tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88009658045176815572024-03-12T21:58:18.577-04:00Alice Wolf's new blogAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18358490163506987157noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8800965804517681557.post-46601200686270800732014-03-17T17:32:00.001-04:002014-03-17T17:33:00.132-04:00NYT ARTICLE ON RON SUSSKIND AND HIS AUTISTIC SONThis is the link to the fascinating description of a family's response to their autistic son. It is a tribute to the family and to both sons.<br />
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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/09/magazine/reaching-my-autistic-son-through-disney.htmlAlice Wolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14494669927170283400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8800965804517681557.post-38911831187564307182014-01-15T16:11:00.002-05:002014-01-15T16:14:38.292-05:00STEVE GROSSMAN SUPPORTS IN-STATE TUITION<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.masslive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/01/viewpoint_college-bound_immigr.html"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #660099; font-family: Arial;">Viewpoint: College-bound immigrants deserve in-<em><span style="font-style: normal;">state tuition</span></em></span></a></span></b> by <span style="font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Steve
Grossman </span>January 14, 2014 Masslive.com<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Massachusetts has been America’s laboratory for experimentation
and innovation for nearly four centuries.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Yet in 2014, our Commonwealth’s commitment to progressive public
policy designed to aid our most vulnerable children has fallen behind.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Seventeen states, including Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, and Utah –
not exactly hotbeds of progressive politics, have passed legislation or
implemented policies allowing undocumented immigrants who graduate from a local
high school to receive in-state tuition rates at public colleges and
universities.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Even New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, widely considered one
of the GOP’s top presidential prospects in 2016, recently signed in-state
tuition into law.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">So why does Massachusetts lag when others lead?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Immigrants searching for a land filled with opportunities and a
better life settled on Massachusetts as the birthplace of freedom in the New
World.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">But currently, only immigrants with a federal work permit are
eligible for in-state tuition. In 2012, President Obama announced Deferred
Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a federal program allowing immigrants who
came to the United States as children under the age of 16, along with other
requirements, to gain work authorization. Yet many students in Massachusetts
remain ineligible for the in-state tuition rate, having not yet obtained a
federal work permit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Pending legislation on Beacon Hill can change that. This year,
legislators can continue our proud history of leading America by passing “An
act regarding tuition equity for high school graduates in the Commonwealth,” a
bill sponsored by Representative Denise Provost and Senator Linda Dorcena
Forry. The bill grants undocumented immigrants access to in-state tuition, with
its key provision requiring they attend high school for three years in
Massachusetts and graduate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">This bill is a win for our schools, our students, our families,
and our economy. I urge my colleagues in the legislature to bring it to a vote
and pass it without delay.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Few undocumented immigrants can afford to pay out-of-state
tuition rates. Offering them in-state tuition would provide our 29 public
colleges and universities with about $2 million in new revenues during the
first year alone, according to the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation. By the
fourth year that revenue would increase to between $6 and $7 million.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Because the number of students likely to enroll remains fewer
than 1,000, schools would not incur high costs and instead would actually
profit from this policy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">We need our talented, innovative, and imaginative young people
to stay here in Massachusetts. We can’t afford to lose a single motivated young
person and miss out on the contribution he or she will make to our
rapidly-changing innovation economy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Yet passing this legislation is not only a question of economics
or politics.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Fundamentally, it’s a question about what type of society we
want to live in.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Will we be a Commonwealth that provides all its children who
work hard and play by the rules, regardless of where they come from and what
they look like, with the resources they need to create a brighter future?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">It’s time to make fairness and common sense central ingredients
of our state’s immigration policy when our national policy, paralyzed for years
by Washington’s partisan gridlock, is both inequitable and illogical.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">It’s time to level the playing field for hard-working immigrants
who grew up with an unwavering belief in the American Dream – the idea that
educational achievement translates to economic mobility – yet suddenly see that
dream collapse after 12th grade with the daunting price tag of a college
education.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">It’s time we honor the centuries-old principle of opportunity
that built this country – the principle that says if you work hard to raise a
family and educate your children, they can build a better life because of your
sacrifices.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Immigrant children who grew up with an unshakeable devotion to
this Commonwealth and this country are not asking for much. They simply want a
chance to go to school and build a career.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Who are we, as elected officials, to get in their way?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Washington may be broken, but that has never stopped
Massachusetts from leading the way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">So let’s not play politics with our children and their future.
