Legislative Advocacy Skills, Strategies, and Solidarity: Building Collective Power to Change the Law

This event will bring together Boston-area legal and community organizations to share the legislative advocacy skills and strategies that they have employed in their efforts to promote greater healing, dignity, and freedom in Massachusetts. The panel will be followed by a Q&A session. This event is geared towards those interested in legislative advocacy across several issue areas, including decarceration, jail/prison conditions, housing justice, and immigration justice. We welcome anyone who is brand new to advocacy and who would like to learn what it entails, as well as more experienced advocates looking to build community. Event Schedule: 10:30-10:45: Welcome 10:45-11:30: Legislator Panel Rep. Chris Worrell Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa Rep. Erika Uyterhoeven Rep. Samantha Montaño 11:30-12:30: Advocates and Organizers Panel Nithya Badrinath (Jane Doe Inc) Virginia Benzan and Andrea Park (Massachusetts Law Reform Institute) Carolyn Chou (Homes for All Massachusetts) Cynthia Kussy-Goldberg (Campaign to End Life Without Parole) Jesse White (Prisoners’ Legal Services) Mallory Hanora and Angie Jefferson (Families for Justice as Healing) 12:30: Closing