{"id":2124329,"date":"2023-12-13T18:06:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T23:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boston-city-council-email-invite-for-electeds-of-color-holiday-party-mistakenly-sent-to-all-members\/"},"modified":"2023-12-13T18:08:19","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T23:08:19","slug":"boston-city-council-email-invite-for-electeds-of-color-holiday-party-mistakenly-sent-to-all-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boston-city-council-email-invite-for-electeds-of-color-holiday-party-mistakenly-sent-to-all-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Mistakenly, Boston City Council Email Invite Sent to All Members for &#8216;Electeds of Color&#8217; Holiday Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fboston-city-council-email-invite-for-electeds-of-color-holiday-party-mistakenly-sent-to-all-members%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2124329&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mayor of Boston Michelle Wu (Photo by ANGELA WEISS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Oops! Mayor Wu&#8217;s Holiday Party Invitation Mishap<\/h2>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Abril Elfi<\/a><br \/>2:54 PM \u2013 \u2063Wednesday, December 13, 2023<\/p>\n<p>Denise DosSantos, the director of City Council Relations for Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, sent out a mass email \u200cinvitation to a plethora\u200b of council\u200c members for an \u201cElecteds \u2064of Color\u201d holiday \u200cparty. However, the email was mistakenly sent to the whole council by\u2064 mistake, not just members who are people of\u2063 color (POC). <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>The invitation read: <strong>\u201cOn behalf\u2062 of Mayor Michelle Wu, I \u200bcordially\u200d invite you and a guest\u2062 to the \u2064Electeds of Color Holiday Party on Wednesday, December 13 at 5:30 p.m. at the Parkman House, 33 Beacon Street.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>DosSantos then issued an apology after she discovered that she had\u200d accidentally sent the \u200demail to everyone in the\u200b council, even White members. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MayorWu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MayorWu<\/a>,\u2062 the Mayor of Boston invited only \u201celecteds of\u2063 color\u201d to a Holiday Party. The email was mistakenly sent to all city councilmembers, including the white ones.\u200c One white councilmember \u2064called \u2063it \u201cdivisive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The party is still scheduled to take place and\u2062 only black\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1CJL8aKsQY\">pic.twitter.com\/1CJL8aKsQY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200dLibs\u200d of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1734942085344882822?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>DosSantos apologized for the prior email in the follow-up message that was sent to \u2064the \u200ccouncil members about fifteen minutes later.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI wanted to apologize for my previous email regarding the Holiday \u200dParty for \u2062tomorrow. I did send that to everyone by accident, I apologize \u2064if my email \u200cmay have offended or came across as so,\u201d DosSatnos wrote. \u201cSorry for\u2062 any confusion this may have caused.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Later, Mayor Wu spoke to reporters on \u2063Wednesday, stating that the diversity group has been in place for a long time\u00a0and \u2063that \u200dthey celebrate \u201call kinds of connection and identity and culture and heritage in the city.\u201d <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI mean again, this is a group that has been in place for many, many years. We celebrate all kids of connection and \u2064identity and culture and heritage in the\u200c city. Just yesterday we hosted in \u2064the city our official \u200bHannukah celebration, we have had tree lightings,\u201d said Wu. \u201cWe want to\u200d be a city where everyone\u2019s\u2062 identity \u2062is embraced&#8230;and there are spaces and communities we can\u2063 help support.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stay \u2064informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. 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Mayor Wu&#8217;s Holiday\u2062 Party Invitation Mishap<\/p>\n<p>Denise DosSantos, \u2062the director of City Council Relations for Boston\u200b Mayor Michelle Wu, \u2062made an \u2062unfortunate mistake when sending \u200dout a mass email invitation\u200b for an &#8220;Electeds of Color&#8221; holiday party. The email was mistakenly sent to the entire council instead of\u2062 just\u200d the \u2062members who are people of color\u200d (POC).<\/p>\n<p>The invitation, \u200bsent on behalf of \u200bMayor\u200c Michelle Wu, read: &#8220;On behalf of Mayor Michelle Wu, I cordially invite \u2063you and a\u200c guest \u2063to the Electeds of Color Holiday Party on Wednesday, December 13\u200c at 5:30 p.m. at the Parkman House, 33 Beacon Street.&#8221; DosSantos realized her error after the email was received by all council\u200d members, including those who are not people of color.<\/p>\n<p>DosSantos quickly issued an \u2063apology for her \u2064mistake. She expressed her regret and acknowledged that she accidentally sent the email to everyone in the council, regardless\u200b of their racial background. In\u200b a follow-up message sent about fifteen minutes later, DosSantos stated, &#8220;I wanted to apologize for my \u200cprevious email regarding the Holiday Party for\u200c tomorrow. I did send that to everyone \u2062by accident, I apologize if my\u2063 email may have\u2064 offended\u2063 or\u200c came across as so. Sorry for \u200bany confusion this may have \u2063caused.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The \u200cincident \u2063received attention \u2064on social media, with one Twitter user, @libsoftiktok, posting about the \u200bmishap. The tweet highlighted that the invitation had been mistakenly sent to all council members, including\u2062 those who were not people\u2063 of color.\u200d It\u2064 also mentioned that one white councilmember called it &#8220;divisive.&#8221; Despite the mishap, the holiday party\u2062 is still\u200c scheduled to take place.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Michelle Wu addressed the situation during\u200c a press\u2063 conference. She explained that the diversity group, which organized the holiday party, \u2064has been in place for\u2062 a long time. She\u2063 emphasized that the group celebrates \u200d&#8221;all kinds of connection\u2063 and identity and culture and heritage in\u200c the\u2064 city.&#8221; Mayor Wu mentioned other recent \u200bevents that showcased the city&#8217;s commitment to embracing diverse\u2064 identities,\u2062 such as an official Hanukkah celebration and tree \u200clightings. \u200cShe expressed her desire for Boston to be a \u2062city where everyone&#8217;s identity is embraced, and where spaces\u200d and communities \u2063can be supported.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, Mayor Wu&#8217;s holiday party\u2062 invitation mishap drew attention when it was\u2064 mistakenly sent to the entire council instead of just \u200dthe members who are \u2063people of color.\u200b DosSantos promptly apologized for \u2063the\u2064 mistake, and Mayor Wu emphasized the city&#8217;s commitment\u2063 to \u2062embracing\u2062 diverse \u2063identities and supporting various communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mayor Michelle Wu&#8217;s director of City Council Relations, Denise DosSantos, recently organized a festive gathering called &#8220;Electeds of Color&#8221; for council members in Boston. 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