65 N2N members traveled to the State House on May 5th to demand that the legislature invest in our quality of life and protect education, health care, housing and other programs.
65 N2N members traveled to the State House on May 5th to demand that the legislature invest in our quality of life and protect education, health care, housing and other programs. They lobbied for “An Act to Invest in Our Communities,” a bill that would raise $1.37 billion in revenue to protect these programs that we all rely on.
Virgenmina Perez, an N2N Board Member, spoke in support of Participatory Budgeting—a strategy to provide a community with direct control to decide how to spend part of a city’s budget—for Springfield and other cities in Massachusetts.
At a panel organized by the Springfield Institute and Amherst College on April 11, Neighbor to Neighbor Boar member Virgenmina Perez spoke in support of Participatory Budgeting—a strategy to provide a community with direct control to decide how to spend part of a city’s budget—for Springfield and other cities in Massachusetts.
On February 15th, 30 N2N members travelled to the State House from Holyoke, Springfield, Worcester and Lynn to advocate for their budget priorities around health care, housing and education. They also pushed for a bill to raise new revenue to fund these programs.
It’s critical that we urge our legislators to invest in our communities and protect key programs that we all rely on.
Lobbyists lingered in the State House yesterday, stopping lawmakers in the halls and urging them to reject tax hikes. On the other side of the issue, advocates for the homeless and mentally ill marched with union officials, filling the corridors with chants of “Raise Revenues! Stop the cuts!”
The targets of their fervor: state representatives who began debating yesterday whether to help solve the state’s recession-induced budget crisis by increasing the state sales tax to 6.25 percent from 5 percent.
Boston – Neighbor to Neighbor Massachusetts (N2N-MA), a statewide organization of low-income people, released a statement in response to the MA House of Representative’s Budget announced today. The budget includes $800 million more in cuts than the Governor’s version. Local aid would be cut by over $400 million, and the Mass Rental Voucher Program (MRVP) would be cut by half, leaving thousands of low-income people without access to affordable housing.
Alejandro became an active member of N2N-MA in the summer of 2010. He was looking to use his organizing experience at the local level in Lynn. After he connected with two board members and learned about N2N-MA, he took straight to the doors through our Voter Empowerment Campaign. He motivated and educated dozens of voters in the most marginalized voting precincts in Lynn.
