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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The fund has a new home at the Essex County Community Foundation, and I'm grateful to everyone who has kept the is important scholarship going.

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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This year it is supporting 7 students, including one who chose nursing because of the courage he saw during the pandemic and another who wants to be a dental technician since her junior year, and all 7 are the first in their families to go to college in the United States.

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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Since 2020, the Unafraid Somerville Scholarship has supported 30 Somerville High graduates who are shut out of most college aid because of their immigration status. If you can give, the link is tinyurl.com/2yend7tk and if you can't, please share this post!

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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The tide is shifting with BDS on the ballots and city council agendas across our area from Medford and Somerville to Cambridge and Providence. Disclose. Divest. We will not stop, we will not rest. Free Palestine.

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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Last week I had the honor of speaking at the Cambridge for Palestine rally outside Cambridge city hall in support of their boycott and divestment ordinance.

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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A huge thank you to everyone who came out to our volunteer appreciation event! We had bingo, jeopardy, and paper plate awards for all our dedicated team members. Thank you to Rei Da Picanha for hosting and for the delicious food! Belated happy birthday to Felipe, Rei Da Picanha’s storeowner!

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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I was so moved by how he centers his decisions and strategy in service of our collective movement, something I and I know so many others strive to do too. Thank you Somerville for Palestine @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social and @artsatthearmory.bsky.social for hosting this event.

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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Truly such an inspiring conversation to hear from Mahmoud Khalil and Valeria Luiselli. It was powerful to learn about his lived experience and his deep commitment to render visible the horrific inhumanity of detention centers.

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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

She served as my Campaign Manager for State Senate and will serve as my Chief of Staff, bringing deep community roots and a lifelong commitment to justice to Beacon Hill! Thank you to Massachusetts Black and Latino Legislative Caucus for hosting this event!

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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

As a leader with Somerville for Palestine, she helped organize the historic Yes on Question 3, the first boycott and divestment ballot initiative passed by popular vote in US history. Her advocacy spans immigrant rights, Palestinian solidarity, LGBTQ+ rights, housing justice, and workers' rights.

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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Today I had the honor of presenting Jovana Calvillo w the 2026 Latino Excellence on The Hill award for her years of community organizing. Jojo is a daughter of Mexican immigrants, she has spent years organizing alongside various communities, including our immigrant and Palestinian communities.

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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

TY to the residents, the Somerville Housing Authority, the Visiting Nurses Association of Somerville and their incredible staff who take immense pride in their work, the city of Somerville, Mass Housing, the advocates and the neighbors who pushed for decades to make today’s accomplishment possible.

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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This land once belonged to the MWRA and the Legislature conveyed it to the Somerville Housing Authority with the condition that it stay affordable forever, which is exactly what public land is for.

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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Today we celebrate the completion of Waterworks II: 21 new permanently affordable homes for seniors and young disabled residents and the final piece of a 15-year buildout that turned an obsolete 64-unit property and a closed school into 240 units of independent, supportive, and assisted living.

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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Beautiful Labor Day march in downtown Boston. Thrilled to match alongside our amazing labor movement in Massachusetts. ✊🔥🌹

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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

We are all proud to stand in solidarity with Tufts facilities workers until they get the contract they deserve! One day longer, one day stronger.

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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

32BJ workers demand: 1. Close the widening gap between the lowest and highest wage earners. 2. Lower disproportionately large percentage of healthcare costs 3. Allow access to legal assistance for civil and immigration issues

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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Tufts facilities workers rally with community & vote to authorize a strike!!! 📢 After months of negotiations, management refuses to budge and there is no agreement on the contract.

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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Sign up for one (or two, or three) more volunteer shift/s with Erika then come celebrate all our hard work at Sally O'Brien's for an election night watch party. WHEN WE FIGHT WE WIN. See you at 8 PM after polls close on Tuesday.

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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Early voting runs Saturday, August 22 through Friday, August 28, mail ballots are on the way, and Election Day is Tuesday, September 1. Vote Erika Uyterhoeven for State Senate.

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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

The Governor's office floated a juicy tax break for data centers and only pulled it after Erika raised the alarm on the state's AI contracts, which is exactly the kind of pressure this district needs in the State Senate.

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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

We already pay some of the highest electricity rates in the country, and these projects will push our bills even higher while the companies behind them collect the profits.

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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

This week in late stage capitalism: the same tech billionaires bankrolling MAGA want to build data centers across MA. Nobody on Beacon Hill has written a single rule stopping those servers from powering ICE deportations or Flock camera stops of innocent drivers over a misread plate.

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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Taxed corporate greed to fund housing, Medicare for All, and a livable climate. I’m running to be your Democratic State Senator, and I’m asking for your vote on Tuesday, September 1.

