1 in 4 women have had an abortion by age 45. You know us. Hear Us. Saturday, July 27, 7:00 PM-8:30 PM Cotuit Center for the Arts, Schoolhouse Meeting Room (End of path at rear left lot near the Administration Building) One in four American women have had an abortion by age 45. That means that you or someone you
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Join us Monday, June 17 for the MA ROE Act hearing. The opposition will be there in force, we need to show up.
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Our leadership group has been working on a quick reference for you to use when faced with opposition to abortion care access. Thank you to Laurie Veninger for compiling our research in an easy to read, downloadable and shareable document, Abortion Myth – Fact. This is the same sheet in two images, click on the images to download and –
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The state senate has already passed this bill, it needs to pass the house. Let’s make sure our youth have the knowledge they need to make the right decisions.
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The state senate has already passed this bill, it needs to pass the house. Let’s make sure our youth have the knowledge they need to make the right decisions.
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The Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates voted on a resolution condemning hate speech, see the list of who voted for and against. Read the language of the resolution and learn what you can do.
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Please contact your assembly-person and ask them to support a Hate Speech Condemnation Resolution on their 3/6/2019 agenda. And, if you can, attend the meeting!
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Update. Ron Beaty didn’t show up to face a standing room only crowd who came from all over Cape Cod to confront him. Despite his excuses of a “family emergency” during the meeting he was tweeting about the weather. The Cape Cod Times captured the meeting in a photo spread that leads with his empty desk and includes photos of
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Quick and Easy Action! Everything you need is here. Comments are open from 12 AM to 11:59 PM, Friday February 15. The issue regarding rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment on college campuses: In late 2018, Devos issued her own Title IX guidance, to the immediate alarm of advocates for sexual assault survivors and women’s rights groups. Among other things,
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(Updated with detailed scripts and contact info.) Today is a National Call-in Day of Action per Indivisible. You can also take part in a standout-protest against the #TrumpShutdown organized by our sisters and brothers at Lower Cape Indivisible (LCI) today and/or Saturday.
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Thank you to all of you who came to our event Thursday! Even if you couldn’t make it, this follow-up information is important. Follow-up and Summary: We began the evening with a one-hour opportunity to meet some of the candidates who are running for state and county offices representing Cape Cod. Our incumbents were in formal session and
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(You can help immigrants here in MA – see this post: Call to Action! Immigration, time-sensitive quick and easy action you can take to protect immigrants in MA) As a member of *Indivisible, we want to share a new federal policy statement they just released: Our two primary *policy* goals: (1) Stop a bad immigration bill from passing. This Thursday
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This event is free of charge. Donations for materials and supplies are welcome, you can donate here. Join us for a panel discussion with representatives from the *ACLU Massachusetts and *NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts. June 21, 5:30 – 8:30 pm Unitarian Church of Barnstable, 3330 Main Street, Barnstable Village, MA. 02630 Not far from Exits 6 and 7 off of
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This event is free of charge. Donations for materials and supplies are welcome, you can donate here. Our first meeting (in May) was a success! We filled the room we rented to capacity. (More on this meeting and the information we shared in a future newsletter and post.) Now we want to invite you to an event in a larger
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The state senate has already passed this bill, it needs to pass the house. Let’s make sure our youth have the knowledge they need to make the right decisions.
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“Don’t get distracted! It’s happening now! Use your voice! Use it NOW!” Each one of us is the constituent of many different legislators, federal, state and local. Our voice important and our input should be valuable to everyone who represents us, regardless of party. If you think your legislator will support a bill that you want passed and you don’t
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We’ve heard from many of you about wanting to get more involved in actions against gun violence. Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America is a partner of the Everytown for Gun Safety groups that resulting from pain turned into action after the Sandy Hook massacre. There is a Moms Demand Action chapter in every state. Do you want
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THANK YOU FOR USING YOUR VOICES! IT PASSED! They got the message that this bill had a lot of support across our commonwealth! We need your voice to support protecting women’s healthcare confidentiality. NOW! Please share this post! Please send an email or call your state Senators by 7am Wednesday morning! if you are not from Cape Cod – you
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AFTER THE MARCH. Now what? Get involved. Two events this Sunday will include chances to take action, do some networking, and have some fun. Both events will include opportunities to fill out postcards that will be sent to legislators. We are approaching the deadline to get two bills we support – An Act to End Child Marriage in MA and
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Raise UP Massachusetts and the Social Justice Coalition are running a petition drive to get signatures to put Paid Family Medical Leave Insurance and $15 Minimum Wage on the ballot in 2018, details below. Volunteers are needed to collect signatures, there will be a training here on Cape Cod on Thursday, September 7 at 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM, in
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