Massachusetts Jobs with Justice (Mass JwJ) invited the community to our virtual panel “No Shaming Your Shackles” on February 25th. During the event, a panel of speakers who have been directly impacted by incarceration shared their stories and inspired us to action through poetry, song, music and speeches.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the issues working families have been facing for decades— unpredictable work schedules, fluctuating paychecks, and underemployment. These families struggle to meet basic expenses and to plan for childcare, meals, and medical appointments. Most notably, this pandemic has hurt working women and mothers, who are being forced out of the workplace at alarming rates, especially Black and Latinx women and mothers.
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On February 23rd, Massachusetts Jobs with Justice hosted the event “Injustice in the Air: Climate, Race, and Health Justice in Western Massachusetts”. It was an incredible event, and especially incredible for us to be able to host so many amazing speakers, and to have such a big, attentive audience!
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We fight on the frontlines of many fronts and even with all these people fighting sometimes we still feel very alone. Many times we can’t seem to shake the feeling of running in place and ever reaching our destination, our shared goals. We have good intentions but we’ve been on the wrong path.
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