Grace Ross was born on June 6,1961 and is an American activist in Massachusetts.
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Grace Ross is a former Green-Rainbow Party co-chair and was the 2006 Green-Rainbow Party nominee for Governor.
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Grace Ross grew up in New York City before coming to Massachusetts to attend Harvard University, where she obtained a BA in psychology and a master's degree in education.
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In 2006 Grace Ross became the first open lesbian to run for the post of Governor of Massachusetts.
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In December 2006, Grace Ross was named "Person of the Year" by the New England gay-oriented magazine, IN News Weekly.
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Grace Ross was an at-large candidate for the Worcester City Council in 2007.
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In 2008, Grace Ross helped found the Massachusetts Alliance Against Predatory Lending, a coalition of over 30 community organizations, housing counseling agencies, legal services groups and others who have come together to work on the sub-prime foreclosure crisis in Massachusetts.
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Grace Ross is active in the Worcester Anti-Foreclosure Team.
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In 2010, Grace Ross failed to secure enough signatures to challenge the incumbent Governor Deval Patrick in the Democratic primary.
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Grace Ross has been criticized by some Jewish Leaders as holding antisemitic views and for her controversial stances on genocide in Darfur, Sudan.