Happy Monday!

Thank you for joining us last Wednesday for our “What’s Next?” event! And if you weren’t able to make it, you were missed! One of our opening questions was “What gives you hope?” And for us, that answer is engaged activists like you. 

Missed the meeting? You can watch it here. 

Chapters 

We at Progressive Mass believe that activists on the ground know best how to organize their communities, but they do it best when connecting with people in communities across the state. If you were involved in a campaign (whether issue advocacy, a campaign, a ballot question) this year, a chapter can be a great way to hold your team together for the work ahead and continue the work of organizing and community-building. 

• Find out if we have a local chapter near you. 
• Don’t see a chapter near you? Want to start one? Let us know! Email chapters@progressivemass.com.
• Tell us how you want to get involved. 

Thank you again to Krista Magnuson from JP Progressives, Marissa Dupont from Soliday Lowell, Rachel Poliner from Progressive West Roxbury/Roslindale, and Lisa Baci from Indivisible LAB from talking about the great work our chapters do. 

Legislative Advocacy 

We are currently in active discussions with our coalition partners about our legislative priorities for the next legislative session starting in January. Stay tuned.

But you don’t need to wait until January to start contacting your legislators. Email them today about why they need to come back into session to address the threat of the second Trump administration. 

Follow-ups from Our Speakers 

We want to thank our amazing speakers from Wednesday: 

• Kate Glynn from Reproductive Equity Now 
• Tanya Neslusan from MassEquality 
• Jessica Tang from AFT Massachusetts. 
• Jess Nahigian from the Massachusetts Sierra Club 
• Kade Crockfod from ACLU Massachusetts 
• Amy Grunder form the MIRA Coalition 

Find helpful links below: 

Reproductive Equity Now: https://reproequitynow.org/

• Local Action Guide
• Giving Guide 
• Legislative Action Guide 

MassEquality: https://massequality.org/

• Among the issues that Tanya spoke about was local book bans. The ACLU has a great resource here: https://www.aclum.org/en/exercise-your-right-learn. 

Massachusetts Sierra Club: https://www.sierraclub.org/massachusetts

• Our state recently passed a new climate bill. Read about it here (with a summary adapted from one that Jess put together): https://www.progressivemass.com/climate-bill-nov-2024/. 
• MA Towns for Climate: https://masstownsforclimate.org/ 

ACLU Massachusetts: https://www.aclum.org/en

• ACLU’s Firewalls for Freedom: https://www.aclum.org/en/firewalls-freedom 
• Kade also mentioned this book: Democracy May Not Exist, But We’ll Miss It When It’s Gone by Astra Taylor 

AFT Massachusetts: https://ma.aft.org/ 

• Jessica Tang highlighted a current action alert about protecting teachers’ pensions: https://ma.aft.org/take-action/repeal-wep-and-gpo-stop-penalizing-our-teachers-and-public-employees. 

MIRA Coalition: https://www.miracoalition.org/

• Amy Grunder mentioned the Safe Communities Act. It will be re-filed in January, but you can read about the bill here: https://miracoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/SCA-Factsheet-2023-24.pdf. 
• Know Your Rights information 

Don’t hesitate to reach out with questions or ideas!