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- Celebrating Women’s History Month: Spotlight on Carolin Hetzner March 28, 2024
- Joint Rule 10 Day Progress Report: Where Did Our Legislative Priorities Land? February 29, 2024
- Urge Your Legislators to Break Down a Major Barrier for Youth Experiencing Homelessness! October 18, 2023
- MA Appleseed Issues Statement on Language Access Executive Order September 13, 2023
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Massachusetts Appleseed Condemns the Anti-Asian Violence in Georgia
The murders that took place in Georgia this week robbed eight people of their lives, six of them Asian women. Our hearts and thoughts are with their loved ones and communities in Atlanta, and with everyone around the country feeling afraid, unsafe, or alone in the wake of this senseless violence. During the COVID-19 pandemic, […]
Massachusetts Appleseed’s 2021-2022 Legislative Agenda
This past year has been full of extraordinary challenges, but thanks to our community of support, we made powerful gains in the State House. Working with partners, we ensured that a language access provision was included in legislation to hold DCF accountable, successfully advocated for provisions in the sweeping police reform bill that protect the rights […]
New Know-Your-Rights Resource Helps Massachusetts Youth Experiencing Homelessness Access and Exercise Their Legal Rights
Pro bono lawyers from Baker McKenzie, Boston Scientific and Liberty Mutual, and Staff of Massachusetts Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, co-author handbook For more information, please contact: Leah Schloss Associate Director, NA Communications leah.schloss@bakermckenzie.com +1 212-626-4474 Boston, MA, February 23, 2021 – Global law firm Baker McKenzie, Massachusetts Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, […]
Family Separation is the Result of Mass. Department of Children and Families’ Violations of Statutory Language Access Rights, a New Study Finds
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 26, 2021 Media Contact: Melanie Rush Massachusetts Appleseed Center for Law and Justice melanie@massappleseed.org BOSTON, MA – The Massachusetts Appleseed Center for Law and Justice today released a report citing the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families (DCF) for failing to provide federally mandated language access to limited English proficient (LEP) families involved […]
Massachusetts Appleseed Statement on the Passing of Kevin J. Curtin
2020 has been a year of tragedy, and of lost champions. We were stunned and deeply saddened to learn late last night of the sudden passing of Kevin J. Curtin, a member of Massachusetts Appleseed’s Board of Directors. Kevin was a devoted and passionate advocate of access to justice and equitable opportunity, who spoke persistently […]
Racial Justice and Policing Reform: Many Youth-Specific Provisions Included!
In response to the nationwide protests against police brutality and white supremacy this summer, the Massachusetts legislature has been working to pass a sweeping police reform bill. Working alongside coalition and community partners, we’ve been advocating for youth-specific provisions within the bill that help to dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline and address the over-policing of Massachusetts schools that […]