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Sonia Chang-Díaz
@SoniaChangDiaz
MA’s first Latina & first Asian American State Senator. Once: public school teacher, governor candidate. Always: courage over politics. She/Ella.
Jun 4, 2022 • 13 tweets • 2 min read
When you spend your career pushing for change, it can make those in power uncomfortable. And sometimes you pay a price for that.

But, friends, that’s a price I’m willing to pay — because we know the cost of inaction is so much higher. It’s easy to look around & feel resignation about what we can accomplish. To feel like the best we can do is settle for a little less & retreat to safer paths, rather than the right ones.

But in these moments, I think back to one of my most profound experiences in politics.
Jan 27, 2021 • 9 tweets • 6 min read
I love me some Walt Whitman, @MassGovernor. Here are things I’m curious about:
1) Are there any other big aspirations you have for MA’s future aside from figuring out what work will look like in the yrs ahead & “getting there 1st”? Like ending childhood hunger, or
#mapoli #MASOTC ...closing opportunity & achievement gaps in education, or building the greenest economy in the nation, or halving the racial wealth divide in 10 yrs? How do you square being the most popular Gov in America with not using that capital to do something more ambitious for humanity?
Dec 15, 2020 • 17 tweets • 4 min read
Shocking, damning report out from @MassAGO on incident at Bristol County detention center last spring, under direct supervision of Sheriff Hodgson.

@SheriffHodgson, your past testimony before legislative committees about the sanctity of the #ruleoflaw is ringing pretty hollow. "The report found the sheriff’s office used 'excessive force' against the detainees and acted 'with deliberate indifference to a substantial risk of serious injury or harm to the detainees and their health.' The report also found the sheriff’s office violated its own...
Aug 1, 2019 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
Last night, the Leg broke for August with no #FBRC bill. @massgovernor defended it, saying ppl don't give credit for “how difficult it is to change that formula.” I was also characterized as criticizing my colleagues for delay.

So I want to be clear.

masslive.com/news/2019/07/m… @MassGovernor It is a hard political exercise to change the #MAEdu Foundation Formula—no question.

Just like it’s hard to forge multiple years’ worth of academic gains for a low-income 3rd grader in one school year, when she started far behind her peers.