Sen. Tiara Mack (D-RI)

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Tiara is a formerly low-income Black, queer, educator and activist. In 2020, she ran and won her state senate race, unseating a 30 year incumbent to become the state’s first openly queer Black elected state legislator. As a directly impacted person, she understands that we need bold, visionary leaders to center real people and stories in every piece of legislation.

In her time in office, she had been a champion for LGBTQ+ rights, working families, housing and tenant rights, and expanding abortion access in Rhode Island. Since 2021, she has passed bills that have expanded abortion access to Medicaid recipients and state employees, a process to seal eviction records, critical childhood lead safety bills, and made Juneteenth a paid state holiday.

She is the youngest Rhode Island State Senator and is the Senate Commerce Committee Secretary and a member of the Housing and Municipal Committee and the Education Committee.

She is a Board Member of Women’s Health and Education Fund (WHEF), Rhode Island’s only abortion fund, and Time To Advocate, a civic engagement organization for marginalized communities.