Let’s allow hard-working high school students who come from another country the
opportunity to go to college.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Massachusetts has been America’s laboratory for experimentation
and innovation for nearly four centuries.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Yet in 2014, our Commonwealth’s commitment to progressive public
policy designed to aid our most vulnerable children has fallen behind.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Seventeen states, including Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, and Utah –
not exactly hotbeds of progressive politics, have passed legislation or
implemented policies allowing undocumented immigrants who graduate from a local
high school to receive in-state tuition rates at public colleges and
universities.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Even New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, widely considered one
of the GOP’s top presidential prospects in 2016, recently signed in-state
tuition into law.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">So why does Massachusetts lag when others lead?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Immigrants searching for a land filled with opportunities and a
better life settled on Massachusetts as the birthplace of freedom in the New
World.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">But currently, only immigrants with a federal work permit are
eligible for in-state tuition. In 2012, President Obama announced Deferred
Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a federal program allowing immigrants who
came to the United States as children under the age of 16, along with other
requirements, to gain work authorization. Yet many students in Massachusetts
remain ineligible for the in-state tuition rate, having not yet obtained a
federal work permit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Pending legislation on Beacon Hill can change that. This year,
legislators can continue our proud history of leading America by passing “An
act regarding tuition equity for high school graduates in the Commonwealth,” a
bill sponsored by Representative Denise Provost and Senator Linda Dorcena
Forry. The bill grants undocumented immigrants access to in-state tuition, with
its key provision requiring they attend high school for three years in
Massachusetts and graduate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">This bill is a win for our schools, our students, our families,
and our economy. I urge my colleagues in the legislature to bring it to a vote
and pass it without delay.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Few undocumented immigrants can afford to pay out-of-state
tuition rates. Offering them in-state tuition would provide our 29 public
colleges and universities with about $2 million in new revenues during the
first year alone, according to the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation. By the
fourth year that revenue would increase to between $6 and $7 million.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Because the number of students likely to enroll remains fewer
than 1,000, schools would not incur high costs and instead would actually
profit from this policy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">We need our talented, innovative, and imaginative young people
to stay here in Massachusetts. We can’t afford to lose a single motivated young
person and miss out on the contribution he or she will make to our
rapidly-changing innovation economy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Yet passing this legislation is not only a question of economics
or politics.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Fundamentally, it’s a question about what type of society we
want to live in.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Will we be a Commonwealth that provides all its children who
work hard and play by the rules, regardless of where they come from and what
they look like, with the resources they need to create a brighter future?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">It’s time to make fairness and common sense central ingredients
of our state’s immigration policy when our national policy, paralyzed for years
by Washington’s partisan gridlock, is both inequitable and illogical.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">It’s time to level the playing field for hard-working immigrants
who grew up with an unwavering belief in the American Dream – the idea that
educational achievement translates to economic mobility – yet suddenly see that
dream collapse after 12th grade with the daunting price tag of a college
education.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">It’s time we honor the centuries-old principle of opportunity
that built this country – the principle that says if you work hard to raise a
family and educate your children, they can build a better life because of your
sacrifices.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Immigrant children who grew up with an unshakeable devotion to
this Commonwealth and this country are not asking for much. They simply want a
chance to go to school and build a career.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Who are we, as elected officials, to get in their way?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Washington may be broken, but that has never stopped
Massachusetts from leading the way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">So let’s not play politics with our children and their future.
