The nine-pillar policy plan centers cost of living, affordable housing, Hartsfield-Jackson, Medicare for All, food security, education, Black entrepreneurship, tax reform, and civil rights.

GWINNETT COUNTY, GA – Dr. Everton Blair Jr., candidate for Georgia’s 13th Congressional District, today released “Because Change Can’t Wait: Blair’s Black Economic Agenda”, a comprehensive nine-pillar policy plan addressing the economic, social, and democratic challenges facing the district’s working families.

The plan outlines proposals across nine areas: cost of living, affordable housing, Hartsfield-Jackson and Black economic infrastructure, health care and Medicare for All, food security, education and jobs, Black entrepreneurship and small business ownership, tax reform, and the defense of democracy, civil rights, and DEI.

“Georgia’s 13th District is a majority-Black, entirely suburban district where approximately  two-thirds of residents are Black and most families are working- and middle-class,” said Dr. Blair. Despite our district’s growth, Black residents continue to face persistent economic barriers. Black unemployment has consistently run higher. Economic downturns hit us hardest. And the cost of everything, from health care to housing to groceries, is consuming more of our paychecks than at any point in a generation. Because change can’t wait, the Blair Agenda is my commitment to changing that.”

“Economic health is directly tied to our physical and mental health. Black families and working families across GA-13 deserve a policy environment and supporting infrastructure that actively delivers well-being,” said Matthew McCurdy, a public health advocate and the Co-Founder at BLKHLTH. That starts with ensuring we have equitable access to opportunities that support economic health.”

“Black entrepreneurs in Georgia’s 13th District don’t lack talent or ideas. They lack access to capital, networks, and a policy environment that takes their businesses seriously,” said Khadijah Robinson, Founder and General Partner of Fictive Ventures and an attorney who has spent her career building pathways for Black founders. Dr. Blair’s agenda speaks directly to the structural barriers I see every day: the funding gaps, the licensing hurdles, the under-investment in community financial institutions. This is what it looks like when a candidate understands that Black entrepreneurship is not a talking point. It is an economic engine that fuels us all, and it deserves real infrastructure behind it.”

Every resident of Georgia's 13th congressional district deserves the kind of help from their government that Blair's economic agenda proposes, and the kind of leader Blair will be in Congress to deliver it,” said Deval Patrick, the former Governor of Massachusetts.

KEY POLICY HIGHLIGHTS:

• Cost of Living, Affordability, and Tax Reform: Lower the cost of living by cracking down on corporate price-gouging, expanding childcare subsidies, building an affordable care economy, and making the ultra-wealthy pay their fair share.

• Affordable Housing: Expand supply, create federal down-payment assistance for first-generation homebuyers, and crack down on private equity firms bulk-purchasing homes in Black neighborhoods.

• Transportation, Innovation, and Suburban Infrastructure: Defend Hartsfield-Jackson Airport’s contracting pipelines, fight the rollback of diversity requirements in federal procurement, and invest in MARTA expansion and suburban transit so GA-13 families are no longer locked out of regional economic opportunity.

• Health Care, Elder Care, and Child Care: Fight for Medicare for All, reverse the $930 billion in Medicaid cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, expand home health care for seniors, and cap child care costs for working families.

• Food Security and the Safety Net: Reverse SNAP cuts threatening food assistance for 22 million families and protect school meal programs.

• Education and Jobs: Invest in public schools, career training, and apprenticeships; raise teacher pay; expand universal Pre-K; and fight for a living wage that reflects today’s cost of living.

• Entrepreneurship and Black Small Business Ownership: Expand access to capital, strengthen CDFIs and minority banks, protect minority contracting pipelines, and remove licensing barriers for formerly incarcerated individuals.

• Environmental Justice: Hold data centers and industrial polluters accountable, demand justice for communities impacted by the BioLab disaster, and ensure Clayton County receives its fair share of airport revenue.

• Democracy, Civil Rights, DEI, and Equal Protection: Defend voting rights, civil rights, marriage equality, reproductive freedom, and DEI, because we Definitely Earned It.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

“For thirty years, our generations have been told to wait their turn,” Blair continued. “We are done waiting. Because change can’t wait, it is time to build, to fight, and to win.”

The full Blair Agenda is available at https://www.evertonblair.com/BlackEconomicAgenda.

The Democratic primary for Georgia’s 13th Congressional District is May 19, 2026.

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