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Three years ago, we made history together.

Three years ago — on September 5th, 2018 — I sat in a back room at the
IBEW 103 union hall in Dorchester, my husband Conan and our daughter Cora
by my side. Our team had convinced me to make my way over to the Election
Night celebration, but I wanted to stay on the phones or find a way to
knock a few more doors.

I knew that we had left it all on the field. We had worked to earn the
faith and trust of the community and offered a vision of what was
possible. The other side had money and incumbency, but we had heart and
sweat equity. We had folks knocking hundreds of doors in 90 degree heat,
folks without their own stable housing chipping in $3 because they
believed so fiercely in what this campaign was about. I couldn’t let them
down.

Daily, I would lock hands with someone, and in their eyes I would see a
plea: to fight for their family, to elevate their voice, to restore their
hope and faith in government. I believed so fiercely in our movement, but
what if it wasn’t enough to get us over the finish line? What if I wasn’t
enough?

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I thought of my incredible mother, Sandy Pressley, may she rest in power.
She gave me my roots and my wings. She loved Election Day, she was a super
voter who never missed a primary, and she had been such a constant
presence in my early City Council campaigns. I missed her fiercely.

My Campaign Manager walked into the room and the mood changed; my family
sat by my side and staff filed in.

“What’s going on, Groh? What’s wrong?”

“We just wanted to say hello…to our Congresswoman.”

“We won?”

“We won.”

And just like that, the earth shifted beneath my feet. Beneath our feet.
Our movement, grounded in community and clear in our conviction, had
delivered a mandate for change.



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Because of you, over these past three years we have advanced bold
policies, fundamentally shifted the dialogue, and met the moment as our
communities have faced a series of interconnected crises.

Together, we have fought back against draconian policies targeting our
immigrant neighbors, our elders trying to cast their ballot, and our LGBTQ
folks seeking basic health care.

Together, we have crafted bold, visionary policies and advanced key
tenants of our legislation to stop the predatory financial industry,
dismantle unjust housing policy, and save the lives of Black pregnant
folks. We have fought for dignified jobs for working people, organized to
protect the rights of the disability community, and led mutual aid efforts
to provide a lifeline to our neighbors in moments of crisis.

Together, we introduced a bold, transformative resolution calling for a
Federal Job Guarantee to invest in good paying, union jobs for all. We
introduced and passed out of the House the PAID Leave Act to establish
emergency paid leave protections for workers.

We have fought to keep our most vulnerable neighbors housed, twice
successfully extending the federal eviction moratorium and securing
millions of dollars in federal funds to keep families housed. We
introduced the Down Payment Toward Equity Act to invest $100 billion
toward down payment assistance for first-generation, first-time homebuyers
and help address the racial wealth and homeownership gaps. And we’ve
secured billions in federal funding to support families experiencing
homelessness.

We introduced the Freedom to Move Act, legislation to support state and
local efforts to establish public transportation as a public good through
fare-free services. And we continue to fight for transit justice as a key
priority as we rebuild.

Together, we wrote the People’s Justice Guarantee, a first of its kind
bill to transform our criminal legal system and center the dignity and
humanity of all people. And we’ve advanced legislation to end the
criminalization of our immigrant neighbors, abolish the federal death
penalty, and end qualified immunity. We have proven both that we can
partner with this White House to advance life saving policies and we will
hold the line and pressure them to act.



[ [link removed] ]We’ve accomplished so much in these past three years — imagine what we
can accomplish in the next three. If you can today, will you make
a $3 contribution to
keep our movement strong and keep fighting to build systems that work for
all of us?



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It is the honor and privilege of my life to be your Congresswoman. Not
because of the title, but because of how you have redefined what it means
to lead. Together, we have shown up for community and we have reimagined
what is possible. We have centered those most impacted, and advanced bold,
necessary policies. Can a Congresswoman rock a bold red lip, a hoop, and a
bald head? Absolutely.

What difference does it make that we won three years ago today? A
fundamental one.

With love and gratitude,

Ayanna


 




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