Let’s allow hard-working high school students who come from another country the
opportunity to go to college.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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SEE CAMBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES' NIGHT<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I moderated this forum</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">CCTV will broadcast our recent City Council Candidates Forum on</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The video is also available online at:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: nowrap;">The article answers a research study done by the CATO Institute, a very conservative think tank, on welfare recipients.</span><br />
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Watch Hillary Clinton's speech this past weekend. Note her continuing commitment to our youngest children<br />
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<span style="color: #343c54; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hope you were able to see Secretary Clinton's opening remarks at CGI America <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1823938155" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Thursday</span></span>where she talked about her excitement to support the visionary work of the Clinton Foundation and outlined the work she will take on with the Foundation – promoting early childhood development, creating more opportunity for girls and women, and strengthening economic development in the U.S.<br /><br />In case you missed it, you can watch her inspiring remarks <a href="http://e.clintonfoundation.org/t?r=1925&c=3550482&l=56657&ctl=477912F:4F2045FF4E68449B9B823FB98F3BE5CD4F3E9E76E8C7CE8F&" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003366;"><b>here</b></span></a>.</span></div>
<span style="color: #343c54; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://e.clintonfoundation.org/t?r=1925&c=3550482&l=56657&ctl=477912F:4F2045FF4E68449B9B823FB98F3BE5CD4F3E9E76E8C7CE8F&" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><img alt="Clinton Foundation" border="0" src="http://media.whatcounts.com/clintonfoundation/images/2013/HRC_EmailImg4.jpg" height="310" width="550" /></a></span><span style="color: #343c54; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Secretary Clinton also announced a new project with Next Generation to help parents, businesses, and communities take meaningful action to provide our youngest generation with a strong foundation for success. Learn more about <a href="http://e.clintonfoundation.org/t?r=1925&c=3550482&l=56657&ctl=4779130:4F2045FF4E68449B9B823FB98F3BE5CD4F3E9E76E8C7CE8F&" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003366;"><b>Too Small to Fail</b></span></a>.<br /><br />We are grateful to have Secretary Clinton's vision and expertise and Chelsea's continued passion and dedication at the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation. The entire Clinton family has always been dedicated to public service, and now through the Clinton Foundation, they will continue to work on creating lasting solutions to some of the most pressing challenges of the 21st century.<br /><br />And because we know you share their dedication to building a stronger, more inclusive world, we hope you will continue to be an integral part of our work. Please join our new Clinton Foundation community at <a href="http://e.clintonfoundation.org/t?r=1925&c=3550482&l=56657&ctl=4779131:4F2045FF4E68449B9B823FB98F3BE5CD4F3E9E76E8C7CE8F&" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003366;"><b>Facebook.com/ClintonFoundation</b></span></a> and follow us on Twitter at<a href="http://e.clintonfoundation.org/t?r=1925&c=3550482&l=56657&ctl=4779132:4F2045FF4E68449B9B823FB98F3BE5CD4F3E9E76E8C7CE8F&" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003366;"><b>@ClintonFdn</b></span></a> for the latest news on our work and to learn how you can help improve even more lives and take action on global challenges.<br /><br />We know that when we work together anything is possible.<br /><br />Thank you, as always, for your support.<br /><br />Bruce Lindsey<br /><br />Chief Executive Officer<br />Clinton Foundation </span></td></tr>
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Alice Wolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14494669927170283400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8800965804517681557.post-5966144008126608502013-04-26T14:07:00.000-04:002013-04-26T14:14:30.910-04:00CRLSstrong AND THE MARATHON DAY BOMBINGS<br />
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Cambridge, Mass. -- The CRLSstrong Community Gathering (twitter: #CRLSstrong)
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In the aftermath of the Marathon Day bombings, all of us continue to grieve for those who died and their families and those who were seriously injured and their families. The resiliency of the community is remarkable but, even on these spring days, there is a strong chill in the air due to these events.<br />
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For many people in Cambridge, these events have come very close to home. For our neighbors, family members were seriously hurt. Others have friends who were affected.<br />
