There is a self interest in voting for a society where there is health care for all, where there's a mental health service for all, where there is education service for all.

But that is what these people do - the Steves of this world - they all try and make something out of nothing. and they all do it for themselves.

I'm intending to work on juvenile justice reform, sentencing reform, reentry, drug treatment, access to mental health care.

I see legislatures changing and taking more interest in mental health especially community-based care.

I lied and said I was busy.
I was busy;
but not in a way most people understand.

I was busy taking deeper breaths.
I was busy silencing irrational thoughts.
I was busy calming a racing heart.
I was busy telling myself I am okay.

Sometimes, this is my busy -
and I will not apologize for it.

Having deinstitutionalized mental health, we have not created the structure and the institutions to take care of people, to identify when there is a mental health problem, and to get the treatment to people.