FCCPR
General Assembly
January 27, 2019, 2-4 PM
GuidingStar Grange • 401 Chapman St. • Greenfield
Agenda:
1:30 p.m. Welcome new members to FCCPR. If you are new to FCCPR and would like
to talk about what we are doing, please come to this session before
the General Assembly starts.
2:00 p.m. Welcome and introduction to FCCPR
2:05 p.m. Financial Report & Appeal
2:10 p.m. Updates from FCCPR
2:20 p.m. Guest Presentation with Q & A: Shaina Rogstad on the UN Inter-govenmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report
3:20 p.m. Review of results from the last meeting and discussion
3:50 p.m. Announcements from attendees
4:00 p.m. Adjourn
Shaina Rogstad on the UN Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report
What exactly does the UN’s recent report on climate change say?
What does it mean when they say we have 12 years to take drastic action?
What should we be doing?
Shaina Rogstad is a climate scientist at the Climate System Research Center
at UMass. She uses global climate models to predict how a collapse of
the West Antarctic ice sheet could impact future climate conditions.
She has degrees in Applied Mathematics, Physics and Astrophysics. She
worked on Bernie’s campaign for President and is active in community
organizing with Jewish Voice for Peace Western MA.
Transit Equity Day
Monday, Feb. 4, 3-5 p.m.
LeVanway Meeting Room, Greenfield Public Library
In honor of Rosa Parks Day, a group of organizations including the Amalgamated Transit Union, the Labor Network for Sustainability, Jobs with Justice, and the Institute for Policy Studies are declaring a Transit Equity Day on February 4, 2019 to take action for civil rights and a climate safe future. King expanded the focus of transit rights from the right to ride anywhere in a bus to the right to ride to anywhere you need to go on a bus. We are similarly expanding what is included in transit justice:
Transportation justice: Every person in every neighborhood regardless of age, race,
class, gender or disability should have the right to safe, convenient transportation at an affordable cost.
Welcome our esteemed local supporters: Arise for Social Justice, Franklin County Continuing the Political Revolution (FCCPR), Massachusetts State Representative Paul Mark and featured speaker Massachusetts Senator Joanne Comerford.
Save the Date!
Municipal Socialism:
A conference on Curbing Corporate Power & Expanding Democracy in
Our Towns
March 30, 2019 8:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Greenfield Community College
Morning snacks and light lunch provided
$15 (nobody turned away for inability to pay)
Register in advance at
https://fccpr.us/conference-registration
At the workshops, experts will help activists and town officials explore the creation of publicly owned & non-profit solar power, hydro power, affordable housing, broadband, public banking, expanded school services, and incentives for forming worker coops. Each workshop will address one of these topics with ample time for discussion.
Schedule
8:30 am Registration and morning snacks
9:00- 9:15 Opening remarks
9:30- 11:00 Workshops
11:10- 12:30 Workshops
12:30- 12:45 Return to main meeting and snacks
12:45- 1:30 Keynote speaker Gianpaolo Baiocchi. Gianpaolo is a New York City-based scholar and activist. He directs the Urban Democracy Lab at NYU and works closely with organizations such as Right To The City. He is the author of many books including Militants and Citizens and We the Sovereign.
Sponsored by Franklin County Continuing the Political Revolution
For more information contact Dave Cohen at davidjc@comcast.net
2019 Membership Renewal
It’s time to once again renew your membership in FCCPR. Membership renewal
is $10 per year. If you cannot afford this, please just write to us and your membership will be renewed. People who joined in November and December of 2018 will be considered as having paid their dues for 2019.
If you can, please consider making an additional donation to FCCPR to help us pay the rent and provide needed supplies for changing the world.
You can send your dues to FCCPR, P.O. Box 216, Greenfield, MA 01302 or pay
online at FCCPR.us, using either PayPal or CommonGood (if you are a member of CommonGood)
Our Revolution General Assembly
Our Revolution – MA (ORMA) has a General Assembly for all members this coming Saturday at MIT in Cambridge. If anyone is interested in attending, please contact David at dgreenberg@fccpr.us