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Ayanna Pressley

American Politician

Born: Feb 3, 1974

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Listening is something as elected officials, as leaders, we forget to do. Ayanna Pressley

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Neighborhood restaurants matter. Ayanna Pressley

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I'm doing what Democrats said we needed to coming out of 2016, after that sobering defeat, which is to build a bench, to usher fresh faces and new voices and new ideas. Ayanna Pressley

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When I was ready to buy my first home after years of renting, I immediately zeroed in on Dorchester. Ayanna Pressley

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I know, given my own life challenges, that there are many non-academic barriers that get in the way of the scholastic and life success of our children and that complicate teaching. Ayanna Pressley

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I happen to be black and a woman and unapologetically proud to be both, but that is not the totality of my identity. Ayanna Pressley

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Let me be abundantly clear: I am black, and I am a woman, and I embrace both of those facts. Ayanna Pressley

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I'm not naive. All politics is about identity, right? Neighborhood politics, cultural politics, issue politics. It's not as though I don't get that. It's just - it has to be, I think, tempered in a way that is for our overall advancement and not to our detriment or obliteration. When I say 'our,' I don't mean just communities of color. Ayanna Pressley

We desperately need comprehensive immigration reform in this nation, and yes, comprehensive immigration reform proposals are nuanced and complicated, but you know what shouldn't be? Our capacity to see each other's humanity. Ayanna Pressley

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Players who take a knee during the national anthem do so to protest injustice across the country - fulfilling a patriotic duty to never accept injustice, but to call it out when we see it. Ayanna Pressley

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For me, whatever vantage point that I'm serving, I'm going to be an advocate and do the work to actualize my values. Ayanna Pressley

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One of my priorities is criminal justice reform, and there is certainly bipartisan appetite for that. I think we need to eliminate the cash bail system. We need to eliminate mandatory minimums. We need sentencing reform. I think we need parole reform as well. Ayanna Pressley

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In tech communities, we consider disruption the way to lead to innovation. Ayanna Pressley

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