March for housing

by | Aug 22, 2020 | Newton | 6 comments

This just arrived in my In Box with the message “4 Congressional candidates have confirmed attendance already.”.  No mention of which ones though

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6 Comments

  1. Newtoner
    Newtoner on August 22, 2020 at 8:27 pm

    I see “Defund” in the announcement, so I think I have some idea of who’s planning to attend.

  2. Sean Roche
    Sean Roche on August 22, 2020 at 9:32 pm

    I’ll be very interested to see if either Becky Grossman or Jake Auchincloss appears. Both could do something about systemic racism and housing right now, by speaking out against Newton’s exclusionary zoning.

  3. Phil R.
    Phil R. on August 22, 2020 at 10:40 pm

    Senator Ed Markey showed up at the Save the USPS rally in West Newton today.

    It will be interesting to see which congressional candidates show up at the Black Lives Matter Affordable Housing March/Rally tomorrow.

  4. Bryan P Barash
    Bryan P Barash on August 22, 2020 at 11:59 pm

    I’ll be there! I hope many of you decide to join us.

  5. Donald Ross
    Donald Ross on August 23, 2020 at 8:51 am

    @Sean

    While the historical record leaves no doubt that Newton’s zoning was designed to racially segregate our community, do you think that changing the zoning will have any meaningful impact on the diversity of the City?

    Or do you see it as simply removing some of the stain of racism from our past?

  6. Ted Hess-Mahan
    Ted Hess-Mahan on August 24, 2020 at 1:00 pm

    I saw Jesse Mermell and Jake Auchincloss. While I did not see her, I met someone who was handing out flyers for Ihssane Leckey. Everyone was wearing a mask (yay!) so there may have been others, whom I did not recognize.

    There were also several city councilors besides Jake, including Alicia Bowman, and Holly Ryan.

    Please forgive me if I forgot anyone.