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Recent News
- STATEMENT: MA Appleseed Condemns U.S. Supreme Court Ruling in Historic Homelessness Case June 28, 2024
- TAKE ACTION: Two Major Bills Open the Door for Youth-Focused Policy Change! June 26, 2024
- Education Over Exclusion: Stop Discriminatory Treatment of Students Based on What They Wear May 31, 2024
- 2024 Good Apple Reception April 30, 2024
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Cell phone bans eliminated in all Massachusetts state courts!
Massachusetts Appleseed Center for Law and Justice commends the Trial Court for Emergency Administrative Order 20-10, issued on June 24th 2020, which takes effect on July 13th and temporarily eliminates bans on the use of cell phones and other personal electronic devices (“PEDs”) inside all Massachusetts state courthouses. Our 2018 report, Cell Phones in the Courthouse: An Access to Justice Perspective, examined […]
Racial Equity and Policing Legislation
Action Alert For years Massachusetts Appleseed has been working to bring an end to zero-tolerance school discipline policies, school arrests, and the school-to-prison pipeline. Amidst the wave of protests against police brutality, now is the time to demand more. Over-policing in Massachusetts schools disproportionally impacts Black and Latinx students, who are significantly more likely to be arrested at […]
Emergency Legislation Filed for Right to Counsel
Action Alert Amid record levels of unemployment due to the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of Massachusetts residents are struggling to pay rent and afford basic necessities. The statewide eviction moratorium prevents anyone from being forced out of their home for now, but if the Governor does not extend the moratorium, that protection could end on August […]
Appleseed Network Response to the Murder of George Floyd and the Ongoing Fight Against Systemic Racial Injustice
America is hurting. The unjust murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and countless others have sparked a national movement to hold our leaders accountable for the insidious racial inequality that penetrates both consciously and unconsciously throughout American society. People across the nation are fighting to overcome generations of pain caused by white supremacy, […]
Massachusetts Appleseed Statement on the Death of George Floyd
Here we are again, joining others throughout the world in grief, outrage, and, perhaps most perniciously, recognition over the tragic extrajudicial killing of yet another Black person, George Floyd. This, as we continue to mourn for the unjust losses of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and countless other Black people who have died needlessly at the […]
Featured Volunteers: The Liberty Mutual Legal Department
When Kathy McGrath, the pro bono manager for Liberty Mutual’s legal department, heard about the Homeless Youth Handbook project, she immediately knew she would easily find willing volunteers. And she soon had 25 people signed up to help make a Massachusetts version of the Homeless Youth Handbook that the Baker McKenzie law firm had spearheaded […]