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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.
See more information about the speakers below:
Doctor Aura Obando, MD, Family Team Medical Director, Boston Health Care for the Homeless
Doctor Aisha James, MD, Adult & Pediatric Primary Care Physician, MGH Everett Family Care
Calvena DeVoe, Advocate/Activist
Donnie Lee Renrick, Street Advocate and Activist/Founder/President of Bostonstreetunion.com
Jack Diaz, Associate, Breaktime
Mari Brooks, Associate, Breaktime
Marybeth Bacigalupo-Worden, Member, Worcester Fellowship
Tri Tran, Director of Public Policy, Rosie's Place
Reverend Doctor Sandy Range, Founder/Board Chair/CEO, Grandmothers’ Village Project (remarks presented by Enyonam Edoh)
Andrea Park, Director of Community Driven Advocacy, Massachusetts Law Reform Institute
A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR STATE HOUSE PARTNERS!
We are so thankful for Rep. O'Day for hosting the event, the legislators and legislative staff who came to the event, and especially, the legislators who provided remarks on advancing bill and budget priorities that address housing and homelessness issues.
Representative Jim O'Day, Host
Representative Christine Barber
Representative Marjorie Decker
Representative Kay Khan
Representative Smitty Pignatelli
Senator Lydia Edwards
Senator Pat Jehlen
Senator Robyn Kennedy
Senator Liz Miranda
THANK YOU to all of our public policy team intern and volunteers, and event-day team who made LAD a success:
Allison Alter
Tina Baptista (MCH's A Bed for Every Child Program Director)
Sr. Linda Bessom, SND
Cindy Concepcion
Enyonam Edoh
Mark O’Lalor
Andrea Park
Kristina Reid
Nina Shamsi
Julia Shields
Ken Zee
We also are very thankful to everyone who met and/or called legislators and staff in the afternoon to advocate for key homelessness and housing bill and budget priorities.
For more photos from the event, access the LAD photo album here.
From across the Commonwealth, we raised our voices with one message, and took action to end homelessness. Let's continue to build up that momentum. Thank you for your partnership and solidarity!
With gratitude,
Julia and Kelly
Julia Garvey
Community Organizer/Legislative Advocate
Kelly Turley
Associate Director