Norah
Laughter
For Ward 1

Elect an Alder for student, community, and labor solidarity

Raised by public school employees in a small town in Kentucky, I saw how working people's lives were shaped by corporate powers taking more than they gave. In New Haven, I saw similar inequality due to segregated development Yale has helped create—and people organizing to fight back.

I’ve organized with Students Unite Now since 2022 in a coalition of unions and community organizations fighting for racial and economic justice. This coalition won the increase in Yale's voluntary contribution to New Haven. That’s why I’m running for Alder: New Haven students and residents need to work together to win the funding our city needs for housing and schools.

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"Why Should I Vote for Norah?"

Ellen Cupo, Alder in Ward 8

“As a Yale employee in the Program in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS), a Local 34 Vice President, and the Alder for Wooster...

Richie George, Hopper '27

As a Peer Liaison at the Afro-American Cultural Center, I witnessed first-hand how Yale abandoned its cultural centers after the Trump...

Tamera Sternberger, Resident, Local 34

I am a product of what a community can look like when it is even modestly supported by its most established institution. I've lived in...

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Bottom line: I am already willing to fight for what we need to thrive - I'd love to expand that work at City Hall!

1,500 students signed SUN's petition about Yale Health with over 4,000 union members	I helped inform constituents in my ward about the Yale Financial Aid Settlement in 2024	Thank you to everyone who was at my campaign launch, including Shams Goodwin who is leading the fight for good union jobs!
Tenzin Jorden and I both testified in support of SB8 to the state Labor & Public Employees Committee	My summers in New Haven, I have door knocked across the city to build community power	Ward 1 and Ward 22 joint forum on "Building an Inclusive Economy" with Alder Morrison and New Haven Rising

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Norah Laughter For Ward 1

"Why Should I Vote for Norah?"

Ellen Cupo, Alder in Ward 8

Richie George, Hopper '27

Tamera Sternberger, Resident, Local 34

Bottom line: I am already willing to fight for what we need to thrive - I'd love to expand that work at City Hall!

1,500 students signed SUN's petition about Yale Health with over 4,000 union members

I helped inform constituents in my ward about the Yale Financial Aid Settlement in 2024

Thank you to everyone who was at my campaign launch, including Shams Goodwin who is leading the fight for good union jobs!

Tenzin Jorden and I both testified in support of SB8 to the state Labor & Public Employees Committee

My summers in New Haven, I have door knocked across the city to build community power

Ward 1 and Ward 22 joint forum on "Building an Inclusive Economy" with Alder Morrison and New Haven Rising

Norah
Laughter
For Ward 1