Saint Paul, Minnesota MENU SEARCH TRANSLATE WARD 6 - COUNCILMEMBER NELSIE YANG Welcome to Ward 6! We are a proud working-class community, diverse across race, class, gender and age. We are proud of our business community, with forming business corridors are along Maryland Ave, White Bear Ave, Payne Ave, and Arcade St. From retail and restaurants, to service providers and industry, Ward 6 has a lot to offer. Our neighborhoods include Frost Lake, Hayden Heights, Hazel Park, Payne/Phalen, Phalen Village, and Prosperity. Our community is also home to beautiful park and recreation spaces, including Saint Paul's largest park and lake, Phalen Regional Park! People here are proud to be called East-Siders. Come work, live, and explore! About Councilmember Nelsie Yang Nelsie Yang was sworn in to the Saint Paul City Council in January 2020. She is the youngest and first Hmong American woman elected as councilmember in the history of Saint Paul. Nelsie is a daughter of Hmong refugees and the youngest of five children. She has a background in social work and social justice activism. Nelsie was inspired to get involved in political organizing to make change based on her lived experiences growing up in systemic poverty and racism. She is co-governing alongside people, labor unions, and organizations to build toward a society united across race, class, and gender, where working families live lives that are long, fulfilled, and joyful. In an ideal world, no working family should have to experience the pain of not having enough. The reality we live in is far behind this ideal world. Many families today are living paycheck to paycheck; trapped in cycles of poverty. Rent has skyrocketed while our wages have not. Jobs are limited in the East Side, creating barriers for youth and millennials, especially when it comes to joining the workforce. Nelsie is a dedicated fighter, a racial equity organizer, and a former union steward. Her work has always been dedicated to addressing these issues head-on, because this is how we build toward a society where we dismantle systems of oppression, bigotry, white supremacy, racism, and racial capitalism, which benefit from the labor of Black, Brown, Indigenous, and working class people. Nelsie worked in campaigns to raise the minimum wage to $15, to pass Earned Sick and Safe Time, to ensure renters have rights, to support small businesses, to ensure democratic rights are equitable toward people with criminal records and people of color, and to elect boldly progressive candidates into office. As a councilmember, Nelsie continues to champion these issues to ensure we live in a community where everyone is in and no one is out—no exceptions. Sign up for a Meet & Greet Want to meet your councilmember? We welcome you to click the button below to sign up for a 15 minute Meet & Greet with Nelsie Yang. Meetings are held virtually over Microsoft Teams (phone number and link provided). Click here to sign up for a Meet & Greet Connect with Ward 6 on Social Media Like on Facebook Follow on Twitter Ward 6 Newsletters Keep in touch with our Ward 6 Council office and receive up-to-date information on issues and events affecting our ward. 2021 Newsletters 2020 Newsletters SIGN UP FOR THE WARD 6 NEWSLETTER Email Subscribe Last Edited: November 19, 2021 Boat Contact Us Nelsie Yang, Councilmember Chris Xiong, Legislative Aide Jenna McCullough, Executive Assistant Ward 6 Email 15 Kellogg Blvd. West 320-B City Hall Saint Paul, MN 55102 Phone: 651-266-8660 Fax: 651-266-8574 WARD 6 WEEKLY UPDATES Email Subscribe Saint Paul, Minnesota CONTACT THE CITY Email Us Contact the City’s Call Center by sending an email. Call 651-266-8989 For non-emergency information. Available weekdays, 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Facebook Twitter Youtube Footer Home Translate Website Website Policies Local Tax Notification Photo Credits 15 Kellogg Blvd. West | Saint Paul, MN 55102 | General Information: 651-266-8989