Sumbul Siddiqui

Sumbul Siddiqui's family immigrated to the United States from Pakistan when she was 2, and they moved to Cambridge when they got a lottery spot in Cambridge's affordable housing system. She is a graduate of CRLS, Brown University, and Northwestern.

While attending CRLS, she co-founded the Cambridge Youth Council (then the Cambridge Youth Involvement Subcommittee), a way for students to engage with city government and policy. She's now serving on the board of the Cambridge School Volunteers and is a member of Cambridge's Human Services Commission.

Professionally, she is an Attorney at Northeast Legal Aid, a nonprofit that provides legal assistance.

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About

Incumbent

Yes

Job

Attorney in Legal Aid

Education

BA, Brown University; JD, Northwestern University

Address

Lives at 530 Windsor Street Cambridge, MA 02141

Age

31 years, 6 months
Born in Karachi, Pakistan (moved to Cambridge at age 2) in 1988

Voter Registration

June 6, 2006

Endorsements

• Cambridge Residents Alliance

Questionnaires

Quotes

Also, we have to have more diversity on the council. I think it’s very important that we have more women, and that we have more women of color. I think someone who is a qualified public attorney who happens to be a Muslim woman of color, you talk the talk for diversity and all that stuff, but this is a time that we can actually make it happen.

We also need to make ride-hailing/ride-sharing programs easier to use and less expensive for Cambridge seniors.

Press

• CCTV. Sumbul Siddiqui, Candidate for City Council.
  Cambridge Community Television .

• A. Perez. Sumbul Siddiqui (Profile).
  The Harvard Crimson Nov. 1, 2017. Excerpt

• Amira Valliani. Episode 4: Who are the new generation?.
  Backyard Cambridge (Podcast) Oct. 26, 2017.

• Reena Karasin. City Council Candidate Profiles, Group 3 of 5.
  Scout Cambridge Oct. 13, 2017. Excerpt

• Justin Krakoff. The Breakthrough: How Women of Color are Transforming Boston and Cambridge Politics.
  The Tufts Observer Oct. 10, 2017.

• Amy Saltzman. Why a record number of Cambridge women are running for City Council.
  Wicked Local Cambridge Oct. 3, 2017. Excerpt

• Sumbul Siddiqui announces City Council candidacy.
  Wicked Local Cambridge May 16, 2017.

Campaign Finance

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