Emerge Alum Becca Rausch, other Massachusetts senators load up on policing reform bill amendments
Senators have filed 145 amendments to a sweeping police reform bill, suggesting an array of topics that could become areas of debate when they take up the bill on Thursday. The bill (S 2800) that Senate leaders outlined Monday includes a suite of reforms including the creation of a certification… Read More
Boston councilors, including Emerge Alumnae, proposing police civilian review board
Boston city councilors plan to file a proposal that would create a civilian review board with stronger oversight and investigative powers over the police department. City Councilor Andrea Campbell’s office confirmed that she, plus Councilors Ricardo Arroyo and Julia Mejia, plan to file the proposal on Tuesday. The board would… Read More
Emerge America: Letter to the DNC Platform Committee on Gender Equality
WASHINGTON, July 10 — Emerge America issued the following letter to members of the Democratic National Committee Platform Committee: Addressing the inequalities in representation by gender in our governments – from the Federal Government down to School Boards and Town Councils – means that we as Democrats need to evaluate… Read More
Somerville City Councilor and Emerge Alum Kristen Strezo participates in ‘Masks in Boston’ project
Kristen Strezo – 41 years old, City Councilor-at-Large, Somerville What has been the most challenging part of covid19? Watching my children go through the grief of being unable to play with other children. What gives you strength during this time? Rolling up my sleeves to help as many… Read More
Led by Emerge Alum and State Rep Liz Miranda, House approves commission to reduce racial inequities in maternal childbirth deaths
The Massachusetts House of Representatives voted unanimously on Tuesday to create a commission led by people of color to reduce or eliminate racial inequities in maternal deaths. “Make no mistake — maternal justice is also racial justice,” said Representative Liz Miranda, a Roxbury Democrat and a lead sponsor of the… Read More
Emerge Alumnae in Mass House of Representatives Help Pass Bill To Address Racial Inequalities in Maternal Health
State Representatives Carmine Gentile, Jack Patrick Lewis, and Maria Robinson joined their colleagues in the House last week to unanimously pass a bill aimed at eliminating racial inequities in maternal health. An Act to reduce racial inequities in maternal health, co-sponsored by Reps. Gentile, Lewis, and Robinson, would create a… Read More
Emerge Alumnae on Boston City Council back push for state laws to ‘transform’ ways, means of public safety
The 13 members of the City Council unanimously passed a resolution last Wednesday in support of state legislation aimed at removing tear gas, rubber bullets, attack dogs and other weapons “not even used in war” from state and local police department arsenals. The legislation, H.D. 5128/SD. 2968 – “Acts Relative… Read More
In Everett, Emerge Alum Gerly Adrien, the first Black woman on historically white council, stands alone
Gerly Adrien racked up the largest vote tally of any at-large council candidate last fall to become the first Black woman on Everett City Council. Suffice it to say she has found no similar base of support within government, where she has spent nearly six months relentlessly questioning and visibly… Read More
Rep. Barber leads effort to ensure meal sites for children continue
Representative Christine P. Barber (D-34th Middlesex) of Somerville and Medford, led an effort along with Hannah Kane (R-11th Worcester) and Jay Livingstone (D-8th Suffolk District) that resulted in the extension of children’s meal sites throughout Massachusetts for the entire summer. Rep. Barber partnered with Project Bread, an anti-hunger organization committed… Read More
‘This burning rage … is real’: DA Rachael Rollins speaks out on race
Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins on Monday gave a frank and emotional assessment of the response to the the deaths of George Floyd and other Black Americans killed by police, offering her view that the nationwide protests are grounded in the life experience — and anger — that she shares… Read More