Kim Janey: “I stand on many shoulders as the first -- the first black mayor and the first woman mayor, and I wanted to pay homage to…”

While I am proud to be Boston`s first women mayor and the first mayor of color I am also very proud to know that I will not be the last.

I never even imagined I would see a black mayor in my lifetime in the city of Boston.

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

My life’s work from education advocacy to leading the city council has been centered around making sure every child has the opportunity to learn and succeed in a more just city than the one I grew up in.