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MCH
Support Families Experiencing Homelessness and Protect the Right to Shelter
Posted October 24, 2023; last updated December 4th Supplemental budget update: On November 30th, House and Senate leadership announced...
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Legislative Action Day
Legislative Action Day (LAD) is the Coalition's annual event organized in the Massachusetts State House Great Hall of Flags. A morning spent where community members, advocates, and legislators unite to address homelessness and housing instability. The day features educational sessions, impactful speeches, and meetings with state legislators to push forward legislative priorities aimed at providing solutions for those affected by homelessness.
Our hearts are filled with gratitude for all of your support for our March 7th Legislative Action Day at the State House!
Thank you to all the attendees for joining us in the fight to end homelessness. We had 200 people with us: families, youth, and adults with lived experience of homelessness, providers, advocates, and legislators all speaking up for solutions to homelessness, housing instability, and poverty, and taking action to ensure that everyone has a place to call home.
A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR COMMUNITY SPEAKERS!
We are SO incredibly grateful for advocates, people with lived experience of housing instability and homelessness, and our nonprofit partners who shared their stories and remarks on the importance of addressing housing and homelessness issues NOW.
We invite you to join us for our next Legislative Action Day.
Sponsored By
Representative Jim O'Day
When
Winter 2025! Stay tuned for the save the date.
RSVP
You can RSVP for the next LAD by filling out our online registration form here.
Take action Today!
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Support MCH's work by donating today!
What to expect?
During the event, we will focus on the Coalition’s current legislative (bill) priorities and fiscal year budget priorities.
Read about our 2023-2024 priorities here.
As a key part of the event you will also be encouraged to meet virtually or in-person with legislative offices.
During the registration process, MCH will ask if you need help setting up meetings with your legislators, and if so, we will work to set up appointments for you. You are provided with a training and materials to share with the legislators and staff and during the meetings, you pick a few of our priorities we spoke about in the morning session that are most important to you and let legislators and staff know why.
Here are some other tips for meeting with legislators and State House staff.
How can you help make this event a success?
Volunteering
Interested in being an event-day volunteer? Sign up today to be part of our LAD event team! (Shareable link: tinyurl.com/lad24vol)
Spread the Word
Help spread the word by sharing the link to this page: tinyurl.com/lad24info.
Invite your friends, colleagues, community members, and state legislators by sharing the event invitation and flyer.
Unsure who your legislators are? If you have an address, enter it in this tool from the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s office.
Pre-Event Training
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Be a part of the LAD 2025 online pre-event training to prepare for Legislative Action Day. Sign up here to receive the invitation.
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The training included an overview of our Legislative Action Day agenda, helpful hints about meeting with legislators and legislative aides, a review and discussion of the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless budget and bill priorities, and a question and answer session.
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Check out the training agenda.
For more information, please contact Kelly or Julia: kelly @ mahomeless. org and julia.garvey @ mahomeless. org (without spaces). Thank you!
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