It was an awakening to attend the FTG Summit in Danbury, NH last week.  For me, and many others attending from around New England, it was a first time, face-to-face meeting.   No hybrid; solely live.  A community center where a day’s long summit for climate and energy democracy activists was supremely hosted by Fix The Grid.

Kudos to Mireille Beijjani and members of Slingshot for positively reviving my association with face-to-face, day long events as genuine community and a feeling of belonging.  There were children happily mingling throughout the day and attending available day care.   A Spanish language interpreter provided real time translation.  Food greeted early morning travelers who drove through rain and snow to participate.  Lunch was a vegan taco bar.  There was water to fill personal containers but no plastic water bottles or drinks. A videographer and professional photographer documented the gathering. The entire space was filled with breakout groups discussing different levels of grid issues.  More details of the day, including a video recording, is coming soon.

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Speaker, program and registration information is available on the MassEnergize website.

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Hybrid Event: In person at First Parish Concord – 20 Lexington Rd and online. RSVP Here. 

Join the MA Environmental Justice Legislative Table to discuss the elephant in the room- how do we build the renewable distributed electric grid we need fast, while not repeating the mistakes of the past? Learn more about our vision for infrastructure, energy democracy, and centering frontline communities in the process- as well as the current policy proposal from the EJ Table to greenlight good projects fast and nip bad projects in the bud. 

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Given the current state of global affairs and a number of other priorities drawing the attention of the planning committee, this felt like the best decision in order to put the energy and intention into this summit that it deserves.

This will be an all-day affair at the Danville Community Center in Southern NH. It will be a space for building relationships between communities impacted by our grid, and for brainstorming campaign opportunities and collaboration.

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Members of the public are invited to comment on any topic of interest related to the GMAC and ESMPs via written comments at any time, or at one of the two listening sessions.
There will be two listening sessions: 

• GMAC Public Listening Session #1: October 30, 2023, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM

o   Webinar and registration link 

• GMAC Public Listening Session #2: November 1, 2023, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM

o   Webinar and registration link 

If you have a comment you wish to make on behalf of yourself or your organization, please message MA-GMAC@mass.gov at least 24 hours in advance of the listening session you wish to comment during with your name and affiliation. Speakers will be asked to identify themselves by name and affiliation and will have up to 3 minutes to comment. After all registered speakers have had the opportunity to comment, we will operate on a first-come first-served basis at the listening sessions, through using the “raise hand” function on Zoom. Members of the public may also send written comments at any time to MA-GMAC@mass.gov. All written comments will be posted on the GMAC website.

For language interpretation services, please email MA-GMAC@mass.gov by October 23rd. (Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, Cape Verdean Creole, Haitian Creole, Vietnamese, and American Sign Language (ASL).)

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You can RSVP for the event here.

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From DOER: If you have a comment you wish to make on behalf of yourself or your organization, please message MA-GMAC@mass.gov at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting you wish to comment during with your name and affiliation. Speakers will have up to 3 minutes to speak on any topics of interest related to the GMAC. Members of the public may also send written comments at any time to MA-GMAC@mass.gov.

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