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ABOUT
Edith Ajello
Edie does the quiet but essential work of legislating — listening to every witness on the House Judiciary Committee, stopping bills that would do harm, and strengthening good ones with smart amendments. She partners with colleagues to move their best ideas forward, and she leads on the issues other representatives won't touch.
What Edie Stands For
Doing the work that makes Rhode Island more just
Civil Rights &
LGBTQ+ Protections
From the seven-year fight to repeal Rhode Island's sodomy law in 1998 to defending doctors who provide gender-affirming care today, Edie has spent her career protecting Rhode Islanders' right to live with dignity.
Justice for
Marginalized People
Edie led the package of bills, signed last July, that gives sex workers limited immunity to report violent crimes, repeals punitive fees in community corrections, and ends a stigmatizing HIV-testing requirement that protected no one.
Housing,
Healthcare & Dignity
This session she's fighting to keep past incarceration off rental applications, ban algorithmic rent-setting software, expand expungement, pass the Compassionate Care Act, and stabilize Rhode Island's healthcare workforce.
"My mother used to tell me, ‘Don't complain about it. Do something about it.’ I have tried to follow that advice my whole life."
From Edie's letter to the voters of District 1
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