LocalSolidarity Lowell January Meeting Sunday, January 27th, 5:30-7pm, Christ Church United, 1 Bartlett Street, Lowell Join us for the monthly general meeting of Solidarity Lowell! On the agenda: group updates and announcements, an update from Immigrant Rights subcommittee, a vote to endorse current progressive city council members, Jay Mason speaks about Solarize Lowell, a discussion about our goals for the year…and more! All are welcome! See you there! More information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1004372119758537/
Community Relations Council: LPD Recruiting & Hiring Thursday, January 31st, 5:30-7:30pm, Middlesex Community College Federal Building, 50 Kearney Square, Lowell Superintendent Richardson invites community members to attend an informational session about the Civil Service process, recruiting, and hiring. For more information, please contact Maryann Ballotta at (978) 674-1903 or mballotta@lowellma.gov
Chelms-FED Up Postcarding Every Tuesday, 9:30-11:30am, The Java Room, 14 Littleton Rd, Chelmsford Fed up in Chelmsford? Come join us to write postcards to voters and to our elected officials! Information, addresses, and supplies provided, but feel free to bring your own supplies and info as well. See you there! For more information, contact Hope at hope@solidaritylowell.com Thursday PostcardingEvery Thursday, 9-11am, Panera Bread, 2 Cornerstone Square, Westford Celebrate the election wins and shake off the losses with your postcarding friends from Solidarity Lowell and Indivisible Westford Progressive Massachusetts! For more information, contact Hope at hope@solidaritylowell.com
Help with Sanctuary Assisting our immigrant community is one of the most important things you can possibly do. If you are interested in helping out with local sanctuary efforts, either with accompaniment, food, laundry, or otherwise, please email marissa@solidaritylowell.com. Training is provided. You can also donate to the cause here: http://www.merrimackvalleyproject.org/donate-1/ (please write “sanctuary” in the “special notes” part of the donation form). More information and to sign up for training: marissa@solidaritylowell.com State Safe Communities Act Lobby Day Wednesday, January 30th, 1-3pm, Massachusetts State House, 24 Beacon Street, Boston The Safe Communities Act is back before the Mass. Legislature, as SD.926 (Sen. Jamie Eldridge) and HD.1520 (Reps. Ruth Balser and Liz Miranda). It’s streamlined but has the same strong provisions to restore community trust and protect civil rights, backed by a broad-based and diverse coalition. The first step in our campaign is to recruit legislative cosponsors. On this lobby day, with just two days to go before the Feb. 1 cosponsor deadline, we will fan out across the State House, visiting legislators to urge them to sign on and to fight to pass the Safe Communities Act in this session. More information: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/safe-communities-act-lobby-day-tickets-55098213239 Ask Your Reps to Support the Progressive Massachusetts Agenda Please contact your state representative and state senator (find yours herehttps://malegislature.gov/Search/FindMyLegislator): Rep. Thomas Golden 617-722-2263 Sen. Edward Kennedy 617-722-1630 Sample Script: “Hello, I’m [name] from [ZIP] and Solidarity Lowell, asking you to co-sponsor the following bills:
Thank you!” More information: https://www.progressivemass.com/191legislativeagenda
Support Critical ACLU Bills Please contact your state representative and state senator (find yours herehttps://malegislature.gov/Search/FindMyLegislator): Rep. Thomas Golden 617-722-2263 Sen. Edward Kennedy 617-722-1630 Sample Script: “Hello, I’m [name] from [ZIP] and Solidarity Lowell, asking you take concrete action to reaffirm Massachusetts’ democratic values and co-sponsor ACLU priority legislation this session, specifically the following bills: Face Surveillance Moratorium (by Sen. Creem (SD671) & Rep. David Rogers (HD2726)) which would establish a moratorium on unregulated government use of facial recognition and other biometric monitoring technologies; An Act Relative to Treatment, Not Imprisonment (by Sen. Friedman (SD1477) & Rep. Balser (HD2727)) which ensures that courts do not send a person with substance use disorder to jail just for relapsing, if they are otherwise engaged in treatment; and The ROE Act: Removing Obstacles and Expanding Access to Reproductive Health (by Sen. Chandler (SD109) & Reps. Haddad & Livingstone (HD2548)) to remove unnecessary barriers that delay or deny access to critical abortion care. Thank you!” More information: https://action.aclu.org/send-message/ma-legislation-cosponsorship
Tell Legislators to Fight for Immigrant Priorities Please contact your state representative and state senator (find yours herehttps://malegislature.gov/Search/FindMyLegislator): Rep. Thomas Golden 617-722-2263 Sen. Edward Kennedy 617-722-1630 Sample Script: “Hello, I’m [name] from [ZIP] and Solidarity Lowell, asking you to fight for immigrant priorities and co-sponsor the following bills: Rep. Tony Cabral’s HD.3495, to bar the use of state funds for law enforcement to act as immigration agents under 287(g) agreements; HD.1719 (Reps. Tricia Farley-Bouvier and Christine Barber) and SD.1143 (Sen. Brendan Crighton), to make driver’s licenses available to all qualified drivers, regardless of immigration status; SD.762, to make in-state tuition and state financial aid available to all Massachusetts high school graduates, and SD.1167, to ensure that all low-income kids have access to comprehensive MassHealth benefits. Thank you!” More information: https://p2a.co/96apnIc
Ask Your Lawmakers to Co-Sponsor the Promise and Cherish Acts Please contact your state representative and state senator (find yours herehttps://malegislature.gov/Search/FindMyLegislator): Rep. Thomas Golden 617-722-2263 Sen. Edward Kennedy 617-722-1630 Sample Script: “Hello, I’m [name] from [ZIP] and Solidarity Lowell, asking you to co-sponsor the Fund Our Future bills to provide fair, equitable and just funding Massachusetts public schools and colleges. The PROMISE Act (SD 101/HD 434) and the CHERISH Act (SD 740/HD 1178) will provide desperately needed funds to public education in Massachusetts. It is critical that the House and Senate pass these important pieces of legislation. My school district is in dire need of fair and equitable funding in order to build the future our community and students deserve. Thank you!” More information: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/fofcosponsorcall
Get Co-Sponsors for the We The People Act Please contact your state representative and state senator (find yours herehttps://malegislature.gov/Search/FindMyLegislator): Rep. Thomas Golden 617-722-2263 Sen. Edward Kennedy 617-722-1630 Sample Script: “Hello, I’m [name] from [ZIP] and Solidarity Lowell, asking you to co-sponsor the We The People Act (HD.2012/SD.858 Vieira & Gentile/Eldridge). In the wake of anti-democratic Supreme Court decisions such as Citizens United v. FEC, we urgently need a Constitutional amendment to make our government responsive to the needs of the people, rather than catering to the self-serving interests of multinational corporations and billionaires. Thank you!” More information: http://salsa4.salsalabs.com/o/51465/p/dia/action4/common/public/ |
