[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 158 (Tuesday, September 25, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1300]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING ELIZABETH GLIDDEN

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                           HON. KEITH ELLISON

                              of minnesota

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 25, 2018

  Mr. ELLISON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Elizabeth Glidden's 
12 years of service as a Minneapolis Councilmember. She has served as a 
distinguished leader on the Council, including as the Council Vice 
President, and Chair of the Intergovernmental Relations Committee.
  Ms. Glidden has an extensive list of accomplishments from her time in 
office. She has been an advocate for workers' protection, helping lead 
the push for a $15 municipal minimum wage and for paid sick and safe 
leave to provide job protections to up to 100,000 Minneapolis workers 
during illness. She is a champion for affordable housing, and was the 
chief author of the 2017 Minneapolis ordinance that prohibited 
discrimination against the 5,000 Minneapolis holders of Section 8 
Housing Choice Vouchers.
  Ms. Glidden led the pioneering effort to bring ranked choice voting 
to Minneapolis in 2006 to help avoid plurality outcomes and elect 
majority winners. It has since been used successfully in three 
Minneapolis elections.
  A proponent of clean energy, she created the first-in-the-nation 
Clean Energy Partnership between Minneapolis and energy utilities to 
help promote energy efficiency and renewable energy in support of the 
city's Climate Action Plan.
  Ms. Glidden helped direct city efforts on racial equity, including 
the development of One Minneapolis One Read, a reading program to 
encourage family and friends to have conversations about race, family 
relationships, and neighborhood history.
  In addition to her contributions on the Council, she previously 
worked for ten years as an attorney practicing employment and civil 
rights law. Ms. Glidden has been a Board Member of Local Progress, a 
Board Member of Gender Justice, and serves on the Alumni Board of the 
Humphrey School of Public Affairs.
  Ms. Glidden is set to continue her advocacy on behalf of the 
residents of Minneapolis and Minnesota as the new Director of Strategic 
Initiatives and Policy for the Minnesota Housing Partnership.
  On behalf of her Ward 8 constituents and the broader community, I 
want to congratulate Elizabeth Glidden on her many years advancing 
creative change for the City of Minneapolis, and on her tireless 
activism as a voice for equity, justice, and economic opportunity.

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