Solidarity Lowell

Our Taxes, Our Choices: Tax Day Demonstration
2019-04-17 16:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
Wars, Military Spending and Tax Cuts for the Rich Are Hurting Our Communities – And Destroying the Planet!
At least 60% of annual US “Discretionary Spending” goes directly to the Pentagon to finance wars and military spending; the Trump tax cuts overwhelmingly favor the wealthy and Corporations while limiting potential spending that will benefit our communities.
We say:
NO to excessive military spending
NO to tax cuts for the rich
NO to nuclear weapons
NO to military bases all over the world
NO to war
YES to HOUSING
YES to EDUCATION
YES to HEALTH CARE
YES to JOBS
YES to COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE
4:30 pm Gather at Uphams Corner Health Center
5:30 pm March Columbia Rd.
6:30 Meal and Meeting at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Sponsors: Dorchester People for Peace, Mass People’s Budget Campaign, Massachusetts Peace Action, Mass Alliance of HUD Tenants, City Life/Vida Urbana, Boston Teachers Union, MassCare, 350 Mass Boston, DSA Dorchester — and more organizations!

Tell the Truth! Ring the Alarm on Climate Emergency
2019-04-17 12:00 - 15:00
One out of three people in the Boston Metro area remain unaware of the most basic fact that global warming is caused mostly by human activities (Yale Climate Opinion Maps, Dec 2018).
~~ TELL THE TRUTH ~~
Extinction Rebellion is here to tell the truth, and act with the urgency that the truth demands.
On April 17th at noon, XR Boston begins its non-violent uprising against the long-standing criminal inaction on our planet’s ecological breakdown. Our governments and the media have failed to tell the full truth about the climate crisis and local environmental emergencies, and failed to wholly communicate the need for drastic action in order to save life on our planet.
We will gather at the site of the Boston Massacre at noon and present a call to action to the Boston Globe, urging them to help us bring about the transformational change needed to face the ecological crisis. We will then take publicly disruptive, non-violent action to declare what we know to be true, and upend the repressive silence around the climate emergency.
~~ PLEASE BRING BELLS ~~
If you have any, please bring bells or chimes so that we can sound the alarm together and summon our communities into action. Bells have a multiplicity of meanings across cultural and spiritual traditions. We invite you to hold those at the action as appropriate.
~~ OFFSITE ACTION ~~
We hope we’ll see you there, but if you can’t make it, help us from afar, starting at 1PM:
https://xrmass.org/boston-globe-plan
~~ HASHTAGS ~~
#ExtinctionRebellion, #InternationalRebellion, #xrus, #xrmass
<– FAQ –>
1. I love the Globe — and they do report on climate change! Why not make a call to action at a media outlet that denies climate change?
We need help informing the public on the climate emergency and we think the Boston Globe is the best placed organization to do it. They already know that climate change is a problem, it’s in their mission to “expose the truth, even in defiance of powerful interests” (and their history lives up to this — think Spotlight), and they have several excellent writers who have devoted themselves to reporting on the environment. We are asking Globe Editor Brian McGrory to prioritize the work of those writers so that the Globe’s reporting is commensurate with the scale of this existential crisis.
We are making a constructive call to action for the Globe to lead on fixing systemic issues. The whole media system has shortcomings when it comes to the climate crisis, and we don’t blame the Globe for this. We are approaching this in the hopes of building a constructive relationship, which is why we contacted Editor Brian McGrory several times with a request to speak together. We will continue to do so, even after we present our call to action. Extinction Rebellion hopes that writers and other staff at the Globe understand that we are coming from a place of deeply appreciating their work and seeing this as an opportunity for leadership.
We aren’t spending our limited energy to ask those media outlets that deny the climate crisis to shape up their act. The problem is far too urgent to spend a lot of time convincing deniers that they should change their minds. Extinction Rebellion hopes to get 3.5% of the population involved in our actions, which has been shown by Harvard professor Erica Chenoweth to be an effective way to promote change.
2. But, it’s not the Globe’s problems, it’s the system!
We agree that the climate and ecological crises are systemic in nature and that systemic change is needed to address them. However, systemic change only follows those brave enough to push for it. Historically, the Globe has contributed crucial and intrepid reporting to oust other kinds of systemic failures. Now, we respectfully ask that they take up that mantle again with regards to the climate crisis. We recognize that this is a difficult task and that many institutional barriers exist which block effective reporting — not least of which is the fact that the public has not historically been interested in reading about the environment. But at a time when young peoples’ futures are being crushed in front of their eyes; when fossil fuel companies put out greenwashing advertisements, all the while spending hundreds of millions on lobbying to secure billions in continued subsidies; and when the arctic is melting far faster than predicted, institutions like the Globe need to cover this escalating collapse as they would a third world war. There is a story here that people will want to hear—we know, because we have been constantly surprised by the number of people desperate for the truth which Extinction Rebellion is committed to telling.

