Rebecca Maurer (born 1989) is a Cleveland City Council member representing Ward 12 since 2022. [1]
Maurer was born in 1989 [2] in Cleveland. She graduated from University of Chicago and Stanford Law School. [3] Civil attorney Maurer started a blog Serial Land, providing history and context to Serial (podcast). [4]
In 2019, she and other community activists [5] formed Cleveland Lead Advocates for Safe Housing (CLASH). [6]
On Nov. 2, 2021, she was elected in Ward 12 [7] and became the first out LGBTQ woman elected to Council. [8]
Maurer, the only Jewish councilperson, was the only councilperson to call for a ceasefire in Gaza, [1] which was supported by groups including the Cleveland Palestine Advocacy Community. [9]