UPDATE: Thanks to everyone who signed on to support AVR! We delivered the letters to our legislators and advocated with a great group of people from the North Shore. I have another action item for AVR. This bill has already had a hearing, and now a lobby day. It is still in committee. Let's email … Continue reading UPDATE – Action: Add your name to support Automatic Voter Registration
Month: June 2017
Action Alert: add your name to letter supporting S1821 – Climate Change, H1726 – Promote Green Infrastructure…
Action Item: Freedom North Shore is meeting with Senator Lovely on Monday, June 26, to discuss environmental issues - specifically S1821: An Act Combating Climate Change, and H1726: An Act to Promote Green Infrastructure, Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Promote Jobs. Here is the letter of support we plan to give her. Please read, and … Continue reading Action Alert: add your name to letter supporting S1821 – Climate Change, H1726 – Promote Green Infrastructure…
Action Alert: Postcard/email Campaign to Support AVR, Oppose Voter ID Bills; Date 6/14/17
Call to Action: Mail postcards to legislators in support of S373/H2091 - Automatic Voter Registration (AVR) and in opposition to H370/H372 - bills requiring photo ID to register and vote. Mail on Wednesday, 6/14/17. Overview of AVR: 180K of voting age citizens in MA aren't registered. With AVR, every eligible citizen who interacts with the … Continue reading Action Alert: Postcard/email Campaign to Support AVR, Oppose Voter ID Bills; Date 6/14/17
Why We Will Win
"Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion." - Arthur Koestler The election of Donald Trump murdered all my illusions of what kind of society we were living in. I saw the hate, bigotry, racism and misogyny out in the mainstream and on full display. I was devastated. I grieved as if I had lost a loved one. … Continue reading Why We Will Win
Action Together Massachusetts: ACTION ITEM: Save the ACA – Stop the GOP from Voting on Trumpcare
Save the ACA! Here is important and EASY-TO-USE information from Action Together Massachusetts on what you can do RIGHT NOW to save our health care. Thanks ATMA!! Action Together MA: Stop the GOP from Voting on Healthcare
ACTION TOGETHER MASSACHUSETTS: Action Item: Support S.215 An Act to Promote and Enhance Civic Engagement
This important action item from Action Together Massachusetts: S.215 to promote & enhance civic engagement, which impacts the teaching of civics in public schools. This educational topic has been eliminated across the U.S., in an effort to reduce costs in schools. Let's support this action! Link to email list for committee members. ACTION ITEM: Support … Continue reading ACTION TOGETHER MASSACHUSETTS: Action Item: Support S.215 An Act to Promote and Enhance Civic Engagement
Ratf*cked
By Antigoni Woodland Gerrymandering is the single worst problem in American democracy today. Full stop. And this is not hyperbole. How does a minority party end up ruling the country, literally? Gerrymandering. Gerrymandering is the drawing of boundary lines of Congressional districts in a way that is favorable to one party, while disenfranchising another. Drawing … Continue reading Ratf*cked
