Popular Press
Community Voices: New State Voting Districts In Final Stages
The Bay State Banner
(2011)
Abstract
Last week the Massachusetts Legislature produced redistricting legislation that will forever change the direction of state politics for blacks, Latinos and Asians. By this time next year, the number of state house elected officials of color can increase by 100 percent, from 10 to 20 members. And communities of color will be well positioned to elect a person of color to the U.S. House of Representatives for the first time in the history of the state.
Keywords
- Civic Engagement; Social Change
Disciplines
- American Politics,
- Civic and Community Engagement,
- Community Psychology,
- Inequality and Stratification,
- Journalism Studies,
- Leadership Studies,
- Mass Communication,
- Other Communication,
- Other Political Science,
- Other Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration,
- Peace and Conflict Studies,
- Place and Environment,
- Political Science,
- Political Theory,
- Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration,
- Public Policy,
- Race and Ethnicity,
- Social Control, Law, Crime, and Deviance,
- Social Influence and Political Communication,
- Social Policy,
- Social Psychology,
- Sociology of Culture,
- Urban Studies and
- Urban Studies and Planning
Publication Date
Fall October 27, 2011
Citation Information
carroy u ferguson. "Community Voices: New State Voting Districts In Final Stages" The Bay State Banner Vol. 47 Iss. 12 (2011) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/carroy_ferguson/11/