So pleased to join Pembroke Dems for their caucus this morning. Great to learn about work on affordable housing and better supports for seniors! #OneCommonwealth
Thank you to @jessicahalem & @activisthistory and your wonderful network for having me down the Cape today! Building a community all across #OneCommonwealth.
Our Commonwealth stands at a crossroads, much like we did more than 200 years ago. Now is the time to reimagine what it means to be One Commonwealth. Follow me for campaign updates and join our movement at https://t.co/qRaIMoLloR
Instead of squaring off over whether 1619 or 1776 is THE founding moment, we should be teaching kids to analyze the different forces that shape society--social, economic and political-- and honestly teaching them the good, bad, and ugly of our history.
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Let us convert this hope into courage to press the case for change with firmness in the right.
Let us seek allies even in quarters where we have long feared we would never find them.
Let us never cease to broaden the circle for justice.
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This verdict does not end the fear. It does not dispense with the fact that there are millions of people of color who fear the police.
But it does let the hope that we can build something new grow a little stronger. We needed this hope so badly.
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Praise be.
Let this be the beginning of the end of unaccountable policing.
Let this be the beginning of work to rebuild the institutions that are supposed to deliver public safety.
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THREAD: Eric Garner, Sandra Bland, George Floyd, Daunte Wright. A much longer list. All dead after processes that started with an arrest for a misdemeanor. Excessive force against black people. This is an American story well past due for an ending. This isn’t public safety. ½
To all who celebrate, Happy Easter! May this day of gratitude bring hope to all, renew spirits, and help us restore and respond with justice and love to the broken places of this past year.
Thanks to our incredible and generous supporters across the Commonwealth, we not only met but exceeded our first quarter fundraising goal! Stay in touch and join us on our #CommonwealthConversations listening tour at ➡️ https://t.co/umGgzrI0S6. #OurCommonwealth#OurFuture#MAPoli
Instead of listening to nurses and making patient care conditions safer, Tenet Healthcare is spending...
$30,000/day on police details.
$5.4M/ week on replacement nurses.
Untold $$ on security, surveillance cameras, and fleets of buses and vans.
More: https://t.co/XhpBGSgnBu
Thank you, @SomervilleDems, for inviting us to share our vision for One Commonwealth tonight! It was a pleasure to discuss important issues with you from transportation to the environment. Together, we can create impactful change in #OurCommonwealth. #MAPoli#AllenForMA
Members of the Massachusetts Nurses Association picketed in the rain on Sunday as the strike enters its fourth week, and they were joined by U.S. Sen. Ed Markey and U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern.
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