US Rep. Ayanna Pressley talks upbringing, activism at Brown Dems event - The Brown Daily Herald

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US Rep. Ayanna Pressley talks upbringing, activism at Brown Dems event - The Brown Daily Herald

U.S. representative Ayanna Pressley (D-MA 7th District) discussed her upbringing, activism and response to the war in Israel and Palestine at a Brown Dems event on Wednesday.Pressley was the first African American woman elected to the Boston City Council and the first African American woman elected to represent Massachusetts in Congress in 2018. Pressley is a founding member of "The Squad," a group of progressive Congress members, and has champi…