Massachusetts Jobs with Justice is a member of this coalition: Massachusetts COVID-19 Response Alliance: A People’s Response to COVID-19
A Platform for Immediate Relief and a Vision for a Just and Healthy Recovery in Massachusetts
In the context of a global pandemic, Massachusetts has become a COVID-19 “hotspot.” The profound impacts of this crisis include a toll on our health, jobs, and safety statewide. While none of us have escaped the impacts of the pandemic, the response to the virus has exacerbated deep, systemic inequalities in Massachusetts. At the same time, we have also seen mutual aid in action as community members reach out to each other across race and ethnicity, age, and creed.
What kind of Massachusetts do we want to see as we respond to the crisis and, eventually, create a “new normal”? The Massachusetts COVID-19 Response Alliance believes that our immediate and longer-term responses to the crisis must:
Prioritize working families
Advance racial justice
Deepen democracy
Invest in the public good
Put people and communities before big corporations
By raising our voices together, we’ve already seen positive change in Massachusetts and beyond. But we must continue to fight together now and in the future.