Onward!

Progressive Democrats of Massachusetts (PDM) is delighted to announce that our membership has voted to endorse nineteen exciting progressive candidates for the state legislature. Each of these  candidates has been selected on the basis of a careful review of their positions on a wide range of issues and on interviews conducted by PDM to establish their strength as candidates.  And each of them has received the support of an overwhelming majority of PDM’s sustaining members in our endorsement voting process. The nineteen are: Senate RacesAdam Gomez is running against incumbent James Welch in the primary for the Hampden Senate District, which includes Springfield, Chicopee and West Springfield where Welch lives, and where he has focused his attention for years.  Adam is a strategic organizer and leader, adept at building alliances to achieve progressive goals. …

Forum on Career Technical Education in Essex County, 10 am – 1pm, Saturday, May 4 at Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School (ENSATS), 565 Maple Street, Hathorne, MA. Sponsored by the Education Working Group of Progressive Democrats of Massachusettes. How can Massachusetts educate the workforce required to fill the jobs of the future?  How can we provide educational opportunities that meet the needs, interests, and aptitudes of all our high school-aged students?  Is it acceptable for there to be thousands of young people languishing on wait-lists to get into the public schools that meet their needs?”  To learn more about these questions, please join us for a forum about the needs and opportunities for Career and Technical Education (CTE), (vocational education), sponsored by the Education Working Group of Progressive…