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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Caucuses/Former Committees

Former Member, Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee, Maine State House of Representatives

Former Member, Engrossed Bills Committee, Maine State House of Representatives

Former Member, Joint Committee on Health and Human Services, Maine State House of Representatives

Former Member, Joint Committee on Judiciary, Maine State House of Representatives

Political Experience

  • Representative, Maine State House of Representatives, District 40, 2016-present
  • Candidate, Maine State House of Representatives, District 40, 2016, 2018, 2020

Former Committees/Caucuses

Former Member, Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee, Maine State House of Representatives

Former Member, Engrossed Bills Committee, Maine State House of Representatives

Current Legislative Committees

Chair, Elections Committee

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • Representative, Maine State House of Representatives, District 40, 2016-present
  • Candidate, Maine State House of Representatives, District 40, 2016, 2018, 2020
  • Co-Chair, African American Collection Advisory Committee of Maine, present
  • Member, Maine Immigrant Rights Coalition, present
  • Member, Maine Prison Advocacy Coalition, present
  • Board Member, University of Southern Maine Sampson Center for Diversity in Maine, present
  • Former Member, Intergovernmental Pretrial Justice Reform Task Force, Maine State Legislature
  • Co-Founder/President, Maine Freedom Trails
  • Chair, Maine State Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights
  • Co-Founder/Director, Martin Luther King Jr. Fellows
  • President, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Portland Branch
  • Board Member, Seven Eagles Media

Other Info

— Awards:

  • Deborah Morton Award, University of New England - recognized in 2014

    Roger Baldwin Award, American Civil Liberties Union of Maine - recognized in 2008 for distinguished contribution to the protection and promotion of civil liberties in Maine.

    Bayard Rustin Award, Equality Maine- recognized in 2006 for collaborative movement building.

    Rising Tide Award, Maine's People Alliance

Events

2021

Jan. 28
Bill Bites: LD2/Racial Equity Statements

Thur 12:15 PM – 12:45 PM EST

Jan. 20
39th Annual MLK Holiday Dinner Celebration

Mon 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM EST

Holiday Inn Portland-by the Bay Portland, ME