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Transition Team: Post-Launch Trajectory
Having rocketed skyward from the Masonic Lodge in Shrewsbury on July 29th, the ORMA Transition Team (TT) is in stationary orbit around planet ORMA 1. Its Coordinating Committee is dedicated to piloting the new team through time-sensitive tasks critical to creating ORMA 2 and making it fit for human habitation. At its July launch meeting,…
Transition Team Member Perspectives
This article (and it’s companion, Post-Launch Trajectory) is dedicated to informing ORMA supporters who are not on the Transition Team (and there are thousands across Massachusetts) who want to stay engaged in the process of forming a new ORMA. Here, ORMA”s star reporter and press liaison Andrea Burns interviews four members of the Transition Team.…
Interview with Nichole Mossalam, candidate for Malden School Committee
Our Revolution Massachusetts interviewed Nichole Mossalam, endorsed by Our Revolution Malden as candidate for school committee. Why did you decide to run for school committee in Malden? Before the election last year my son (in third grade at the time) came home from school crying and said, “Mom, my friend says he doesn’t like Muslims.”…
Report from Alicia Fleming, organizer of the October 1st racial justice march
Alicia Fleming, organizer for the Racial Justice March in Holyoke, MA on October 1st, seen here (L) on the steps of Holyoke City Hall with her son, Alex. (photo credit Liz Friedman) The idea: Over the summer there was a trend of nooses being left in public places such as the Smithsonian African American History…
Interview with Kevin Towle, candidate for State Representative in the First Berkshire District
“Even before Senator Sanders announced, I knew he was my candidate,” says Kevin Towle. Towle is running for State Representative in the First Berkshire County, which includes Adams, Cheshire, Clarksburg, Florida, Hancock, Lanesborough, New Ashford and Williamstown. “Since I studied politics, I thought Sanders’ ideas made a lot of sense and would make a better…
Report from Our Revolution Cambridge by Louise Parker
Our Revolution (OR) Cambridge conducted an extensive, as well as highly transparent and democratic process to select candidates for our City Council. It is a challenging city to engage in such an effort. First, the situation in Cambridge is exceptionally complex. There are 9 seats to be filled, all at large, and all via…
Two 2018 ballot questions aim to help reduce income inequality in the Bay State
The Bottom Line Contact: Andrea Burns press@ourrevolutionma.com Our Revolution Massachusetts Endorses 2018 Ballot Initiatives *See the EDIT and UPDATE at the bottom of this article for Affiliate specific information On September 6th, Attorney General Maura Healey certified twenty-one ballot proposals as constitutional and cleared for the next step in the 2018 ballot question process. Two of those proposals;…
Our Revolution Massachusetts Endorses Safe Patient Limits 2018 Ballot Initiative
For Immediate Release: August 21st, 2017 Contact: Andrea Burns (413) 210-5276 press@ourrevolutionma.com Our Revolution Massachusetts Endorses Safe Patient Limits 2018 Ballot Initiative Massachusetts– Evidence is overwhelming that safe patient limits save lives. However, outside of intensive care units, there is no law in Massachusetts limiting the number of patients assigned to a nurse at one time. Our…
Dispatches From the Field
An Interview with Peter Corbett “Now is the perfect time for progressives who supported Bernie Sanders to get involved in [Our Revolution Massachusetts] ORMA,” says Peter Corbett, Coordinator of the ORMA Field Team. “With local grassroots groups in every corner of the state, we’ll have a strong progressive infrastructure ready-to-go for the next election cycle.”…