An elected Delegate and  member of the Executive Board of the CA State Democratic Party she served on the Progressive Caucus Health Care Task Force and was the Progressive Democrats Los Angeles Health Care Liaison before re-registering as No Party Preference. Her grassroots Social Justice volunteer efforts span over 50 years including intersecting issues of social justice, civil, racial and human rights, environmental protection, public education, disaster relief, and decades of anti-war activism.  Ms. Cruise organizes and participates in community forums, interviews, workshops and marches and rallies to help educate the public and encourage participation in the movement for single payer universal healthcare. All lives are equal. Every body in. No body out.  “When I is replaced by We, Illness becomes Wellness.”  Malcolm X