Kim Janey: “We have a lot of work to do when it comes to combating structural racism in our city.”

As I leave office now as mayor, I feel good knowing that you share my love and my passion for Boston. I`m confident that you will lead our city with integrity and that you will center equity in all that you do. I know that Boston is in…

I will bring my lived experience and my unique perspective as a black woman to this work.

As a girl growing up in Boston I was nurtured by a family who believed in me and surrounded by good neighbors who knew my name. It was my village. But when I was just 11 years old school bussing rolled into my life. I was forced on to the…

I stand on many shoulders as the first -- the first black mayor and the first woman mayor, and I wanted to pay homage to those who have come before me.