Becca Miller Enters Race For Somerville City Council

Somerville MA

26 February, 2021

2:39 PM

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SOMERVILLE, MA — Food justice advocate, renter, ecosocialist and member of the Boston Democratic Socialists of America Becca Miller has announced her campaign for Somerville City Council in Ward 7. "Somerville is a vibrant community that isn't shy about its progressive values," Miller said in a statement. "However, our city government has not always lived up to its stated values. We need to speed up our police accountability and oversight processes for the police that were promised last summer, and the administration still has not hired a Racial and Social Justice Director, nine months after the job position was created. Somerville can do better." Miller has been active in the fight for energy utility justice at the local level with Take Back the Grid. She also advocates for climate legislation, police accountability and budget prioritization. Born in Chelmsford, Miller has lived in Massachusetts for her entire life and in Somerville for the past five years. As a campaign manager for the Campaign for Healthy Incentives Program Funding, her professional background is in policy advocacy and organizing. "I have seen how the COVID crisis has exposed inequities embedded in who has secure housing and abundant food," Miller said. "We need to prioritize equity in our recovery, and we will be building out a Green New Deal for Somerville, community food security and farms, homes for all, free COVID testing and more."