 Briefing on the Federal Budget
When: Sunday, February 22,
2015, 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Where: encuentro5 • 9A
Hamilton Place • near Park Street T •
Boston
Featuring:
Carolyn
Federoff, AFGE Local 3258 and Vice President, Mass.
AFL-CIO
Doug
Hall, Executive Director, National Priorities
Project
Michael
Kane, Executive Director Mass. Alliance of HUD
Tenants
Budget decisions made in Washington
this year could have a profound impact our quality of life for years to
come.
In the 2012 election, members of dozens of
Massachusetts groups placed the Budget for All public policy question on the
ballot in state and senate districts accross the Commonwealth. Democratic,
Republican and independent voters in all 90 cities and towns where it was on the
ballot voted overwhelmingly to send these budget priorities to Congress and the
President
- Prevent Cuts to Medicaid, Social Security,
housing and other vital programs;
- create and protect jobs by investing in
renewable energy manufacturing, education and public services;
- Provide revenues for these purposes by ending
tax breaks for large corporations and very high incomes; and
- redirecting pentagon spending to human needs
and bringing troops home from Afganistan now.
It
is now up to us to organize a movement to effectively demand that new federal
budget priorities reflecting these principles. This is an effort that social
justice, climate, labor and peace advocates can unite around to advance all our
causes. This first Budget for All organizing meeting in 2015 gives us a chance
to come together, get up to speed on the developing budget debate and its likely
impacts, and work together to plan a strategy to bring the money to our
community's needs. See you on the 22nd!
In case of inclement weather contact
617-623-5288 or 617-233-1885
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