Elijah Watson is a public education advocate working across Arizona to advocate for equitable solutions in the legislature, school districts and many boards and commissions. He currently works as the legislative affairs director for Keep Arizona Blue Student Coalition and also works closely with other advocacy organizations.
State-funded hate has no place in our great state. Yet, that’s exactly what the Empowerment Scholarship Account voucher program continues to prop up — a wide network of religious and private schools that are taking hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars while deliberately excluding LGBTQ+ students, educators, staff and even families. These vouchers were sold […]
Growing up in a small, conservative town in Kansas, I always felt like I was living in a bubble. I was constantly bullied for my beliefs, my mannerisms, my hobbies — anything you could think of. I remember having rocks thrown at me by a group of eighth graders for simply mentioning my support for […]
