Elect Aimee Smith for Cambridge City Council on November 4th!

Aimee with Treasurer Bill Cunningham

Support a Green-Rainbow Party Member and join us as we overgrow the government!

Grassroots Democracy

I'm a Cambridge tenant and a member of the Green-Rainbow Party, committed to grassroots democracy and social justice.

People have a right to participate in the decisions that affect their lives and communities. I commit to:

Hold open monthly community discussions

Put resident proposals on the city council agenda

Use my science background to explain technical issues in plain english

Work for the interest of all Cambridge residents, regardless of party affiliation or citizenship status.

Rent Control

A vibrant functioning city should be able to house those who work in it and bring people of different racial, ethnic and economic backgrounds together.

I worked on the rent control petition campaign. I will keep fighting for rent control, and for zoning that puts the interests of ordinary people ahead of the interests of corporations and universities.

Civil Liberties and Immigrant Rights

Homeland Security and the PATRIOT Act have multiplied the powers of police surveillance and other activities hostile to an open, democratic society. Muslim and Arab immigrants have thus far borne the major burden of this assualt on our rights.

These national policies have implications for local law enforcement. The City Council recognized this with a resolution against PATRIOT Act enforcement.

Who is monitoring whether our police are in fact refusing to enforce the PATRIOT Act?

A different way of doing politics

We are all tired of politicians being heavy on talk and light on action. This campaign is about a different way of doing politics. The Green-Rainbow Party has actively worked to get the rent control initiative onto the ballot and will continue to work to strengthen the diverse social fabric that makes Cambridge a living city — a community of communities.

As a city councilor, I will use my visibility in the community to continue to stand by immigrants being targeted by Homeland Security. I have been involved in the defense committee of Amer Jubran, who is guilty of nothing more than "speaking while Palestinian." I have participated in solidarity work with people facing the INS "Special Registration" program under which thousands of Arab and Muslim immigrant men were systematically fingerprinted and interrogated, and many hundreds of these men who willingly cooperated were arrested or detained.

In the News

Cambridge Chronicle, "Commentary: Rent-control petition is in search of a real democracy," Oct 8
Cambridge Chronicle, "Smith announces candidacy," Oct 1
Harvard Crimson, "Rent Control Question Divides Cambridge Residents," Sept 24
Harvard Crimson, "City Council Candidates Face Off in Forum," Sept 24
CCTV show Free-Transfer, Aug 27
Cambridge Chronicle, "Old issues made new," Aug 6
MIT Tech, "Two MIT Alumni to Run For City Council in Fall," Aug 6
MIT Tech, "Smith Would Bring Activism to Council," Aug 6
SACH Rally in Harvard Square Against Racial Profiling

About Aimee

 

Aimee with husband Anton Van der Ven, Membership Director, Green-Rainbow Party of Massachusetts

Aimee Smith holds a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from MIT. She and her husband are active in anti-war and immigrant rights organizing.

Research in improving the efficiency of silicon-based solar cells. Worker in a solar cell factory, Belgrade international women's conference for peace, during the Bosnian war

 

An organizer for year 2000 BioDevastation protest and anti-death penalty march at US presidential debates

 

Studied conditions for women in physics in Hungary, India, Germany and Sweden

 

Assistant instructor in women's full-contact self-defense classes, Aimee has also been a leader in successful campaigns to get MIT to:

 

include rape awareness programming in new student orientation

 

extend the availability and coverage of mental health services

 

reverse the suspension of an employee who had helped students leafletting against the Shell Corporation

 

Aimee wears the hijab, a head covering that many Muslim women wear, in solidarity with Muslims targeted by hate crimes and racial profiling.

Aimee, marching with Jim, a veteran for peace.

Get Involved

Come to Volunteer night Tuesday!

Join us each Tuesday night at 6pm for campaign volunteer night at the office! Help make weekly volunteer nights a fun part of Aimee's campaign.

Contact Us

Our office is located at 146 Western Ave, open 5-8pm on weekdays.

Aimee can be reached at electaimee@hotmail.com or (617) 441-3638

Campaign Staff

Treasurer: William Cunningham, 6 Newtowne Ct #166

Campaign manager: Amer Jubran

Volunteer coordinator: Steve Milder, smilder@fas.harvard.edu

To learn more about Aimee and this important election in Cambridge, Massachusetts, visit the website that promotes her candidacy at:

http://www.electaimee.org/index.html