Ellen Quinn

Three women standing in front of a painted mural at the Sarah Roberts Elementary School.

A young girl listens to a descendant of Sarah Roberts at Sarah Roberts Elementary School.

Two young girls leaning over a scrapbook with old photos and documents at Sarah Roberts Elementary School.

A Sarah Roberts Elementary student and one of Roberts' descendants points at an educational pamphlet.

Black history is ever-present at Sarah Roberts Elementary School!

Sarah Roberts and her family challenged local school-segregation laws in 1847 in court, resulting in Massachusetts banning segregated public schools eight years later. (1/3)

Mayor Wu can be seen from behind in front of a podium. An audience stands before her. Large text reads "If we can invent America, then we can be the city that forges the path forward in this moment," along with her signature.

🇺🇸 #BostonInauguration

Sunset from the Orange Line over the Mystic River

Ah, it's nice to know that when you see fiery light out your Orange Line window, it's from the sunset, not the train
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#MBTA #sunset #MysticRiver #Medford

😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎

"I want to be Governor of Massachusetts but I am afraid of a park" is not a great pitch.

Love where you live. 🏳️‍🌈🏡

Portland resists with whimsical improv theater, Chicago resists by screaming at weird jagoffs that don’t belong in the neighborhood. Every city brings its own strengths to the fight

"There's no shortage of reasons these days to be angry or afraid. But look around you right now and you'll see tens of thousands of reasons to keep the faith and keep going. This is the America we know to be possible."

—Mayor Michelle Wu, Boston No Kings Rally 🚫👑 #NoKings

A panoramic photo of thousands of protestors on the Boston Common for the No Kings Day rally

Boston says NO KINGS!

protester at the No Kings rally on the Boston Common holds a sign reading "MAKE WAY FOR DEMOCRACY" with a drawing depicting the ducks from the classic Robert McClosky children's book Make Way for Ducklings, marching in a row in front of the Boston State house. All of the ducks are wearing tricorn hats. epic poster.

Make Way for Democracy at the No Kings rally, Boston Common #nokings #nokings boston @universalhub.com

Boston looks forward to welcoming the world to our beautiful city, the cradle of liberty and city of champions.

Mayor Wu cuts a red ribbon on stage surrounded by students, staff, and other community members that hold the ribbon. A crowd watches and photographs them from beneath the stage.

Mayor Wu poses for a photo with a crowd of community members.

Mayor Wu smiles and engages in conversation with five students.

The Sarah Roberts school exterior can be seen during a cloudy and rainy day.

This morning, we proudly cut the ribbon on the new Sarah Roberts School in Roslindale!

In 1847, a brave five-year-old girl and her father became the first to challenge school segregation in court. Sarah Roberts and her father, Benjamin Roberts, sued the City of Boston. 🧵

Graphic with a professional photo of Clare Kelly and text: Mayor Wu appoints Clare Kelly Chief of Staff, Boston Mayor's Office.

I am delighted to welcome Clare Kelly as our new Chief of Staff!

Clare has been a key leader over the last 4 years, serving as Director of Intergovernmental Relations since Jan. 2022. Her decades of service in government and community will help steer our work to make Boston a home for everyone.

It’s time to vote and show the world: Boston is not for sale, and we’ll keep fighting for our families and our future.

The Sarah Roberts Case (U.S. National Park Service)

Happy first day of school, Boston!

And a happy new school opening day to The Sarah Roberts.

Sarah and her father Benjamin filed the first school desegregation suit in US history in 1849.

She was represented by Robert Morris, the first Black attorney in MA, and future US Senator Charles Sumner.

A federal official said South Station needs to address crime and safety. What’s next for the transit hub? - The Boston Globe The Trump administration announced plans Wednesday to take over management of Union Station.

This isn’t a game of authoritarian Monopoly.

Other countries aren’t for sale. Boston’s South Station isn’t a federal property.

South Station in Boston.

South Station in Boston.

South Station in Boston.

The dirty, crime-ridden South Station that Donald Trump wants to take over:

Dolly Parton has sent my daughter a new book every month for years as she does for thousands of children. She help fund the development of the Covid vaccine. She’s not a billionaire. I think as non wealthy people it’s hard to even imagine how much billionaires *could* be doing with their money.

Mom math is that summer camp is actually free because I paid for it in full eight months ago.

Earlier this year Michelle Wu showed up before a Trumper House committee with an Ash Wednesday cross on her forehead and her newborn baby, then proceeded to rip their heart out and show it to them. I couldn't understand why Josh Kraft didn't announce the next day that he'd decided not to run.

Voters seem to approve after Boston Democratic Mayor Michelle Wu pushes back on GOP MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell looks at some impressive poll numbers for Boston’s mayor and why her declared challenger “might discover the hard way that the voters of Boston are the real Boston patriots....

Love this clip of Dorchester native @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com talking about the Mayoral election, @wutrain.bsky.social & Josh Kraft, especially the ending. www.msnbc.com/the-last-wor...

Trump connection in plane sight

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu holds commanding 30-point lead over Josh Kraft, Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll shows - The Boston Globe The poll of 500 Boston voters likely to participate in the Sept. 9 preliminary election showed a wide gulf between Wu and Kraft, who drew 30 percent support to her 60 percent.

A new Globe/Suffolk poll of the Boston mayoral race has Mayor Michelle Wu leading Josh Kraft 60 / 30. #bospoli www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/21/m...

