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Black Women in Boston Politics: Councilwoman Tania Anderson

Black Women in Boston Politics: Councilwoman Tania Anderson

FromBlack in Boston and Beyond


Black Women in Boston Politics: Councilwoman Tania Anderson

FromBlack in Boston and Beyond

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Length:
27 minutes
Released:
Feb 25, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this episode Dr. Hettie V. Williams is in conversation with Councilwoman Tania Anderson. Williams is the current director of the William Monroe Trotter Institute at the University of Massachusetts Boston and Anderson is a Councilwoman for district 7 in the city of Boston. She is one of a few Black women active in the politics of Boston. Anderson is also the first African immigrant and Muslim-American elected to the Boston City Council. She was born in Cape Verde and came to Roxbury at the age of ten and elected to the Council on November 2, 2021. Her district includes Roxbury, Dorchester, Fenway, and part of the South End and before coming to the City Council she was Executive Director of Bowdoin Geneva Main Streets and a parent advocate with the Boston Public Schools. She has also worked as a child social worker and managed a shelter for homeless women. Anderson shares with us some of her professional and personal background as a Black woman in politics while also sharing with us her vision for district 7 in the city of Boston. 
Released:
Feb 25, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (22)

This podcast explores the history, culture and experiences of the Black community in Boston, Massachusetts and beyond. It is hosted by Dr. Hettie V. Williams, Director of the Trotter Institute for the Study of Black Culture at the University of Massachusetts at Boston. The Trotter Institute was founded in 1984 to promote research/public policy initiatives on the Black community in Boston and it is named for Black activist, journalist, editor and business man William Monroe Trotter (1872-1934). Trotter was an agitator for social justice and it is for this reason that the Institute bears his name. Black in Boston is a show that profiles Black scholars and their allies, authors, community members and policy makers in the city of Boston and beyond.  See our store here: https://blackinboston.com/