BALLOT TO BE YOUR REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS.

I have dedicated my life to making a difference in the lives of others. Since I was a little girl my calling has always been to help others. Every job, every experience good/bad, has led me to where I am meant to be today. I can relate to all walks of society. Single widowed parent of 4, suicide survivor, an inner city middle school social studies teacher (5-8th), 2nd job as bartender, coach youth sports, volunteer in school, district, and community events, teach religious education through our local church, loss of a brother to addiction, etc.

The road here has not been easy, but the journey has provided me with life experience to truly understand what America needs and what its going to take to fix it. My ties are to no particular party but to America and its people. With your help we can make a difference in not only district 11, but all of America, by working to improve education and mental health. Nothing changes if nothing changes, and now more the American people needs change. We are the citizens and the backbone of this country and it is our duty as citizens to elect officials who will represent us.

According to the Declaration of Independence "all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable Rights, among these are life, liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

To secure these Rights-- government deriving their powers from the consent of the governed, --that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter it, and institute new government, laying principles to ensure safety and happiness"

There is an education crisis in America. Every year it is failing millions of kids academically, mentally, and our nation continues to fall further behind the rest of the world. Teachers are leaving the profession and very few teachers are going into the profession.

As of April 2024, the United States is facing a teacher shortage with 55,000 vacant positions and 270,000 underqualified teachers.

44% of public schools reported teaching vacancies in 2023, and 86% of districts had trouble filling open positions for the 2023–2024 school year.

Nearly 9 in 10 schools struggle to hire qualified educators.

An estimated 270,000 teachers and staff quit or retire across the country every year, and 163,000 teachers aren't qualified for their jobs.

Public education may cease to exist if we do not start making the necessary changes now.

Our Congress of elected officials are more concerned with TikTok than the education crisis.

It is time we call on educators to fix the problem, because we have the answers. An educated society is dangerous to those in power.

Your elected officials want people to be uneducated so they can hold power over our lives and get rich in the process.

Meanwhile we all suffer from lack of education and truth.

Suicide is the second leading cause of death for our middle and high school age youth and 3rd leading cause of death for our college aged youth.

Overall suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death for our youth ages 10-24. When I spoke at this event less than 2 years ago, it was the 3rd leading cause of death.

In less than 2 years suicide in our youth increased to the second leading cause of death and our elected officials are giving billions of dollars to foreign aid, instead of funding mental health programs in schools for America's youth.

Our youth are in crisis, it is time we start acknowledging the problem exists and implement programs in schools that will address the challenges our youth face in the technology, social media, post covid world we live today.

The programs we use today are outdated and irrelevant.

Our elected official refuse to listen to the people who have the answers, teachers.

America was once a dream, a long shot, no one thought possible.

Nothing more than a rag tag group of rebels who took on the worlds super power of the time.

People no one really knew, with ideas of democracy, committed to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Sparking a revolution that changed the world forever.

With cooperation, compromise, and unity, they created our great nation. Still to this day, we adhere to the constitution our founders wrote in 1787.

America is capable of great things when we work together, and the only way we will fix the current conditions of our country is to work together.

We must be willing to work together not only politically, but with those in fields, and on the ground who understand the problems and are dedicated towards finding solutions that will better the lives of all Americans.

Our strength lies in our differences not in similarities.

We must set aside party politics and put the needs of the American people above all else.

George Washington said in his Farwell address: "United we Stand, Divided we Fall".

Now more than ever we need to unite and elect people who are committed to fixing the real problems we face in America.