RECOGNIZE MAY 14, 2026, AS MEF2C AWARENESS DAY IN THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE AND DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO ILLUMINATE CITY HALL ON MAY 14, 2026 IN RECOGNITION OF MEF2C AWARENESS DAY

How it started

Feb 26, 2026 · Proposed by Mayor Siddiqui and Vice Mayor Azeem: a formal request from the Council to the administration.

What happened

Mar 2, 2026 · ✅ Order adopted. The Council's request went to the City Manager. (voice vote, 9 present)

Present and voting at this meeting (9)

Ayah Al-Zubi
Burhan Azeem
Tim Flaherty
Marc McGovern
Patty Nolan
Sumbul Siddiqui
E. Denise Simmons
Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
Cathie Zusy

Adopted by voice vote. A voice vote records the outcome, not individual positions. No member's yes or no is on the record (though a member can ask to be recorded in the negative in the minutes). Showing the members who cast recorded votes at this meeting. Rule 6 requires a roll call for spending over $50 or on any member's request; state law requires one for every vote when a member participates remotely. · photos: City of Cambridge · roster: PrimeGov roll calls, Mar 2, 2026

What’s next

⌛ No response on the docket: nothing has been filed back under this request's number. Answers sometimes arrive as other items; this ledger tracks only this one.

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The US MEF2C Foundation works to increase awareness of the MEF2C gene and the developmental disabilities associated with mutations and deletions of this gene, which is located on the 5th chromosome in region 14.3; and

MEF2C Awareness Day, observed annually on May 14, seeks to educate the public about this rare genetic condition, support affected individuals and families, and foster global awareness of the challenges and needs of the MEF2C community; and

Although MEF2C-related diagnoses are extremely rare, families affected by this condition exist worldwide, including in Massachusetts, and raising public awareness helps build understanding, support networks, and resources for families navigating diagnosis and life planning; now therefore be it

That the City Council go on record recognizing May 14, 2026, as MEF2C Awareness

Day in the City of Cambridge; and be it further

That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to direct the appropriate City staff to illuminate City Hall in MEF2C awareness blue (#239CD6) on May 14, 2026, in recognition of MEF2C Awareness Day and in solidarity with families affected by this genetic condition; and be it further

That the City Clerk be and hereby is requested to forward a suitably engrossed copy of this order to the US MEF2C Foundation on behalf of the entire City Council.

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🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Mar 2, 2026