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ATTENTION: New main phone number for Mass Senior Action: 617-284-1234
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CALL TO ACTION ALERT!
STOP the MBTA Attacks on Seniors & People with Disabilities The MBTA is facing a $161 million dollar deficit and has proposed severe service cuts & fare increases to close the gap - targeting seniors, people with disabilities, and students for the most extreme fare increases. The primary cause of the deficit is a large debt passed onto the MBTA by the Big Dig, not seniors and people with disabilities. Stop the attacks!
MBTA Plan Targets Seniors, People with Disabilities and Students
FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO GET INVOLVED CONTACT MASS SENIOR ACTION COUNCIL TODAY!********************
Read about what we have done...
Thanks for all who attended the
Mass Senior Action Biennial Convention...
It was a huge success!
Thursday, October 27, 2011
10am - 4pm - 150 Mt. Vernon Street, Dorchester
Workshops - Speakers - State Office Elections
$10 registration fee includes lunch and transportation
Sign up at your chapter meeting or call the office: 617-284-1234
Hearing at the State House on May 5, 2011
Taking a stand for the "Act to Invest in Our Communities"! Our schools, local aid, and emergency and health care services faced deep cuts this Spring. Meanwhile, wealthy investors and high-income households had their Bush-era tax cuts extended, worsening deficits and economic inequality. We need to invest in our communities and keep middle-class families working and earning! An Act to Invest in Our Communities (HD 2261/ SD 1012) does just that. While there will be substantial cuts in services this year, this bill takes a balanced approach to the fiscal crisis by raising revenue to maintain the services we need and value. Stop making cuts to critical programs and services for seniors and our communities—such as Adult Day Health programs, Home Care services, the Personal Care Attendants program, Elder Protective Services, Prescription Advantage, schools, and libraries—and start raising revenue so that we can Invest in our Communities! Click here for more information about the bill. Senior Action Day at the State House 2011
held on Wednesday March 9th in the Great Hall
Seniors carried the message to our legislators throughout the State House:
Stop the Cuts - Invest in our Communities!
 MSAC members strongly support legislation that would invest in our communities rather than cutting vital programs and services (An Act to Invest in our Communities). MSAC members also support legislation that guarantees first class health care coverage for every Massachusetts resident (Medicare For All). Click here for more information about these bills.
MSAC members spoke to their legislators throughout the State House about their budget priorities (click here for summary sheet). What Mass Senior Action members are concerned about:
Adult Day Health programs: an essential part of preventive care, allowing for frail elders to “age in place” while saving the state millions of dollars. Click here for Dolores H.'s story. click here for Information sheet
Home Care: funding cuts will cause people to be put on a waiting list for home care, which could lead many to unnecessary (and more costly!) premature placements in institutions. Click here for Information sheet
Personal Care Attendants program: PCAs offer assistance with “activities of daily living” that allow more than 19,000 residents of Massachusetts to live independent lives at home. Click here for information sheet
Protective Services: since 2008 reports of elder abuse have risen 31% - but the FY11 funding fell by 9%. Click here for information sheet
Prescription Advantage: Prescription Advantage coverage has been whittled down to nothing over the last several years. Click here for information sheet
Hear what some of our members had to say:
Mass. Seniors Rally Against Budget Cuts from Chris Lovett on Vimeo.  Over 200 Mass Senior Action senior activists from all corners of Massachusetts
came to make their voices heard
 Our main office has moved from 565 Warren Street!
we are now located at
150 Mt. Vernon Street - 2nd Fl
Dorchester, MA 02125
(home of SEIU1199, next to Doubletree Hotel and near the Bayside Expo Center,
in the large office building with the "Corcoran Jennison" sign on it)
Its our 30th anniversary this year!
Our senior activists are always hard at work, educating and advocating--
just take a look at our activities listed elsewhere on this site!
Your financial support keeps us on the front lines;
 Our MissionAs a democratic grassroots senior-run organization,
MSAC is committed to empowering seniors and others
to act collectively to promote the rights and well being of all people,
particularly vulnerable seniors.
Funded in part by
 and byAFSCME Council 93 Retirees
The Boston Foundation
Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA Corporation
Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA Foundation
Boston Carmen's Union
Boston Private Bank & Trust Company
Catholic Campaign for Human Development
Civic Engagement Initiative
Coalition for Social Justice
Common Stream
ETHOS
Greater Lynn Senior Services
Grimes King Foundation for the Elderly
Health Care For All
The Hyams Foundation
IUE-CWA Local 201
Ironworkers Local 7
Lynn Housing Authority & Neighborhood Development
Machinists Union Local 743
Margolis & Bloom
Massachusetts Law Reform Institute
Massachusetts Nurses Association
MCOA
National Association of Letter Carriers - Local 46 Springfield
North Shore Labor Council
Old Colony Elderly Services
Partners HealthCare Systems
Pioneer Valley Central Labor Council
Public Policy Institute
Amelia S. & Carlos P. Rockwell Charities Fund
Roberta Thall Charitable Trust
Roxbury Trust Fund
SEIU Local 509
SEIU 1199
Senior Whole Health
UAW Local 2322
UAW Retirees Council
UFCW Local 1459
Union Community Fund of Western MA
Villers Fund
Wainwright Bank
and many other generous funders and event sponsors ~
Thank you for your thoughtful support!
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