GLSEN is an American education organization working to end discrimination,harassment,and bullying based on sexual orientation,gender identity and gender expression and to prompt LGBT cultural inclusion and awareness in K-12 schools. Founded in 1990 in Boston,Massachusetts,the organization is now headquartered in New York City and has an office of public policy based in Washington,D.C.
Stephen Francis Lynch is an American businessman,attorney and politician who has served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts since 2001. A Democrat,he represents Massachusetts's 8th congressional district,which includes the southern fourth of Boston and many of its southern suburbs. Lynch was previously an ironworker and lawyer,and served in both chambers of the Massachusetts General Court.
Raymond Leo Flynn is an American politician who served as the mayor of Boston,Massachusetts,from 1984 until 1993. He also served as United States Ambassador to the Holy See from 1993 to 1997.
Marvin Bailey Scott is an American politician and university professor in Indianapolis,Indiana. He is a nationally known figure for his involvement in school desegregation cases. Scott ran for political office several times and continues to be politically active.
Sam Sang Yoon is a former at-large member of the Boston City Council. He later served as the executive director for the Council of Korean Americans in Washington,DC. He was the first Asian American to hold elected office in Boston. He is a member of the United States Democratic Party.
Melvin Herbert King was an American politician,community organizer,and educator. In 1973,King was elected as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives' 9th Suffolk district,a post he held until early 1983. King was the runner-up in the 1983 Boston mayoral election,against Raymond Flynn.
Andrew James Peters was an American politician who served as the Mayor of Boston and as a member of the United States House of Representatives. He is today best remembered for being a suspect in the death of Starr Faithfull.
Channing Harris Cox was an American Republican politician,lawyer,and businessman from Massachusetts. He served as the 49th governor of Massachusetts,from 1921 to 1925. He attended Dartmouth College and served as 47th lieutenant governor to Calvin Coolidge,winning election as governor after Coolidge decided to run for vice president. Cox was noted for advancing progressive labor legislation and adjusting administrative law to Massachusetts' changing economy. He was also the first Massachusetts governor to use radio,when he broadcast live from the Eastern States Exposition on September 19,1921,at the debut of station WBZ in Springfield.
Jonathan S. Bush is an American technology entrepreneur,best known as the cofounder and former chief executive officer of athenahealth,a Watertown,Massachusetts-based healthcare technology company founded in 1997. On June 6,2018,Bush resigned from his position as CEO of athenahealth during an activist campaign by Elliott Management.
Warren Eugene Tolman is an American politician who has served as a member of both houses of the Massachusetts General Court. He was the Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts in 1998,and was a candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in 2002,and Massachusetts Attorney General in 2014.
Scott Melbourne Ferson is a public relations executive and a Democratic Party strategist from Massachusetts. He has served as press secretary for Senator Edward M. Kennedy,communications director for Congressman Stephen Lynch,and senior advisor during Congressman Seth Moulton's 2014 campaign. His firm,the Liberty Square Group,is a strategic communications firm representing corporate,nonprofit,and through its political division,the Blue Lab,political clients.
Joseph Patrick Kennedy III is an American politician and diplomat who currently serves as United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland since 2022. Prior to this,Kennedy served as the U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 4th congressional district from 2013 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party,he represented a district that extends from Boston's western suburbs to the state's South Coast. He worked as an assistant district attorney in the Cape and Islands and Middlesex County,Massachusetts,offices before his election to Congress. In January 2021,he became a CNN commentator.
Clementina Poto Langone (1896–1964) was a civic leader from the North End of Boston who is remembered for her service to the Italian-American community. During the Great Depression she was known as a "Good Samaritan" who distributed food and clothing to the poor and advocated for them politically. As a member of the Massachusetts Board of Immigration and Americanization,she helped hundreds of Italian immigrants assimilate and obtain U.S. citizenship. She served as vice chairman of the Massachusetts Democratic State Committee and as an alternate delegate to the Democratic National Convention.
Michael L. Connolly is an American activist,attorney,and politician from Massachusetts.
Dean A. Tran is an American politician from Fitchburg,Massachusetts,who was elected to the Massachusetts Senate in 2017 in a special election. He represented the Worcester and Middlesex District,and is a Republican. Before his election to the Massachusetts Senate,Tran was a member of the Fitchburg City Council.
James G. Moran was an American politician who served as President of the Massachusetts Senate from 1935 to 1936.
Jon Santiago is an American physician and Democratic politician who served in the Massachusetts state representative for the 9th Suffolk district from 2019 to March 2023. He ran a campaign for mayor of Boston in 2021,but withdrew from the race before the primary election.
Arthur Dehon Hill was an American lawyer who served as District Attorney of Suffolk County,Massachusetts,and was a defense counsel for Sacco and Vanzetti.
John B. Moran was an American politician who served as District Attorney of Suffolk County,Massachusetts,from 1905 to 1909.
Russell Sturgis Codman Jr. was an American real estate executive who served as commissioner of the Boston Fire Department from 1946 to 1950.
