Marvin Martin
Longtime Four Corners leader Marvin Martin is retiring from his post as the executive director of Action for Equity, which pushes for fairness in transportation in Boston neighborhoods. Former Deputy Director Tarshia Green-Williams will serve as interim executive director.
For more than 20 years, Martin has worked alongside residents, community leaders, and organizations to advance housing, transportation, environmental justice, public safety, workforce development, and racial equity.
For Martin, organizing was never simply a profession. His commitment to justice began when he attended his first rally at just 10 years old. Reflecting on what inspired him to pursue organizing, Marvin says, “I don’t know. Being Black in America, I guess. You know, there’s always so many injustices.”
That commitment followed him throughout his career, including his work with Mass Fair Share, the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative, Greater Four Corners Action Coalition, Action for Regional Equity, On the Move for Transportation Justice, and eventually Action for Equity.
Martin’s leadership in the campaign to bring improvements and new stations to the Fairmount/Indigo Line has been a key achievement. Another effort close to his heart is the establishment of Special Protection Zones (SPZ), which Action for Equity has advocated for over the years to help protect longtime residents and businesses from displacement as neighborhoods experience development and transportation improvements.
“I’m hoping that the Special Protection Zones will become real, because to me, that’s more important even than the Indigo Line,” he says.
In another move, Weezy Waldstein retired last month after more than 20 years of workforce development at Action for Equity, which is located at 420 Washington St. near the Four Corners neighborhood.
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