Brookline Budget Justice

Building an abolitionist future in Brookline, MA.

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Learn more about ARPA and Brookline's community engagement process here: https://t.co/UYLQKCCwpp

Register to participate in a community engagement event here: https://t.co/MEUyJaPGWF

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Brookline will receive $43 million from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)

The @bcf_brookline wants to hear from you about how COVID-19 has impacted your community in Brookline–

–and where you would invest resources to equitably recover + rebuild https://t.co/MEUyJaPGWF

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Tell them about your community here: https://t.co/a8LOBs7Lmr

The Redistricting Committee meets Thursdays 7-9 PM (https://t.co/AOErtdp7Ws)

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In the spirit of BBJ's mission to make our town government more accessible and accountable to its residents,

*we encourage you to tell Brookline’s Redistricting Committee about your community*
https://t.co/a8LOBs7Lmr

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The Redistricting Committee is redrawing precinct boundaries based on population changes in the 2020 U.S. Census.

But this isn’t just about the numbers �� they need to hear about communities in Brookline that matter to you and would benefit from staying within a single precinct.

[Marissa Vogt @[email protected] @vogt4brookline]

Zoom link for tonight’s (6:30 p.m.) land acknowledgment, following the will of #BrooklineTownMeeting from this spring: https://t.co/Qsqb9cYwhw

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This event is open to the public. Please share widely!

Best,
Arthur Conquest, Maya Norton, Kea Van Der Ziel, Bonnie Bastien, Nicole McClelland, Jennifer Goldsmith, and Becca Mautner"

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Some Town Meeting Members intend to do a Land Acknowledgment prior to tonight's Special Town Meeting. Below are the details:

"Good afternoon fellow Town Meeting Members and members of the public–

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In recognition of the will of Town Meeting and Indigenous Peoples Day, we will be gathering together tonight for a reading of the acknowledgment.

Zoom link: https://t.co/RzB9CugtrU

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SUCCESS. TOWN MEETING HAS APPROVED THE SETTLEMENT UNAMENDED!

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CALL TO ACTION. On Tuesday, Town Meeting will vote on a settlement for Gerald Alston

If 2/3rds of TM votes YES, all litigation will end & Alston can move on with his life

Contact your TMMs, tell them you want the settlement approved *unamended*

Toolkit https://t.co/aTdJEFHKvh

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Special Town Meeting has started https://t.co/uMBltoXg7Y

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Today is the vote on the settlement for Gerald Alston

Be sure to email or call your Town Meeting Members, and tell them to approve the agreement unamended!

[Brookline Budget Justice @BBudgetJustice]

CALL TO ACTION. On Tuesday, Town Meeting will vote on a settlement for Gerald Alston

If 2/3rds of TM votes YES, all litigation will end & Alston can move on with his life

Contact your TMMs, tell them you want the settlement approved *unamended*

Toolkit https://t.co/aTdJEFHKvh

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So, again, **contact all of your TMMs and tell them that you want the Town to approve the settlement as is: https://t.co/aTdJEFHKvh **

Let’s let Gerald Alston move on.

[Brookline Budget Justice @BBudgetJustice]

CALL TO ACTION. On Tuesday, Town Meeting will vote on a settlement for Gerald Alston

If 2/3rds of TM votes YES, all litigation will end & Alston can move on with his life

Contact your TMMs, tell them you want the settlement approved *unamended*

Toolkit https://t.co/aTdJEFHKvh

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‘SJC rebukes Brookline, rules town was wrong to terminate firefighter who cited racist work environment’
https://t.co/jEgOkqLR3G