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Independent Candidate for U.S. Congressional District 3 Arizona, Founder & Publisher One Planet magazine, Founder The FUSION

My Value:

Fresh Perspective

Why is your value important to you?:

Offering a fresh perspective to our current political climate provides: a third way option - different solutions then are currently being provided. As an independent I am able to consider information from experts and points of view from both sides and suggest solutions that move us forward. This is not a compromise of information instead it is a road to solutions. Partisan politics has created a situation of right vs. left, of ideology vs. information. Offering a fresh perspective that is the result of bringing the best solutions from both sides forward is a concept that its time has come.

How is your value faring in the world?:

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Favorite quotes, sayings, adages or wise words:

It is easy enough to vote right and be consistently with the majority . . . but it is more often more important to be ahead of the majority and this means being willing to cut the first furrow in the ground and stand alone for a while if necessary. U.S. Congresswoman Patsy Mink Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration. Lincoln's First Annual Message to Congress, December 3, 1861. How far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without? Dwight D. Eisenhower I can not believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war. Eleanor Roosevelt The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. Lee Iacocca You do not lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership. Dwight D. Eisenhower If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulder of giants. Isaac Newton Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict -- alternatives to passive or aggressive responses, alternatives to violence. Dorothy Thompson We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom. Dwight D. Eisenhower Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them. Paul Hawken Together We can see what none of us can see alone. We can do what none of us can do alone. We can celebrate what none of us can celebrate alone. Barbara Marx Hubbard It's about connecting not convincing.

Annie Loyd is running for Congress in Arizona's Third Congressional District to bring a fresh perspective in politics and bring people together and empower them to have a positive effect in their community. Thinking large is a quality that has made Annie a leader. Her critical thinking skills, her sense of responsibility and her keen ability to rally people together make her a candidate of unparalleled appeal.

Annie has been a community and business leader living in Arizona for 15 years. Born in South Dakota, Annie witnessed a host of challenges regarding the Native American and mental health communities, business owners, farmers and ranchers. She was educated at St. Martin’s Academy and through her parents, learned about the importance of leadership and giving back to her community. She moved to LA in her 20’s, where she managed an 82-bed residential youth facility. Following the Rodney King incident, she organized and led the facility to a peaceful resolution during ensuing riots. With family roots dating back 50 years in the Valley, Annie settled in Phoenix and served as a liaison and consultant to many politicians, community organizations and businesses. As a small business owner, Annie was the managing partner of a design/build residential construction company and was the principal of a political consulting and strategy firm.

In 2005, Annie founded The Fusion followed by One Planet magazine in 2006. The Fusion offers a venue for people to unite for a common cause – whether it was traveling to New Orleans to help victims in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, discovering water solutions or building resilient and sustainable communities that empowers individuals and educate all. One Planet magazine is an online publication created in the summer of 2006 that gives voice to solutions and emerging leaders throughout out our local and global communities.

For more then 25 years Annie has worked with both Republicans and Democrats - and while many politicians are attorneys or businessmen - Annie is a “social architect," one that sees things that aren’t quite right and tries to find solutions. Leadership, on a grass roots basis, is what has defined Annie. She has taken the lead in multiple organizations with diverse interests. Annie is a leader inspiring, engaging and empowering people to come forward and participate in solutions.

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