by csjadmin | Aug 9, 2021 | Housing, News, Transportation
“It’s not just renters who could be pushed out the door. Diana Painter is deputy director of the Coalition for Social Justice in New Bedford. She says that as the rail line barrels toward completion, corporate investors are buying out longtime homeowners,...
by csjadmin | Jul 27, 2021 | Housing, News
Housing is an issue we are continuing to follow and stay engaged on. New Bedford eviction actions mount as legal services languish...
by csjadmin | Jul 19, 2021 | Civic Engagement, News
A great delegation of CSJ advocates attended a virtual hearing on redistricting on Monday. Two of our summer interns presented their research: “’Our conversations with citizens of Fall River tell us that this divide creates confusion, not only on the part of...
by csjadmin | Jul 2, 2021 | News, Story of The Month
Raise Up MA held a press conference on Thursday, July 1st to celebrate! Check out the articles below: Boston Herald “Massachusetts has ‘strongest’ paid family medical leave program in nation, supporters say” Massachusetts has ‘strongest’ paid...
by csjadmin | Jul 2, 2021 | News, Paid Leave
“Fairhaven resident Christine Lavault said when her husband, a Korean War veteran, found out he had lung cancer she had to continue working because she was the only source of income. ‘If I had paid family leave, I could have taken him to the doctor. I...
by csjadmin | Jul 1, 2021 | News, Paid Leave
“Beth Fauteaux, a member of the Coalition for Social Justice, said she was pregnant with her son in 2013 and after giving birth found herself going back to work three weeks after undergoing a caesarean section. ‘It was either that or be homeless. At the...
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