U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Lansing), a 2024 U.S. Senate candidate, is scheduled on Monday to unveil her “‘opportunity agenda,” a platform that lays out her priorities to help eliminate barriers to economic opportunities in Michigan’s urban communities, the Michigan Advance has learned. 

Slotkin will unveil the agenda in remarks before a group of business, faith and community leaders and elected officials in Detroit, followed by a community conversation. Her policy proposals are the result of dozens of meetings and events with leaders from communities of color across Michigan over the last year. The effort, according to her campaign, was developed in close collaboration with many of those community leaders. 

Slotkin is facing off against actor Hill Harper of Detroit and businessman Nasser Beydoun for the Democratic nomination in August. The seat is currently held by U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Lansing), who announced that she is retiring after her term ends in 2024. 

The agenda includes:

Reducing health disparities by increasing access to quality healthcare, nutritious food, and going after the long-standing problems like infant mortality and Black maternal health

Expanding early childhood development programs that are proven to work – including Head Start, the expanded Child Tax Credit and the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit to support parents and families

Increasing access to capital and federal contracting opportunities for minority businesses, and increasing accountability for lenders

Reforming the filibuster in the U.S. Senate, which is critical to having an up-or-down vote on key legislation like the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, which Slotkin has co-sponsored in Congress