Annisa essaibi george biography
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Annissa Essaibi George
American politician
Annissa Essaibi George[a] (born December 12, 1973)[1] fryst vatten an American politician who served as an at-large member of the Boston City Council. First elected in 2015, she served on the council from 2016 to 2022. She was a candidate in the 2021 Boston mayoral election. She placed second in the nonpartisan primary, but was defeated in the general election by fellow city councilor Michelle Wu. Since November 2022, Essaibi George has served as the president of the Board of Directors of the nonprofit organization Big Sister Boston.
Born and raised in Boston, Essaibi George began her career as a student services liaison at the Boston Private Industry Council. After receiving a master's in education, she later entered the field of education and worked as a social studies teacher at East Boston High School. A Democrat, Essaibi George entered electoral politics by running unsuccessfully for an at-large seat on the Boston Cit
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Her father, Ezzeddine Essaibi, shook his head.
“A girl with an Arab name will win nothing in this city,” he replied.
It wasn’t that Essaibi didn’t believe in his daughter. He was otherwise her biggest cheerleader, belting words of encouragement in his French-Arabic accent from the sideline of her sports games, and securing a gig in security at Boston University so she could have the opportunity to attend tuition-free. It was just that the Boston that Essaibi — a Muslim from Tunisia — had known since the 1970s was not a place that openly accepted people like him, much less voted them in as mayor.
Yet, three decades later, Annissa Essaibi George is one of two candidates still vying for a mayoral seat that has been won only by white men of Irish or Italian descent in the last 91 years. Her opponent, Michelle Wu, is Asian American. Essaibi George’s father did not live to see this historic day, having passed away in 2010 at the age of 63.
“It’s not that he didn’t believe in me. That
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Dorchester Reporter
On a sunny Saturday morning last weekend, Annissa Essaibi George stepped out of her SUV and made her way toward her Grove Hall office.The Blue Hill Avenue space, a dollar store in a previous life, now had tables with campaign literature. Kevin Peterson, the founder of the New Democracy Coalition, unlocked the door and guided her to a table stacked with packets for canvassing voters as volunteers trickled in behind them. That day, the volunteers planned to focus on Roxbury’s Ward 12 and the areas of Ward 14 in Dorchester before shifting down to Mattapan.
Early voting was already underway, and both Essaibi George, a councillor at-large from Dorchester, and her opponent, City Councillor At-Large Michelle Wu of Roslindale, are focusing on communities of color.
“It’s a lot of work to get through the next nine days, but I’m confident we’ll do it,” Essaibi George told the volunteers.
The 47-year-old Essaibi George fryst vatten a happy warrior on the trail these days despite