Debbie Small is a long time MSAC member and served as the secretary of the Metro North Chapter, a volunteer position she would never have dreamed of holding three years ago. One day she finished teaching a line dance class at the Malden Senior Center (in 2013) and was wondering why the dining room was filled with so many people. Curiosity, thankfully, got the best of her and in she went. She could never have imagined that a seemingly tiny detour into the Metro North’s Chapter Meeting on that particular day would bring such profound changes into her life..."

She first heard about Mass Senior Action from John Bennett, former MSAC President. She often invited John to come to her social work college classes to talk about his work in the community. He would share about the accomplishments of MSAC and the power of this organization to bring about change through legislative advocacy and collective action. She joined MSAC and made a promise to myself that she would become more active in the organization when she retired..."

Rosa was born and raised in Alabama and came to Boston in 1964 after graduating from high school. She has lived in Lynn since 1996. She retired in 2010 after working for the State of Massachusetts for 30 years. After she retired she started going to the senior center in Lynn, and that’s where she first heard about MSAC...