To clarify: Boston doesn’t need a mayor who only recently registered as a (Blue Dog) Democrat before launching his campaign, but voted Republican in the 2016 Presidential election cycle, & has supported MAGA anti-choice, anti-marriage equality, election denier federal candidates around the country…

All we knew at that time was what we continue to hold true today: that there is a difference between right and wrong and between freedom and tyranny, that what we do in each moment matters, and that a better future for our families is always worth fighting for.

Happy Independence Day, Boston.

250 years ago, Washington had only began transforming our militia into an organized army, we had just lost the Battle of Bunker Hill, and the British burned Charlestown to the ground and occupied Boston.

There was no way of knowing then that a year later we would declare our independence.

Thank god it’s not just me! At one point, my five year old was in the stroller basket because walking is “sooo boring” and the two year old was refusing to sit in it, so I was trying to wrangle him from running into the street, while pushing the 5 y/o.

June 13, 2025 FOIA Officer U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Freedom of Information Act Office 500 12th Street SW, Stop 5009 Washington, D.C. 20536-5009 Email: ICE-FOIA@ice.dhs.gov RE: FOIA Request Concerning Federal Immigration Enforcement Activity in the City of Boston Dear FOIA Officer, This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552, et seq., issued in accordance with Mayor Michelle Wu’s Executive Order “Affirming the Due Process Rights of Bostonians and Seeking Information on Immigration Enforcement, ” signed June 10, 2025. The City of Boston respectfully requests the following information regarding federal immigration enforcement activity conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)1 within the City of Boston. REQUEST FOR INFORMATION The City of Boston seeks any and all records2 prepared, received, transmitted, collected, and/or maintained by ICE that address, describe, refer, or relate to immigration enforcement, arrest, detention, or removal actions, civil or criminal (collectively, “enforcement actions”), in the City of Boston on or after January 20, 2025, including any and all records reflecting, for each such action: All Form I-200s, Form I-205s, Form I-213s, and Form I-247s; The date, time, and location of the enforcement action; [footnotes related to abbreviating ICE and defining records.]

The name(s) of all individual(s) targeted, arrested, detained, or otherwise subject to the enforcement action, including any individual(s) not designated as a target prior to the enforcement action (sometimes referred to by ICE as “collateral” targets); The basis for the enforcement action, as reflected in records including but not limited to judicial warrants, administrative warrants, or internal ICE approvals preceding the enforcement action, and the basis for the arrest of any “collateral” targets; A description of the enforcement action(s), such as by incident report or comparable post-action records; The alleged immigration violation(s), and/or criminal conviction(s) or pending criminal charge(s) related to the target(s) of the enforcement action, and any records that indicate whether those violations were known to ICE at the time of arrest; The detention location(s) and any transfer(s) locations of individual(s) arrested or detained by ICE; The administrative proceedings, court proceedings, removal proceedings, or other immigration administrative and/or judicial process for any individuals arrested or detained by ICE, and the status of those processes; Current immigration status of the individual(s) arrested (i.e., humanitarian parole, deferred action, special immigrant juvenile, etc.); and Complaints, investigations, or disciplinary actions related to the enforcement action. The City of Boston also seeks any and all policies, directives, memoranda, guidance, field manuals, standard operating procedures, checklists, and training modules prepared, modified, issued, or reissued by ICE on or after January 20, 2025, reflecting ICE policy and practice with respect to: ● ● ● ● The use of, or limitations on the use of, race, ethnicity, national origin, or physical appearance in initiating contact with or arresting individuals; The use of, or limitations on the use of, face masks or other manners of obscuring the identity of [continues in next image]

ICE officials conducting immigration enforcement actions; Damage to personal or public property during or in connection with immigration enforcement actions; ICE officials’ duty, or lack thereof, to identify themselves—verbally, through their clothing, with a badge, or by any other means—before, during, or after an immigration enforcement action. Requesters seek the above records for the period between January 20, 2025, and the date of the final response to this request. Please construe this as an ongoing FOIA request, so that until a proper and adequate search is conducted, any records that come within the possession of the agency prior to the final response to this FOIA request be considered within the scope of the request. The Requesters ask that any records that exist in electronic form be provided in their native electronic format on a compact disc, digital videodisk, or equivalent electronic medium. Requesters ask that any documents stored in Portable Document Format (“PDFs”) be provided as individual files in a searchable PDF format. All requested records that are responsive may be provided with personally identifying details redacted. FOIA exempts information from disclosure if that disclosure would lead to an unwarranted invasion of privacy. 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(6). Determination of this exemption requires a balancing of the public’s interest in obtaining the information against any possible invasions of privacy which would result from disclosure. See, e.g., Wood v. FBI, 432 F.3d 78, 87-89 (2d Cir. 2005). The City expects the release of all segregable portions of otherwise exempt material. If, under applicable law, any of the information requested is considered exempt, please describe in detail the nature of the information withheld, the specific exemption or privilege upon which the information is withheld, and whether the portions of withheld documents containing non-exempt or non-privileged information have been provided. Signature Corporation Counsel

The City of Boston has issued its first FOIA request of ICE.

Under the Freedom of Information Act, we are requesting records related to enforcement actions within our city and information on certain ICE policies.

My sons playground birthday party is at 3pm, do you think we’ll be okay? 😬