This is major: MassEquality's executive director Marc Solomon and field director Amy Mello are moving house to California. They will be working for Equality California (EQCA), MassEquality's golden state counterpart. Their … [Read more...]
Help Protect our Pro-Equality Supermajority – It’s Time to Get Involved
There's less than two weeks to go till the Democratic Primary here in Massachusetts. Yes, we know – there's so much interesting stuff going on in national politics, it can be hard to focus on the races we've got here at … [Read more...]
Join MassEquality at Summer Campaign Trainings, Organizing Meetings
With the end of the 2008 legislative session fast approaching, we have a lot of work to do. Although we have made great advances in achieving increased funding for important LGBT programs in the House and Senate Budgets, we still need to … [Read more...]
MassEquality: Our Work Is Not Done
Saturday afternoon, the MassEquality Board of Directors met to make a final decision about the future goals and mission of MassEquality. This followed a comprehensive and inclusive strategic planning process, including meetings with local … [Read more...]
This Week’s LeftAhead – With MassEquality’s Marc Solomon
Mike and I had Marc Solomon on as a special guest for this week's LeftAhead! podcast. If anyone is curious about what MassEquality is up to, or about the status of glbt rights across the country, you should listen in. As it happens, … [Read more...]
New Task for MassEquality
Great news and bad news. The New York State Assembly just became the third legislative body in the country to voluntarily approve same-sex marriage (after the California house and senate). Unfortunately, the Republicans still hold a two … [Read more...]
96 Hours to ConCon
Needless to say, if you haven't contacted your legislators -- especially this group -- to tell them to keep the status quo, to defend families, to prize equality, now is the time. The State House number is 617-722-2000. Be polite, be brief, … [Read more...]
MassEquality’s nifty map
More fabulous Flash, this time from MassEquality: Find out if your Rep or Senator supports marriage equality or not, by going here and clicking on the appropriate map.Sadly, my rep, Paul Donato, voted "yes" to advance the amendment. That's … [Read more...]