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Ann’s Intro June 23 Bigger than Dobbs: The War on Women and Democracy Rally Welcome!! I am Ann Ferguson, the MC for this event. I am a retired professor at UMass and a long time feminist, peace and social justice activist. I will be your MC and will introduce the speakers. I represent the organizing…

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School Committee, City Council, Assessor Tuesday October 17, 2023 7:00 to 9:00 pm John Zon Community Center 35 Pleasant St, Greenfield Come hear what these candidates have to say and hear them answer questions. If you wish to submit a question for the candidates, please come a little early, there will be paper for you…

Legislation introduced by Senator Paul Mark & State Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa Ask your State Representatives and State Legislators to co-sponsor legislation to fund alternatives to our current emergency response system, H.2264 and S.1407, increasing the availability of non-law enforcement, unarmed, community based response options for calls to 911. We know that well over 90% of…

The 240th Anniversary of Slavery Declared Illegal in Massachusetts Quock Walker, a determined and persistent self-emancipated Western MA slave from Barre, took his case to the state’s highest court 240 years ago. On July 8, 1783, the Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, declared that “the idea of slavery is inconsistent with our…

A grassroots platform for Greenfield city elections The election season is heating up in Greenfield already. We are hoping for a progressive sweep for City Council, School Committee and the Mayoral race. FCCPR is working on building a coalition around a “Progressive Blueprint for Greenfield”. Many of you have already given input into the Blueprint.…

On November 20th we held our General Assembly which was filled with lots of lively discussion. Here are some of the highlights. Results of ballot questions we worked on. We had targeted several of the ballot questions for our work. Here are the results. Question 1 Fair Share -Millionaires Tax Franklin County 21,052 Yes 9,859…

By Ferd Wulkan and Anne Ferguson We all know we have a housing crisis all across our country.  Rents have skyrocketed; there are insufficient numbers of apartments and houses available; many people in our cities are unhoused; rent control is considered too radical; there are few protections against evictions.  The American dream has long included…