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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'>Hi PDM,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'>I see that these two PDM addresses are not subscribed to our Grassroots Organizing Committee list, which got the email below. Corinne Wingard and Jeanne Krieger are subscribed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'>Should these be subscribed too?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'>En la lucha,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'>Jon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Jon Weissman/Mass-Care [<a href="mailto:legislation@masscare.org">mailto:legislation@masscare.org</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 10, 2023 12:21 PM<br><b>To:</b> Mass-Care GO! Committee (<a href="mailto:GO-Committee@lists.mayfirst.org">GO-Committee@lists.mayfirst.org</a>) <<a href="mailto:GO-Committee@lists.mayfirst.org">GO-Committee@lists.mayfirst.org</a>>; Mass-Care Labor Committee (<a href="mailto:mclabor@lists.mayfirst.org">mclabor@lists.mayfirst.org</a>) <<a href="mailto:mclabor@lists.mayfirst.org">mclabor@lists.mayfirst.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Raise Up Mass Priority Agenda Setting Process<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'>If your organization is a Member of the RUM Coalition, I hope you’ve seen the emails below already. Mass-Care and Franklin County Continuing the Political Revolution (a Mass-Care Member) are RUM Members. FCCPR’s submission is attached. Ours is shaping up at <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cxzTYs_bmsCweO3PsoiDWZld_4_i37_y/">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cxzTYs_bmsCweO3PsoiDWZld_4_i37_y/</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'>En la lucha,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'>Jon<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Jon Weissman<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Chair, </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:red'><a href="https://www.masscare.org/"><span style='color:red'>Mass-Care: the Massachusetts Campaign for Single Payer Health Care</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Chair, Western Mass. Area Labor Federation </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:red'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/234139810934173/"><span style='color:red'>Health Care Committee</span></a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Co-Chair, </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:red'><a href="https://www.wmmedicareforall.org/"><span style='color:red'>Western Mass. Medicare for All</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>cell 413-250-5267</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <a href="mailto:raise-up-ma-partners@googlegroups.com">raise-up-ma-partners@googlegroups.com</a> [<a href="mailto:raise-up-ma-partners@googlegroups.com">mailto:raise-up-ma-partners@googlegroups.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Crisayda Belen<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 2, 2023 11:31 AM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi RUM Team -<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hope everyone's week is off to a great start and enjoying some of this cooler weather! Just wanting to send a quick mid-week reminder about our <b>new agenda-setting process for the coalition launch as we work to consider new Raise Up Massachusetts priorities for the months and years ahead and your feedback will be critical. </b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b>Please review the attached "agenda-setting sequence" calendar</b> and get back to Harris (<a href="mailto:harris.gruman@seiuma.org">harris.gruman@seiuma.org</a>) and myself (<a href="mailto:crisayda@field-first.com">crisayda@field-first.com</a>) with any questions or concerns right away! <b><u>DEADLINE for proposal submissions is THREE WEEKS from today, or FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, by COB. </u></b>We have already begun to get great submissions in!<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks a million in advance!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Best,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Crisayda<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 9:51 AM Harris Gruman <<a href="mailto:harris.gruman@seiuma.org">harris.gruman@seiuma.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Raise Up Coalition Member Organizations,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Given that we are not starting a ballot initiative process this fall, <b>we are instead launching a new agenda-setting process for the coalition!</b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>By early to mid-October, we hope to consider a new priority agenda of one, two, or MAXIMUM three issues that we can bring to victory over the next three years.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b>Please review the attached "agenda-setting sequence" calendar</b> and get back to myself and Crisayda with any questions or concerns right away!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>As we have done in the past, <b>the first step in the process is for those member organizations that wish to propose one or MAXIMUM two potential priority(ies) for the coalition to fill out and submit the attached form.</b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><u>DEADLINE for proposal submissions is THREE WEEKS from today, or FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, by COB.</u></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>As you will see on the form, key strategic considerations of your proposal, and how the proposal meets the criteria for Raise Up priorities need to be spelled out in the appropriate boxes.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>To review: priorities of Raise Up MA should "help build an economy that works for everyone." In addition, they should have a broad impact and a significant one, They should build our coalition (and your organization!), and, above all, be politically viable. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>NB: while work on our current defense of Fair Share revenues and our minimum wage legislation is ongoing (don't forget the minimum wage State House hearing on Tuesday, September 26, at 1:00 PM!), for revenue or minimum wages to continue to be a priority, they need to be proposed (also with a different focus if desired) to be considered for the new agenda.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>We look forward to seeing the proposals that come in!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Harris<br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Harris Gruman<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Executive Director<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>SEIU Massachusetts State Council<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>145 Tremont Street, Suite 202<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Boston, MA 02111<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>617-316-0443 (o); 617-909-4698 (c)<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Raise Up Steering Committee" group.<br>To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to <a href="mailto:raise-up-steering-committee+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">raise-up-steering-committee+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com</a>.<br>To view this discussion on the web visit <a href="https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/raise-up-steering-committee/CAHAACyZxtap1nyfp_GK5KfBmKezXz6SMLKHxU5eoDvNV3c1OPA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer" target="_blank">https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/raise-up-steering-committee/CAHAACyZxtap1nyfp_GK5KfBmKezXz6SMLKHxU5eoDvNV3c1OPA%40mail.gmail.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmailsignatureprefix>-- </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Crisayda Belén (she/her/hers)<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Campaigns Director, Field First<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i>(978) 590 - 1700</i><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Raise Up MA Partners" group.<br>To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to <a href="mailto:raise-up-ma-partners+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com">raise-up-ma-partners+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com</a>.<br>To view this discussion on the web visit <a href="https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/raise-up-ma-partners/CAAsv2xU71jvcRKNRBnMj7i9G79BQTyHsK-_Oq4w7RBA4zLJmDg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer">https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/raise-up-ma-partners/CAAsv2xU71jvcRKNRBnMj7i9G79BQTyHsK-_Oq4w7RBA4zLJmDg%40mail.gmail.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>