Vanessa Adia

Vanessa Adia is a former candidate for Congressional District 12 in Texas. S Vanessa is a former candidate for Congressional District 12 in Texas.

Vanessa has been a leader and change maker from a young age. As a high school student, Vanessa served on the Youth Ministry Council of the Coastal Plains Area of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). During her time on the council, Vanessa planned two weekend youth events including a service-focused rally for high school youth from an area stretching from Beaumont and Orange in the East, the

Greater Houston Area, Bay City in the West, and College Station and Huntsville in the North. Prior to serving on the Youth Ministry Council, Vanessa thought she wanted to pursue a career as a lawyer. Her time working with youth led to a desire to serve others through the church. Vanessa came to Tarrant County in 1998 to attend TCU and studied religion and philosophy. During that time, she served as director of youth ministry at WestWind Church in Keller, TX. Her work with the youth in monthly service projects led her to pursue a Master’s of Science in Social Work with a focus in non-profit management. Vanessa worked with Northside Inter-Church Agency, Lena Pope Home, the Institute for Learning Abilities, and spent five years in charitable management for a local business. Her work with foundations and PACs provided an opportunity for Vanessa to meet many local and state public servants and inspired her to have a more direct impact in her community. Vanessa was appointed to the Benbrook Parks and Recreation Board in 2007 and later the Planning and Zoning Commission. She also actively worked with the Obama Campaign registering voters, canvassing, phone banking and training volunteers, often bringing her daughter Sophia along in a baby carrier. Her service with the Obama Campaign made her feel at home in a way that she hadn’t while in the private sector and motivated her to find a new way to serve people in her community. In 2009, Vanessa started teaching science in Fort Worth ISD, first at Rosemont Middle School and later at Benbrook-Middle-High School where she teaches 6th, 7th and 8th grade science and leads as the Science Department Chair. As a teacher, Vanessa has been recognized as a leader in her field. She has written curriculum for Fort Worth ISD and has led trainings for teachers within the district. In addition, she has presented workshops for the Science Teachers Association of Texas annual conference and for the T-MATE alternative certification program of Tarleton State University. Vanessa was recognized as the 2014-2015 Teaching Chair of Excellence for Secondary Science in Fort Worth ISD and has served as the Science Department Chair at Benbrook Middle-High School for the last four years. Vanessa has also played an active role in her school by serving on the PTA, the Site Based Decision Making Committee, the District Employee Relations Council, the Gold Seal Program of Choice Exploratory Committee, and she has also served as sponsor of the student-led LGBTQ+ group. Vanessa is also an active member of her congregation, First Congregational United Church of Christ, Fort Worth. She is currently a Sunday School teacher and is on the Christian Education Committee. In the past, she served on the Pastoral Relations Council and as the Chair of the Christian Service Committee where she had an active role in planning the church’s annual participation in the Fort Worth Pride Parade. Her faith is a driving force in all of her actions as she seeks to embody the commandment to love her neighbors as herself. Now Vanessa has been motivated to serve her community in a new way by running for U.S. Congressional District 12. The foundation of her entire campaign and position on issues is to give every person in our great nation equal access and opportunity to pursue liberty, health, and happiness by tearing down the barriers to the freedom that allows individuals to be their best selves and live their lives to the fullest. Note: Most posts are my own, but when I'm teaching, #TeamVanessa takes care of the posting.

11/01/2020

Make your voice heard November 3rd!

10/18/2020

It’s a beautiful day to get out the vote! Today I’m in Texas House District 96.

We need your help to get out the vote in Tarrant - Democrats need a push. Can you sign up to lit drop this weekend? Can you poll greet? We're almost there!

GOTV Lit Drop: https://tinyurl.com/yymzk37y
Phonebank: https://tinyurl.com/y2whzpbv
Poll Greet Early Voting: https://tinyurl.com/yynwlxcf
Poll Greet Election Day: https://tinyurl.com/yxn3j6wl

10/06/2020

I am so proud to be on the board of Tarrant Together and of what WE can do together!

09/05/2020

I can’t wait to get my sign so I can show my neighbors why I am voting for Democrats up and down the ballot. I think I will need to get several since there are so many reasons to vote for Democrats this fall. What will you write on yours?

Friends! Thanks to you, we met our goal for the $5k matching funds! Yay! And to celebrate we are rolling out something new: signs for you to tell all your neighbors why you'll be voting for Dems alllll the way down the ballot. Pre-order yours today for a $15 donation:
secure.actblue.com/donate/blank-sign

09/01/2020

As one of our board members, Vanessa Adia, said, "We aren't meeting together in a campaign office, living room, or restaurant to commiserate with each other over the week's events while writing letters to our neighbors. But I still have the feeling of community brewing. Of democracy happening." By licking stamps and addressing envelopes - we can do this. Together.

Donate: secure.actblue.com/donate/tarrant-together-1

08/29/2020

Tarrant Together is working hard to get out as many voter registration letters out as we can this month to expand the electorate for the upcoming election. Now is the best time to support our efforts because we have a donor ready to match $5,000 if we can raise the money this week. Please visit the link below and make a contribution today!

Friends, one of our supporters, Robert McNeal, a former Air Force officer and former Republican, is dedicated to defeating Trump in November. He is generously offering **$5,000 matching funds** if we can raise the money this week!

Can you pitch in today? Secure.actblue.com/donate/tarrant-together-1

08/05/2020

I'm writing letters while listening to podcasts right now. Can you help pitch in some money for stamps today so we can get our new neighbors registered to vote?

Okay team. We are a mere 89 days from the most important election in a generation. Our letter writers are feverishly getting registration letters out - we need to support them with envelopes and stamps! Can you donate today?
📬📬📬 Secure.actblue.com/donate/tarrant-together-1

06/19/2020

06/01/2020

In the last three years I have participated in many forms of protest: marches, rallies, sidewalk protests, city council meetings, and vigils. Police presence was often there but I never once saw the show of militarized police force that the FWPD displayed last night as our neighbors peacefully protested the police brutality in our community and nation.

We must open our eyes to see the different reaction when the protest comes from black voices who call on us to recognize that black lives matter and that systems of racism and white supremacy must be dismantled.

Before you rationalize the different police reactions to white protest and BIPOC protest, watch the live streams of those who were there to document last night, see how the night unfolded, and ask yourself: were the extreme tactics from the police really necessary? Would the same tactics be used on a crowd that was majority white?

Give us eyes to see. Give us hearts to change. Give us the will to act.

United Fort Worth has a bail fund to support the protestors who were arrested. Donate!

Tarrant County Community Bail Fund Community! We need your help raising funds to bail out our loved ones from the Tarrant County Jail, where cases of COVID-19 are continuing to grow each week! There is nothing more urgent than freedom... especially during a pandemic. And especially when our Sheriff, Judges, District Attorney and othe...

05/31/2020

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