The JP Forum is hosting a panel co-sponsored by 350 Massachusetts/Better Future Project and the Coalition for a Clean Energy Future on carbon pricing on Wednesday November 4th at 7:00 pm at the First Church Jamaica Plain, 6 Elliot St., Jamaica Plain
Andrew Zimbalist provided hard facts and numbers regarding Boston hosting the Olympics in 2024 and urged us all to continue to organize against the Boston 2024 bid that will not serve our city, economically or otherwise.
What is the West Roxbury Lateral Pipeline? Where will it go? Will it lower our energy costs? What are the risks? Why are Mayor Walsh and all our elected officials concerned about it? How can a federal agency overrule our community concerns?
Book Talk with Tom Hayden–based on unprecedented access to both Cuban and American officials, a book that offers fresh insight into one of history’s most enigmatic relationships between nation-states—from one of America’s best-known voices of political and social activism.
The 5th annual State of Our Neighborhood, organized by JPNET, JPNDC, SJPHC, ESMS, JP Forum and numerous neighborhood organizational co-sponsors was held on Febuary 26th. Over three hundred people came together to discuss housing justice issues within Jamaica Plain and Boston. The audience heard from several local officials as they committed to promote just-cause evictions, secure more affordable housing and fight for livable wages.