28 Facts About Gabriel Acevero

Gabriel Acevero is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.

Gabriel Acevero was raised in the town of Couva and attended Richmond Street Boys Anglican School in the capital, Port-of-Spain.

Gabriel Acevero graduated from Couva Government Secondary School in 2007, where he excelled on the school's debate team.

Gabriel Acevero started college at 16, earning his associate degree in international relations from Montgomery College and a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in 2011 at the age of 20.

Gabriel Acevero was a student activist in college, volunteered for political campaigns, and was active in the Maryland Democratic Party.

Gabriel Acevero was involved in the successful Question 4 and Question 6 campaigns in 2012, which resulted in Maryland becoming the first state to approve both measures at the ballot box.

Gabriel Acevero joined the coalition of activists and organizations that pushed for the repeal of Maryland's Law Enforcement Officers Bill of Rights following Freddie Gray's death.

Gabriel Acevero joined the Maryland Fight for $15 campaign and organized low-wage workers and community groups to support raising the minimum wage in Montgomery County.

In December 2017, Gabriel Acevero was one of a group of activists, labor leaders, clergy, and lawmakers arrested on the steps of Capitol Hill for engaging in an unlawful demonstration.

Gabriel Acevero was behind the push that led to renaming a Rockville, Maryland, elementary school in honor of gay civil rights leader Bayard Rustin.

Gabriel Acevero ran in the three-member house district, which includes parts of Gaithersburg, Germantown, Clarksburg, Montgomery Village, and Washington Grove.

Gabriel Acevero won the Democratic primary on June 26,2018, defeating three-term incumbent Delegate Kirill Reznik and two-term incumbent Delegate Shane Robinson in the hotly contested primary.

Gabriel Acevero faced minimal Republican opposition in the general and was elected on November 6,2018, at the age of 28.

Gabriel Acevero was sworn in on a copy of James Baldwin's 1963 book, The Fire Next Time, and assumed office on January 9,2019.

Gabriel Acevero serves on the House Appropriations Committee and is a member of the Maryland Legislative Black Caucus, the Latino Legislative Caucus, and the Montgomery County Delegation.

In December 2019, Gabriel Acevero attended a rally in Gaithersburg, Maryland, to support the impeachment of Donald Trump.

In 2020, Delegate Gabriel Acevero endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders for the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries.

Gabriel Acevero stated that, despite supporting cannabis legalization, he believed that certain aspects of the legalization need to be addressed before the state can move forward.

Gabriel Acevero has sponsored legislation to restrict police officers' use of force and to repeal Maryland's Law Enforcement Officer's Bill of Rights.

In July 2020, Gabriel Acevero accused local union leaders of using "strong-arm tactics" to slow down Anton's Law.

Gabriel Acevero sponsored HB0489, a bill that establishes the Commission on History, Culture, and Civics in Education.

In 2019, Gabriel Acevero was the lone dissenting vote in the Maryland General Assembly on a motion to allow Republican legislators to introduce a bill to change the boundaries of Maryland's 6th and 8th congressional districts due to a US District Court for the District of Maryland ruling.

In 2021, Gabriel Acevero was the only Democrat in the entire Maryland General Assembly to vote against House Bill 1, the legislature's congressional redistricting plan, citing concerns of the heavy use of gerrymandering and splitting up of communities.

Gabriel Acevero voted present on amendments to replace the map created by the Legislative Redistricting Advisory Commission with one drawn by the Maryland Citizens Redistricting Commission.

Gabriel Acevero called on legislators from both parties to support the For the People Act, due to its creation of state-level commissions for drawing Congressional Lines.

In 2019, Gabriel Acevero helped write a bill regarding diaper-changing stations in men's restrooms and worked on school funding issues.

In 2020, Gabriel Acevero co-sponsored legislation to look into the possibility of distributing reparations to the descendants of enslaved Africans in Maryland.

Gabriel Acevero called the idea as a "form of social security, and it is one of the most transformative policies that we can enact at the state and federal level to put a dent in extreme poverty," and pointed to Alaska's use of it to combat income inequality.