A young woman from a low-income neighborhood wants to run for city council after years of watching decisions made by people who have never lived where she lives produce policies that harm her community, but when she investigates what running would require she discovers that she would need to take weeks off from the job she cannot afford to lose, that campaign materials and advertising cost money she does not have, that the fundraising networks other candidates access are closed to someone without professional connections, that the time required to knock on doors and attend events is time sh