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<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm going to be sending two emails today - because this information is too important to chance you overlooking it. </span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="line-height: 19px; color: rgb(32, 32, 32);">I'm
forwarding you an invitation to what I think is a very important
development on the grassroots landscape. Over the last several months, a
group of grassroots organizers have been working on a new, statewide
organization. <b><span></span></b> On Sunday, October 2, </span><span style="line-height: 19px; color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"><b><span>Progressive Massachusetts</span></b> </span><span style="line-height: 19px; color: rgb(32, 32, 32);">is hosting their first organizing meeting and you're invited to attend. </span><span style="line-height: 19px; color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"><b><span></span></b></span><span style="line-height: 19px; color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"><span><br>
<br>Progressive Mass.</span>'s goal is to make sure good organizing is <b><span>unified </span></b>and <b><span>sustained</span></b>,
so that local efforts don't happen in isolation, and that inspiring
statewide efforts don't fade away when the issue or election campaign is
over.</span></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="line-height: 19px; color: rgb(32, 32, 32);">They plan to build on the tremendous strengths of our vibrant activist
community and work together to make a strong progressive infrastructure
in Massachusetts. </span></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<b style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br></b><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">While
I was not one of the founding organizers, I'm hopeful that we'll have a
strong Socializing for Justice presence at the kick-off on Sunday,
October 2nd. I know that SoJust's 1800 member cross-issue progressive
network will support and be strengthened by a statewide organization
like Progressive Mass. </span><b style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Please let me know if you plan to attend.</b><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="line-height: 19px; color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"><span> </span>See
the message below for more info about the group and the event. <br><br>For Justice,<br>Robbie<br><br>Robbie Samuels<br>SoJust Co-Founder & Co-Organizer<br><a href="mailto:robbie@sojust.org" target="_blank">robbie@sojust.org</a><br>
<a href="http://www.sojust.org/" target="_blank">www.sojust.org</a> <br></span></span></font><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><table style="width:6.25in" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600">
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</span></div><h3><br>YOU'RE INVITED TO ATTEND:</h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:19px"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:19px;color:rgb(32, 32, 32)"> </span></p><h1 style="text-align:center" align="center">
Progressive Massachusetts Kick-Off</h1><h2 style="text-align:center" align="center">Sunday, October 2, 2011<br>2-6 PM with Reception following</h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:19px" align="center">
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<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;color:rgb(32, 32, 32);line-height:19px"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:19px">Frustrated
that progressive state legislation - like universal health care, fair
taxation, and the bottle bill - never sees the light of day?</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;color:rgb(32, 32, 32);line-height:19px"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:19px">Outraged
that Scott Brown represents Massachusetts in the US Senate and want to
help replace him with a strong progressive voice?</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;color:rgb(32, 32, 32);line-height:19px"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:19px">Despairing
that your individual efforts, or even the efforts of your local
activist group, don’t carry enough clout to have a statewide impact?</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;color:rgb(32, 32, 32);line-height:19px"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:21px;color:rgb(233, 92, 65)">Want to be part of a unified, statewide, grassroots movement that can make Massachusetts a model of progressive policy?</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:19px"></span></li>
</ul><p style="line-height:19px"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:19px;color:rgb(32, 32, 32)">....Then <a href="http://eventbrite.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=55920fcb187e70004230f7a43&id=6ea899072e&e=10d2996e37" style="color:rgb(17, 65, 112)" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:rgb(233, 92, 65)">come to the first organizational meeting of Progressive Mass</span></b></a>!</span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;line-height:19px" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:19px;color:rgb(32, 32, 32)">When: Sunday, October 2nd, 2 to 6 pm, followed by a reception</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:19px;color:rgb(32, 32, 32)"></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;line-height:19px" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:19px;color:rgb(32, 32, 32)">Where: Lasell College, Newton, MA</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:19px;color:rgb(32, 32, 32)"></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;line-height:19px" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:19px;color:rgb(32, 32, 32)">(near Mass Pike, Rt. 128, and 8 min. walk from the Green Line)</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:19px;color:rgb(32, 32, 32)"></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:19px"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:19px;color:black">Progressive Mass.</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:19px;color:black"> is a new, statewide, diverse organization built from the ground up by organizers and activists like you. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:19px"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:19px;color:black">As we launch on October 2,</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:19px;color:black"> we
will: take positions on public policies through a democratic process;
organize members to directly contact elected officials to support these
policies; and help elect and support progressive candidates for public
office.</span></p>
<p style="line-height:19px"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:19px;color:black">We
believe that to create meaningful changes in public policy,
progressives in every corner of the state must work together to hold
elected officials accountable to progressive values and to elect
progressive candidates.</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:19px;color:black"> Progressive
Mass. will make that vision a reality with effective, statewide
organizing. We are open to anyone in Massachusetts who wants to see
their progressive values turned into action, and will work closely with
existing progressive organizations to ensure the success of our efforts.</span></p>
<p style="line-height:19px"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:19px;color:black">Whether
you are a Democratic activist, a member of a labor union or grassroots
organization, a lone progressive in your community, or a talented
volunteer campaigner for progressive candidates, Progressive Mass. is
looking to use your insights, talents, opinions, hard work, anger,
frustration, hope, idealism, and determination to make Massachusetts
stand up for the kind of progressive policies that can make us proud to
be Massachusetts residents.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:19px;color:rgb(32, 32, 32)"><br>
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<span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:19px;color:rgb(32, 32, 32)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:19px"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:19px;color:rgb(32, 32, 32)">Who We Are</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:19px;color:rgb(32, 32, 32)">:
we are a group of progressive activists who have been meeting
informally for several months with a diverse and growing group of
comunity organizers and leaders from across the state, which has
included Sarah Compton, Tony Mack, Harmony Wu, Mac D'Alessandro, Monica
Hinojos, David Sloane, Margot Barnet, Reuben Kantor, Gloribell Mota,
John Bowes, Michael Jacoby-Brown, Peter Smulowitz, Cheryl Crawford, John
Kleschinsky, Brigid Kennedy-Pfister and several others. If you want to
help us make Oct 2. a success by joining the efforts of the planning
committee or helping at the event itself, <a href="mailto:progressive.mass@gmail.com?subject=Help%20with%20the%20Planning%20Committee%20for%20Oct%202&body=%0A" style="color:rgb(17, 65, 112)" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:rgb(233, 92, 65)">please let us know</span></b></a>!<br>
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