Last week, I had the pleasure to speak with graduate students participating in the @IncCivic Fellowship at the State House. I shared my journey of getting involved in politics, my legislative priorities, how I advocate for issues, & how critical it is to be engaged in state govt.
We’re at the State House today with CAP Fellows and hearing this morning from a panel of CAP Fellow alumni. Thank you Liz Berman, Isaac Gibbons and Ayla Thorntona!
Former MA Secretary of Energy & Environmental Affairs, Katie Theoharides, named CEO of The Trustees of Reservations. Theoharides brings deep experience in climate, ecology, and land conservation, all key pillars of our work. https://t.co/bD991GFiud
The absurd cost of housing in the Boston region is strangling off the workforce. Companies are looking to hire and grow, but housing costs are prohibitive even for those making good money.
https://t.co/iUzI0FYaZo
Grateful to my friend and @IncCivic founder Ira Jackson for making a powerful economic and moral case for additional housing production in Massachusetts. https://t.co/10N66MsgWM
The state seems to be at an inflection point where almost everyone is in agreement that housing is an existential crisis, What Massachusetts needs, writes Ira A. Jackson, is its own moon shot.
https://t.co/ctB1zGNpB9
Fostering & empowering the next generation of civic leaders is critical to building communities that work for everyone.
Congratulations to the 2023 Executive Fellows & thank you @IncCivic for your leadership & partnership in making a better Boston for all.
The CommonWealth Development Compact will help build a seat at the development table for businesses run by people of color and women. Boston, Cambridge, Lynn, Salem and Somerville sign on. Proud to be a founding partner with @IncCivic, @BSAAIA, Builders of Color Coalition.
And we're off! Today we launched the CommonWealth Development Compact to increase diversity in real estate development with our municipal partners, Eastern Bank Foundation @easternbank, @bsaaia, and the Builders of Color Coalition.
Proud to be partnering with @BSAAIA, the Builders of Color Coalition and @EasternBank Foundation to encourage thoughtful innovation in public and private real estate development in Massachusetts. https://t.co/Bo8dIvkV6v
Thank you @MayorTyer of Pittsfield, @W_D_Ferguson of the Office of the Speaker, and RA @Juana_B_Matias of @HUDNewEngland for walking us through what leadership looks like at the city, state and federal levels.
Thank you to @dhowgate, President, @masstaxpayersfd; @RepMichlewitz, House Ways and Means Chair; and Matt Gorzkowicz, Secretary of the Executive Office for Administration and Finance for giving our Executive Fellows a primer on how the MA budget process works.
Our speaking program has begun! “Everything we are faced with today has a solution, if we decide none of us alone are to blame and none of us alone can fix the situation.” — @mocowan