50 to D.C.!
Neighbor to Neighbor members are headed to the People’s Action Founding Convention in D.C. on April 23-25, 2017 to mark the 100 days of the Trump administration. The only question is: how many of us will represent Massachusetts’ progressive New Majority? Let’s get 50! With your help, 50 N2N members can show up and rise up …
SHAME ON SARNO!
Mayor Sarno fails to protect all of Springfield citizens, caves in to Trump regime’s bullying and blackmail and gives in to the politics of fear, hatred and division. In these dark times, we need brave, courageous leadership that stands on the side of love and unity! Shame on Sarno! Story via www.westernmassnews.com: SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) …
NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR IN THE NEWS: N2N’s Jafet Robles Interviewed by MassLive about the Jobs Not Jails Coalition
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Frame Shift. Then Power Shift.
via www.barrfoundation.org: Elena Letona, executive director of Neighbor to Neighbor (and a 2005 Barr Fellow), shares lessons learned from an old, industrial city in western Massachusetts, where community members, labor groups, elected officials, and others found common cause in a winning effort to go from “coal to sol!” As I write this, a brave struggle rages …
Energy to power 1,000 Holyoke homes coming from new $10 million Mount Tom Solar Farm
via MassLive.com: The $10 million Mount Tom Solar Farm with 17,208 panels will be installed by late December beside a now-closed coal-burning plant on Northampton Street with energy to power 1,000 homes, officials said Thursday. “It’s a great event. It’s a great day,” said Frank Demaille, president and CEO of ENGIE North America. The company …
Activists to party after solar-farm groundbreaking at former coal plant in Holyoke
via MassLive: HOLYOKE — Activists who pushed for years to end the coal-burning operation at the Mount Tom Power Station based on health concerns are so happy the plant owner is building a solar farm, they plan to party. “Five years after Action for a Healthy Holyoke! began organizing for responsible retirement of the Mount …
N2N In the News: PROTEST HITS HOME WITH BAKER
(via ItemLive.com) SWAMPSCOTT — Protesters camped outside Gov. Charlie Baker’s home Sunday to demand that he protect youth with clean and safe energy. About 30 activists from organizations, including 350 Massachusetts for a Better Future and Neighbor to Neighbor, went to Baker’s Monument Avenue home with signs and megaphones. They wanted to present him with …
N2N In the News: Massachusetts repeals automatic license suspension for drug crimes
(via MassLive.com) BOSTON — Anyone who lost their license because they were convicted of a drug crime in Massachusetts can now get their license back. Gov. Charlie Baker signed a law on Wednesday repealing the automatic license suspension of anyone convicted of a drug crime and the fine that goes along with it. The repeal is …
N2N In the News: GAS AND WATER JUST DOESN’T MIX FOR LYNN GROUP
(via ItemLive.com) LYNN — Despite being suspended last month, activists fear the Kinder Morgan pipeline will resume and threaten the city’s drinking water. The proposed $3.3 billion natural gas pipeline project would have run from New York through Lynnfield, West Peabody and Danvers to Dracut. Neighbor to Neighbor and 350 Massachusetts for a Better Future …