“City Council proposes paid sick leave for city workers receiving COVID-19 vaccine,” Daily Free Press
“2 Boston City Councilors Want Updates On Investigation Into Officer Who May Have Attended Capitol Riot,” WBUR
“Boston councilors propose diverting nonviolent 911 calls away from police,” Boston Globe
“In call for systemic change, Boston city councilors have backed Ayanna Pressley’s resolution against police brutality,” Boston.com
“City Councilor Julia Mejia and her daughter rock the lockdown,” Boston Globe
“Julia Mejia’s first order in Boston City Council calls for ‘sanctuary’ schools after news of ICE seeing BPS incident reports,” MassLive
Mejia, a Dominican-born Dorchester resident and Boston’s first Afro-Latina city councilor, filed an order requesting a public hearing on sanctuary schools, citing concerns about racial profiling and federal immigration policies. She introduced the order at Wednesday’s Boston City Council meeting, expanding the order to include other potential “sanctuary spaces.”
“How Boston City Councilor Julia Mejia found her voice,” Boston Globe
Julia Mejia has, like many successful women, often harbored a bruising case of imposter syndrome. Still, the circumstances in which she found herself last week felt especially unreal. She was being sworn in to the Boston City Council in Faneuil Hall — the same historic building where she’d raised her hand to become a naturalized citizen nearly three decades earlier.
“Boston’s most diverse city council ever is sworn in,” Bay State Banner
Mejia said she hopes that what she brings to her work is a reflection of her identity. “I’m an Afro-Latina, I’m a single mom, I’m an immigrant, and I grew up in poverty,” she said. Mejia said that a lot of people feel disconnected from government, adding that the council should be led by the people it represents — the people that put her in office.
“Riding high on 1-vote win for City Council,” Commonwealth Magazine
It’s been a whirlwind ride of sudden star power for Mejia, a first-time candidate up against a slew of better-funded rivals, who on election night appeared to have eked out a 10-vote win over Alejandra St. Guillen. When a citywide recount was completed this week, that margin was reduced to just one vote