First: This email is relatively long (even for me) since I’ve tried to include an overview of what the council has done so far this term and issues on which I have focused more specifically. And, it’s been an all encompassing time, hence the length. Please read, comment, give feedback.  I ran for City Council […]

Mass Ave in Central Square being prepped for outside dining Hi all,  I wanted to make sure you were apprised of the upcoming committee hearings over the next week, since many of the conversations will be of interest. While there has been a pause on committee hearings over the last four months due to COVID,

Garden Street this morning All: Happy Summer! This will be a summer unlike any I (and likely you) have ever experienced. With the pandemic still raging in parts of the world, alongside the mass movement to address systemic racism, we have work to do as a country, state, city and human being. We are lucky

This morning (6/19) outside City Hall Hi all, This morning, the City Council raised the Juneteenth flag in front of City Hall, commemorating the day that word of emancipation reached Texas, the last state to receive notice of the Emancipation Proclamation, which had been issued more than two years earlier. As with much social history, the question

The murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery have sparked a national movement that was long overdue, and have spurred cities and towns to take action on a local level.   I fully support the policy order proposed for a vote by the Cambridge City Council to reallocate up to $4.1 million from the

Photo of 16th street leading to the White House (Business Insider), painted by Washington DC staff, helped by the community. Site of repression by federal forces on peaceful protesters. “Those of us who hope to be their allies should not be surprised, if and when this day comes, that when those who have been locked

Cambridge City Hall All, In these trying and troubling times, I remain dedicated to doing all I can to uplift, to celebrate the good work proliferating and to remind myself and others to take care of our own mental health and emotional needs. And, I cannot shake the images of George Floyd begging for his

If this email was forwarded, click here to sign up for COVID updates Hi all, For this week’s email, since there is no meeting on Monday – enjoy Memorial Day! – I have summarized a few of the issues that have absorbed me for the past two months and how YOU can help get them

If this email was forwarded to you, click here for COVID-19 updates All: For some good clean fun – in just a few hours, join the CSV pajama party – at 5:30 – 7 pm it’s a Facebook event and it is not a fundraiser, although there IS a fundraiser going on in which you are encouraged

If this was forwarded to you, click here to sign up for COVID-19 updates. Hi all, Buy local, treat yourself and support struggling restaurants that are the heart and soul of many neighborhoods – it matters! Above is the personal, handwritten card we got with our take out order from Gustavo’s Cuban Kitchen. Plus the