January General Meeting
Tue, 01/23/2007 - 6:45pm Tue, 01/23/2007 - 8:45pm | Somerville Main Library 79 Highland Avenue Somerville, MA 02143 see map: Google Maps |
Come to our next PDS Meeting! Please note the early start and end times (6:45 - 8:45pm) to accommodate closing time of the library. The Main Libarary is accessible by the 88 bus from Lechmere, Davis Square and Clarendon Hills.
Steering Committee Meeting
Tue, 01/09/2007 - 6:30pm Tue, 01/09/2007 - 8:30pm |
PDS Steering Committee will meet at its regular time on the Second Tuesday of the month
Know Your Rights Workshop
Wed, 12/06/2006 - 6:00pm | North St. Housing Development 268 Powderhouse Blvd Rear, Community Room Somerville, MA 02144 see map: Google Maps |
Your Rights and Responsibilities When Dealing With Police
Have you ever been stopped by police while driving? Or had officers knock on your door?
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS!
Join us for a free workshop on your rights and responsibilities when dealing with police.
FEATURING: Presentation by Attorney Jacques Dessin and speakers from the Somerville Police Department
Free refreshments!!
Interpreters available (Haitian Creole, Spanish, Portuguese)
Sponsored by: the Haitian Coalition of Somerville, Somerville Commission on Multicultural Affairs, and Somerville Human Rights Commission.
For more information, contact: Franklin Dalembert 617-625-6400 or Mary Lu Mendonca 617-625-6600 ext. 2165
Union Square Zoning Meeting
Mon, 11/20/2006 - 6:00pm | Public Safety Building 220 Washington St Somerville, MA 02143 see map: Google Maps |
On Monday, November 20 at 6pm in the Public Safety Building (220 Washington St.), the City will be hosting a Community Workshop on zoning changes proposed for Union Square. As the long-awaited Green Line extension becomes a more realistic possibility, and as the City proceeds with efforts to spark the revitalization of Union Square as a cultural and more exciting commercial/mixed use destination, housing activists are taking steps to address the inevitable displacement that will occur in the wake of escalating property values.
The Affordable Housing Organizing Committee will be seeking a zoning amendment to ensure and incentivize the creation of affordable housing so that Somerville's families don't get left out of Union Square's future.
Assembly Square Hearing
Thu, 11/16/2006 - 6:00pm | City Hall 93 Highland Ave Somerville, MA 02143 see map: Google Maps |
On Thursday, November 16 at 6pm at City Hall, the Planning Board is holding a public hearing on a development proposal for Assembly Square. As folks who've followed this issue know, the quality and scale of development at Assembly Square looms large in Somerville's future, in terms of critically needed commercial property tax revenues, open space along the Mystic River, creation of a new Orange Line T stop, creation of new jobs, management of traffic and pollution and their impact on East Somerville, and unlocking the potential for becoming one of the most important mixed use developments in Massachusetts, if not New England.
2006 State House Endorsements
The Progressive Democrats of Somerville endorse the following state legislators running in unopposed races:
State Senator Pat Jehlen
State Senator Jarrett Barrios
State Representative Carl Sciortino
State Representative Denise Provost
State Representative Tim Toomey
John Bonifaz for Secretary of State
The Progressive Democrats of Somerville endorse John Bonifaz for Massachusetts Secretary of State. John stands for accountability and open government, which are the cornerstone principles upon which PDS was founded. Deval Patrick for Governor
The Progressive Democrats of Somerville (PDS) is pleased to announce that by a 96% vote, it has endorsed Deval Patrick for Governor. During his decades of public service, first as a civil rights advocate, later as a member of the Clinton Administration Justice Department, and most recently as a gubernatorial candidate, Deval Patrick has demonstrated tremendous leadership defending civil liberties, protecting a woman's right to choose, and ensuring equal opportunity regardless of race, creed, disability, gender, or sexual preference, including the opportunity to marry.
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