Boston, MA
- Leverett Wing, well-known political leader and community mobilizer,
will be honored by the Massachusetts Women’s Political Caucus this
Thursday.
Leverett
will be receiving the MWPC's prestigious "Good Guys Award" - an honor
for men who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to the goal of
political, economic and social parity for women.
Over
the past thirteen years, "Good Guys" honorees have included: Senator
Edward Brooke, Governor Deval Patrick, Governor Paul Cellucci, Governor
William Weld, Charlie Baker, State Senator Dan Wolf, Senator Edward
Kennedy, Senator John Kerry, Paul Guzzi, Peter Meade, Charles Ogletree,
Paul W. Lee and many others.
The 14th
Annual Good Guys Awards will take place this Thursday, April 3 from 11:30am-2:00pm at the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel (136 Saint James Avenue) in Boston.
Throughout
his distinguished career, Leverett has served as an influential
community leader for key issues relating to diversity and healthy
communities. Throughout his lifetime, Leverett has been dedicated to
women’s equality, as seen through his work on the Asian Task Force
Against Domestic Violence and as an organizer & supporter of women
politicians like Boston City Councilor Michelle
Wu, Fitchburg Mayor Lisa Wong, Newton Alderwoman Amy Mah Sangiolo, and
MA State Senator Sonia Chang Diaz.
Currently,
Leverett is the Associate Director of Community Services for the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Housing and Community
Development. Prior to that, Leverett was the Executive Director of
Washington D.C. headquartered Asian & Pacific Islander American Vote
(APIAVote), the only non-partisan, national organization focusing on
voter participation and civic engagement in the Asian American
community.
As
a member of the Board of Overseers at Joslin Diabetes Center, an
internationally known hospital and research center, Leverett helped
found a first-of-its-kind, national project called the Asian American
Diabetes Initiative (AADI) which seeks to improve the understanding and
treatment of diabetes among Asian Americans.
Leverett
also sits on the Board of Overseers of WGBH-TV/Radio, Boston’s
nationally known Public Broadcasting affiliate, where he has helped
efforts to expand WGBH’s minority programming and improve outreach to
communities underserved by traditional media outlets.
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