Monthly Jericho Walk At Burlington ICE Office
2019-04-16 13:00 - 14:00
Join us for our monthly Jericho Walk at the ICE office in Burlington, MA.
The Jericho Walk is a silent interfaith prayer and act of solidarity. The walk draws inspiration from the Battle of Jericho, in which the community marched around the city of Jericho seven times, causing the city walls to fall. The Jericho Walk of today is a silent, peaceful, and prayerful walk to bring down the walls of our unjust immigration system and is open to people of all or no faiths.
Please bring signs calling for just treatment of those who are caught in our broken immigration system, suggested messages “Keep Families Together”, “No Family Separation”, “Not One More/Ni Una Mas”, “Not In Our Name”. Please refrain from signs explicitly endorsing or condemning any political candidate or official.
We will walk, pray and sing together.
We will gather in front of the office, along District Ave, just look for the people holding signs.
This event will take place unless there is extreme weather

Mill City Grows' Annual Seed Swap
2019-04-16 11:00 - 14:00
Mill City Grows’ Annual Seed Swap
Saturday, April 6 from 11am to 2pm
Free and open to the public!
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It’s time to get ready for the exciting growing season! Join us for Mill City Grows’ Annual Seed Swap and swap some seeds and gardening know-hows with local gardeners and growers while making new community connections! We’ll have over 1,000 seed packets available — come peruse and take home something special as you plan your spring garden. Bringing your unused seeds for sharing is appreciated, but not required!

Monthly RISE Meeting
2019-04-12 11:30 - 13:00
The Lowell RISE Coalition (Refugee and Immigrant Support and Engagement) invites any interested residents, leaders, business owners, nonprofit or city personnel to join these meetings or contact us to be active with either the Welcoming Week Lowell 2019 or Gateways for Growth initiatives. Agendas will be posted monthly the week of the meeting.
Quarterly, meetings take place at Lowell Community Health Center’s 6th floor training room to join the Refugee Consultation meeting to update the State. (2019 schedule: January, April, July, October)
For more information, contact mtauras@ywcaoflowell.org 978-710-9763

14th Annual Lowell Take Back the Night
2019-04-11 18:00 - 21:00
Take Back The Night represents the earliest world-wide stand against sexual violence, especially violence against women. Take Back The Night events have been documented in over 36 countries, in over 800 communities, with more locations taking a stand every year. We have reached over 30 million people with our message of strength and support, and our commitment to ending sexual violence.
This year marks Lowell’s 14th year of hosting Take Back the Night.
Take Back the Night will begin at Lowell City Hall at 6:00 PM for a rally and speakers. From Lowell City Hall, we will embrace our voices and take to the streets to march from City Hall to UMass Lowell’s UCrossing. At UCrossing will be a closed-room speak-out and open mic for survivors to be able to share their stories.
Thank you for your interest and support of this event. Community organizations have come together to pool their resources to make this event happen. Any donation you are able to make will be greatly appreciated and will cover the cost of: food, t-shirts, printing, water, and permits.

