Rep. Lewis Participated in Webinar Localism Without Borders

June 30, 2021 (Boston)- Representative Jack Patrick Lewis (Framingham) participated in the virtual, international webinar Localism Without Borders on Thursday, June 3. A major success, the program intended to offer perspective on the role of local and regional governments’ in supporting international partnerships.

Rep. Lewis was joined on the panel by Professor Sheila Foster of Georgetown University, former member of the European Parliament for Germany Matthias Groote, former member of the European Parliament for France Christine Revault d’Allonnes Bonnefoy, and the Leader of the Cardiff City Council Huw Thomas.

“It’s truly humbling to be here,” noted Rep. Lewis during his remarks at the event. “As this pandemic spread across this world, it was local electeds, such as myself, who took that opportunity to deepen our relationships with colleagues and friends abroad. As our White House was making scientifically inaccurate and, at times, racist and dangerous statements on this virus, local leaders here studied the diverse responses around the world, and it was that knowledge that directly affected our local public health advocacy.”

Rep. Lewis noted the Massachusetts State House’s leadership in hosting the first commercial-scale offshore wind farm in the United States: “While a sizable chunk of the credit goes to our Speaker Ron Mariano for his lifetime of work on wind policy, it was also because of local activism, regional statewide investments, and intentional partnerships that is going to lead to this wind farm coming online.”

The webinar was sponsored by Politics Without Borders (PWB) and the Labour Foreign Policy Group. PWB is a United Kingdom-based think tank that seeks to build and facilitate new strategies and policies. The Labour Foreign Policy Group is an organization within the UK Labour Party that develops and steers the party’s foreign policy goals for the benefit of people within the UK and abroad.

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