Phone Calls for Paid Family Medical Leave

On Thursday, July 14, CSfC will be making phone calls from the Democracy Center, in Cambridge, to voters, and passing them through to their State Senators.

The State Senate is planning to vote on Paid Family Medical Leave, before the end of the session this month. We'll be calling voters with HubDialer, explaining the issue, and passing them through to their State Senators to leave messages. While the offices are closed, a lot more voters are home in the evenings, and constituent voicemails to senators are an effective advocacy tactic.

Sign up for the in-person phone bank

Or the virtual, call-from-anywhere phone bank

34th Middlesex State Representative Candidate Forum on June 29 Update - Videos and Questionnaires

The candidate forum, co-sponsored by Medford for Massachusetts and Progressive Democrats of Somerville, was a great success.   The forum was well-attended and the space at Tufts was perfect.

Carl Sciortino was a great moderator, and we were happy to have Christine Barber and Sharon Guzik participate in the hour-long question and answer session.

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34th Middlesex State Representative Candidate Forum on Sunday, June 29

State Representative Carl Sciortino resigned from his seat, representing the 34th Middlesex District, in April, and there are five candidates seeking to replace him.

CSfC is co-sponsoring a candidate forum, in collaboration with Medford for Massachusetts and Progressive Democrats ofSomerville, to help connect candidates and voters.  This coalition of progressive community groups has also organized a candidate questionnaire, and we'll be posting the candidate answers.

Carl has agreed to moderate the forum, and will not be endorsing a candidate in the race.

Forum Details:
Sunday, June 29 at 7:00 PM
Room 008
Barnum Hall at Tufts University
163 Packard Ave, Medford


All of the candidates have been invited, including:

• Christine Barber
• Erin DiBenedetto
• Sharon Guzik
• Nick Lanzilli (Independent)
• Craig Rourke

The district includes wards 4 and 7 in Somerville, and wards 4 and 5, and, in Medford, precinct 1 of ward 7 and precinct 2 of ward 8.

The primary will be on Tuesday, September 9.

RSVP: http://www.progressivemass.com/34thmiddlesexforum

CSfC Statewide Candidate Forum on Income Inequality -- Round 2 on May 10

CSfC is hosting our second state-wide candidate forum on Saturday, May 10.  We will talk candidates in the this year's state-wide races of Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, and Treasurer. Each candidate will have 3 minutes to introduce themselves, and 15 minutes to answer questions from the audience and questions based on Progressive Mass's shared prosperity agenda.  

Note: Please make sure to bring a photo ID - it's required to enter the facility.

May 10, 2014 at 2:30pm - 5:30pm

Microsoft NERD Center
1 Memorial Dr
10th floor
Cambridge, MA 02142
Google map and directions

RSVP here!

Lieutenant Governor

From 2:40 to 4:00 

	James Arena-DeRosa	Former USDA Northeast Administrator
	Leland Cheung	Cambridge City Councilor
	Steve Kerrigan	Democratic National Convention Committee CEO
	Mike Lake	President and CEO of Leading Cities

Attorney General

From 3:55 to 4:35

	Warren Tollman	Former State Senator
	Maura Healey	Former Assistant Attorney General

Treasurer

From 4:35 to 5:30 

	Tom Conroy	State Representative
	Barry Finegold	State Senator
	Deborah Goldberg	2006 candidate for Lieutenant Governor

 

RSVP Here