Annual Progressive Legislative Breakfast
2019-04-11 08:00 - 10:00

Where's My Health Care? - A Forum to Change Our Health Insurance
2019-04-10 19:00 - 20:30
Let’s improve the health care system to save money and time without sacrificing medical care.
Massachusetts is one of the best states for health care, yet we have not escaped the inflated prices. Learn how we can change our policies and make an impact. We did it as a state in 2006 with Romneycare and we can do even better.
We all have experienced or know someone who has:
• put off going to a doctor or treatment due to a copay or high deductible
• struggled to pay for their necessary medication
• spent hours battling with the insurance company going from one representative to another
• had a doctor spend only 5 minuted with them to move onto another patient
• waited for hours for their appointment
• turned to GoFundMe to pay for medical bills & treatment
• traveled to another country for medicine or surgery
• and even more
We are one of the wealthiest countries in the world, yet pay almost twice what the average is for similar countries ($10,224 vs the average of $5,280).
We can do better.
And we want to do better. About 70% of Americans state health care as their primary concern at elections.
Yet, little has changed.
Let’s start having a dialogue to improve the system.
We need to know our options, talk to others about them, and start putting pressure on our legislators.
Join us on Wednesday, April 10th at 7pm at the Maynard Public Library for a forum composed of medical professionals, legislators, business owners, and average people who want to save money and create a better health care system.
The Panel is composed of:
• Jamie Eldridge (State Senator and author of Medicare for All S.683 bill)
• Bill Taylor, MD (Public Health doctor, formerly of the CDC)
• Kate Murphy, RN (Staff nurse at Brigham and Women’s Hospital)
• Eliot Prisby (local business owner)
• Kimberley Connors (patient rights)
Please bring your questions.
Health shouldn’t be a luxury.
Invite your friends and let’s improve health care together.
If you can’t come, but want to learn more, get a More Info ticket to receive a slide show and learn about future events.
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Three Rivers Affinity Groups is a Chapter of Progressive Massachusetts.

Lowell Naturalization Ceremony: Help Register New Citizens
2019-04-09 09:30 - 13:30
Come join the League of Women Voters and friends, and help up to 1000 new American citizens register to vote. It’s a very rewarding experience!
**If you arrive before 10:00, please use Brown St. (back) entrance since all else will be locked.**
Schedule (all times are approximate):
9:30: Table setup begins in lobby
10:00-11:45: Tabling in lobby to explain what we are doing and hand out voter registration forms
11:45-12:45: Go inside the auditorium to watch the naturalization ceremony (if you want)
12:45-1:30: Return to the lobby to collect forms from new citizens and sort them out for delivery/mailing to the town halls.
Parking fills up quickly because there are so many people attending the ceremony. The best place to park is probably the Immaculate Conception Church parking lot, or if that is unavailable, the Lower Locks Parking Garage on Warren St. (usually $10 event parking), then cross the covered bridge over to the auditorium. There is also metered street parking.
See you there!

Mill City Grows' Annual Seed Swap
2019-04-06 11:00 - 14:00
Mill City Grows’ Annual Seed Swap
Saturday, April 6 from 11am to 2pm
Christ Church United of Lowell, 180 E. Merrimack Street
Free and open to the public!

If you’re already dreaming of the warm temps and dirt beneath your feet, this event is for you! Join us for Mill City Grows’ Annual Seed Swap and swap some seeds and gardening know-hows with local gardeners and growers while making new community connections! We’ll have over 1,000 seed packets available — come peruse and take home something special as you plan your spring garden. We’ll also be holding a “Seedling Sale” so be sure to check out our little seedlings before you go! Bringing your unused seeds for sharing is appreciated, but not required!
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Progressive Mass 2019 Lobby Day
2019-04-03 09:30 - 12:30
Join progressives from around the state as we lobby for our agenda of shared prosperity, racial and social justice, good government and strong democracy, and sustainable infrastructure and environmental protection.
See our 191st session priority bills here: https://www.progressivemass.com/191legislativeagenda.
We will be meeting in Room 428 of the State House. Stay tuned for info about speakers, etc.!
https://www.progressivemass.com/2019-lobby-day

Restorative Justice: It's Now The Law
2019-03-31 14:00 - 16:00
March 31 – 2:00-4:00 p.m., Watertown Library Community Room

Restorative Justice: It’s Now The Law

A forum and panel discussion about Restorative Justice moderated by MA Senator, Will Brownsberger.

Featured speakers:
Margot Fleischman, Board President of Communities for Restorative Justice
Ruth Henry, Watertown Public School Educator
Lori Kenschaft, Clerk of First Parish Arlington, Educator, and Activist
Peter Koutoujian, Middlesex County Sheriff
Marian Ryan, Middlesex County District Attorney

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Voter Choice MA - Greater Lowell March Chapter Meeting
2019-03-30 15:00 - 16:30
Join us at the Pollard Memorial Library as we plan for an exciting month of action in the Greater Lowell Area! Learn more about RCV and how you can get involved.
Will you be a part of the movement?

