MA Teachers Association Endorses Brookline’s Raul Fernandez

BROOKLINE, MA — The Massachusetts Teachers Association, which represents 115,000 educators across the Commonwealth, has endorsed Raul Fernandez for State Representative.

“As an educator and a union member, I’m honored to have earned this endorsement,” Fernandez said in a statement. "I’ve seen firsthand that education unions make our schools more equitable places to learn and work, and I’m excited to partner with MTA to build power for educators and all working people in the legislature."

“Educators like myself stand with Raul because we trust he’ll fight and deliver for us and our students in the legislature,” Brookline Early Education Program paraprofessional Wendy MacMillan said in a statement. "I’m thrilled that the MTA, the largest union in New England, thinks that too."

A lecturer and researcher at Boston University’s Wheelock College of Education and Human development whose scholarship focuses on education inequity, Fernandez released a comprehensive education platform earlier this year. It highlights his commitment to creating an anti-racist school system in Massachusetts through real school desegregation, culturally responsive curriculum, and stronger channels for recruiting and retaining educators of color.

“As an educator and an MTA member, I’m thrilled that MTA is endorsing Raul.,” Lawrence School educator Kevin MacKenzie said in a statement. "He’s the right choice for teachers, students, and our schools, and his bold, courageous leadership is exactly what we need in this moment."

In addition to MTA, Fernandez has also been endorsed by two-term State Senator Sonia Chang Díaz, Brookline Select Board member and 2020 Congressional candidate Jesse Mermell, former Congressman Joe Kennedy, Brookline Public Health Advisory Council Chair and 2020 Congressional candidate Natalia Linos, and Brookline Select Board Member Dr. Miriam Aschkenasy.

He has also been endorsed by 28 locally elected officials including Cambridge Mayor Submul Siddiqui, Brookline School Committee Members Suzanne Federspiel and Mariah Nobrega, Brookline Asian American Family Network Chair Chi Chi Wu, SEIU Local 509, SEIU Local 888, Progressive Mass, Mass Alliance, Act on Mass, Incorruptible Mass, Brookline for Racial Justice and Equity, and the Brookline Equity Coalition.

A full list of Raul Fernandez’s endorsements can be found at www.raulforrep.com/endorsements.