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Southcoast Residents Talk Immigrants’ Rights at Capitol
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....
Residents stand up for immigrants with ‘Lights for Liberty’
This article originally appeared in the Standard Times By Aimee Chiavaroli FAIRHAVEN — By a peace pole outside of the Unitarian Memorial Church, more than 40 people, with candles and some umbrellas in hand, began singing “We shall overcome.” The rain came down harder,...
Coalition working to significantly increase welfare benefits to ‘lift kids out of deep poverty’
This article originally appeared on MassLive By Shira Schoenberg | sschoenberg@repub.com New Bedford resident Tanisha Ferrer has received welfare benefits for the last year. Her 7-year-old son, who has social and emotional problems, was expelled from school, and she...
Use of Force by prison guards challenged by CSJ
CSJ members share Testimony on July 11th, 2019 in favor of Creating Standards on Use of Force in Prisons & Jails Ron Royse and Immanual Pizarro, two people who have seen and experienced excessive violence when they were incarcerated, detailed their experiences to...
Deb Fastino featured as local leader on Movement for Childcare
Our executive director, Deb Fastino was highlighted by the Movement for Childcare this week. You can check out the full profile on their website. Here's a highlight. How did you become involved in child care and early education work? Having successfully participated...
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