Tito Jackson (born April 11, 1975) is an American politician who was a member of the Boston City Council.
In 2022, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu appointed Jackson to the city's Commission on Black Men and Boys.
[5] In his activism, Jackson's father supported the election of political candidates of color through voter registration campaigns and applied pressure to construction companies in the city to employ more local workers and minorities.
[12] Jackson attended Brookline High School and later graduated from the University of New Hampshire with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history.
[2] His biological mother is one of the subjects of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book Common Ground by J. Anthony Lukas, which focused on desegregation busing in Boston.
[15] In 2007, Jackson served as the industry director for information technology in Governor Deval Patrick’s Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development.
Councillor Jackson also served as vice chair of the Committee on Healthy Women, Families and Communities.
In addition, he was a member of six other Committees: City, Neighborhood Services and Veteran Affairs; Homelessness, Mental Health and Recovery; Housing and Community Development, Jobs, Wages and Workforce Development; Public Safety and Criminal Justice; and together with all other Councillors, the Committee of the Whole.
[20][21][22] After being re-elected in November 2013, Jackson sought to secure the support of other councilors to choose him as the next council president.
An open agreement existed between O'Malley and Jackson that if one of them faltered in their effort to secure support, they would bow out in favor of the other in order to ensure that one of them could receive the votes of all five returning liberal members.
[25] O'Malley quickly lost ground after McCarthy withdrew his backing from him and instead gave his support to Linehan.
[26] In 2014, the City Council passed an ordinance by Jackson to create a commission on Black men and boys.
[32] Jackson partnered with Suffolk County Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins to organize a city council committee hearing at the South Bay House of Correction.
Jackson was a prominent opponent of 2016 Massachusetts Question 2,[34][35] which would have authorized an expansion of the number of charter schools in the state.
[40] Following his city council tenure, Jackson has been involved in ventures related to legal marijuana sales.
[45] After Janey was eliminated in the primary, he endorsed the successful general election campaign of Michelle Wu.