[act-ma] 3/22 BOSTON & 3/29 NEWTON - TWO SPEAKOUTS ON THE BUDGET

Thu Mar 17 16:53:47 PDT 2011

 NEXT WEEK: TWO NEIGHBORHOOD SPEAKOUTS ON THE BUDGET AND THE ECONOMY -
BOSTON AND NEWTON

Tues, Mar 22

Boston Neighborhood Speak-out. Tell our elected officials: 
Fund Our Future!
Hibernian Hall
182-184 Dudley Street, Roxbury
6-8 pm

Meanwhile, call your State Rep and Senator today at 617-727-2121. Ask them
to support "An Act to Invest in Our Communities". This bill will help plug
the state budget gap and make taxes fairer.  It is being introduced by Sen.
Sonia Chang-Diaz (Senate Docket 1012) and Rep. Jim O'Day (House Docket
2261).

Speakout sponsored by New England United for Justice, One Massachusetts,
Dorchester People for Peace, the Boston Coalition to Fund Our
Communities-Cut Military Spending 25%, Madison Park Development Corporation
and many other groups.

Download a  Flyer for
<http://dsaboston.org/stop-the-cuts/Boston_speakout_flyer.pdf> Boston
Speak-out. 

Tues, Mar 29

Newton Neighborhood Speak-out on the Budget 
Fund Our Future!
Newton Free Library Auditorium
330 Homer Street, Newton Center
7-8:45 pm

Is austerity really the answer?  Join others from Newton, say what's on your
mind, and explore another vision for our future.   Hear How We Can Increase
Revenues at All Levels (What we can do now!) 

*	Community Service Providers on the Devastating Effects of the Newton
Budget Crunch 

*	The Federal Budget and the Campaign to Cut Military Spending by 25% 

*	The State Budget and the Act to Invest in Our Communities 

 Download a PDF Flyer HERE
<http://dsaboston.org/stop-the-cuts/Newton_speakout_flyer.pdf> . 

 Partial List of Sponsors: Newton Dialogues on Peace and War, Fund Our
Communities/Reduce   Military Spending 25%.

Information on "An Act to Invest in Our Communities" 

*  Fact
<http://dsaboston.org/stop-the-cuts/An_Act_to_Invest_in_Our_Communities_2-pa
ge_Fact_Sheet.pdf> sheet on bill 

*  Bill
<http://dsaboston.org/stop-the-cuts/Co-Sponsors_An_Act_to_Invest_in_Our_Comm
unities.pdf> Cosponsors 

*  Background info on Massachusetts' Budget
<http://www.massbudget.org/documentsearch/findDocument?doc_id=723>  

*  DSA
<http://dsaboston.org/stop-the-cuts/Boston%20to%20Madison%20to%20Sacramento.
pdf> Flyer on Public Employees and State Budgets 

*  DSA Web Article and more links <http://dsaboston.org/stop-the-cuts/>  

Boston Democratic Socialists of America

P.O. Box 51356, Boston MA 02205

(617) 354-5078

http://dsaboston.org

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