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…

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A number of FCCPR folks attended the huge climate rally in New York City on Sunday, Sept. 17. Organizers estimate that there were between 50 and 75,000 demonstrators in attendance. We were pleased to see many groups making the connection between the global warming and capitalism!

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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…

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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…

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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.…

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Join us THIS SATURDAY, May 13th, 10am – 12pm to stand out against Alternatives Pregnancy Center in Greenfield, an anti-abortion center! Saturday, May 13, 10am-12pm Rally on the Greenfield Town Common, then march to Alternatives Pregnancy Center (466 Main St, Greenfield MA) It is so important to oppose antiabortion centers like this one which challenge…

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Big thanks to all who came to the online forum on MA school funding we hosted earlier this month! Here is another webinar from Tracy Novick, who presented at the education funding forum, where she shares a more extended introduction to Chapter 70 funding in Massachusetts. Webinar: Tracy Novick, Explains Chapter 70 in Seventy Minutes…

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We postponed the forum this past week due to the weather, and we are pleased to announce that the forum is rescheduled for Tuesday, April 4th, at 7pm! Register for the zoom link here: tinyurl.com/MASchoolFunding ___________________________________________ FCCPR is offering an online forum on April 4th at 7 pm focused on school funding. Massachusetts is a very…

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Due to weather, we are postponing tonight’s online forum on school funding. We’ll be in touch soon with the rescheduled date and time! You can still register for the zoom link and will get a notification about the new time and date! Tinyurl.com/maSchoolFunding

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FCCPR is offering an online forum on MARCH 14 at 7 pm focused on school funding. Massachusetts is a very wealthy state.  It has close to eight billion dollars in its rainy day fund.  It has so much money on hand that it was required by law to send money back to taxpayers.  And Massachusetts…

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