Join us for an exciting in-person event featuring a conversation with Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, moderated by San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu. This event will take place at China Live, located in San Francisco's Chinatown. Don't miss this unique opportunity to hear directly from Mayor Wu about her experiences and insights as the first woman, first person of color and first Asian American elected to serve as Mayor of Boston. City Attorney David Chiu will guide the discussion, ensuring a lively and engaging conversation. Come meet Mayor Wu!

Sponsoring Organizations:

Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area, Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, Chinese American Citizens Alliance, Dear Community, Edwin M. Lee Asian Pacific Democratic Club, Stand With Asians

Co-Hosts:

Lin Chan, Jay Cheng, Kenneth Chen, Steven Lee, Amy Lee, Forrest Liu, Eva Lum Camp, Vincent Pan, Marjan Philhour, Larry Yee, Mark Young

About Boston Mayor Michelle Wu

Michelle Wu is the first woman and first person of color to be elected Mayor of Boston. She is the daughter of Taiwanese immigrants who moved to the United States in the early 1980s. She grew up in a Mandarin-speaking household and served as the translator for her family. Growing up, she never thought she would run for office. Then, when she was in her early 20s, her mother suffered from a mental health crisis and she became the primary caregiver to her mom and guardian to her two younger sisters. She sought to open a small business to support the family and realized how much government has the power to help - or to serve as a barrier. She decided to go to law school to fight for families like her own and met Professor Elizabeth Warren at Harvard.

Michelle has been a voice for accessibility, transparency, and community engagement in city leadership for ten years. First elected to the Boston City Council in November 2013 at the age of 28, Wu is the first Asian-American woman to serve on the Council. In January 2016, she was elected President of the City Council by her colleagues in a unanimous vote, becoming the first woman of color to serve as Council President.

Michelle is now a Boston Public Schools mom to two boys, MBTA commuter, and a fierce believer that we can solve our deepest challenges through building community. As Mayor, Michelle is working in coalition to deliver bold, systemic change and make Boston a city for everyone.

In her first official act as Mayor, Wu signed an ordinance divesting City funds from fossil fuels, private prisons, and the tobacco industry. In her first week, she worked with the City Council to make three Boston bus lines—which serve predominantly Black and brown neighborhoods—fare-free for two years.

To take decisive action against climate change and improve conditions for Boston Public Schools’ students, teachers, and families, Mayor Wu has launched a Green New Deal for BPS: A district-wide effort to dramatically reduce building emissions, renovate old facilities and construct new ones, and modernize Boston’s education system. And, following the science on the critical role that early childhood plays in determining life outcomes, Mayor Wu has expanded early childhood services—granting thousands more 3- and 4-year-olds access to high quality, culturally-relevant education and care.

As a former restaurant owner, legal services attorney, and legal guardian of her younger sister, Wu understands firsthand the barriers that families and communities face. She has a background in community advocacy, having worked at the WilmerHale Legal Services Center in Jamaica Plain, providing legal advice to low-income small business owners, as well as at the Medical-Legal Partnership at Boston Medical Center on immigration law cases for survivors of domestic violence.

Mayor Wu graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Law School. She is fluent in Mandarin and Spanish, and lives in Roslindale with her husband Conor and her sons Blaise and Cass.

A Conversation with Boston Mayor Michelle Wu