A Community Conference to Build a More Just and Sustainable Future in Worcester and Beyond. Who The Worcester Green Jobs Coalition and the Making a Green Solidarity Economy Planning Committee invites Organizers, Activists, Academics, Media, and Community Members to participate in workshops, discussions, music and fun. What The conference will bring together individuals and organizations in Central Massachusetts who are working towards progressive social, environmental, and economic goals. The...
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Attend a FEMA Training for Volunteers from Nonprofits Who Want to Assist Tornado Survivors, including: volunteer management when repairing or rebuilding homes; case management organization; how organizations can work with FEMA around confidentiality avoiding duplication of benefits; caregiver and Pastoral Spiritual and Emotional care for survivors of disaster; donations management for stuff; and coordinating for financial donations. July 19, 2011 in Springfield, MARichard B. Flynn Campus...
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Posted by Administrator on 7-21-11 in What's New? | Comments Off on Center for Popular Economics 2011 Summer Institute Schedule
Center for Popular Economics2011 Summer InstituteSmith College, Northampton, MAJuly 24-29Workshops and Panels – free and open to the public. Please join us! PLEASE NOTE: This schedule is subject to change. For the most up-to-date schedule of public events, times and locations, please check the CPE site. ************************************** Center for Popular Economics Summer Institute 2011 Organized in collaboration with Free Press, Center for Media Justice and the Smith Association...
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Posted by Administrator on 7-15-11 in Press | Comments Off on New First Generation Performance scheduled at Amherst College
FIRST GEN is at it AGAIN! Ripple Effect BIGGER! Faster! Stronger! BAM! ...
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Posted by Administrator on 7-15-11 in PV Disaster Relief | Comments Off on USDA to help remove tornado debris from Springfield and Monson rivers and streams
PRESS RELEASE – AMHERST, Mass. (July 14, 2011) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has approved up to $657,000 in federal funds for removal of trees and other debris deposited by the June 1st tornados in rivers and streams in Springfield and Monson. The funds are being provided to the City of Springfield and Town of Monson through the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) program, administered by NRCS. The agency is also...
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These support forums will be on each Wednesday of this month of July 2011. They will be presented conveniently right after most people’s work days from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Counseling and Gynecology Group in Longmeadow at: 175 Dwight, Suite 103 in Longmeadow. This will be for folks who’ve been affected in any way, to include vicariously, the shock of weather changes that could actually now effect US, those directly affected and caregivers and responders. What we tend to...
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PRESS RELEASE – Western Mass – In the midst of a recession, a Common Good Economy can sound like an unreachable far-off future. But visitors to the Common Good Festival this Sunday may get a taste of that future. Common Good Finance, the festival’s nonprofit organizer, has a plan for a democratic, local economic system where communities everywhere gather to decide for themselves what their funding priorities should be – for sustainable agriculture and energy systems,...
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Visit tornadosurvivors.org for more info and to watch/listen to video testimonials from Springfield residents who lost their homes in the June 1 tornado. These evacuees need our support. The Red Cross intends to cut off motel vouchers for tornado survivors in Springfield on Wednesday, July 6. They said they’ll only offer extensions on a case-by-case basis. Update below** Many tornado survivors haven’t received FEMA checks, the Red Cross has closed the emergency shelter, and...
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Labor in the Community – Help Needed With Tornado Disaster Relief On June 1, hundreds, if not thousands, of our friends and neighbors suffered life-changing setbacks as a result of the tornadoes that devastated vast areas of Western and Central Massachusetts. To help ease the financial burden of these families during this unfortunate time, the Pioneer Valley AFL-CIO’s charitable organization, the Union Community Fund, is launching a special Tornado Disaster Relief effort. Please...
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Long Term Recovery members attending this meeting will participate in creating a dynamic functional group that will step up the recovery process for survivors with unmet needs. We will create a mission statement that will sets the tone for how we will operate leaning on the talents, abilities and functions of the agencies and organizations participating. In this session we will share how donated material and funds can be allocated to help the most in need. Organizations will leave this...
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