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SUMMARY:Support Data Equity Now! - Show up for All Communities in MA
DESCRIPTION:Data Equity Bill (H.2681) Hearing\nTues\, Oct 15\, 10:30 AM (start time)\nState House – Gardner Auditorium \nThere is opposition expected. Every person is needed to show up and support the bill\, even if you can only make it during your lunch break or after work! \n—– \nCurrently\, when demographic data is collected\, they are combined to produce statistics as a single summary of an entire racial group (i.e. Black\, Latinx\, Asian\, White). \nHowever\, all ethnic subgroups of each race has different histories\, background\, needs\, and challenges. Without accurate data broken down by detailed sub-ethnic groups\, critical needs of some communities in the areas\, such as language\, economic status\, education\, health\, could be left unmet. \nWith increasing diversity in the Commonwealth\, it is important to accurately document\, measure and report data that informs public efforts to address social\, economic\, or educational inequalities which persist but may be invisible in data analyzed only through broad racial categories. \nH.2681 suggests that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts standardize state forms to collect optional race and ethnicity data to more closely resemble the way the federal Census breaks down demographic data. This allows for more comprehensive research\, analysis\, and provision of services to all of our Commonwealth’s diverse communities. \nThis would highlight and uplift data representing communities in our Commonwealth including but not limited to Vietnamese\, Cambodian\, Bangladeshi\, Nepalese\, Haitian\, Cape Verdean\, Ethiopian\, Somalian\, Puerto Rican\, Salvadoran\, Dominicans\, and Colombians.
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SUMMARY:League of Women Voters Lobby Day
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, October 17th\, 9:30am\, Boston: League of Women Voters Lobby Day:   It’s time to take the field and make the League’s voice heard loud and clear at the State House.  Our Day on the Hill lobby day:  Time to Act\, will be Thursday\, October 17\, in Room 428\, with coffee at 9:30 a.m. and the program starting promptly at 10. After the program ends at noon\, plan to meet with your own Senator and Representative.  Senate President Karen Spilka is our keynote speaker. The program will also focus on legislation in four priority areas: Election Day Registration\, the climate crisis\, education funding reform and women’s reproductive rights. Want to carpool?? Email Christine at christine@IndivisibleActon.org
URL:https://solidaritylowell.com/event/league-of-women-voters-lobby-day/
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SUMMARY:Rally for NATIONAL PERIOD DAY
DESCRIPTION:3-5pm\, Boston City Hall Plaza: Rally for NATIONAL PERIOD DAY in the  — elevating the issue of period poverty and demanding real change to making period products more accessible for all and passing the ‘I AM’ Bill in Massachusetts (S.1274/H.1959). This is an inclusive rally! Whether you menstruate or not\, YOU are welcome. Bring all your family and friends! Bring posters! Wear red!While several Massachusetts cities have made incredible strides by making menstrual products available in schools\, we need a statewide solution to period poverty. Nationally\, 1 in 4 women are unable to afford menstrual products. Non-binary and trans menstruators also face challenges in accessing menstrual products. Over 20\,000 individuals are homeless in Massachusetts. Lack of access to menstrual products is acutely difficult for homeless individuals who are already struggling to meet other basic needs\, and there is no legislation requiring free access to menstrual products in Massachusetts prisons and jails.Massachusetts has an opportunity to change that. Mass NOW’s I AM bill would provide access to free menstrual products\, without stigma\, to all menstruating individuals in public schools from 6th-12th grade\, homeless shelters\, prisons and county jails. For more information\, go to www.massnow.org/iam
URL:https://solidaritylowell.com/event/rally-for-national-period-day/
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SUMMARY:ROE Act Advocacy Day
DESCRIPTION:Join us to pass the ROE Act and protect abortion access in Massachusetts! \nIn many states\, access to abortion is hanging on by a thread. President Trump and politicians like him are stopping at nothing to ban abortion. But in Massachusetts\, we are pushing forward. In Massachusetts\, we have been hard at work alongside elected leaders who are championing the ROE Act—a bold piece of state legislation that not only re-affirms the right to safe\, legal abortion\, but guarantees it is accessible and affordable to all people. \nTogether\, we can shine a spotlight on the urgency of this legislation\, by joining together at the State House to meet with lawmakers and encourage them to swiftly move this important bill forward. Will you join us? \nMassachusetts has long been a leader in health care access and reproductive rights. Let’s work together to make this a decisive moment for reproductive freedom in the commonwealth and pass the ROE Act! \nLet us know you’ll join us on October 30: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/roe-act-advocacy-day
URL:https://solidaritylowell.com/event/roe-act-advocacy-day/
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