FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – November 11, 2013
Contact: Greta Bergstrom, 651.336.6722, greta@takeactionminnesota.org
St. Paul, MN (November 11, 2013) – TakeAction Minnesota’s Executive Director, Dan McGrath, released the following statement in reaction to candidate Dai Thao’s election today to the St. Paul City Council:
“We couldn’t be happier for Dai Thao and the residents of St. Paul’s Ward 1 on his election to the St. Paul City Council. Among a strong field of contenders, Dai stood out for his ability to bring people together behind a bold vision of prosperity for everyone in the community.”
“Dai has been a member and one of our most active leaders at TakeAction Minnesota for over four years. As someone who has the lived experience of many of the constituents he will represent — someone who understands in his guts the experiences of immigrant families, low-income workers, and those left at the margins — Dai will no doubt be a champion for racial and economic justice at City Hall.
“TakeAction Minnesota congratulates Dai Thao on his victory and applauds him for running a campaign that put community inclusivity and economic justice front and center throughout. His campaign brought to life the words ‘strength through diversity’ that he so often spoke of at events across the ward. We look forward to working with Dai to ensure the interests of everyone in Ward 1 are advanced in the coming years.”
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TakeAction Minnesota is a statewide people’s network of individual and organizational members working to raise the voices of Minnesotans in their own communities to advance social, racial and economic justice.
The organization has offices in St. Paul, Grand Rapids and Duluth.
