SAVE THE DATE
FCCPR General Assembly
Sunday May 19th 2-4pm
Guiding Star Grange
401 Chapman St., Greenfield MA.
FCCPR in Action
Municipal Socialism Conference
On March 30, over 135 people gathered at the Municipal Socialism conference to discuss ways for Towns to
increase democracy and provide services without corporations reaping a profit from those services.
Participants in the Affordable Housing workshop.
Very soon we will be posting videos of some of the workshops and of the keynote address by Gianpaolo Baiocchi. We will also be posting notes that were taken in the workshops. One action coming out of the conference is that many people were talking about forming an FCCPR Housing task force.
Education Task Force Meets with Area
Legislators
On April 1, members of the FCCPR Education Task Force met with our Senators Jo Comerford and Adam Hinds, and with Rep. Natalie Blais
Greenfield FCCPR Platform
For the last 6 months Greenfield members of FCCPR have been meeting to develop a platform for the 2019 town elections in Greenfield. At the last General Assembly the finishing touches were put on and the method was adopted that FCCPR will use to endorse candidates in Greenfield.
To read the Greenfield CPR platform, please go to https://fccpr.us/greenfield-cpr-platform/
Don’t Stop & Shop at Stop & Shop
The workers at Stop and Shop are still on strike against demands by Ahold/Delhaize that they agree to cutting wages, increasing costs of health insurance, and cutting their pension. Ahold/Delhaize made close to 2 billion dollars in profits last year and received $244 million in tax cuts from the Trump tax deal. For more information please go to http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/21845/stop-and-shop-union-workers-new-england-ufcw
Please stop by the picket line at Stop
& Shop in Greenfield.
They need our support.
Wednesday June 19th at 6:30-9:30pm
Hawks and Reed Performing Arts Center
289 Main St. Greenfield
FCCPR’s Women’s Rights Task Force is pleased to sponsor a dance party in celebration of women and the
power we have in the electorate.
Musical Performances by
ZoKi – “Folk-rock-fused trio”
SheSaid “Our all-female band plays original tunes drawing from traditions of blues, rock, jazz,
and country music infused, at times, with a bad ass, punk vibe!”
Samirah Evans . “Sultry…silken…smoking hot vocals” of jazz and blues
For ticket information, please visit Hawks and Reed’s website at https://hawksandreed.ticketfly.com/
All funds raised will benefit FairFightAction, which seeks to ensure “free and fair elections.” https://fairfightaction.com/