On Friday afternoon, December 24th, Christmas Eve, from 2 – 3 PM, concerned citizens gathered in front of the former Farren Hospital in Montague. With winter upon us, and not enough shelter beds in Franklin County to meet the needs of people who are unhoused, many community members face this emergency by sleeping out in…

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Saturday, November 13, 2021 Greenfield Town Common, 11 am – noon  November 11, 2021, is Remembrance /Armistice Day —  103 years since World War I ended in Europe. This year, the Traprock Center for Peace & Justice and Franklin County Continuing the Political Revolution Peace Task Force will mark the anniversary during their weekly vigil…

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Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021  from 11:00 – 12:30 on the Greenfield Common The international climate conference that will affect all our futures starts October 31 in Glasgow. Extinction Rebellion is holding readings of the IPCC report and die-ins in various towns to draw attention and demand truth and action. Everyone is welcome to take a turn reading.…

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We are pleased to announce that all six candidates that FCCPR endorsed and worked for in Greenfield won their elections. The 3 School Committee candidates ran as a slate with the slogan, of “For Transparency, Respect, and Equity in Greenfield Schools.” The winners are Glenn Johnson-Mussad, Elizabeth Deneeve and Kathryn Martini. The education task force…

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On this 156th anniversary of Juneteenth, FCCPR celebrates the emancipation of African Americans, commemorates the end of slavery in the United States and welcomes June 19th as a federal and state holiday as it should certainly be. As welcome as this new holiday is, we must remember that there is still plenty of work to…

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Rally for the Fair Share Amendment  Saturday June 12 Noon on the Greenfield Town Common The Fair Share Amendment is a proposal to amend the Massachusetts Constitution, creating an additional tax of four percentage points on the portion of a person’s annual income above $1 million. The new revenue, approximately $2 billion a year, would…

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Unity Action Please join the communities of Sunderland and Deerfield as we observe one year since the murder of George Floyd on May 25th, 2020.  We stand in solidarity with the many adults & children of color who have been violently insulted, attacked and for some, murdered at the hands of law enforcement and white…

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Register Today!! !! https://housingishumanright.com Wednesday, May 5 6:30 pm The town of Athol is creating housing by reclaiming two municipally-owned elementary schools. When completed, the project known as Riverbend Row will offer housing to families and grandparents raising grandchildren. We will also consider The Millers Falls Powers Block/Millers Falls Inn, the Montague Center School, and…

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Resident Owned Communities: One Housing Answer Thursday, April 15   7 pm Resident Owned Communities (ROC) are one answer to the affordable housing crisis. There are approximately 1000 ROCs across the country, and more than 200 in Massachusetts. We will discuss what they are including how homeowners get organized to buy and what it means to…

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If you would like one of these anti-mcas/opt out signs, please contact Doug at dougselwyn@aol.com.

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