“It’s very personal”: Women are getting things done on Houston City Council
Houston City Commissioner Tarsha Jackson talks to the media during a press conference about fixing traditional flooding areas at Hutcheson Park in Houston on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021.If you feel like women have taken over Houston City Council of late, there’s a reason for that.
“There were women everywhere,” notes District F Council Member Tiffany Thomas, reflecting on that cycle. A clear-cut example, on the policy front: the creation of the Houston Women’s Commission, launched last year after a campaign led by District C Council Member Abbie Kamin, elected in 2019. Community engagement flows naturally, perhaps. Many of the women who serve on city council are deeply rooted in the specific districts they represent, as well as the city more generally.
Jackson, for one, says her own family wasn’t at all political. Growing up, life revolved around church and family. But that changed after her son Marquieth,
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