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Especially for young people, the fact that one of the bombers was a a member of the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School community, a very highly regarded recent graduate, is shocking. After this news spread over night, our children, and those of other friends, called early in the morning to report the news in case we had not heard. Classmates and teachers of the suspect expressed dismay and even disbelief -- having known him is a responsible, friendly, smart person.<br />
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CRLS is known for its diversity and the learning experience that comes from going to school with people of many backgrounds. Sure there are cliques as there are among teenagers and we do not think of it as Utopia There are plenty of challenges and difficulties there. But we in Cambridge do think of CRLS as a community that fosters learning and personal growth.<br />
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<br />Alice Wolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14494669927170283400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8800965804517681557.post-40908444336576898472013-04-10T16:33:00.002-04:002013-04-10T16:34:46.476-04:00<b>BE SHOCKED -- FAMILY HOMELESSNESS IN MA</b><br />
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The Massachusetts Law Reform Institute came out with a report today that documents how badly low-income homeless families are being treated in Massachusetts. I worked on this issue when I was in the Legislature. While there are some positive, though underfunded, efforts underway to provide longer term housing, these efforts are far from assuring that all families have a roof over their heads.<br />
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The safety net has more than frayed in this period of recession in which family situations are tougher for more families. It has large holes.<br />
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I am particularly concerned about the children in these families. We now have research that shows the enormously negative impact that great stress has on the brains of young children. Continued stress is toxic and this is a life time impact on the brain and life of these children.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18358490163506987157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8800965804517681557.post-82126277984199608632013-04-08T16:12:00.000-04:002013-04-08T16:12:39.068-04:00VULNERABLE FAMILIES: PLATFORM PLANKS FOR DEMOCRATS<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18358490163506987157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8800965804517681557.post-1281795750543663772013-03-29T17:16:00.001-04:002013-03-29T17:17:30.082-04:00MARY BONAUTO -- A HERO IN THE GLBTQ COMMUNITY <br />
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The following article highlighting the years of strategic leadership and legal work by Mary Bonauto appeared in the New York Times yesterday after US Supreme Court hearings on the constitutionality of proposition 8 in California and on the federal DOMA.<br />
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Mary Bonauto, of Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders, has only a sideline seat this week, but she spent a decade plotting a careful strategy.</div>
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The article gives Mary appropriate credit for her work on same-sex marriage. </div>
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For me, there is more to say. Mary was the lawyer who helped me and the members of the Domestic Partners task force I created when I was Mayor of Cambridge in 1990 to draft the Cambridge Domestic Partners' ordinance. Remember part of recent history is, when that ordinance passed the Cambridge City Council in 1992, (by a 5-4 vote that was a bold step. </div>
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Mary was also involved in my years of legislative work on both domestic partners and same sex marriage.</div>
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I had the pleasure of being present for the oral arguments in the Massachusetts marriage case. Mary's presentation was superb and, of course, the outcome changed history.</div>
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Besides her superb strategic sense and legal capabilities, Mary is one of the nicest people I know. That comes across in her sensitivity to the judges and, though I am not an expert on this, would give her a leg up before any judge. </div>
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I am proud to know Mary Bonauto and consider her a friend. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18358490163506987157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8800965804517681557.post-30882794712267486632013-03-22T13:31:00.001-04:002013-03-22T13:32:57.691-04:00SAME SEX MARRIAGE -- FASCINATING LEGAL HISTORY<br />
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Thanks to Arthur Lipkin for emailing this article to me.<br />
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As someone who has been a leader in furthering gay rights for many years, the history is fascinating and the progress is gratifying. Let us remember, however, there are still many places where discrimination reigns and where people are hurt as a result.Alice Wolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14494669927170283400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8800965804517681557.post-50751723154331313072013-03-19T15:15:00.000-04:002013-03-19T15:15:14.562-04:00MA DEMS HOLD PLATFORM HEARING APRIL 6<br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial;">Party platforms sometimes seem like only words. However, they do represent the views of the party at a given period of time. They can be more than words if elected officials are held accountable for the planks they contain.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial;">There is an extensive process of hearings in which the public can make known their concerns . Then a Platform Committee crafts the actual document. The party convention then endorses, or amends, that document to have a final platform for the coming years.</span></div>