Awareness is Healing Walk to STOP Heroin/Opioid Abuse
2019-03-30 11:00 - 13:00
Warrior Walkers! ARE YOU READY? We need YOU!
Saturday, March 30, 2019, will mark the 7th Awareness is Healing (“AIH”) Walk to STOP Heroin/Opioid Abuse. This community has taken this message of awareness and formed a family of Warriors!
In a world filled with distractions and fake news, we need to keep coming together as a community to heal, to be the change, to tell the truth, and take the streets of Nashua, NH to get our message out to every soul who sees us bonding together as Warrior Walkers. We WILL NOT STOP our mission until we see an end to this epidemic. This walk is sponsored by the Mayor Jim Donchess, and the City of Nashua. Without their support, we cannot do this. THANK YOU CITY OF NASHUA!
This healing journey is approximately 3 miles round trip. The walk starts at City Hall and loops Main Street. Please see the map posted on the event wall. Get your sign, get your voice, get your cowbell because it’s time again to WAKE UP COW COUNTRY!

Fourth Annual Peace MVP Awards
2019-03-28 19:00 - 21:00
The Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence presents their Fourth Annual Peace MVP Awards ceremony featuring special guest David Hogg

Thursday, March 28, 2019
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Temple Beth Elohim in Wellesley

Join us for an inspiring evening as we honor the amazing work of MA teen leaders for their courageous advocacy and action to reduce gun violence.

Suggested donation of $25 per adult and FREE to all students. Seating is limited; registration is recommended.

Donations will go to the Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence to coordinate grassroots advocacy efforts in Massachusetts, support prevention programs, and educate our members and the public about effective gun violence prevention.

Register at peacemvpawards.eventbrite.com

LDNA Monthly Meeting
2019-03-25 19:00 - 20:00
The next meeting will be on Monday, February 25th at 7:00pm at the LTC offices at 246 Market Street.
LDNA Agenda – February 25, 2018
1. Opening greeting
2. Approval of minutes
3. Treasurer’s Report
4. Police Report
5. Brief update on progress of Athenian Corner Hotel Construction
6. Northern Middlesex Council of Governments (NMCOG) representatives will present and solicit input for the next Regional Transportation Plan (RTP).
7. General Information

Meet the Candidates! ProBillerica Monthly Meetup
2019-03-24 18:30 - 20:30
Join Progressive Billerica on Sunday, March 24th from 6pm-8pm to meet and mingle with our candidates for town-wide office!
Location to be confirmed shortly. Please save the date! We will announce confirmations from candidates as we get them.

Solidarity Lowell March Meeting (Public event)
2019-03-24 17:30 - 19:30
Join us for the monthly general meeting of Solidarity Lowell!
Featuring:
–Louis Haskell, immigrant rights attorney
—350MA: what’s next for community energy?
—updating the Solidarity Lowell mission statement
–Group updates and announcements
–Update from subcommittees
…and more!
All are welcome! Hope to see you there!

Promise Act Hearing at the State House
2019-03-22 09:30 - 17:00
Show your support for the Promise Act, our #FundOurFuture PreK-12 public education funding bill, at this State House hearing in Gardner Auditorium! The Promise Act is backed by the Fund Our Future campaign, a broad coalition of community groups, faith organizations, and labor unions. It would raise more than $1 billion for every public school across Massachusetts.

Public Higher Ed Advocacy Day
2019-03-21 10:00 - 14:00
March 21 – 10:00-2:00 p.m., Massachusetts Statehouse

Public Higher Ed Advocacy Day

Hundreds of students, educators, and activists from our public colleges and universities descend on Beacon Hill to demand that we #FundOurFuture and build a #DebtFreeFuture for every student and family in Massachusetts.

Please go to bit.ly/PHEAD2019 to register! Attendance is free. Lunch and transportation will be provided.

