Tuesday, September 27. I hope you’ll mark it in your calendars, and here’s why…
Less than one week from today is the Boston City Council preliminary election. With our help, voters could become one step closer to electing a real, tried-and-true progressive to represent South Boston, the South End, and Chinatown.
Suzanne Lee, a former principal of two local schools and a longtime community activist, is running for City Council in District 2. Suzanne is known throughout education circles for her work at the Baldwin School, a formerly low-achieving and divided school that she made into a national model for reform. She was also principal at the Josiah Quincy School, which was named one of the top schools in Massachusetts.
As a progressive community advocate, Suzanne is the real deal. She has spent over 35 years fighting to break down barriers and give ordinary residents a say in the decisions that affect their lives and their neighborhoods. She founded the Chinese Progressive Association, an activist force to be reckoned with, and has a long history of bringing diverse groups together to solve tough problems. She organized unemployed garment workers in the 1970s, collaborated with the Boston Foundation to fight poverty in local neighborhoods, and led the effort to create bilingual ballots.
Suzanne is dedicated to the idea that education can change lives, largely because of how a good education transformed hers. Suzanne came to the United States from Hong Kong at age 11, the daughter of working-class immigrants, and grew up in Grove Hall. She attended Boston Public Schools, studied hard, and received a scholarship to Brandeis–becoming the first in her family to go to college. She then received her Masters degree in education from Harvard. As a City Councilor, education will continue to be Suzanne’s top priority.
Since announcing her campaign for City Council in January, Suzanne has been actively reaching out to voters by attending community meetings, going door-to-door, and phone banking. In fact, Suzanne has personally reached out to over 4,000 voters. She also has a fantastic team of dedicated volunteers working to share Suzanne’s ideas and her vision for a progressive future. I hope you’ll consider joining them.
With no preliminary for the Boston City Council At-Large race, and no other towns or cities holding elections on Tuesday the 27th, we can make a great impact that day by helping a real progressive champion.
