Ben Ewen-Campen

In March of 2021, City Councilor Ben Ewen-Campen submitted a resolution: "That the Administration create clean, safe, and permanent public restrooms in several outdoor locations, similar to the Portland Loos that have been installed in Cambridge." Nearly five years later, we still do not have even one permanent public toilet in Somerville

🚽I appreciate this public service local journalism: a deep dive into why we *still* don’t have permanent public restrooms despite years of trying - step into the labyrinth of trying to do seemingly simple things in municipal government medium.com/@fdmts/publi...

✍️@somershade.bsky.social

Facebook comment on my announcement: “I'm a Republican, but in 9 years living in Ward 3, Ben was the 1st candidate ever to come to my apartment when he 1st ran for city council. We had a good conversation. I probably won't vote for him if there's a Republican in the race, but from a constituent services perspective he'd be a areat choice.”

knock every door!

Hi all, I'm going to use this account for City Council/Somerville politics and policy related stuff! Follow meeeeeeeee

Cambridge Day article

“The challenges that we face right now in our state and country can feel overwhelming, but I know that we can make real progress because that’s exactly what we’ve done in Somerville.”

www.cambridgeday.com/2026/03/04/e...

Ewen Campen declares for Uyterhoeven’s state rep district after Uyterhoeven announces a Senate run - Cambridge | Somerville Independent Somerville city councilor Ben Ewen-Campen is running for state representative in the 27th Middlesex district, a seat now held by Erika Uyterhoeven. Ewen-Campen confirmed the run Tuesday after sending ...

“I’m not naive but I believe progress is possible.”

Somerville city councilor Ben Ewen-Campen is running for state representative in the 27th Middlesex district.

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The proventriculus lacks stem cells, but compensates for age-related cell loss via endoreplication Ben Ewen-Campen Perrimon Lab, Harvard Medical School Fly Meeting 2026

I'M RUNNING FOR STATE REP!

🪰If you’re at #Dros26 and are interested in the fly foregut AND/OR want to support scientists in elected office, please come to talk Friday at 9:45am AND/OR support my run for State Representative in MA :)

www.benforward3.com/blog/2026/3/...

Thank you!!

Best news in a while!

Ben has been an incredibly dedicated and effective public servant for Somerville, MA. He is a progressive, competent, and compassionate leader.

Ben is also a phenomenal biologist. If you want to support scientific voices in government, I suggest you donate to his campaign.

oh this is great! I’m not in Ben’s ward but have appreciated the way he’s shown up for our neighbors on city council.

The #ben bias is clear

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This is great news for Somerville and for Massachusetts. Ben is the absolute best.

This is huge! Ben would be a major gain for the State House in Massachusetts.

It is

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I'm running for State Rep! — Ben Ewen-Campen for ward 3 Somerville Somerville City Councilor Ben Ewen-Campen launches campaign for State Representative in the 27th Middlesex District Five-term Councilor cites Somerville's progressive track record as model for Bea...

🔔 I’m thrilled to announce that I’m running for State Rep! We have accomplished an enormous amount of progressive change in Somerville over the past eight years, and I am fired up to bring this work to the State House. I’m so excited to start knocking doors and earning your votes.

Press release 👇

Chimpanzees Are Really Into Crystals

“Chimpanzees Are Really Into Crystals”

“…something beyond curiosity.”

Any time you see an article this magnificent, you can almost guarantee it was written by the great Somerville champ @cjgiaimo.bsky.social

My paper on how the fruit fly foregut uses a modified cell cycle to respond to tissue damage and cell loss is now published :)

www.nature.com/articles/s41... #proventriculus #drosophila

Me too! And the basketball court with the track around the ceiling

When the Somerville YMCA wanted to expand, these homeowners wouldn’t sell. So the Y plans to build around them. - The Boston Globe After years of failed negotiations over the fate of a family home, the Y has adjusted its plans.

“It’s like walking into a postcard where people are in old-timey bathing suits and deep-sea diving suit helmets,” said Ben Ewen-Campen, a city councilor who represents this corner and supports the Y redevelopment.”

Nice piece about idiosyncrasies in the YMCA redevelopment @bostonglobe.com

Would be very interested to hear! Can you shoot me an email/DM?

“Affordable housing construction can go higher in Somerville with adoption of a technology called mass timber, city councilor Ben Ewen-Campen said Monday.” 👇 @csindie.bsky.social

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More info: somervillema.legistar.com/LegislationD...

screen shot of me introducing my amendment

This week I introduced an amendment to our Affordable Housing Overlay based on a new wood-based construction technology called MassTimber. It not only captures carbon in the structure itself (wood), it can make new affordable buildings more cost-effective. Watch here:
youtu.be/L6toVSgl0WM?...

Iran Says Dozens Are Killed in Strike on School

“Dozens of people, probably most of them children, were killed in a strike that hit a girls’ elementary school in southern Iran.” NO WAR WITH IRAN

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/w...

Yes, but in my experience the utility companies are *really* resistant and it requires a Councilor to work with DPW
to ensure they follow through (can take a *long* time unfortunately)

Very low hanging wires

I think today things finally got resolved. Earlier today Astound was here looking things over. Around 1:30, Comcast came, worked on the wires for a few hours, untangled all the telecom wires, raised them all up, strengthened their connections to the pole. There's a clear separation between Comcast's, Verizon, and Astound. Everything is much higher, appears very safe. Thanks Ben, Ben, Amie and DPW for continued efforts, and a huge

⚡️Low-hanging wires no more! These wires had been hanging so low they were getting caught on trash trucks etc. Finally, thanks to the tenacious work of DPW, the telecom utilities finally came to fix this unsafe situation

…a classic #SmallVictoriesWard3 situation

Link for more info: somervillema.legistar.com/LegislationD...