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join us on April 6<sup>th</sup> to help shape the values and vision for
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stand for when it comes to climate change and sustainability?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Symbol;">·</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial;">How should we address
vulnerable populations and issues such as homelessness, poverty, and
immigration?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Symbol;">·</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial;">How do we feel about
the progressive revenues and expenditures proposals presented by Governor
Patrick?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Symbol;">·</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial;">What are the Democratic
solutions to housing, transportation, and infrastructure?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial;">This will be the last opportunity to weigh in before Cambridge’s
thoughts on the platform are sent to the drafting committee and voted on at the
convention</span>Alice Wolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14494669927170283400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8800965804517681557.post-14411679400705103112013-03-10T15:24:00.001-04:002013-03-19T15:15:44.931-04:00SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITIES<br />
and the people in them.<br />
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Read governor's Patrick's testimony to the House ways and Means Committee on Friday, March 8 when inches of snow were falling outside.<br />
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http://www.mass.gov/governor/pressoffice/speeches/0308-budget-hearing-testimony.html<br />
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The Governor talked about the importance of investing in transportation and education -- both important for our residents and for our economic future.<br />
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There will be a <b>rally</b> at the State House to support the Governor's proposals. Sponsored by the Campaign for our Communities<br />
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<b>TUESDAY, MARCH 12 AT 11 AM</b><br />
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<b>If you are looking for a way to support our future, show up or send others that can.</b><br />
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<br />Alice Wolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14494669927170283400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8800965804517681557.post-55525856955374519592013-03-08T17:34:00.000-05:002013-03-08T17:34:00.714-05:00Yesterday, March 7, Paul Solomon interviewed Professor Jerome Kagan, behavioral psychologist from Harvard, on the extension of the PBS Newshour. The subject was the nurturing and education of poor children. Professor Kagan emphasizes the enormous educational gaps between poor kids and middle class kids.<br />
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The conversation can be found at<br />
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Look for "depressing data about early childhood"<br />
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Although the conversation is a little depressing, as an early education advocate, I am impressed by the number of very public places that the issue of early education and care is now being addressed: the Governor's state-of-the-state address, the President's State of the Union address, the editorial pages of a number of newspapers, etc. Perhaps this dialogue will move the issue forward a little faster.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18358490163506987157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8800965804517681557.post-83820793291338742522013-02-17T16:55:00.002-05:002013-02-17T16:57:37.388-05:00EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION <br />
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-- for poor children and our economy<br />
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Art Rolnick, a former economist at the Minnesota Federal Reserve bank, is a passionate advocate for high quality early childhood education -- as am I. The article<br />
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<a href="http://www.minnpost.com/driving-change/2012/04/making-case-early-ed-art-rolnick-has-had-enormous-impact" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" target="_blank">http://www.minnpost.com/<wbr></wbr>driving-change/2012/04/making-<wbr></wbr>case-early-ed-art-rolnick-has-<wbr></wbr>had-enormous-impact</a><br />
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describes the path that led him to become so passionate. Try 16% return on investment.<br />
