Kazarian will seek third term from East Providence House District 63

Posted 6/24/16

EAST PROVIDENCE — Katherine S. Kazarian has announced her intention to run for re-election to represent the residents of District 63 in East Providence. She was first elected in 2012. …

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Kazarian will seek third term from East Providence House District 63

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EAST PROVIDENCE — Katherine S. Kazarian has announced her intention to run for re-election to represent the residents of District 63 in East Providence. She was first elected in 2012.

Representative Kazarian issued the following press release declaring her candidacy:

“It has been an honor to represent the residents of District 63 over the past four years and I ask them for their vote so I can continue to fight for their best interests at the State House,” said Representative Kazarian.

If re-elected, Representative Kazarian will continue to put pressure on RIDOT to fix the decrepit Pawtucket Avenue as well as other roads in serious disrepair in East Providence. She has publicly called for RIDOT to amend its deficient road repair plan that leaves out East Providence residents
for the much-needed road repairs on state roads that the taxpayers thoroughly deserve.

“Our residents pay too much in taxes every year to have to deal with the crumbling conditions of Pawtucket Avenue,” said Representative Kazarian. “This is an issue of safety and a significant barrier to economic development for East Providence and our residents deserve far better than what they are getting from the DOT.”

Representative Kazarian has had a busy year at the State House and has seen many legislative accomplishments throughout her second term in office. This year, the General Assembly passed her legislation that requires each school district in the state to include in its curriculum a unit on the Holocaust and genocide for every student by the time he or she graduates.

“Although these are not pleasant topics to learn about in school, these events must be studied by our children in order to prevent further similar atrocities from happening in the future,” said Representative Kazarian. “My family’s own history involving the Armenian Genocide has shown me that these events in history should never be forgotten and it is important that our children recognize and understand how such terrible events can occur in society, and more importantly, how to stop them from happening.”

Representative Kazarian has also focused on chairing her commission, created through legislation she sponsored last year, which studies the creation of a council to coordinate resources for providing care to individuals with rare diseases in Rhode Island. The commission was extended this year to continue the work Representative Kazarian has been championing for the past two years.

“This extension was needed because the reality of living with rare diseases does not go away for many people after the initial expiration date of the commission and there is much more work the commission needs to do to help these individuals who suffer on a daily basis,” said Representative Kazarian. “Living with any disease is a burden, but, to the few in the state affected with uncommon and rare diseases, the burden significantly increases, often without any clear course of action for treatment. Just because a patient is the only person in Rhode Island suffering from a particular rare ailment, does not mean they should be left alone to fend for themselves. My hope is that this commission can change that tragic reality for those who suffer from rare diseases.”

Representative Kazarian has been concerned with a lack of social workers in the state’s public schools since she took office, and if reelected, she will continue to make sure every child in the state has access to a school social worker if needed. Her legislation this session to study the total impact of social workers in our schools passed the House of Representatives but was stalled in the Senate.

“We need to invest more in our children. This bill would work to make sure our children are receiving the help that they need in order to develop and learn properly,” said Representative Kazarian. “School shootings are all too common these days. We need to do a better job of providing services that will prevent such horrific events from ever happening again.”

“The residents of District 63 deserve representation that fights for the best interests of themselves and their children. If reelected, I can promise each resident of the district that I will head to the State House every single day fighting for the men, women, and children of East Providence,” added Representative Kazarian.

Representative Kazarian, 26, graduated from St. Mary Academy Bay View in East Providence in 2008. She received a bachelor’s degree in urban studies and economics from Columbia University’s Barnard College in New York in 2012.

A lifelong resident of East Providence, she has served as a Sunday School assistant and a coach for children with disabilities. She is a sales development representative for Upserve, a tech company in Providence.

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