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Women Break Barriers With Historic Mayoral Election Victories In Detroit, Syracuse And Albany
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (633+ words) From Zohran Mamdani’s election as mayor of New York City to the election of women as governors of New Jersey and Virginia, Tuesday’s elections made history in several races. In addition to these results, several mayoral races also led to…...
Barriers With Historic Mayoral Election Victories In Detroit, Syracuse And Albany - Blavity
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (678+ words) From Zohran Mamdani’s election as mayor of New York City to the election of women as governors of New Jersey and Virginia, Tuesday’s elections made history in several races. From Zohran Mamdaniâs election as mayor of New York City…...
And Dorcey Applyrs Make History As The 1st Black Women Mayors Of Detroit, Syracuse And Albany
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (244+ words) were just elected as the first Black mayors of Syracuse and Albany. America sent a clear message that...
Michigan Black history: Brenda Lawrence's journey from the post office to Congress
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (540+ words) When Mary Sheffield took office last month she became the first female mayor of Detroit. Sheffield is the 76th person to hold that office. She's also the first Black woman to become mayor. February is Black History Month and, with Sheffield's…...
Joi Washington will become the first Black woman to serve as Media mayor
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (451+ words) Washington garnered 77% of the vote on Tuesday, beating out Kevin Kellog, a Republican who unsuccessfully ran for mayor in 2021. She will be the first woman and first person of color to run Media. Democrat Joi Washington, 39, was elected as Media’s…...
Black women make history leading both sides of the Kansas City state line
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (974+ words) KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Two women are making history on both sides of the state line in the Kansas City metro. Christal Watson is now the CEO and mayor of the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas....
Organizer on the inside: How Kelsea Bond’s activist moxie is shaking up City Hall
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (1134+ words) This story is the first in an occasional series on how Kelsea Bond, Atlanta’s first socialist city council member, is navigating the switch from community activist and political outsider to their new role as a City Hall insider. This story…...
Lifelong faith, service and York pride led Sandie Walker to mayorship
7+ mon, 23+ hour ago (1750+ words) Sandie Walker remembers the first time someone called her the N-word. She was in sixth grade, and the word erupted from a classmate. "I punched him in the face," recalled Walker, now 43 and the mayor of York City, where she…...
Celebrating Black History in Our Own Backyard: Meet Banning’s City Councilmember Colleen Wallace
7+ mon, 1+ day ago (265+ words) Banning City Councilmember Colleen Wallace comes from a long line of history-makers. Wallace is a fourth-generation Banning resident, with her great-grandparents, Hayward and Emma Cole, being the second Black family to settle in Banning. During her time on city council,…...
OpEd Submission: Detroit Makes History: Mary Sheffield’s Election Expands the Legacy of Black Women Mayors
10+ mon, 5+ day ago (341+ words) Black women are transforming city leadership, breaking barriers, and redefining executive power across urban America By Glynda C. Carr At 38 years old, Mary Sheffield’s rise reflects both vision and grit. The daughter of longtime Detroit community leader Rev. Horace Sheffield, she…...