Updates from Jo

On September 28 more than one thousand people from across the United States with the stated goal to end hunger in the United States by 2030 and tackle preventable, nutrition-related […]

Greetings from your State House, Election Day 2022 and the beginning of the next session (the 193rd session of the Massachusetts Legislature) are fast approaching. This newsletter is packed with [...]

I offered the following remarks at the September 18 celebration of the life and work of Dr. Marty Nathan in Florence:   “Every moment is an organizing opportunity. Every minute […]

The following are remarks I delivered at the UMass Amherst Elaine Marieb Center for Nursing and Engineering Innovation’s first annual symposium on nursing and engineering innovation on September [...]

I offered this reflection at the UMass Amherst School of Public Policy kick off on September 1, 2022. Thank you to the School of Public Policy for inviting me to […]

Written remarks offered at Pioneer Valley Regional School District’s school year kick off on August 29, 2022. (I cut them a bit on the spot for time!) So honored to […]

There is an upcoming opportunity to provide comments about the way the Commonwealth’s public lands are managed.  The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) is holding public listening [...]

Greetings, I’m still catching my breath from the final month of our two-year legislative session. July was a sprint at the end of a marathon as the House and Senate […]

Right before we finished our work for the year, the legislature passed a sweeping mental health bill, titled the Mental Health ABC Act: Addressing Barriers to Care (ABC) with my […]