Jessica Andors is working as a Purpose Futures Fund to incubate the Massachusetts Anti-Displacement Fund, which seeks to maintain affordability for commercial and residential renters in Eastern Massachusetts, while creating opportunities for community ownership. The fund would allow organized tenants and neighborhood residents to become equity stakeholders in their buildings, giving them a formal role in the governance and stewardship of the portfolio.

Jessica Andors was part of a team of community organizers who spearheaded the rebirth of LCW in 1999, since helping it grow to a $4 million organization with over 5,000 members, $130M+ invested in affordable housing, family asset building, and community organizing, and numerous awards for its work.  She holds a Master’s of City Planning from MIT and a B.A. (summa cum laude) from Amherst College.  She currently serves on the Boards of the Lawrence Partnership and the Lawrence Alliance for Education.  A bilingual Lawrence resident, Jessica is the mother of the exuberant, beautiful Elias, who shares his mother’s love of books, food, and playing outside.

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