Ai-Jen Poo, a gifted community organizer recently honored by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world, will speak at the Greater Boston Care Congress on June 16th. The Congress will launch the Massachusetts … [Read more...]
Bob Massie to speak 1/26/11 at the Concord Democratic Town Committee
Massie earned a doctorate in business policy and corporate strategy from Harvard Business School in 1989. From 1989 to 1996 he taught at Harvard Divinity School where he ran the Project on Business, Values and the Economy. In 1993, as … [Read more...]
Alliance to Develop Justice Secures Commitments from Elected Officials for Social Justice
The Real Story The headlines are familiar: The economy is fragile, Economists meeting in Denver share gloom as they consider next step, unemployment is high: one in 10 Americans is unemployed - not counting the people whose unemployment … [Read more...]
Musical Stratosphere & Social Justice
Musical Stratosphere & Social Justice By Scotland Willis Music notes 2 Yesterday I enjoyed a collage of musical excellence through the gene of creativity. Last night that gene was a combination of seven musicians balanced like the … [Read more...]
Bad News On Mass Jobs
The Crittenden Women's Union released their new MassFESS budgets/calculations. This is very readable economic analysis. http://www.liveworkthrive.org/... This includes the Hot Jobs report where they list jobs which pay people enough to … [Read more...]
Fiscal crisis could be–and should be–a real health reform opportunity
Van Faasen's the same guy that MA Health Care For All gave their "Lifetime Leadership" award to a year or so ago! Perhaps the AG can get Bill to give the state some of those $19Mil dollars that were collected as health insurance premium … [Read more...]
The differences between Chang-Diaz and Wilkerson go beyind lawbreaking, ethics, and accountibility
Why did Sen. Wilkerson chose to support the ill-conceived BU bio lab sited in Roxbury despite overwhelming opposition from constituents in her district and advocacy groups such as ACE in Roxbury, Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow, a multitude … [Read more...]
Tufts University Janitors and Their Current Struggle
Cross-posted from SomervilleVoices.org. Hi, my name is Kevin and I'm a full-time student at Tufts University, where I started a student group, the Jumbo Janitor Alliance. The group focuses on bringing Tufts janitors more into the Tufts … [Read more...]
leveling the playing Field for Mass. Blind
To address these issues, Perkins has partnered with seven other agencies to develop a plan to make improvements in service, with the goal of increasing self-sufficiency, independence, economic growth and training for individuals who are … [Read more...]
The value of Wal-Mart in America today. Just sayin’.
First, by way of thanks. I would like to thank everyone on the Newbury Democratic Town Committee for organizing and then actually pulling off a stellar and important event like this right in my own backyard. I was even let in, as a member … [Read more...]