Women in Leadership: Massachusetts Trailblazers
2019-03-19 19:00 - 20:30
As Massachusetts and the nation see more women than ever serving in government, a panel of political leaders will discuss their pathways to civic leadership, insights from the campaign trail to creating change in public office, and how to increase and diversify women’s political representation at all levels of government in the Commonwealth.
Featuring:
• Council President Andrea J. Campbell, City of Boston
• Mayor Kim Driscoll, City of Salem
• State Representative Hannah Kane, 11th Worcester
• State Representative Tram T Nguyen, 18th Essex
• Council President Damali Vidot, City Councilor at Large, City of Chelsea
Free, with advance registration required. Doors open and reception begins at 6:00 p.m., program begins at 7:00 p.m.
The Kennedy Institute is proud to be working with the following community partners to host this panel: AAUW Work Smart in Boston, Asian American Women’s Political Initiative, Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts Boston, The Chica Project, City of Boston, Mayor’s Office of Women’s Advancement, Emerge Massachusetts, Gloria Cordes Larson Center for Women in Business at Bentley University, The Latina Circle, League of Women Voters Massachusetts, Massachusetts Women’s Political Caucus, and Spark Boston.
This program is part of the Kennedy Institute’s Women in Leadership initiative, which convenes women from political and civic life to demonstrate the importance of women’s political participation and representation and highlight the diverse pathways to civic leadership. Programming includes inspiring speakers, workshops, and community partnerships. To learn more about the Kennedy Institute’s Women in Leadership programming, please contact Claire Cooper, Director of Community Engagement, at programs@emkinstitute.org.

In Her Shoes
2019-03-15 18:00 - 20:30
March is Women’s Month and Lowell Women’s Week is 3/4-3/9.
We’re so excited to put together another storytelling series at Humanity to celebrate our diverse and vibrant culture that make each of us unique and stronger together.
If you can remember back on March 16, 2017, we had 10 inspiring women of color in our community share their stories, culture and experience growing up in Lowell. This year we will have 3 storytellers with a much longer speaking portion for each. Most of you that joined us left feeling inspired and made new connections. We look forward to repeating that again!
***More details will follow in the coming weeks and days.
LIMITED SPACE.
PLEASE RSVP at hello@humanitystyle.com
Hosted by Masada Jones & Ani Vong
Melissa Rost, manager of Humanity & Bora Chiemruom, owner of Kravant Boutique – will be helping to style all of your fashion and buying needs as we are staying open to shop during the event!

Community Justice Voices
2019-03-15 16:00 - 18:00
The Community Justice Voices event will be hosted by Judge Jay Blitzman and UMass Lowell Criminal Justice Professor, Joselyne Nkogo. There will be a mediation class/workshop led by Gordon Halm & facilitated by UMass Lowell interns.

MA Youth Climate Strike
2019-03-15 08:00 - 15:00
As part of the global movement, youth from across Massachusetts will be striking on March 15 to fight for our futures & demand that our lawmakers put an end to climate change. #YouthStrikesUSA #ClimateStrike #YouthClimateStrike #GreenNewDeal
We, the youth of America, are striking because decades of inaction has left us with just 11 years (or less) to solve the climate crisis. We are striking because the necessary action to achieve the common-sense and vital goal of fighting climate change is not being prioritized. We are striking because marginalized communities across our nation —especially indigenous, black, and low income communities— are already disproportionately impacted by climate change, yet, few people in positions of power have acknowledged this reality, and even fewer have begun to confront it appropriately.
We are at a turning point in history. Our futures are at stake. We call for radical legislative action to combat climate change and its countless detrimental effects on the American people. We are striking for the Green New Deal, a fair and just transition to decarbonize the US economy, and other legislative action that combats the effects of climate change. We stand in solidarity with Greta Thunberg and all youth strikers worldwide as we demand action on this issue.
Why should we go to school and learn to prepare ourselves for our future when our future is not being protected by our country’s lawmakers? Why should we go to school to learn information and facts, when facts are clearly not valued by our country who fails to look at the facts and take action against climate change?
We are running out of time, and we won’t be silent any longer. We, the youth of America, are striking because our present and future on this planet are at stake.
And we are determined to do something about it.

"Toss It Up" for Mill City Grows!
2019-03-14 18:00 - 21:00
“Toss It Up” for Mill City Grows!
Warp & Weft, 197 Market Street in Lowell
March 1 through April 30
Special Events on March 14 and April 25!
Come “Toss It Up” at Warp & Weft for fresh food in Lowell in March and April! Warp & Weft’s ever popular “Ceiling Toss” is being dedicated to Mill City Grows from March 1 – April 30. All bills that “stick” onto the ceiling during March and April will be donated to Mill City Grows!
Join the MCG team at W&W on Thursday, March 14 and Thursday, April 25, enjoy great food & drink, and learn more about urban farming, gardening, and fresh food access in Lowell. While you’re there, try your hand at tossing a bill up on the Warp and Weft ceiling to benefit Mill City Grows!
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Green New Deal Forum
2019-03-13 18:00 - 21:00
Join Senator Jamie Eldridge and Representative Kate Hogan for an in-depth forum and public discussion on the promise and challenge of a Green New Deal in the Bay State.
This event is sponsored by:
– 350 Mass Action
– Mass Sierra Club
– Young Democrats of Massachusetts
– MetroWest Democratic Socialists of America
– Our Revolution MetroWest
– Three Rivers Affinity Groups

