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🌿 PREPARE NOW! During my campaign, I introduced the 💵 $1,000 Yearly Self-Reliance Grant to help families grow food, build skills, and secure their future. Now more than ever, we must be ⚠️ Proactive, not reactive. ❤️ Neighbors, I love you, and I will continue to encourage you. Stay ready. 📖 God’s Word Reminds Us: 🌱 Work & Prepare — Proverbs 6:6–8 👁 Have Foresight — Proverbs 27:12 🛡 Stand Strong in Faith — 1 Corinthians 16:13 🏔 God Is Our Refuge — Psalm 46:1 ⏳ Be Ready

Back to What Matters Neighbors, I have a adult child with special needs. We used to travel and make memories, but today she cannot handle the stress of long airport lines. These delays are not by accident. They are the result of decisions. The refusal to properly fund TSA staffing has created unnecessary strain, and over time, critical infrastructure has been weakened. When systems fail, families like mine feel it first. So what do we do? Grow our own food Use landlin

🙏🏾 Thank You, 5,136 Voters and Supporters #HumilityInStrength Neighbors, Today, my girls and I want to begin with gratitude . 💜 🙏🏾 Thank you to the 5,136 voters and supporters who believed in me, prayed for me, encouraged me, and stood beside me in this race. Your support means more to me than any election result ever could. Although I lost this election, I know I am in good company , because throughout Scripture, truth and righteousness have often walked a difficult r

📰 News You Need to Remember — Part 2 Healthcare is not a talking point. For East Texans, it is survival. When the so called “Big Beautiful Bill” passed: 🏥 Healthcare protections were weakened 💊 Prescription costs stayed too high 🚑 Rural hospitals faced continued strain 📉 Medicaid support was put at risk 💰 Corporate tax cuts came first East Texas families deserve better. Here is what I will fight for: 🌱 Expand healthcare access in rural communities 💉 Lower prescription

❤️ WHAT LOVE LOOKS LIKE in Texas District One Love is not just words. Love is action. 🌹 $1,000 Self-Reliance Grant: Helping families grow their own food through gardening, farming, hunting, hydroponics, and agricultural education. 🩺 Safer Communities with Compassion Adding 30% healthcare professionals to police forces so mental health crises are handled with care and wisdom. 👨‍👩‍👧 Protecting Families, Updating the Family Unity and Dignity Act to eliminate WRONGFUL FAM

Dear Texas District One Readers, My name is Masika Akilah Ray, and I am running for U.S. Congress to represent Texas District One. My campaign slogan is "Humility in Strength." It is the least of these whom I am most concerned about caring for and feeding. Before I discuss policy, I want to share a special encounter. Last year at Big Daddy’s Stereo, I talked to someone getting his vehicle serviced. I mentioned my novel, "Wake Up Church, Answer the Call to Discipleship," which

CONGRESS x2 and ME — Hints from God Some of you know that I am a Christian author, currently working on the third of seven books in my Physical and Spiritual Series . Over the years, the Lord has given me many hints—ordered steps—that I now see clearly leading to this very moment. My father, Larry Hargraves , received a Civil Rights Award presented by Rev. Jesse Jackson and President Lyndon B. Johnson . My many battles against discrimination, for equal rights, and against go

Today, on World Mental Health Day , I want to speak about something deeply personal — about what my daughter and I shared at last night’s...

Handling Betrayal on the Campaign Trail with Faith On this campaign trail, I’ve faced betrayal and backstabbing, even from those who...

10 reasons Why In Times Like These, You Need a Black Woman Who Is a Disciple of Christ as your U.S. Representative By Masika Akilah Ray,...

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Love Thy Neighbor 7-year Community Plan by Masika Akilah Ray The Lord gave me a vision to write seven books about the physical and...