Kim Janey: “I will bring my lived experience and my unique perspective as a black woman to this work.”

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

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…

We have a lot of work to do when it comes to combating structural racism in our city.

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.