by csjadmin | Jan 13, 2020 | News, Sheriff Accountability
WHEN: Saturday, Jan. 18th @ 1-3pm, (rain/snow date Jan. 19th) WHERE: Coalition for Social Justice (CSJ) office, 105 William St., New Bedford, MA 02740 WHAT: March to the Ash Street Jail (corner of Union and Ash Street) Three years ago, the Coalition for Social Justice...
by csjadmin | Oct 1, 2019 | News, Story of The Month
Last year, we passed one of the most comprehensive Paid Family and Medical Leave laws in the entire country. We could not have done it without the support of grassroots activists and volunteers going out, collecting over 177,000 signatures, and making over 50,000...
by csjadmin | Sep 3, 2019 | Environmental Justice, News, Story of The Month
Thank you to the folks who came out to the march against Parallel Products expansion and to all the work of Southcoast Neighbors United’s new Citizens Against Parallel Products Committee (CAPP). NEW BEDFORD — Eighty-eight year-old Mary Myers wouldn’t let a one...
by csjadmin | Aug 16, 2019 | News, Story of The Month
“The Coalition for Social Justice (CSJ), Massachusetts’ leading grassroots organization to bring together people affected by and concerned about poverty to advocate for economic opportunity, has endorsed Ed Markey for U.S. Senate in 2020. “Senator Markey has been a...
by csjadmin | Jul 25, 2019 | Justice for Immigrants, News, Story of The Month
CSJ’s Immigrants’ Rights Day at the State House This originally appeared in the Standard Times on July 24, 2019 Boston- Wednesday, dozens of Southcoast and Brockton residents attended the Coalition for Social Justice’s Immigrant’s Rights Day at the State House....