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Sam Yoon At-Large, elected in 2006
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Contact Councilor Yoon |
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Post Audit & Oversight |
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Youth Affairs |
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Arts, Film, Humanities & Tourism Economic Development & Planning Housing Human Rights & Services Post Audit & Oversight Presidential Committee on Council Centennial Rules & Administration Ways & Means Whole Youth Affairs |
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Sam Yoon was elected to the Boston City Council in November 2005, making history as the first Asian American ever to run for elected office in Boston. As an At-Large City Councilor, he is proud to represent every neighborhood in the city of Boston. With a commitment to public education, affordable housing, and public safety, Sam is dedicated to making Boston a safer, stronger, more affordable place to live through his work on the Council and as Chair of both the Housing Committee and the Committee on Hunger and Homelessness. Sam is a founding member and core steering committee member of The New Majority, a coalition of African Americans, Latinos, and Asians who have joined together to advance a common agenda for communities of color in Boston. He is a board member of Viet-Aid, which serves the Vietnamese community in Dorchester; a member of the Fields Corner Main Street Association; and he is an elder at the Bethany Presbyterian Church. Sam holds a B.A. from Princeton University, and a master's degree in public policy from Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government where he focused on community economic development and affordable housing. Sam has worked for numerous community-based non-profits. Most recently, Sam served as Development Director for Asian Community Development Corporation (ACDC) working to create affordable housing in Boston's Chinatown. Sam has also worked for Boston Aging Concerns, an organization focused on housing for families where grandparents are the primary care givers; The Community Builders, the nation's largest non-profit developer of affordable housing; and Abt Associates, a leading public policy research firm. Sam, his wife Tina, and their two children make their home in the Fields Corner neighborhood of Dorchester. Born in Seoul, South Korea, Sam came to this country with his parents when he was ten months old. At ten years old, he became a naturalized U. S. citizen. |
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