Who is Marianne Williamson?

[WeekiWater]

Marianne Deborah Williamson (born July 8, 1952)[1] is an American spiritual teacher, author, lecturer, entrepreneur, and activist. She has written 13 books,[2] including four New York Times number one bestsellers.[3] She is the founder of Project Angel Food, a volunteer food delivery program that serves home-bound people with AIDS and other life challenging illnesses.[4] She is also the co-founder of The Peace Alliance, a nonprofit grassroots education and advocacy organization supporting peace-building projects.[5]

In 2014, as an Independent, Williamson ran unsuccessfully for the seat of California's 33rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives elections in California. On January 29, 2019, she announced she was running for the Democratic nomination for the 2020 United States presidential election.[6]

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REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS - As your president, I would seek to protect the right of every woman to make her own decisions, in her own way, regarding her reproductive choices. The choice whether or not to terminate a pregnancy is difficult enough without having the government weighing in on the decision.

ADVANCING RACIAL RECONCILIATION TODAY - In many ways, America has continued the process of racial reconciliation begun in the 1960’s. Yet in other ways, we have actually slipped backward. Yes, there are no more colored bathrooms and separate drinking fountains. But we now have mass incarceration; racial disparity in criminal sentencing; lost voting rights; outright voter suppression; and police brutality often focused on black populations.

Tepid solutions are not enough for the times in which we live; we need huge, strategized acts of righteousness, now. Just as Germany has paid $89 Billion in reparations to Jewish organizations since WW2, the United States should pay reparations for slavery. A debt unpaid is still a debt unpaid, even if it’s 150 years later. The legacy of that injustice lives on, with racist policies infused into our systems even to this day. From employment and housing discrimination, to equal access to quality education in underserved communities, to police brutality/prejudice, to lack of fair lending practices, to lack of access to quality healthcare, to insecure voting rights, America has not yet completed the task of healing our racial divide.

For that reason, I propose a $100 billion of reparations for Slavery. $10 billion a year to be disbursed over a period of ten years. An esteemed council of African-American leaders would determine the educational and economic projects to which the money would be given.

Marianne2020

Probably one of the more robust platforms I have seen. Check it out at the link.

She ran in the primary for California's 33rd congressional district in 2014 as an Independent. Ted Lieu won the district in the general. She is now running for President as a Democrat. She is currently holding events in New Hampshire. Instead of "Join the Revolution" she goes with "Join the Evolution."

Here is how she defines her run in the 2014 primary: "In 2014, I ran for Congress in Los Angeles and came in 4th out of a field of 16 in a jungle primary. LA District 33 ended up with the venerable Ted Lieu in that position, so I consider it an all’s-well-that-ends-well experience in my life."

[Autumn]

1. She should be added to the list. I really like her.

[WeekiWater]

2. I'm glad you have heard of her.

I was reading her platform at the link and loved it. It's more robust than most are putting forward.

[Autumn]

6. She was discussed here in early February. I liked the interview she gave.

[WeekiWater]

12. I just looked back on two ops about her.

One was from Alan Grayson in 2014. The other was more recent when she announced her run. Didn't seem to go over very well here. I like the depth and thoughts in her platform.

[Autumn]

13. She didn't go over well with some. It's really a shame because she does have some good

thoughts on how to heal the country and bring ourselves together as a people.

[IrishEyes]

10. I think that if you tell them to add someone to the list, they will.

As long as you say that person is your choice. They added Andrew Yang and John Hickenlooper that way.

[Autumn]

11. She's not my choice, I just like her platform and some of her ideas on what we need to do

to heal the country. I'm still waiting for a few more to announce and hear their platforms and ideas.

[bearsfootball516]

3. At the risk of sounding negative, there does have to be a limit to the candidates here, I'd imagine

I'd venture to say 99 percent of people have no clue who she is and her chances of even making it to the Iowa caucus are extremely slim.

[LanternWaste]

5. It begs the question: what then should that limit be?

And on what measure is that number derived from?

[WeekiWater]

7. I fully agree that her chances are slim.

I would even go a bit further and say “to none.”

I was looking at announced candidates and their platforms. I was a bit surprised to see some of the bigger names who have announced haven’t put forward platforms. Williamson has a in-depth platform that was nice to read.

[caraher]

15. I'd advocate limiting the list to officially declared Democratic candidates

That could be a long list or a short one, but I don't think the list should include people who are on the fence about running - they can be added as they toss their hats into the ring. It should be open to anyone running in the Democratic nomination process; the list will be trimmed in due course as primary season arrives.

[Geechie]

4. Yin Activism

is the subject of a section of her book THE HEALING OF AMERICA. Well worth reading, for anyone who's serious about changing the nature of our political conversation.

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[Autumn]

8. Someone was talking about that book when she first announced. Thanks for the link!

[Geechie]

9. You're welcome! n/t

[calguy]

14. She's a wonderfully talented author and speaker

But as a presidential candidate, she's in way over her head.