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Governor Patrick and President Obama highlighted this issue this year in their annual addresses. Now we need our congressional and state legislative leaders to act.<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18358490163506987157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8800965804517681557.post-16585025827453545062013-02-17T15:49:00.001-05:002013-02-17T15:52:10.463-05:00<table cellspacing="16" style="background-color: #f0f4f5; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; width: 601px;"><tbody>
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Betty Friedan prompted a revolution in attitudes. But our system still favors old stereotypes.</div>
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Alice Wolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14494669927170283400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8800965804517681557.post-4690935588344679582013-02-14T14:40:00.000-05:002013-02-14T14:41:58.872-05:00<b>See Dr. Brazelton's White House award ceremony</b><br />
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approximately 11:00am EST on February 15</strong>. </span>Alice Wolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14494669927170283400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8800965804517681557.post-26641712132622322202013-02-13T17:35:00.001-05:002013-02-13T17:35:58.697-05:00CAMBRIDGE HIGHER ED SCHOLARSHIPS<br />
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Do you want to apply for a higher education scholarship for 2013-2014? Here is the information supplied by Minka Von Beuzecom<br />
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Alice Wolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14494669927170283400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8800965804517681557.post-79944414577859492212013-02-08T18:50:00.003-05:002013-02-08T18:50:31.807-05:00Berry Brazelton<br />
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Renowned Cambridge pediatrician and now serving young children, particularly those from low-income families, will be honored by President Obama later in February. Dr. Brazelton, now 94 years old, is still going strong and working hard on our children's and communities" future. "I may be 94 years old, but I'm not done," says Dr. Brazelton.<br />
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<strong>T. Berry Brazelton, MD to receive </strong><strong style="font-size: 14pt;">Presidential Citizens Medal at White House ceremony</strong></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">On Friday, February 15, President Obama will award Dr. Brazelton</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> the<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001i2YGBjv2KH5wyWuJHOMzI6SMue-BlJMICIHV9ivz2ko9vdKdLtdjOD8Cr5fyjXeXfZs2p4qrp3ip1zafWgnifUh_rd2qjwHUFDY0_ZTKo1ChqdX-2jxkGoE1DTg-Fx0eBWGA7cJ8ZcyPuLYS6EwEPQCqEa2NKRXfkX4n4fmYKbNjukmqldljCp9ndNcHWjIkuWjKhJ7_7LQ6sxD_UiUtL2GxxDdXhgXIW5VVmjLDCnD-Y9WsEtmAkOgl4j_LCqf-ePol7hFi6_3lPJ1O40sOUj1rQZ7rPTQILndikFxL3ooYYVqVgQ7J8m-M0Xc8Mb22apM_3_Iwxmh0ZtiEE3tn7CRkZldNzmEnmaKaycSgGJymS6nUeEv0mmDhiL_wDCItGH_mp9zDV-JwhZDJ3u4Cb0n3zaLbabJZl67f6PvIhy0I7nLAYlpkWWf7KcrAwKIM" shape="rect" style="color: #005b99;" target="_blank" title="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001i2YGBjv2KH5wyWuJHOMzI6SMue-BlJMICIHV9ivz2ko9vdKdLtdjOD8Cr5fyjXeXfZs2p4qrp3ip1zafWgnifUh_rd2qjwHUFDY0_ZTKo1ChqdX-2jxkGoE1DTg-Fx0eBWGA7cJ8ZcyPuLYS6EwEPQCqEa2NKRXfkX4n4fmYKbNjukmqldljCp9ndNcHWjIkuWjKhJ7_7LQ6sxD_UiUtL2GxxDdXhgXIW5VVmjLDCnD-Y9WsEtmAkOgl4j_LCqf-ePol7hFi6_3lPJ1O40sOUj1rQZ7rPTQILndikFxL3ooYYVqVgQ7J8m-M0Xc8Mb22apM_3_Iwxmh0ZtiEE3tn7CRkZldNzmEnmaKaycSgGJymS6nUeEv0mmDhiL_wDCItGH_mp9zDV-JwhZDJ3u4Cb0n3zaLbabJZl67f6PvIhy0I7nLAYlpkWWf7KcrAwKIM">Presidential Citizens Medal</a>, the nation's second-highest civilian honor. </span>Accepting on behalf of all children and their families, and all who protect and care for them, Dr. Brazelton is among a small number of recipients selected from nearly 6,000 nominations for this distinguished honor.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Says Dr. Brazelton, "I may be 94 years old, but I'm not done. We must all speak up for the children we care for who so often are unable to speak for themselves. We know so much more now than back when I began practicing pediatrics more than 60 years ago. But we must do more to act on what we know if we are to ensure that all children grow up to become adults who can cope with adversity, strengthen their communities, </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">constructively participate in civic life and nurture the next generation to be prepared to do the same."</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18358490163506987157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8800965804517681557.post-52862320748329588292013-01-30T20:11:00.000-05:002013-01-30T20:25:23.163-05:00Invest in poor children - Nicholas Kristof<span style="background-color: #f0f4f5; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><br /></span>
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The Governor is asking the Commonwealth to make substantial investments in education and transportation for the long term growth of the Commonwealth and its people.<br />
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I gave my farewell speech in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in<br />December, 2012.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18358490163506987157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8800965804517681557.post-76287161876405075912013-01-14T21:47:00.002-05:002013-01-14T21:47:54.106-05:00welcomeWelcome to my new blog which will replace my State Representative web site.<br />
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