What happened to Lawrence’s water?
“We don’t know how much damage we’ve done to our kids and our grandchildren, let alone ourselves. It’s profit over lives, it really is.”
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The corporation keeping us hooked on fossil fuels
We deserve an energy grid that is responsive to the needs of ratepayers and the people living with climate catastrophe and pollution, not fossil fuel executives and utilities.
Read More30th of March 2021
Unknowingly drinking contaminated water
When Lawrence and Penny found out their community’s water was polluted, the many health problems he sees in his community started to make sense.
Read More29th of March 2021
Climate Bill Finally Becomes Law: Grassroots Activists Across Massachusetts Celebrate Landmark Victory
Today, after months of back-and-forth with the legislature, Governor Baker has finally signed the Next Generation Climate Roadmap bill into law.
Read More19th of March 2021
Training Series: Making Digital Organizing Accessible
If you’re working in rural areas where reliable internet connection may be inaccessible, or poor communities where technology may be unaffordable, or communities with low technology literacy, it’s critical to make sure everyone has what they need to participate in organizing online.
Read More15th of March 2021
One year later
In the past year since the pandemic hit the U.S., we’ve re-learned some hard lessons about the deadly impacts of inequality.
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Celebrating 15 years of Sylvia
This week, on the anniversary of her first day at Community Action Works, we’re celebrating 15 years of Sylvia’s organizing and leadership that has made the organization what we are today.
Read More18th of February 2021
Training Series: Understanding Technical Documents
In Understanding Technical Documents, the next webinar in our virtual training series, we answer questions like: How can I understand technical documents? How can I make the data meaningful? How can I use this information in my campaign?
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Baker, No Biomass: Springfield residents gather at Baker’s office to protest biomass rules rollback
Western Massachusetts residents spoke out against Governor Baker’s energy regulation rollbacks on Wednesday to protect their communities from a toxic biomass plant proposed for Springfield.
Read More17th of February 2021
COALITION CALLS ON GOVERNOR TO TAKE ACTIONAS STATE FINALIZES THE NEW TEN YEAR PLAN FOR WASTE, NEW REPORT PROVIDES ROADMAP TO ZERO WASTE
In a letter to the Governor, along with a report release, the coalition Zero Waste Massachusetts points out that landfills are leaking into drinking water wells, like in Southbridge, cancer-causing dioxins are spewing out of incinerator smokestacks in Saugus, the amount of trash we produce has dire public health consequences, and another course must be charted.
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