Positivity Pause- #BlackHistoryMonth - Use Your Voice !

It’s time for a #BlackHistoryMonth #POSITIVITYPAUSE 🕊

TAKE a moment to inhale for a count of 3, hold for a count of 3, exhale for a count of 3🧘🏽‍♀🧘🏼‍♂🧘🏾

🤎 Andrea Campbell, my friend and Link sister, is a prominent American politician and lawyer who made history in 2022, being elected as Massachusetts first African American Attorney General💚🖤❤

🎇Let’s Celebrate Andrea Campbell, and her positive legacy of turning pain into purpose, serving and fighting for Justice🪷

✅ Andrea Campbell was born on June 12, 1982, in Boston, Massachusetts.
✅ She grew up in Roxbury, a neighborhood of Boston, and attended Boston Public Schools.

✅ She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University, where she studied Sociology and African American Studies.

✅ She earned a law degree from UCLA School of Law in 2007 and returned to Boston to work as an attorney.

✅ In 2015, she ran for Boston City Council and won, again making history as the first Black woman to serve as the Council’s President.❤She was reelected to the City Council in 2017 and 2019.

✅ Campbell has been vocal about issues related to racial equity, police reform, affordable housing, and education.

✅ She has received numerous awards and honors for her work, including being named one of Boston's 100 Most Influential People by Boston Magazine in 2020.

"We can't just assume that because people are poor, because they're Black or Brown, because they have a criminal record, that they can't be redeemed."

"My life's work has been focused on making sure that every person, no matter where they come from, no matter what their zip code is, has the opportunity to achieve their full potential."

"When you have a platform and a voice, it is your responsibility to use it to make a difference in people's lives."

- Andrea Campbell

⏸Take a Positivity Pause to use your voice to make a difference in people's lives.