This November the balance of power in Congress could shift, giving Democrats new leverage against the president. How can we get out the vote in Melrose? How can we protect the right to vote in other places?
Few people understand state, local, and national government as thoroughly as Sen. Jason Lewis. Come hear him address all these questions — and yours! — for free on October 8 at Melrose UU.
Since 2014, State Senator Jason Lewis has represented the Fifth Middlesex District, which includes the cities and towns of Malden, Melrose, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield, and parts of Winchester. Senator Lewis serves as the Senate Chair of the Joint Committee on Education and the Chair of the Senate Ethics Committee. He also co-founded and co-chairs the legislature’s Zero Waste Caucus and Middlesex Fells Caucus, and is a leader of the METCO Caucus.
Lewis also led the effort to raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour and to create a new universal paid family and medical leave program. He has a deep sense of social justice, and he has been outspoken on issues of racial, gender, and LGBTQ+ equity. Before his time in the Senate, Lewis served in the state house, after growing two successful software businesses.