Time's Up Harvard Rally
2019-03-13 12:00 - 13:00
Join us to rally for fair and neutral third-party recourse for survivors and tell Harvard #TimesUp!
In contract negotiations, the Harvard administration is insisting that survivors of sexual harassment and race- or disability-based discrimination should have to rely on their in-house “dispute resolution” process. That means that a Harvard employee always has the final say. We’ve seen who that process protects, and it’s not survivors. For any other contract violation, student workers can take their case before an outside arbitrator with no conflict of interest. Why won’t Harvard allow harassment and discrimination survivors to access that same resource?
We demand #NoCarveOut for sexual harassment and discrimination protections, and a #ContractNow for a safer and healthier university for all.
Cosponsors: Harvard Graduate Women in Science and Engineering (HGWiSE), Harvard Ethnic Studies Coalition, Harvard Task Force on Asian and Pacific American Studies (TAPAS), Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA), La Alianza, Lambda at HLS, Pipeline Parity Project, Harvard African Law Association, Caribbean Law Students Association, Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, HLS Labor & Employment Action Project at HLS, Project No One Leaves, HLS National Lawyers’ Guild, HLS Progressive Jewish Alliance

Opioid Awareness Advocacy Day
2019-03-13 10:00 - 13:00
Brian Donaghue Simpson Opioid Awareness Day
Sponsored by the Donaghue-Simpson Family
Co-Sponsors: MOAR, Learn to Cope
Join with parents and everyone interested in ending the opioid epidemic. Talk to legislators about how this epidemic has impacted your life or join us to show support. Kate Donaghue lost her son one year ago and is commemorating the anniversary of his death by gathering people, especially those who have lost children, to talk with legislators. Family members, people in recovery and people who are ready to join this fight to treat and end the epidemic are urged to attend. Sharing our stories and being there to stand with us and show support will make a difference. We will talk to legislators and their staffs in small groups. We will partner people who are new with people with experience. Telling our stories puts a face to this crisis.

Honoring the Strength of Central American Women
2019-03-12 18:30
March 12 – 6:30 p.m., 890 Commonwealth Ave., WBUR, Boston

Honoring the Strength of Central American Women

Join Oxfam America, Centro Presente and WBUR CitySpace for an evening going beyond the border crisis to honor the courage and strength of the women of Central America. A panel of women leaders moderated by reporter Shannon Dooling will take a closer look at the realities facing women in Central America- the reasons that drive them to flee and how some are staying to fight for their communities. There will also be a moving exhibit featuring portraits and stories from the region.

As we celebrate the resiliency of these women, enjoy music from Boston’s all-female Latin band 3Nity and free refreshments from La Qchara, including empanadas, tequenos and datiles.

Lowell Education Justice Alliance Legislative Forum
2019-03-11 18:00 - 20:00
Please join with the Lowell Education Justice Alliance for a legislative forum on education funding.
Featured guests STATE SENATOR Edward Kennedy and
STATE REPRESENTATIVE Rady Mom.
Legislators from surrounding communities have been invited.
**See below for list of confirmed legislators. We’ll add to the list as they confirm.
TELL YOUR STORY on why we need full funding in Lowell and greater Lowell schools. It’s time to hold our elected officials accountable for fixing the crisis created by chronic education underfunding.
Who We Are: The Lowell Education Justice Alliance (LEJA) is a grassroots coalition of parents, educators, students, school staff, and concerned community members who are committed to building a stronger and better public school system driven by community voices.
Our Mission: We are bringing together parents, students and educators—along with our regional statehouse delegation—to urge them to pass the Education Promise Act and the Cherish Act. This is part of a statewide campaign to #FundOurFuture and fully invest in public education in Massachusetts —from kindergarten through college.
Co-sponsored by:
AFTMA • MTA • MEJA • UMass Lowell Labor Education Program • PHENOM • SEIU 888
Volante en Español es abajo.
KHMER translation coming soon!
(Snow date: March 18)
**Confirmed legislators:
–REP. COLLEEN GARRY
–REP. MARC LOMBARDO
