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Introducing young people to power, civic engagement and voting through Pre-registration

July 20, 2011 By Sondra 1 Comment

Cross-posted at ONE Massachusetts By: Rachael V. Cobb, Associate Professor and Chair Government Department, Suffolk University During a recent hearing before the Joint Committee on Election Laws, Rachael V. Cobb, Associate Professor … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: campaigns-and-elections, civic-engagement, election-reform, first-time-voter, government, high school civics education, legislation, voter participation, voter-registration, voting-rights, youth-organizing, youth-vote

Civic Engagement From the Top: A Local Example

April 5, 2011 By sondrap 1 Comment

Quality, equitable education for all our children is a laudable goal.  It usually turns up as one of the top three priorities on everyone’s list.  We know that educating our children, beginning with early education, is good … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: children, civic-engagement, community-action, education, local-officials, opportunity-to-learn, teachers

Redistricting? Get Involved!

March 10, 2011 By carmen 9 Comments

April is around the corner, and with it Massachusetts will receive the Census Data that will officially start the redistricting process. MassVote, together with a wide array of organizations including ONE Massachusetts, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: civic-engagement, redistricting

Civics curriculum in MA highschools!

February 18, 2011 By carmen 14 Comments

I recently learned about a group called Teens Leading the Way. TLTW is a teen-led state wide group that understands that providing lasting opportunities for youth is important for the advancement of our communities through the creation … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: civic-engagement, civics, february-vacation, teens-leading-the-way, utec

Our 2011 Legislative Agenda

February 11, 2011 By carmen 3 Comments

Our endorsed campaigns and initiatives for 2011 include the following: CIVIC ENGAGEMENT  Multi-language training materials: We believe that our training materials and our most important communications should be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: civic-engagement, government-reform, one-massachusetts, revenue-reform

David asked – my thoughts on Deval 2.0

November 29, 2010 By peter-dolan 10 Comments

The objectives of any post election efforts to involve the campaign volunteers in governing were never clearly defined in Deval release 1.0, nor was what it meant for people to remain engaged.  A shared understanding between the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: civic-engagement, grassroots-governing

Civic Engagement or Asking your Legislator to do something…………….

November 26, 2010 By judy-meredith 18 Comments

In my day job as a lobbyist I encourage my clients to cultivate positive and productive relationships with their own legislators and the Governor’s office in the hopes that when they call and ask their Rep or Senator to get a bill … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: civic-engagement, marty-walsh, will-brownberger

Building on Ballot Lessons (Survey!)

November 9, 2010 By Harmony Blakeway 1 Comment

[Cross-Posted from ONE Massachusetts on November 9th, 2010 by Harmony Blakeway] Election day has come and gone, and as we celebrate the defeat of Ballot Questions 2 & 3 (protecting affordable housing and over $2.5 billion in state … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ballot-questions, civic-engagement, massachusetts, revenue-policies

When No, No, No = Yes, Yes, Yes!

September 16, 2010 By Harmony Blakeway 36 Comments

Today, you can download a printer-friendly flier on all three ballot questions in English or Spanish, and arrange a free on-site training for your organization or neighbors. Over the next few weeks, we will be posting more materials on our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ballot-questions, civic-engagement, massachusetts, revenue-policies

Civic Engagement in Tough Economic Times

August 24, 2010 By carmen 4 Comments

“The people here value their library,’’ said Cheryl Abdullah, the Dover library’s director. “It’s amazing to see. People use the library as a tool of the community.’’ Abdullah credits the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: civic-engagement, dover, library, revenue

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