I’m Dr. Tami Gouveia—I’m a social worker, State Representative, and public health champion. I’m running for Lieutenant Governor to lead an equitable, just recovery from COVID-19 and secure a sustainable future for the people of Massachusetts.
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Study: Stimulus checks "significantly improved Americans’ ability to buy food and pay household bills and reduced anxiety and depression, with the largest benefits going to the poorest households and those with children." https://t.co/adI37aaHhb
Actually love to see one of my favorite deliverers of the news normalizing taking time off to spend with family!!
Also every American deserves parental leave.
Mental healthcare is healthcare. It should be guaranteed as a right along with dental and vision.
If you get a bad cut, you go to the doctor to heal it faster and healthier. Same goes here.
If I could prescribe it to other members, I would 😉
when @Olivia_Rodrigo said “it’s brutal out here” she was talking about the conditions under capitalism which force us to work and be “productive” just to exist. In this essay I will -
Ask @TurtleSwampBrew & Monty Gold to drop their suit against a proposed #AffordableHousing project for low-income elders. Our communities are stronger when we are ALL safe, housed, and included. https://t.co/KVvKy2xpVB #DropItMonty
FILED THIS MORNING w @MattOMalley: We need to end parking minimums for all-affordable housing projects!
We have more comprehensive affordable housing zoning relief in the works, but Boston’s parking minimums are being weaponized right now, so let’s act fast. #bospoli#mapoli 1/4
"One of the things that we bring to this work is that while we are looking at the bigger picture, we're focused on the little things that matter."
ICYMI: Here's our closing statement from last night's @jpprogressives forum ⬇️
“Statewide, as of May 11, 36 percent of the state’s Latino residents and 39 percent of Black residents have received at least one vaccine dose, compared with 57 percent of white residents.”
But yes, Democrats and Democratic Governor hopefuls, keep praising Baker #mapoli
@JerusalemDemsas on The Weeds this week spitting truth about local politics & homelessness. “You cannot live in a city and say “I’m opposed to a homeless shelter being built here” .... and then say also that the government needs to fix this problem.” 👏🏻
If people aren't returning to work, it's because:
A) they're being paid poverty wages
B) they want health care that won't bankrupt them
C) they need child care
D) they want you to treat them with dignity
E) they want you to recognize their humanity
F) all of the above
This is not justice. It's a milestone victory, but not justice.
This isn't a substitute for defunding the police and reallocating resources to community-based solutions. This isn't a substitute for ending qualified immunity. This isn't a substitute for ending mass incarceration.
The jury made the right decision. There was no way any rational person who watched the Derek Chauvin trial could conclude that he was anything but guilty.