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Friends,
While some may be celebrating thanksgiving this week, others will recognize the National Day of Mourning, acknowledging thanksgiving day as a reminder of the genocide of Native peoples and the theft of Native lands. For a nuanced conversation about thanksgiving you can check out this podcast episode: ‘ThanksTaking or ThanksGiving?’ ([link removed]) . You can also check out this article ([link removed]) about what thanksgiving means to the Wampanoag community here in Massachusetts.
I also wanted to take a moment to introduce myself as the new 350 Massachusetts intern! I am originally from the Berkshires and recently graduated from college with degrees in environmental studies and photography. I am passionate about food justice, gardening, protecting rivers, advocating for Indigenous rights, and stopping fossil fuel pipelines. I also love bees! I am really excited for this opportunity to get to know you all and support the work you are doing across the state!
In Solidarity,
Julia St.Clair (she/her)
350 Massachusetts Intern
** We're Hiring!
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The Better Future Project is looking for a dynamic, experienced individual to join our team as our first-ever Deputy Director. Want to apply, or know someone who would be a great fit? Learn more about the position. ([link removed])
** Final Results from the Renewable Energy Ballot Question
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350 Mass (in collaboration with Act on Mass) put a nonbinding question on the ballot in 19 districts asking residents to urge their representatives to vote in favor of legislation bringing us to 100% renewable energy by 2040. This measure passed overwhelmingly in every district it appeared in! We will use this information to convince legislators to represent the overwhelming interests of their constituents and implement a path to 100% renewable energy in MA. Our other ballot question, which appeared in 16 districts, asking representatives to vote in favor of making committee votes public also passed overwhelmingly! The success of this question is being seized upon my Act on Mass' Transparency is Power ([link removed]) campaign (see below).
* Boston 88.15%
* Brookline 83.71%
* Somerville 89.20%
* Cambridge 89.05%
* Newton 77.68%
* Amherst 91.53%
* Gloucetser 70.35%
* Dedham 70.73%
* Winthrop 69.28%
* Belmont 76.00%
* Lowell 71%
* Easthampton 74.86%
* Montague 73.89%
* Bedford 72.96%
* Chelmsford 59.54%
* Watertown 75%
** Other 350 Mass News
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Key Climate Legislation is Stalling in Committee: Click here ([link removed]) for updated background info and for model scripts you can use for calling or emailing your Rep and Senator ([link removed]) about pending climate legislation.
Write a Letter to the Editor: There's never been a better time to take part in 350 Mass' Letters to the Editor (LTE) team. Want to join? Email Alan Palm, Director of Organizing, at
[email protected] (mailto:
[email protected]) to find out more. Our members have a great success rate in getting letters published! Read some of them here:
* Anna Gooding-Call's letter in the Lowell Sun and Sentinel and Enterprise: In response to: Hurricanes stay stronger longer after landfall than in past ([link removed])
* Marine Krzisch's letter in the Lowell Sun and Sentinel and Enterprise (submitted by Steve Miller): Celebrating the Paris Climate Treaty ([link removed])
** Other Climate Movement News
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Support the Friends of Melnea Cass Boulevard: A redesign project for this boulevard would see mature trees replaced with saplings. Preservation of an urban tree canopy is important for public health, and the objections of Roxbury residents to this project have been ignored. Send a message to the Committee on Planning, Development & Transportation ([link removed]) to demand that the current plan be revised and that Roxbury residents be included.
Webinar—Fix The Grid 101: ISO-NE operates the grid that supplies electricity to New England. States have called for broad reforms to ISO-NE’s operations to stop economically privileging dirty fossil fuels in our electricity system. Join Deb Donovan from Acadia Center and Sierra Club MA Chapter Director Deb Pasternak for a discussion about this reform process and how you can get involved. Learn more and RSVP. ([link removed]) Tue, Dec 1, 7 pm.
Mass Peace Action Conference—Where do we go from Here? Preparing our Movements for the Next Four Years: Joe Biden’s election victory is a relief. But it also means that we have to organize like never before. What does that organizing look like? Join Ed Markey, Bill McKibben, and other movement leaders us for a conference to help determine the next steps. Learn more and register. ([link removed]) Sat, Dec 5, 9 am to Sun, Dec 6, noon.
** Solidarity Opportunities
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50th Annual National Day of Mourning: Since 1970, Native Americans and supporters have gathered in Plymouth to commemorate a National Day of Mourning on the Thanksgiving holiday. It's a day of remembrance and spiritual connection, and a reminder of the genocide of Native people and the theft of Native land. See here for information ([link removed]) on how to join the march in solidarity with the United American Indians of New England (UAINE), how to experience it virtually, and how to otherwise offer support. Thu, Nov 26, noon, Cole's Hill, Plymouth.
Act on Mass Launches Transparency is Power Campaign: At the start of every two year legislative session, the State House writes its own rule book. A new session begins in January. Act on Mass is organizing constituent power in every corner of the state to demand our legislators change the State House's broken, anti-democratic rules. Learn more and take action. ([link removed])
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** About Better Future Project and 350 Mass
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Better Future Project (BFP) ([link removed]) builds grassroots power to advance a rapid transition beyond fossil fuels. 350 Mass ([link removed]) is Better Future Project's volunteer-led climate action network.
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