| 词条 | Grace Ross |
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|image = |image_size = |name = Grace Ross |caption = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|6|6}} |birth_place = |death_date = |death_place = |other_names = |known_for = |occupation = Political activist }} Grace Ross (born June 6, 1961) is a Massachusetts activist. Ross was a Democratic candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in 2010 [1] until she withdrew from the race, citing a lack of signatures.[2] Ross is also a former Green-Rainbow Party co-chair and was the 2006 Green-Rainbow Party nominee for Governor. She is from Worcester, Massachusetts. BiographyRoss grew up in New York City before coming to Massachusetts to attend Harvard University, where she obtained a BA in psychology and a master's degree in education. Afterwards, she became involved in the low-income community, and her primary activist work has been to address issues related to abolishing poverty. She has also worked on other causes from nonviolence, the environment, and international solidarity to anti-racist struggles, women's rights, union organizing and gay/lesbian civil rights. In 2006 Ross became the first open lesbian to run for the post of Governor of Massachusetts.[3] Ross lost to Deval Patrick, receiving 43,193 votes for 1.95% of the total vote. In December 2006, Ross was named "Person of the Year" by the New England gay-oriented magazine, IN News Weekly.[4] Ross was an at-large candidate for the Worcester City Council in 2007. She received 6,629 votes, placing eighth out of twelve in the November election in which the top six vote-getters were elected.[5] In 2008, Ross helped found the Massachusetts Alliance Against Predatory Lending, a coalition of over 30 community organizations, housing counseling agencies, legal services groups and others who have come together to work on the sub-prime foreclosure crisis in Massachusetts.[6] She is also active in the Worcester Anti-Foreclosure Team (WAFT). In 2010, Ross failed to secure enough signatures to challenge the incumbent Governor Deval Patrick in the Democratic primary. Political viewsRoss, as a member of the Green-Rainbow Party, holds the following political views:[7]
She has been criticized by some Jewish Leaders{{who?|date=January 2018}} as holding antisemitic views and for her controversial stances on genocide in Darfur, Sudan.[10][11][12] References1. ^{{citation |first=Michael |last=Levenson|date=February 5, 2010|url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/02/05/ross_will_challenge_patrick_for_governor/ |title=Ross will challenge Patrick for governor |periodical=Boston Globe |accessdate=2010-02-09 }} 2. ^Lacking enough signatures, Ross exits governor’s race {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413195405/http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/05/20/lacking_enough_signatures_ross_exits_governors_race/ |date=April 13, 2015 }} Boston Globe, May 20, 2010 3. ^{{citation|first=Thomas |last=Kilduff |date=August 30, 2006 |url=http://www.innewsweekly.com/innews/?class_code=El&article_code=2589 |title=Grace Ross' uphill Beacon Hill run |periodical=IN News Weekly |accessdate=2007-10-27 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071003190916/http://www.innewsweekly.com/innews/?class_code=El&article_code=2589 |archivedate=October 3, 2007 }} 4. ^{{citation|first=Thomas |last=Kilduff |url=http://www.innewsweekly.com/innews/?class_code=Ne&article_code=3227 |title=Person of the Year: Grace Ross |periodical=IN News Weekly |date=28 December 2006 |accessdate=2007-01-12 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070218232942/http://www.innewsweekly.com/innews/?class_code=Ne |archivedate=February 18, 2007 }} 5. ^{{citation |url=http://www.telegram.com/article/20071108/NEWS/711080700 |title=Worcester election results |periodical=Worcester Telegram and Gazette |date=8 November 2007 |accessdate=2007-11-12}} 6. ^Massachusetts Alliance Against Predatory Lending. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725033839/http://www.worcesteractivist.org/maapl |date=July 25, 2008 }} 7. ^{{citation |url=http://www.ontheissues.org/Grace_Ross.htm |title=Grace Ross on the Issues |periodical=OnTheIssues.org |accessdate=6 November 2006}} 8. ^{{citation|url=http://www.green-rainbow.org/Statements/palestine.html/view |title=Green-Rainbow Party Statement on Palestine |accessdate=6 November 2006 |format=– [https://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?hl=en&lr=&q=intitle%3AGreen-Rainbow+Party+Statement+on+Palestine&as_publication=&as_ylo=&as_yhi=&btnG=Search Scholar search] |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928060302/http://www.green-rainbow.org/Statements/palestine.html/view |archivedate=September 28, 2007 }} 9. ^ {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829172523/http://green-rainbow.org/Statements/20050129_sudan.html |date=August 29, 2008 }} 10. ^Jewish leaders criticize Ross - Worcester Telegram & Gazette - telegram.com {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303174506/http://www.telegram.com/article/20070926/NEWS/709260657 |date=March 3, 2016 }} 11. ^FRONTPAGENEWS - Worcester Telegram & Gazette - telegram.com {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304121222/http://www.telegram.com/article/20071003/FRONTPAGENEWS/71003005 |date=March 4, 2016 }} 12. ^Jewish leaders rap Ross on Darfur, Columbine comments - Worcester Telegram & Gazette - telegram.com {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213083916/http://www.telegram.com/article/20070927/NEWS/709270379 |date=February 13, 2012 }} External links
17 : 1961 births|Harvard University alumni|American conservationists|American environmentalists|American women environmentalists|American feminists|Anti-racism activists|Community activists|LGBT politicians from the United States|LGBT rights activists from the United States|Living people|Anti-poverty advocates|Women in Massachusetts politics|Lesbian politicians|Massachusetts Democrats|Massachusetts Green-Rainbow Party chairs|Harvard Graduate School of Education alumni |
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