Alma holds both a bachelor's degree and master's degree in art education from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and earned a doctorate degree in art education and multicultural education from The Ohio State University. She has 2 children. 

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Alma previously worked as an art professor at Bennett College.

Alma S. Adams currently serves as a  U.S. Representative in Congressional District 12. She was elected to this position in 2014 and is serving her fifth term. She previously served as a state representative in District 12. She was elected to that position in 1994 and served for 10 terms. She previously served as a member of the Greensboro City Council. She was named to that position in 1987 and served for 2 terms. She also served as a member of the Greensboro City School Board. She co-founded the Black Maternal Health Caucus and the Congressional Bipartisan HBCU Caucus.

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Believes women should receive equal pay for equal work. As Chair of the Workforce Protections Subcommittee, led efforts to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act to combat pay discrimination and protect women from retaliation.

Advocates for policies reducing gender pay gaps. 

Wants Congress' top priority to be creating and retaining well-paying jobs.

Wants to reduce taxes for small businesses so they can create jobs.

Supports measures for affordable housing.

Wants to reduce taxes for middle class citizens.

Wants to expand and enhance U.S. paid family leave laws.

- Advocates for policies reducing gender pay gaps. 
- Wants Congress' top priority to be creating and retaining well-paying jobs.
- Wants to reduce taxes for small businesses so they can create jobs.
- Supports measures for affordable housing.
- Wants to reduce taxes for middle class citizens.
- Wants to increase the minimum wage.
- Supports expanding workers benefits.
- Wants to expand and enhance U.S. paid family leave laws.

Economy

Supports environmental conservation efforts.

- Supports environmental conservation efforts.

Energy & the Environment

Believes systemic and structural racism exacerbate maternal health issues, especially for Black women. As co-founder of the Black Maternal Health Caucus, supported the inclusion of the Momnibus in President Biden’s Build Back Better Act to address the maternal health crisis.

Advocated for initiatives aimed at improving maternal healthcare outcomes for Black women. 

Believes reproductive issues are medical issues and should remain private between a woman and her doctor. Supports equal health care, pay, representation, respect, and rights for women.

Supports abortion access and believes a woman's reproductive health decisions should remain private between a woman and her physician.

Supports a single-payer health care system and has fought for decades to expand Medicaid in North Carolina.

Supports a single-payer healthcare system and expanding Medicaid statewide. 

Supports affordable and accessible Health insurance.

Supports government discounts for insurance based on income.

- Advocated for initiatives aimed at improving maternal healthcare outcomes for Black women. 
- Supports abortion access and believes a woman's reproductive health decisions should remain private between a woman and her physician.
- Supports a single-payer healthcare system and expanding Medicaid statewide. 
- Supports affordable and accessible Health insurance.
- Supports government discounts for insurance based on income.

Healthcare

Opposed the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn "critical" sections of the Voting Rights Act.

- Opposed the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn "critical" sections of the Voting Rights Act.

Voting & Elections

Wants to ensure law enforcement has sufficient resources for citizen protection.

Wants greater civil rights advocacy efforts for minorities, women, and the LGBT community.

Wants to address Nationwide hunger issues.

Opposes reducing unemployment benefits, food stamps, and other programs aimed to help low-income families.

- Supports gun control measures.
- Wants to ensure law enforcement has sufficient resources for citizen protection.
- Wants greater civil rights advocacy efforts for minorities, women, and the LGBT community.
- Wants to address Nationwide hunger issues.
- Opposes reducing unemployment benefits, food stamps, and other programs aimed to help low-income families.

Public Safety

Promises to advocate for adequate public school funding.

Plans to continue advocating for debt forgiveness for former and current students struggling to pay off student loans.

Wants to invest in public education and job training programs to foster a skilled workforce.

Believes in the transformative power of education and supports public schools, teachers, children, and HBCUs. As a House Representative, sponsored the FUTURE Act to provide $255 million annually for Minority-Serving Institutions, including $85 million for HBCUs.

Wants to ensure Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) prosper. 

- Promises to advocate for adequate public school funding.
- Opposes school voucher programs.
- Plans to continue advocating for debt forgiveness for former and current students struggling to pay off student loans.
- Wants to invest in public education and job training programs to foster a skilled workforce.
- Wants to ensure Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) prosper. 

Education

As of June 14, 2024, Alma S. Adams’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Alma S. Adams

Addul lives in the Charlotte Metro area. 

Addul worked as a sales manager for Red Ventures. He also serves as chairperson at the City of Kannapolis Community Development Commission. Abdul previously served in the US Army for 3 years. 

Addul Ali's campaign for U.S. Representative in Congressional District 12 is his first run for public office. 

Believes in improving upward mobility by equipping people with skills for better-paying jobs in technology and trades.

- Believes in improving upward mobility by equipping people with skills for better-paying jobs in technology and trades.

As of June 14, 2024, Addul Ali’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Supports accessible and affordable healthcare while opposing high prescription drug costs.

Supports accessible and affordable healthcare and opposes high prescription drug costs.

- Supports accessible and affordable healthcare and opposes high prescription drug costs.

Supports providing resources to law enforcement to enhance community safety and improve relations.

- Supports providing resources to law enforcement to enhance community safety and improve relations.

Believes that improving childhood literacy is essential for success and plans to bring necessary resources while defending parental choice in education.

Said, "I will work to bring the resources needed to improve childhood literacy while defending parental choice in education."

- Said, "I will work to bring the resources needed to improve childhood literacy while defending parental choice in education."

Supports securing the border, stopping the flow of fentanyl, and implementing a safe third-country asylum policy.

Said, "I will fight to secure the border, stop the flow of fentanyl, and support a safe third-country asylum policy."

Believes in supporting veterans, emphasizing care for those who have "sacrificed and served our country."

- Said, "I will fight to secure the border, stop the flow of fentanyl, and support a safe third-country asylum policy."
- Believes in supporting veterans, emphasizing care for those who have "sacrificed and served our country."

Addul Ali

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