Today is Valentine’s Day, a great opportunity to give some love to the bills on our 2023-2024 Legislative Agenda.
These bills would…
- help us invest in our future
- strengthen our child care infrastructure
- improve our public education systems
- make our state more affordable to live in
- shift our criminal legal system toward rehabilitation and community well-being
- make our state more welcoming of all residents in their diverse identities and backgrounds
- accelerate an equity-centered transition to renewable energy
- increase participation in our democracy
What’s not to LOVE?
Please reach out to your state legislators about our new legislative agenda for the session!
Write to your legislators here!
Read more about all the bills we’re supporting.
.png)
Help Communicate About Common Start in Your Local Community
The Common Start Coalition is looking for volunteers to help communicate about the Common Start agenda (affordable, high-quality early education and child care for all Massachusetts families) in local newspapers, cable access TV programs, and radio stations across the state.
Are you interested in writing a letter to the editor about Common Start in your local newspaper and/or going on a local cable access TV or radio program in your community to talk about Common Start? Please fill out this formto express your interest in communicating about Common Start!
Higher Ed for All Advocacy Day: Tuesday, 2/28
Affordable high-quality public higher education is essential to expand opportunity in all of our communities and create a more equitable and prosperous Commonwealth. Higher Ed For All is advocating for fully funded community colleges, state universities, and UMass campuses to knock down the barriers that too many potential college graduates’ encounter.
The Higher Ed for All coalition will be having an Advocacy Day at the State House on Tuesday, February 28. Never been to a lobby day before? There will be trainings in advance.
- RSVP for the Advocacy Day at the State House on Tuesday, February 28.
- RSVP for an Advocacy Day Training on February 16 or February 21.
Follow-up to Last Week’s Prison Moratorium Lobby Day
Have a few minutes for a quick action? Call Governor Healey and leave a message about why it’s time to put a pause on new prisons and jails: bit.ly/massmoratoriumguide.
