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Ayanna Soyini Pressley is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party, serving as the U.S. Representative for Massachusetts's 7th congressional district since January 3, 2019. She made history as the first African American woman elected to the Boston City Council and the first African American woman elected to Congress from Massachusetts. Pressley is known for her progressive stances on issues such as criminal justice reform, healthcare, and immigration policy.
Mr. Chair, in this country, our credit reports are our reputations, determining where you can live, where you can work, and how much it will cost you to finance everything from a car to a college degree. But our credit reporting system is…
In my district, the Massachusetts Seventh alone, black girls are six times more likely to be suspended from school...
Letter from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; submitted by Rep. Pressley.
Letter from the Massachusetts Teachers Association; submitted by Rep. Pressley.
Letter from the American Federation of Teachers, Massachusetts; submitted by Rep. Pressley.
I worked with my colleagues Representative Clarke and Representative Tlaib on legislation to protect those living in HUD public housing from this technology.
We know that the logical end of surveillance is often over-policing and the criminalization of vulnerable and marginalized communities.
this technology is clearly biased, inaccurate, and even more dangerous when used in schools, where black and brown students are disproportionately already over-policed and disciplined at higher rates than their white peers for the same…
HUD does not use eviction rates as a tool for grading public housing authorities (PHAs), correct?
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