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 supremacists.  We support the many people targetted as “other”.   We stand as one.

Fair Share Amendment Organizing Meeting

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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 a planned mix use building on 38 Avenue A in Turners Falls. Greenfield has developed an inventory of vacant, abandoned and foreclosing properties and is identifying opportunities to work with local non-profits to create affordable housing, with Deerfield St. and Cedar St. projects successful examples.

Participants will learn the steps involved once a property is identified as feasible, including creating a long-range plan, exploring the target population, the housing models they might choose, options for financing and choosing a developer. Participants will then be in a position to determine if abandoned properties in their communities might be suitable for housing and if so, work with other like-minded people on the steps to make this happen.

Panelists:

• Shaun Suhoski, Athol Town Manager
• Walter Ramsey, Montague Town Planner
• MJ Adams, Director-Community and Economic Development, Greenfield

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 be a member in a ROC. We will consider consumer protections: what to look for when buying in to a ROC, and what to do if there are problems. Third, we will talk about how to buy a home in a ROC and fourth, opportunities for new ROCs including how to start one.

Panelists:

• Paul Bradley, ROC USA
• Colleen Preston, Cooperative Development Institute, and a resident in a ROC
• Sandy Overlock, from the statewide homeowners’ association, and a long time resident in a ROC

Community Housing Trusts:  The Burlington, Vermont, Experience

Wednesday, April 21   7 pm

Community Land Trusts are a useful tool to community-controlled development. Can Community Land Trusts be an answer to the development of affordable rental and single family housing? The Champlain Housing Trust is a successful example of this kind of development in Northern Vermont communities, including the City of Burlington. Rather than rely on outside developers, the community land trust keeps the investment in, and value of, housing within local communities. 

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There is no fee for the keynote or any of the workshops.

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

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Who are the homeless and how does corporate capitalism limit affordable housing?

Wednesday, April 7   7:00 pm

Living on the Outskirts of Society:  Stigmatization of people in re-entry from incarceration and recovery   

Individuals leaving jail or in recovery from addictions face very specific housing challenges. We will discuss the biggest challenges in finding housing for them, ideas for remediation, short and long term, and how we as the local community can support the work in some concrete ways.

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• Gina Govoni, Franklin County Regional Housing Authority
• Peggy Vezina, Western Massachusetts Training Consortium
• Jenn Avery, Re-Entry case worker, Franklin County Sheriff’s Office
• Trenda Loftin, The Compost Coop

Housing within a Corporate Capitalist Society   

Thursday, April 8  7:00 pm

To fully understand this housing crisis and how we got here, we must look at the question of why there is homelessness in the wealthiest country in the history of the world and why there is such a lack of affordable housing throughout this country. In this workshop, we consider how corporate capitalism shapes the housing challenges we face in Franklin County, and across the country, and how that understanding can help us act most effectively in finding/creating housing for all.

• Traci Talbert, Racial Justice Community Engagement Leader, Franklin County Community Development Corp.
• Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Director, Urban Democracy Lab, New York University
• Jake Carlson, Population Studies and Training Center, Brown University

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Part 2 FCCPR General Assembly

Sunday Feb 14, 2021

2:00 to 4:00pm

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To take part in the priorities poll click here

Please renew or join Franklin County Continuing the Political Revolution

For 5 years we have been the largest and most active multi-issue organization in Franklin County

We believe the movement to make lives better for the 99% means we must struggle against the control corporations and the 1% have over the country.

Please join us today.

You can send your $10 annual membership fee to FCCPR PO Box 216, Greenfield Ma 01302 or send it to us through Common Good or the PayPal link on our website. fccpr.us/contact

If you wish to send an additional donation, that would be greatly appreciated.

Sunday January 24th 2-4 pm

Tentative Agenda

*     Discussion on what issues should we work on for 2021

*     Discussion and presentation from organizers from Movement for a Peoples Party. To learn about the MPP please check out their website at https://peoplesparty.org/

We will be having NickBrana, Founder and National Political Outreach Coordinator, and Phil Ateto, National Action Coordinator of the Movement for a Peoples Party joining us for the discussion.

Click here to sign up for the January General Assembly

Demonstration SUNDAY January 17th at Noon to 1pm (change from Saturday)

Impeach & Convict Trump – Say No to white supremacy

Pass Immediate Covid Relief Legislation

Pass Medicare for All and the Green New Deal

Greenfield Town Common

Called for by Franklin County Continuing the Political Revolution

The House of Representatives has taken the historic first step of impeaching Trump, once again. Now the Senate must convist him. But, as Bernie Sanders has said we must also push for real relief for the people in this country. Now is the time to support the push for real progressive action in Congress.