{"id":2329,"date":"2018-03-30T11:21:45","date_gmt":"2018-03-30T15:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/electnika.com\/?p=2329"},"modified":"2018-04-26T11:56:54","modified_gmt":"2018-04-26T15:56:54","slug":"supporters-join-nika-elugardo-jp-campaign-kickoff-state-representative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/electnika.com\/staging03\/supporters-join-nika-elugardo-jp-campaign-kickoff-state-representative\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 200 supporters join Nika Elugardo at JP campaign kickoff for state representative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>The progressive trailblazer promises to bring the people\u2019s \u201cpower and voice back to the forefront of decision-making at the State House.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">JAMAICA PLAIN\u2014Longtime community advocate Nika Elugardo kicked off her campaign for state representative\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_603619856\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Thursday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0night, vowing to \u201cunabashedly champion progressive justice legislation\u201d on Beacon Hill.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Joined by legendary community activist Mel King, former City Councilor Tito Jackson and more than 200 supporters at the Frogmore in Jamaica Plain, Elugardo outlined a bold progressive vision for the 15th Suffolk district.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cYou deserve a representative who is as on fire as you are\u2014and then some more,\u201d said Elugardo, who lives in JP with her husband. \u201cWe need public servants who will shake the foundations of injustice until there is real opportunity, real prosperity and real justice for all, across Massachusetts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe know our district is ready for change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNika has the heart to serve and the experience to lead.\u201d said former City Councilor Tito Jackson after engaging\u00a0the audience to chant \u201cWho do we want?\u00a0Nika!\u00a0when do we want it?\u00a0Now!\u201d He continued, saying\u00a0\u201cNika will lead on affordable housing, Nika will lead on comprehensive immigration reform, Nika will lead on the fight for $15 to ensure all workers have a $15\/ hour minimum wage, Nika will lead on criminal justice reform. Nika, is ready to lead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mel King, who mentored Elugardo during her time studying urban planning at MIT, addressed the energized audience \u201cWe know why we are standing with Nika, we know she will represent in the state house the interest of the people in need fearlessly, with compassion and with love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After citing\u00a0her extensive experience as an organizer and systems thinker and a person who loves justice for all, King asked attendees to work hard with Elugardo and\u00a0to follow him saying: \u201cLove is the question and the answer. The love of power has limits\u00a0and the power of love is infinite.\u201d He closed to say \u201cNika is ready, she\u00a0believes in the power of change and\u00a0the power of love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sampan.org\/2018\/03\/over-200-supporters-join-nika-elugardo-at-jp-campaign-kickoff-for-state-representative\/\">Read more &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Longtime community advocate Nika Elugardo kicked off her campaign for state representative\u00a0Thursday\u00a0night, vowing to \u201cunabashedly champion progressive justice legislation\u201d on Beacon Hill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2157,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/electnika.com\/staging03\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2329"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/electnika.com\/staging03\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/electnika.com\/staging03\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electnika.com\/staging03\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electnika.com\/staging03\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2329"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/electnika.com\/staging03\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2340,"href":"https:\/\/electnika.com\/staging03\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2329\/revisions\/2340"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electnika.com\/staging03\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/electnika.com\/staging03\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electnika.com\/staging03\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electnika.com\/staging03\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}