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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

For decades, most votes on Beacon Hill happened behind closed doors, and I led the fight to change that by putting every committee vote on the record. Transparency is how we fought to lower your energy bills, protected immigrants from ICE.

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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Take your pick! Or vote for me in the Tuesday September 1 primary, early voting is from August 22 to 28, so we can have: ✅ Publicly owned renewable energy ✅ Tax the rich ✅ Medicare for all

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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Here's how to find a guy who can afford rent in MA: ⚡ Utility company execs charging us the highest rates in the US 💻 Largest corporations with offshore assets getting a 95% tax exemption 🏥 Health insurers charging us the highest premiums and out of pocket costs in the country

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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Full breakdown with the receipts is in my newsletter ➡️ electerika.com/newsletters/ Recipe for one of my favorite meals credit to the amazing Seonkyong Longest: youtube.com/watch?v=ZFoq... Remember to vote Tuesday, September 1! 🗳

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Erika Uyterhoeven for State Senate

Erika is a State Representative, former antitrust economist, and proud daughter of immigrants running for State Senate to make Beacon Hill transparent and deliver for you.

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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

💰 $500M = Transfer fee for sales of homes >$1M 💰 $30M = Repeal private jet sales tax exemption

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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

he money is there. Here's a list of ways we can raise the revenue to build permanently affordable homes: 💰 $3B = double millionaire's tax 💰 $1B = remove offshore asset tax exemption 💰 $1B = surtax on excessive CEO pay 💰 $500M = Digital ad tax

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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

At 55 Hudson Street in Chinatown, 110 permanently affordable homes are going above a new public library, and they prove the other model works: a one-time developer fee written into the budget, union labor with real pensions, buildings that don't burn gas, and rents around $2,100 instead of $4,000.

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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Over 30 years, a family renting a market-rate two-bedroom pays more than a million dollars beyond what the same family pays in a permanently affordable home, and every dollar of that difference goes to investors.

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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

We can build 100,000 permanently affordable homes in Massachusetts, and I'll show you exactly how while teaching how to cook Haemul Sundubu Jjigae! 😋

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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

For the first time in 30 years, this bill advanced out of committee. That's why I'm running for State Senate to pass Medicare for All in Massachusetts and ensure everyone can afford to live and thrive in our communities. Learn more at: electerika.com/newsletters

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Erika Uyterhoeven for State Senate

Erika is a State Representative, former antitrust economist, and proud daughter of immigrants running for State Senate to make Beacon Hill transparent and deliver for you.

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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Medicare for All is needed to help ensure everyone can afford to live in MA. It will include dental, vision, hearing, and long-term care that Medicare leaves out, with no premiums, no deductibles, and no copays, and it saves Massachusetts nearly 30 billion dollars a year.

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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

MA is now the most expensive state in the country to grow old. In Somerville, older neighbors on fixed incomes of about $30,000 a year face costs over $37,000 just to stay in the community they built. 60% of our residents over 65 who live alone cannot cover their basic needs.

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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Suppliers charged MA households a 43% markup on electricity ⚡️ for ten straight years, and the difference went into their profits. 😱🤯 Erika is fighting for public power so your bill reflects what electricity actually costs. That’s what is at stake in this election. Vote for Erika Tuesday Sept 1 🗳

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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Thank you to the over 50 educators who have volunteered on my campaign, let’s win this on September 1!!! 🌹

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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I’m so deeply humbled and proud to have the support of educators and the largest union in New England since we launched my State Senate campaign. Thank you to Megan from the Somerville Educators Union for your beautiful speech.

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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Come canvassing with us and our friends! Canvassing is way more fun with a friend! 😝 electerika.com/volunteer/ TY @jobcy_joseph & aleena_mathaii for your awesome energy and inspo ❤️

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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Join us for a Day of Action this Saturday, August 15 at 1:30 in Medford! We will be knocking doors with formerly incarcerated leaders to canvass on building real safety in our communities. RSVP here: bit.ly/erikaab

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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I'm so grateful to everyone who has come out and made this campaign a true grassroots effort! There are lots of ways to get involved this week! Go to electerika.com/volunteer to see how you can get involved.

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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Join us to knock on doors here: electerika.com/volunteer/

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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Vote early from August 22nd through the 28th with no excuse needed, OR request a mail ballot by August 25th, OR vote from your old polling location. Just... VOTE BEFORE YOU MOVE! To request a mail-in ballot: mailmyballotma.com To find your polling location: www.sec.state.ma.us/WhereDoIVote...

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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Moving on Sept 1 (primary day) doesn’t mean you lose your vote. MA law says you can still cast your ballot at your OLD polling place even if you’re already out the door. Vote first, then unpack.

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Erika Uyterhoeven @electerika.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Cambridge just took the first step toward banning algorithmic price-fixing at the local level, and now we need Massachusetts to back up our local governments with a state ban, real penalties, and a commitment to put that money toward affordable homes.

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