Campaign announcement

My name is Karen Wellman and I am running for Kalamazoo City Commissioner. I am inspired by Eleanor Roosevelt's Universal Declaration of Human Rights, December, 1948 which states "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act toward one another in a spirit of brotherhood. Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person...." In my job as a special education teacher, in my life as a mom, in my roles in community government and politics, I have held true to this guiding statement. I have upheld human rights, fairness to all, and dignity to all. This is why I support the Kalamazoo Gay Rights Ordinance.