Maryah Lauer

Maryah first came to Colorado Springs to attend college, and after earning her Bachelor's in Political Science and Communication, she received a Master of Laws in Human Rights and the Environment from Lancaster College in the UK.

Maryah has a long history of fighting for environmental justice, worker's rights (including helping to unionize her own workplace), corporate accountability, abortion rights, and police accountability as an activist and community organizer and led successful campaigns against a funding initiative for a police training facility and the ensuring the closure of the Martin Drake coal power plant.

Focused on addressing the housing crisis, she will advocate for housing-first policies that include renter protections and community benefits agreements for development projects. Further, Maryah wants to introduce alternative crisis response teams for emergencies like mental health calls. She also seeks to increase Council pay to encourage broader participation and improve democracy in local government. Maryah's goal is to create a more inclusive and responsive local government that prioritizes the needs of the community.