Donate to keep the APA on target in 2018–2019. American Philosophical Association.

Dear DAVID,

This year, thanks to members like you who have contributed generously to the American Philosophical Association, we have been able to expand the support and services we provide to philosophers and philosophy. Here are a few of the things we’ve accomplished this year:

• Awarded $25,000 through our Small Grants program to projects benefiting the philosophical community
• Provided $20,000 through our Diversity and Inclusiveness Grants program to fund projects aiming to increase the presence and participation of those from underrepresented groups
• Awarded 22 prizes and fellowships, including 2 new prizes added this year
• Released updated philosophy job market guidance documents
• Published the Guide for Undergraduate Philosophy Clubs and Groups
• Supported undergraduate diversity initiatives
• Launched the new APA Philosophy Meetings app
• Developed the APA Good Practices Guide
• Held three divisional meetings
• Joined with other learned societies to oppose program cuts and a proposal to tax tuition waivers
• Taken over the operations of the Up Directory

We’re proud of what we’ve accomplished in 2017–2018, but there is still so much more we want to do. In order to continue to promote philosophy within academia and in the public arena, we need your support.

As the end of the fiscal year approaches, I hope you will take a moment to donate to one or more of our donation funds and help us stay on target in 2018–2019. We have funds supporting diversity and inclusiveness, teaching, public philosophy, and more. We particularly appreciate donations to our general fund, which can be directed to wherever the need is greatest, and our endowment fund, which allows us to fund various grants and prizes, making them especially helpful in achieving our ambitious goals for the year ahead.

We’ve had 22 donors support the APA so far during this campaign—but to reach our goal of of 100 donors before the fiscal year ends on June 30, we need 78 more. Will you be one of those 78 donors? Help us stay on target. Donate today.

All the best,

Amy E. Ferrer
Executive Director

Resist Trump’s gag rule: Rally in Boston this Thursday. Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Massachusetts.

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I’m sure you heard – the Trump-Pence administration is preparing to launch its most dangerous attack on reproductive rights and health ever. Their domestic “gag rule” will restrict access for 4 million patients from the care and information they need to stay healthy, including birth control, STI testing and treatment, and lifesaving cancer screenings. Doctors and nurses across the country will be prevented from caring for their patients by forbidding them to make referrals for abortion. This is a cruel policy and it must be stopped.

Fight the Trump-Pence administration’s gag rule by rallying with us in downtown Boston.

Resist Trump's Gag Rule: Rally in Boston

Outside the John F. Kennedy Federal Building

15 Sudbury Street, Boston

Thursday, May 24

5:30 pm to 7:30 pm

RSVP Link

Facebook Event

This gag rule would be an unprecedented restriction on Title X, the nation’s family planning program, which serves over 66,000 people in Massachusetts. It is also specifically designed to hurt Planned Parenthood patients, which include over 40% of Title X patients nationally. We will not tolerate Trump’s cruel agenda.

We need your help to reject the Trump-Pence agenda. Sign up to fight back against their cruel attacks.

Thank you for standing with us in this fight – and I hope to see you on Thursday!

Sincerely,

Jennifer Childs-Roshak, MD, MBA

President

Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Massachusetts

P.S. Spread the word: Invite your friends and family to Thursday’s emergency rally on Facebook.

"One man and One woman." GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE MOLLY KELLY.

Dear David,

Did you see what Chris Sununu’s Republican Party did last weekend? During its annual convention, the state GOP embraced marriage as only between “one man and one woman” in its platform, excluding all other families.

We can’t let Republicans take us backward. We need Democrats to win in 2018, and that starts with the governorship in Concord. 

Did Chris Sununu reject this extreme platform and stand up for all families? No, in fact, he tweeted about how great the convention was and how “fired up” his supporters were.

Nearly a decade ago, I helped make New Hampshire one of the first states to pass marriage equality. I’ve always championed equal rights, and I played a key role in the New Hampshire Senate passing a state constitutional amendment in 2014 to ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. As governor, I’ll continue to build a New Hampshire that includes everyone.

Join me in rejecting discrimination and standing up for all of our families by supporting my campaign for governor of New Hampshire. 

Thank you.

Molly

Veterans Community Conversation May 26th. CONGRESSMAN DAVID CICILLINE.

Dear David,

We live in a free country thanks to the extraordinary actions, incredible bravery and dedicated service of our veterans. These heroic men and women have earned our gratitude, and deserve every opportunity to get ahead.

That’s why I am inviting veterans and their families to a Community Conversation on Saturday, May 26th from 12:00pm-2:00pm at the Slater Memorial Park Pavilion. To reach the pavilion, follow signs from the park entrances at 825 Armistice Boulevard, Pawtucket, or 426 Newport Avenue, Pawtucket.

A BBQ lunch will be served.   So that we may best serve...please RSVP to Marie Magee at  Marie.Magee@mail.house.gov  or call (401) 729-5600. 

More information is available on Facebook here . Please feel free to share this flyer and help to spread the word.