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Name
  
Josh Zakim

Political party
  
Role
  
Politician

Profession
  
Boston City Councilor

Party
  
Democratic Party

Religion
  
Jewish


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Born
  
December 16, 1983 (age 40) Newton (
1983-12-16
)

Committees
  
Chair of the Committee Human Rights and Civil Rights; Chair of the Special Committee on Transportation, Public Infrastructure, Planning and Investment

Residence
  
Back Bay, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Josh Zakim (born December 16, 1983) is a Boston politician, attorney, and community activist. He is the Boston City Councilor representing District 8, which includes Boston's Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Fenway–Kenmore, Mission Hill, and West End neighborhoods.

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Family

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Zakim is the son of Lenny and Joyce Zakim. He grew up in Newton, Massachusetts with his two younger sisters, Deena and Shari. Zakim's father was a Jewish-American religious and civil rights leader in Boston. After his death in 1999, Boston's Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge was named in his honor.

Education

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Zakim attended high school at Buckingham Browne & Nichols in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania, and went on to receive his law degree from the Northeastern University School of Law. He was sworn into the Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on December 2, 2009.

Career

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Zakim began his career at Greater Boston Legal Services in their Consumer Rights Unit. He then went on to join the Public Finance group of the law firm Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky, and Popeo, where he worked on municipal bond transactions for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, MassPort and the MBTA.

Zakim was elected to the Boston City Council on November 5, 2013. He serves as the Chair of both the Committee on Human Rights and Civil Rights and the Special Committee on Transportation, Public Infrastructure, Planning, and Investment. Zakim has proven to be a progressive voice on the Boston City Council, and his legislative priorities center around social and economic justice.

Zakim is also an active Board Member of the Lenny Zakim Fund. Founded two decades ago by his father and his activist friends, the Fund gives small grants to support local grassroots organizations seeking to address complex social issues such as youth violence, adult literacy, and job training.

References

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