Making Democracy Work
U-CHAN Educational Forum on Housing
Thursday, May 17 7-9pm, Eliot Church, 474 Centre St. in Newton Corner
Fourth of a four part series: Come and add your thoughts as part of a facilitated discussion of the question:
What are the common values residents of Newton can agree upon and adhere to as the city undertakes planning for a city that ensures adequate housing for all its current and future residents?
For further information contact Josephine McNeil – 617-543-8097 or jomac1941@aol.com.
LWVMA Climate and Energy Solutions Series Webinar
The Clean Energy Roadmap: Pathways to a Clean Energy Future
Thursday, May 24, 2018, 4:00-5:00 pm
The webinar is free and open to the public. Registration is required, click here to register.
This Webinar will address:
· What is the 2050 Clean Energy Roadmap and why does Massachusetts need one?
· What does Massachusetts need to do to get a roadmap, and how will we use it?
· How can we take action to support and achieve the goals of the roadmap?
Guest Speaker
Speaker David Ismay is a Clean Energy and Climate Change Staff Attorney for Conservation Law Foundation Massachusetts.
Register in Advance for the Webinar
· You must register in advance for the webinar
· After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
· Questions? Contact Karen Price
Host: LWVMA Environmental Action and Advocacy Steering Committee
Support for webinars: New England Grassroots Environment Fund
LWVMA will introduce a new Online Voters’ Guide to voters throughout Massachusetts for the 2018 state primary and general elections. The guide will allow Massachusetts voters to access personalized ballot information for all candidates on the ballot plus all the ballot questions.
LWVMA needs volunteers to develop questions for the candidates and about the ballot questions. If you are interested, please volunteer by May 31, so we can develop questions in June, submit to the candidates in late June, and prepare the Voters’ Guide for its July 20 debut. Contact Kris Eastman and Judy Zaunbrecher, LWVMA Voter Service Co-Chairs, at jzaunbrecher@lwvma.org or keastman@lwvma.org.
If you are a Boston Globe or bostonglobe.com subscriber, you can help support LWVMA through the Globe‘s GRANT program, a community initiative that allows subscribers to help deserving non-profits earn free advertising space in the Globe.
Globe subscribers have received or will soon receive a Globe GRANT voucher, either by mail or email. This voucher can be used to designate a non-profit of your choice to receive free advertising space in the Boston Globe.
We hope you’ll select the League of Women Voters Lotte E. Scharfman Memorial Fund as your non-profit of choice.
If you received a mailed voucher: Fill out your voucher and mail it to The Boston Globe using the envelope provided by July 31, 2018.
If you received an emailed voucher: Go to BostonGlobe.com/GRANT by July 31, 2018 to submit your voucher. (You will need your Subscriber Number.)
Either way, please “vote” for the League of Women Voters Lotte E. Scharfman Memorial Fund!
Thank you for your support!
The Board and Staff of the League of Women Voters of Massachusetts
LWVMA coalition partners, Mass Power Forward and The Campaign for a Clean Energy Future (carbon pricing) are working hard to push important energy and environmental justice (EJ) bills forward for a vote this session. A State House Lobby Day is being planned for Thursday May 10th from 12:00-4:00PM. Meetings with legislators are being scheduled and all materials will be available to those participating. Click here to register.
What do we want? The League is advocating for passage of S.2302: An Act to promote a clean energy future, also referred to as the “Omnibus Bill”, submitted by Senator Pacheco.
Why is this bill so important? S.2302 contains virtually all the critical elements of individual energy and EJ bills submitted this session and supported by the League and our partners. We are pushing for passage of the entire bill, with special emphasis on:
· carbon pricing language (as described in the attachment)
· a strong plan for implementation of the Global Warming Solutions Act (referred to as the “roadmap”).
The task at hand is to mobilize membership to attend the State House Lobby Day on May 10th. Please register using the link above to participate on May 10th if you can and do all you can to spread the word to encourage others to join you.
The League Presents… is a monthly program on NewTV produced and directed by LWVN members about issues important to our community. It airs on NewTV on Sundays at 8:30 am, Wednesdays at 10 pm, Thursday at 6:30 pm, and Saturday at 1:30 pm. You can also click below to watch each episode.
Newton Election Day: November 7
VOTE411.org–LWVN’s Voters’ Guide
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