MASSACHUSETTS COMMUNITIES ACTION NETWORK INC
14 CUSHING AVENUE, DORCHESTER, MA 02125 www.mcan-pico.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: MCAN IS A FAITH AND VALUES ORGANIZING EFFORT WITH A RACIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE LENS. WE'RE ABOUT PEOPLE AND POWER, CHANGE. WE PRIORITIZE PEOPLE - THOSE CLOSEST TO THE PAIN. WE FOCUS ON OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRANSFORMATIONAL EXPERIENCES THAT ALLOW PEOPLE TO ARRIVE AT THEIR LIBERATION - FROM THEIR OWN FEAR, FROM THEIR OWN INTERNALIZED OPPRESSIONS, AND FROM THE DOMINANT NARRATIVE. THERE IS SO MUCH POWER THAT IS CREATED WHEN LIBERATED PEOPLE COME TOGETHER AND WE CONTINUE OUR WORK BY EXERCISING THAT POWER. WHEN WE BRING IT ALL TOGETHER WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE CONCRETE CHANGE.

MASSACHUSETTS COMMUNITIES ACTION NETWORK (MCAN): ENGAGED 500 PPLSTATEWIDE ON A SOLIDARITY EFFORT TO COMBAT HATE AND NEGATIVERHETORIC AS WELL AS POLICIES IN SUPPORT OF IMMIGRANTS. PLAYED AN ACTIVE AND, AT MANY TIMES,LEADERSHIP ROLE IN RAISE UP MA AND ON THE EDUCATION EQUITY FIGHT. RAISE UP MA FOCUSES ON ECONOMIC DISPARITY - A FAIR SHARE TAX CAMPAIGN,PAID FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE, AND $15 MIN WAGE. THE EDUCATION EQUITY EFFORT FOCUSES ON UPDATING THE FORMULA FOR SCHOOL FUNDING ACROSS THE STATE. THE YEAR WAS ABOUT ENGAGING, EDUCATING, AND ORGANIZING A BASE AROUND THESE ISSUES.YOUTH JOB COALITION (YJC)/ I HAVE A FUTURE (IHAF): ENGAGED, TRAINED, AND ACTIVATED OVER 1200 YOUTH STATEWIDE TO RALLY FOR YOUTH JOBS FUNDING AS WELL AS ORGANIZE FOR YOUTH EXPUNGEMENT.

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