Representative Erika Uyterhoeven
@rep_erika
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MA State Rep for 27th Middlesex in #Somerville, she/her. Account for constituent services, announcements, & questions. Campaign account: @erika4rep.
Somerville, MA
Joined January 2021
🏢 NEW Report: MA has the opportunity to reclaim hundreds of millions in revenue from multinational corporations engaged in offshore tax avoidance. Federal laws governing GILTI can be used to make them contribute their fair share. #mapoli Learn more:
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.@EPHSomerville supports #MA7 families through early childhood education, youth development & tackling food insecurity. They promote social-emotional learning & enrichment programs for our babies. I'm grateful for all they do & for the chance to thank their team in person!
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Last week,@MassGovernor held a bill signing ceremony for An Act to improve quality and oversight of long-term care (Chapter 197 of the Acts of 2024). What an amazing turnout from stakeholders, members of the Healey-Driscoll Administration, and my colleagues in the House and
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🤯 I can’t believe this kid just rode a bike for the first time!! Lifetime memory, all thanks to car-free Memorial Drive ♥️
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I also need to shout out the @THE_PFFM for holding on strong and staying in the House with us. ✊
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It’s 8:41am, we are still in session…
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Today the caucus met with the AAPI Commission's Youth Council to discuss the importance of representation, the caucus's legislative priorities, and how young people can get involved. #mapoli #aapimonth #aapiheritagemonth
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Today Gov. Healey signed a proclamation formally recognizing May as AANHPI Heritage Month. Thank you @MassGovernor and Secretary Hao for inviting the MA AANHPI community to be a part of today's celebration! #mapoli #AANHPIMonth #AANHPIHeritageMonth
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Solidarity with Palestine, student encampments and unhoused neighbors. Read the statement here >> https://t.co/3GAEkgJNin.
#FreePalestine #FreeThemAll
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Our briefing at the MA State House had such an amazing turnout! We shared our stories to support legislation for sex workers’ safety: - amnesty for reporting crimes - ending common nightwalking - a Human Trafficking Prevention Project - a committee to study decriminalization
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As a former AG, I believe in creating a fairer justice system, and clemency helps soften its harsher edges. Understanding each person’s unique story and how systemic biases play a role in their life is part of building a safer and stronger Massachusetts.
bostonglobe.com
Historic new rules provide renewed hope for second chances in a long-stagnant system.
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As @CambEducation contract negotiations enter their 2nd year, teachers across the state remain without the right to legally strike. A bill presented by a @MikeConnollyMA and @rep_erika could soon change that. for @thecrimson
https://t.co/X1UFK3rVTr
thecrimson.com
As Cambridge Educators Remain Without Contract, Proposed Mass. Bill Would Grant Teachers Right to Strike | News | The Harvard Crimson
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The right to strike is a “fundamental human right,” said bill sponsor @rep_erika, who explained that the bill is “intended to end bargaining stalemates and put workers and managers on equal footing during contract talks.” #maedu #mapoli
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🚨🚨🚨 REAL ESTATE TRANSFER FEE WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW THANK YOU @maura_healey!!!!! Thank you to all the incredible community organizers, advocates, city and town electeds, and residents who fought for this! ✊ #mapoli #somerpoli
Morning, Mass. 🌥️ Gov. @maura_healey releases her housing policy blueprint today in $4.1B bond bill that backs local-option real-estate transfer fees & certain accessory dwellings. Plus: —Speaker @RonMariano seeking reelection —More shelter fallout #mapoli
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Eastern MA folks!! We are holding a virtual planning meeting on October 19th from 1:45-3pm for volunteers looking to collect signatures to end felony disenfranchisement in MA. People in prison could vote until 2000! It's time to right that wrong
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The No Longer 3/5 Coalition is an inside-outside group currently collecting signatures to restore voting rights to people serving a felony sentence in MA. We are inviting you to join an eastern MA...
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When Somerville first passed our Transfer Fee home rule petition to fund affordable housing back in 2018, there were just 2 or 3 communities doing so. Testifying today on Beacon Hill, we’re one of nearly 20 municipalities (@LOHACoalition). The time is now! https://t.co/ExdKzTxHWc
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.@SomervilleCity has just posted long-awaited design recommendations for Union Square streets, sidewalks, plazas and more. Includes: 1) total redesign of Prospect & Webster nightmare 2) pedestrianized Bow St 3) 2-way Somerville Ave 4) bigger plaza: https://t.co/RFMGQf8539
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Faces from yesterday's Ukraine: A Time for Peace rally on Boston Common. Nina Giulianini, @rep_erika Uyterhoeven, Rev Chris Ney, and a group of protesters called for peace talks and a ceasefire
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Yesterday the House hosted Taiwan's Representative to the US, Bi-khim Hsiao. Thank you to everyone who joined! #mapoli
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Today, Reps. Uyterhoeven and Barber are joining with me to write to MassDOT Secretary Fiandaca, the MBTA Board, and GM Eng, expressing our concerns about a highway repair project that is causing a 42-day loss of transit service for Somerville's Environmental Justice communities.
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