[act-ma] 2/26 Rep. BYRON RUSHING - "My Life and Debt in the Massachusetts State House"

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THE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF BOSTON
SUNDAY SPEAKERS FORUM presents...

Sunday, February 26, 2012
11:00am

30th Annual W.E.B. DuBois Address
Rep. BYRON RUSHING
"My Life and Debt in the Massachusetts State House"

The earliest African American elected public officials in the United States
were from districts in New England. Byron Rushing will reflect on his
political career in the context of the definitions of race and slavery and
inclusion from the "beginnings" until the current realities electoral
representative democratic politics.

Byron Rushing, a Massachusetts state legislator since 1983, has been the
chief sponsor of the law to end discrimination on the basis of sexual
orientation in public schools, and an original sponsor of the gay rights
bill in Massachusetts. He also lead the Massachusetts state pension fund to
launch community development investment of poor communities of
Massachusetts.

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