Unhoused Advocacy Group proposed solutions almost a year ago, urges action with Covid funds
As a coalition of organizations that work directly with the unhoused, we want more investment in housing and health care including using federal Covid aid funds to create easy to access housing with staffing. Our proposal lays out a pathway to ensure that these units are sustainable beyond the initial funding.
A league of their own, finally a field of their own, but girls’ athletic facilities don’t compare to boys’
The new Glacken Field is fantastic, while the girls’ softball field of Danehy 3 – which some nickname “the frozen tundra” – is poorly thought out and bad for weather, drop-off and physically challenged family members. It’s still a man’s world, and our sports facilities are a place where young boys and girls learn that lesson very early.
On pursuing carbon net zero goals and offsets, some proposals take us in the wrong direction
An effective strategy for reducing greenhouse gases puts first priority on actual, verifiable emissions by current major polluters. Second priority should be local offsets. Global offsets have questionable value, and if allowed at all they should be only a small part of the total strategy, and permitted only after a rigorous process of evaluation of specific programs.
Cambridge risks driving away its best educators and undermining education with contract terms
Teachers and administrators have been offered an effective salary increase way under current levels of inflation, be evaluated based on test scores and are being asked to take on bigger class sizes and give up consultation on transfers. They’re even being asked to accept assignments as bus and sidewalk and cafeteria monitors.