Tuesday October
6
GREEN
JUSTICE COALITION WILL TESTIFY AT ENERGY EFFICIENCY ADVISORY COUNCIL
Meet
at 5pm at 100 Cambridge St, Boston. The Green Justice Coalition
is a statewide partnership of more than 35 community organizations, labor
unions, environmental organizations, and faith based alliances that have come
together to build support for Massachusetts’ move towards an
environmental and economically sustainable green economy. GJC advocates that:
- Resources
for greening must be accessible to all.
- We must
repair economic inequities by promoting family-sustaining green jobs, career
pathways, and local and community owned businesses.
-
Economically marginalized communities must be at the forefront of the green
wave.
The
Energy Efficiency Advisory Council (EEAC) was created as a result of the Green
Communities Act in 2008 and approves the newly required utility and municipal
aggregator-operated energy efficiency programs. The Coalition is currently
focused on ensuring that EEAC addresses the needs of low-income communities and
communities of color. Specifically the Coalition is asking the EEAC to require
the following in the 3-year plans that it must approve by December 30:
•
Financing should make deeper energy efficiency retrofits accessible to all
residents and small businesses.
•
A community-driven approach must be part of effectively engaging economically
marginalized residents in carrying out retrofits.
•
Establish high road jobs with quality, training and safety standards with
accessible career pathways.
•
Set up an Equity subcommittee of the Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee.
Info,
including Western Mass. rides: Boone Shear, 658-7171, bwshear@yahoo.com.
Tuesday October 20
PUBLIC
HEARING FOR MASSACHUSETTS SINGLE PAYER BILL
10am,
State House Hearing Room A1, Boston. The Massachusetts Health Care
Trust Fund Bill calls for a universal health care system, providing
universal access, a comprehensive range of physical and mental health benefits,
choice of provider, quality, unified financing and cost controls, accountable
governance, and stability. A Massachusetts Health Care Trust Fund will be a
"single-payer" of all health care costs, statewide.
Western
Mass. ride and other info: Mary Grace Farley, marygrace@gracebodywork.com. To
testify: Ben Day, director@masscare.org.
THE
FUTURE OF THE MEDIA IN THE VALLEY
7pm,
Media Education Foundation, 60 Masonic St, Northampton. $5 – all proceeds
benefit the Valley Post – a new
media outlet for the Connecticut River Valley. The Valley Post hosts this
discussion by Sut Jhally and Alexandra Russell with plenty of time for
questions and comments from the public. The moderator will be Eesha Williams. editor
of the Valley Post and author of Grassroots Journalism. Tea and cookies
will be served. Jhally is professor of Communication at UMass Amherst, and
founder and director of the Media Education
Foundation. Russell is outreach director at the national media reform group
Free Press in Northampton. She was
director of Mass. Voters for Fair Elections. To reserve a ticket, please click
“donate” on any Valley Post page, then send an e-mail from the
“contact” page to let Valley Post know you’re coming. The
deadline for reservations is noon on October 20. A limited number of tickets
will be available at the door. Info: Eesha Williams, 802-254-2531, ewilliams@valleypost.org.
PLUS
More coverage
of October 1
http://necn.com/Boston/New-England/2009/10/01/Former-Hyatt-housekeepers-hold/1254449565.html
http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view/20091002boston_union_workers_rally_over_layoffs/
http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/953
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zeldablue/sets/72157622499773726/
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