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Greater Boston Young Democrats react to police crackdown on Occupy Boston; issue statement of support

October 11, 2011 By kgilnack

(Cross-posted from ydma.org) In response to the growing Occupy Boston and Occupy Wall Street movements, and an overnight crackdown on Boston protesters, Greater Boston Young Democrats Vice Chair Sarah Betancourt issued the following … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston, greater boston young democrats, massachusetts, mayor-menino, Occupy Boston, OccupyBoston, scott-brown, tom-menino, young-democrats

Young Democrats urge Scott Brown to support President Obama’s American Jobs Act

September 8, 2011 By kgilnack

Statement from Young Democrats of Massachusetts Chair Elaine Almquist Calling on Sen. Brown to support President Barack Obama’s American Jobs Act BOSTON - Young Democrats of Massachusetts Chair Elaine Almquist issued the following … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: american jobs act, barack-obama, economy, jobs, masen, scott-brown, senate

More than 130 business leaders and professionals ask governor, state leaders to support direct care workers

September 2, 2011 By kgilnack

With Labor Day approaching, I thought the BMG community would be especially interested in hearing about efforts to support the Salary Reserve for low-paid human service workers that the Governor and legislature have left behind for the last … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: beacon-hill, dds, deval-patrick, direct care professionals, dmh, dmr, eohhs, hhs, human-services, labor-day, robert-deleo, salary reserve, therese-murray

Scott Brown: Opposed to discrimination as long as stopping it doesn’t cost anything

June 24, 2011 By kgilnack

Earlier today I sent Scott Brown an email as part of the American Association of University Women's advocacy campaign for the Paycheck Fairness Act (and you should too!). Like any politician who knows they're on the verge of loosing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2012, AAUW, constituent services, election, federal, national, paycheck-fairness-act, politics, scott-brown, senate, senator-brown, us-senate, women

Providers’ Council Members Host Suffolk County Human Services Legislative Forum

March 29, 2011 By kgilnack

Attendees heard testimonials from a number of special guests who illustrated the importance and needs of our safety net sector, including: Sanford who is able to work and know that his parent his healthy thanks to the services at Bay … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: beacon-hill, budget, developmental-disabilities, disability, eohhs, funding, human-service, legislation, legislative-breakfast, massachusetts, politics, public-policy

Celebrate Women’s History Month with Rep. Niki Tsongas on Tuesday

March 17, 2011 By kgilnack

Thought you might be interested in this invitation from YDM Women's Caucus Chair Jillian Cardillo... I'm excited to invite you to Ladies in Blue with Special Guest Rep. Niki Tsongas next Tuesday, March 22!  … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: advocacy, choice, congress, ladies-in-blue, leadership, niki-tsongas, reproductive-health, womens-history-month, young-democrats, young-democrats-of-masachusetts

Future Democratic Leaders of Merrimack Valley Profiled in Lowell Sun

February 7, 2011 By kgilnack

"They are the future of the Democratic Party. The future mayors, city councilors, school committee members and activists of the Merrimack Valley and beyond." - In political game, they're the farm team: Merrimack Valley Young … [Read more...]

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UPDATED: 2011-2012 Massachusetts HOUSE & SENATE Leadership & Committee Assignments

January 31, 2011 By kgilnack

2011-2012 MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATIVE LEADERSHIP & COMMITTEE CHAIRS Quick Links Leadership House Leadership Senate Leadership House Minority Leadership Senate Minority Leadership … [Read more...]

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Gov’s budget would cut homeless, mental health and employment programs

January 26, 2011 By kgilnack

Please take a moment to review the areas of the budget that impact your clients/consumers and advise us as to any other line items in jeopardy that we should be monitoring by emailing Bill Yelenak.This is the first of several … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: autism, beacon-hill, blind, budget, children-and-families, deaf, deval-patrick, disability, domestic--violence, education, elders, homelessness, human-service-providers, human-services, innovation, intellectual-disabilities, jobs, legislation, massachusetts, mental-retardation, nonprofit, politics, poverty, providers-council, social-enterprise, workforce

Building a stronger human service system in Massachusetts

January 25, 2011 By kgilnack

2011-2012 Human Services Legislative AgendaPrior to the 2011-12 legislative session, the Providers' Council surveyed its statewide membership of human services providers about the challenges and opportunities that can be addressed to … [Read more...]

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