As she traveled up Blue Hill Avenue, Elizabeth Warren was greeted by dozens of supporters who lined both sides of the busiest street in Roxbury on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. She was there for the opening of her second campaign office in Boston’s black community. She greeted every supporter, shook every hand and after fiery introductions by local elected officials, rallied the boisterous crowd as she made the case for her election in November. Some months ago, she opened a campaign office in Douglas Park. Yesterday, she opened another in Unity Plaza.
Warren has done an excellent job of outreach in communities of color. She has a fantastic team on the ground across the state – well-known and well-respected political operatives who know the landscape – and she shows up to tell people where she stands on the issues that matter to them and to ask for their votes and support.
Examples: In addition to a number of one-on-one meetings with community leaders, she held a meet-and-greet at Hibernian Hall in Dudley Square, met dozens of families at the annual Juneteenth celebration in Franklin Park and participated in a community dialogue specifically for women of color yesterday afternoon in Roxbury. Warren wants to discuss and expand her urban agenda by talking directly to women whose families face enormous challenges every day. She will join another such event October 5th in Brookline.
Her outreach is getting a lot of positive attention. You can read about it here, here, and here
On September 26th, she will speak at a forum organized by the NAACP and co-hosted by Oiste, MassVote, The Black Ministerial Alliance, MAMLEO, DSNI, the Fair Housing Center of Greater Boston, Madison Park Development Corporation and Community Change. Warren will be the only candidate for US Senate there. After initially ignoring the invitation, Scott Brown sent an email declining it.
Inquiries about staff diversity (or the lack of it) in the Brown campaign were similarly ignored. As for an urban agenda, it’s safe to say that Brown hasn’t given it or the people it would serve, a single thought.
As one speaker said yesterday, this election “is about who cares and who doesn’t.”
Elizabeth Warren cares. Scott Brown doesn’t.
