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We were featured on Arlington Community Television discussing upcoming local elections, and the importance of local elections more broadly. Watch the story here.

Mihiro Shimano - Dig Boston - March 3, 2021 We spoke to Dig Boston on the importance of getting out the youth vote in each election, but especially in local elections. Read the full story here.

Representative Katherine Clark - March 4, 2021 We spoke alongside Representative Katherine Clark (MA-05) on H.R. 1: The For The People Act. Read more here.

We spoke to the Boston Herald on the future of vote by mail in Massachusetts. Read the full story here.

We were featured in the Boston Globe discussing our advocacy partnership with the Boston Celtics. Read the full story here!

We spoke to the State House News Service on the state's decision to temporarily expand reforms like vote by mail. Check out the full story here.

Our Executive Director Cheryl Clyburn Crawford joined an esteemed panel of guests on Tuesday, March 24th to discuss threats to voting in Massachusetts and across the country. You can watch the full video here.

We spoke to Commonwealth News Service about the state's decision to temporarily extend last year's voting reforms, and why they should be made permanent. Read the full piece here.

We joined Radio with a View to discuss the deeply concerning rise in voter suppression across the country. Listen here.

We spoke to NBC 10 Boston about restrictive voting laws passed in Georgia, and what this could mean for the rest of the country. Watch the full story here.

We spoke to MassLive on a recent move to introduce a strict voter ID law in Massachusetts. You can read the full article here.

On May 6, 2021, our letter to the editor was featured in the Dorchester Reporter. You can read it here.

On May 6, 2021, our letter to the editor was featured in the Bay State Banner. It discusses how, amid a national movement to cripple voting rights, Boston must stand strong and expand these rights. You can read it here.

On Tuesday, May 11 we spoke to 22 News WWLP out of Springfield, MA about our VOTES Act Virtual Lobby Lunch. You can see the story here.

On May 18, 2021, we were featured in the Attleboro Sun Chronicle discussing the Joint Committee on Election Laws' hearing on the VOTES Act. Read it here.

On May 19, 2021, we were featured on 22 News, based out of Western Mass, where we spoke about the Joint Committee on Election Laws' hearing and the VOTES Act. Watch it here.

On June 1, 2021, our Letter to the Editor on the FARE Act was featured in the Boston Globe. Be sure to read it here.

On September 28, 2021, we unveiled our Drawing Democracy Coalition Unity Maps. These maps, which include proposals for all 160 state House of Representative and 40 state Senate districts, would apply to voters for the next decade. We are extremely proud of these maps for one key reason: they take dramatic steps to empower Black and brown, low income, and immigrant individuals across Massachusetts. For example, in our state House of Representatives map, we increased the number of majority-Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) districts from 20 to 29. This includes five majority-Latino districts and six majority-Black districts. These districts are located throughout the state, in communities most known for being diverse, like Boston and Springfield. But they are also in communities that have rapidly become more diverse, like Framingham and New Bedford. Our state Senate map builds off this effort, increasing the number of majority-BIPOC districts from three to seven. This includes one majority-Black district in Boston, and a majority-Latino district anchored in Lawrence. Similar districts across the state would empower traditionally underserved voters in cities such as Brockton, Chelsea, and Revere. With these maps, we hope to help create a government that is more attentive and responsive to the needs of its residents, especially its Black and brown, low income, and immigrant communities. For decades, the state's Black, Latino, and Asian-American residents have seen their needs and interests discounted by policymakers who do not understand them, or care to understand them. Multiple crises, like the COVID19 pandemic, rising rents, an unstable job market, and the impacts of climate change, have all exacerbated these inequities. Yet through these maps, traditionally underserved voters have the opportunity to elect individuals that better reflect their lived experiences. We are only able to celebrate these maps - and celebrate them we should - because of all the hard work by every single organization in the Drawing Democracy Coalition. Over the past few years, numerous organizations helped get out the count for the 2020 Census: crucial because that data is used to conduct redistricting. They also spoke with community residents, gaining a better understanding of how said residents wanted to be represented in their democracy. They spent dozens of evening and weekend hours mining through the Census data to try and craft districts that pleased everyone. Yet as we thank our partner organizations, one glaring fact remains: our work is far from done, as we must fight to make these maps a reality in Massachusetts. For that, we need your help. Can you contact the state's Special Joint Committee on Redistricting and urge them to pass our Unity Maps in full? You can contact House Chair Mike Moran at Michael.Moran@mahouse.gov or (617) 722-2014. You can contact Senate Chair Will Brownsberger at William.Brownsberger@masenate.gov or (617) 722-1280. Additionally, you can see the full list of committee members here.