LA-1 Congressional Candidate
It’s Our Louisiana
Mel Manuel might be the most progressive candidate Louisiana has ever seen: a champion for universal basic income, a single payer health system, reproductive rights, equitable representation, and equality for everyone (with a focus on people of color, women and the LGBTQ+ community).
We Can Thrive
“If the role of the government is to serve its people, ours is failing us. We live in the wealthiest nation on Earth but the majority of Americans are struggling to survive. It’s time for us to thrive.”
Meet Mel
Mel Manuel is an LGBTQ rights activist, defender of the First Amendment, public school teacher and a parent from Covington, Louisiana. After being Covington High’s valedictorian and graduating summa cum laude from Tulane University in 2006, Mel lived abroad in six countries and returned to Louisiana in 2015 to continue working as an educator. As co-founder of the nonprofit Queer Northshore and board member/spokesperson for the St Tammany Library Alliance, Mel already devotes their time to increasing visibility for underrepresented communities and defending our public libraries from censorship and book bans.