Working For Work, a support group for the area unemployed, is pleased to announce our next presentation, the documentary, Lemonade on Wednesday, February 23.
This movie follows the hopeful and creative experiences of a group of unemployed people living in Detroit – an economically devastated area of our country.
An in-depth discussion of our reaction will follow.
This event will take place at 10:00 a.m. at Grace Episcopal Church (104 N. Washington St., No Attleboro). There is no fee for this and all are welcome.
For further information call Katie Purvis at 617-331-5541.
Beetle Ranchers harvest rootballs for beetle nurseries.
The Neponset River Watershed Association seeks your help to raise little, brown, weed-eating beetles, this spring and summer.
Individuals, families, schools, scouts and organizations are invited to protect the Metro Boston natural environment with the help of a battalion of tiny beetles.
According to NepRWA Restoration Manager Carly Rocklen, “We offer a unique opportunity for people to get involved in hands-on, local environmental protection. Participants get to know a local parkland up close and personal, and they attain first-hand experience in restoring that very special environment and bringing back native wildlife and plants. Families work together in the sun and fresh air. It’s a win-win experience for each volunteer and for the Metro Boston environment.â€
Raising the beetles helps to boost native plant and animal diversity in the Fowl Meadow wetlands along the Neponset River. By chowing down on the infamous, omnipresent, exotic, invasive purple-flowering plant called “Purple loosestrife,†the beetles help restore balance between wetland species and produce a more wildlife-friendly wetland.
Beetle Ranchers must have: 1) A sunny yard with space to place a kiddie pool that is near a garden hose, and 2) Availability from March through July to participate in project activities.
Sign up to be a Beetle Rancher by contacting NepRWA Restoration Manager Carly Rocklen at 781-575-0354 x303 or rocklen@neponset.org. Learn more about Beetle Ranching at: http://www.neponset.org. View project pictures at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/neprwa.
Beetle Ranchers release beetles into the Fowl Meadow wetland along the Neponset River.
This project is implemented by the Neponset River Watershed Association and project partner the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation.
The Neponset River Watershed Association is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that works to protect and restore the Neponset River and its surrounding watershed lands and waterways. The Neponset River Watershed includes parts of 14 cities and towns: Boston, Canton, Dedham, Dover, Foxborough, Medfield, Milton, Norwood, Randolph, Quincy, Sharon, Stoughton, Walpole and Westwood.
Malden, MA – 1/28/11 — In a ceremony in his hometown of Malden, Massachusetts, and in the community center named after his parents, Congressman Edward J. Markey was named “Legislator of the Year†by MassAccess, the state chapter of Alliance for Community Media, for his long-time support of the uniquely hyper-local medium of Public, Educational & Government Access Television in the Commonwealth and across the country.
“For 35 years, Ed Markey has supported the idea and ideals of community TV, and recently renewed his efforts by strongly endorsing the “Community Access Preservation Actâ€, said Robert S. Kelly, Chair of MassAccess and the Executive Director of NewTV, “and today we wanted to show our collective appreciation of his words and deeds.â€
The ceremony was part of the MassAccess Annual Meeting held in the auditorium of the John & Christina Markey Community Center, and covered by Malden Access TV. The event will be cablecast on community TV channels in Massachusetts, across the country, on the MassAccess website and on YouTube.
In accepting the award, Markey said, “We must continue to support, and to fight for the spread of local Public, Education, and Government (PEG) access TV channels. PEG channels are the place where local citizens go to see and hear what is happening in their own community, and respond with their own voices to the needs of their cities and towns. I am honored to receive this award from MassAccess and I look forward to working with them to promote and preserve PEG access channels in the Commonwealth and across the country.â€
In his speech, Congressman Markey reminded the audience that “you can’t beg for freedom you have to take it, fight for itâ€, just as he vowed to fight hard to get the Community Access Preservation Act passed this year.
Mass Access is a volunteer non-profit group comprised of over 180 community media centers in Massachusetts and is part of the Alliance for Community Media (http://www.alliancecm.org). Mass Access holds educational conferences and technical seminars for community TV staff, board, and volunteers, and the general public. Mass Access has also been involved in setting up a statewide program distribution network to better serve communication needs of state agencies, elected officials, and non-profits. To see a video, go to: http://www.youtube.com/ACMNational.
