Fikre for Virginia

Fikre for Virginia is an authentic people's campaign championed by Teddy Fikre, a first generation immigrant from Ethiopia. A highly accomplished IT project manager and a business consultant with an MBA from Johns Hopkins University, Teddy learned first hand of the severe hardships faced by the vast majority of Americans by witnessing his own parents struggle to provide for their children, experiencing his own hardships trying to climb the corporate ladder only to end up enduring two and a half years of homelessness. After climbing out of poverty, Teddy is determined to speak for the voiceless and stand up for the marginalized and disenfranchised poor, working and middle-class by become the lone Representative in DC who is not bought and paid for by the corporate class and the global oligarchy. His aim is to move America beyond division and antipathy and towards love and unity so we can defend our common interests and champion empathy above and acrimony.