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Alma Allen
State Representative, District 131, Texas House District 131
DemocratStateDistrict HD-131
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Alma Allen is a State Representative for District 131 in the Texas House. She helps make laws for Texas and works to support education, health care, and opportunities for families in her Houston-area district.
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HD-131
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How Groups Fight Against Authoritarianism Around the World
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Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.
Rainer Maria Rilke