Massachusetts Appleseed Center for Law and Justice
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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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MA Appleseed Joins New Mexico Appleseed to Fight Lunch Shaming
Action Alert What is “lunch shaming?” “Lunch shaming” is a harsh disciplinary practice in which students who cannot pay their school lunch bill or have outstanding debt on their account are punished. Examples of lunch shaming include: Stamping children on the arm with the phrase “I Need Lunch Money” Forcing children to complete chores in […]
Fall Harvest Friendraiser
2017 Fall Harvest Friendraiser Join us on October 11th to learn about our recent projects to expand Access to Justice and the status of our Keep Kids in Class project.
We have one last chance to save funding for homeless youth in the FY18 state budget!
Action Alert Months ago, Governor Baker ELIMINATED line item 4000-0007 in the 2018 state budget – which allocated $675,000 in funding for homeless youth.The Governor’s reasoning? That this amount was “too small to be effective.” While $675,000 may seem “too small” for Governor Baker, these are necessary funds that could prove life-saving for homeless youth. It could mean the difference between […]
Act Today to Support MA Appleseed’s Budget Priorities
Action Alert The Massachusetts House of Representatives and Senate have both finalized their initial FY18 budget proposals. Now the fight moves to the Budget Conference Committee, in which six members are tasked with working through the differences between the House and Senate budget recommendations on a variety of issues. Here’s a quick reminder about where things […]
Good News and Bad News in the FY18 Budget
Action Alert We’re Almost There! The results are in! After the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Senate finalized their initial FY18 budget proposals and the Conference Committee compromised, the budget was sent to Governor Baker’s desk. He had 10 days to approve, reduce, or veto any line items he chose; here’s what he did: Statewide […]
Toward Racial Equity: Increasing Access to Boston’s Exam Schools
Action Alert Boston’s exam schools, the top schools in our city, have long been held out as the merit-based means of upward mobility for the children of Boston’s working class families. But admissions data show a troubling trend of discrimination. The data show under-enrollment of African American and Latino students persisting across Boston’s exam schools, […]