Byron Rushing

Byron Rushing Chair

"Byron represents the 9th Suffolk District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He is a long-time South Africa activist and currently is a leader in the campaign to end the military dictatorship in Burma. He is the former director of the Museum of Afro-American History where he began the restoration of the African Meeting House, oldest black church building in the United States. Rep. Rushing also serves on the boards of Grassroots International, and of the CarEth Foundation and on the Advisory Committee for the Roxbury Heritage State Park. He chairs the Calvert Social Investment Fund Advisory Council.“


 * Chair, Proteus Fund