November 12, 2019

Access Letter News and Information for the Access-Minded

Listening Session on Fair Housing Issues in Cambridge, PB Voting Season Nears, & More!

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Please Join Us at a Listening Session on Fair Housing in Cambridge 6:00 - 8:00 PM Wednesday, November 13 Citywide Senior Center 806 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge The City of Cambridge invites you to share your experiences with fair housing in Cambridge. Information gathered will help the City better understand barriers to fair housing so that these issues can be considered as part of the City’s planning for use of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funding in future years. CART will be provided. READ MORE

Make Your Voice Heard: Vote in Participatory Budgeting! When: December 1-8, 2019 Who: Cambridge residents age 12* & older Where: At www.pb.cambridgema.gov or at a voting event around town Vote for your favorite Participatory Budgeting (PB) projects to decide how to spend $1,000,000 on capital projects to improve the community! Past winning PB projects include solar panels for the Main Library, 100 new street trees, a public toilet in Central Square, bilingual books for kids, and many more. Voters will be able to choose up to 5 of the 20 projects on the PB ballot. You can vote online or at voting events around town. *All Cambridge 6th graders are eligible to vote. LEARN MORE

Virtual Career Fair for People with Disabilities 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM Wednesday, November 13 Bender Consulting Services, Inc. is hosting a virtual career fair for st udents & alumni with disabilities from 2-Year and 4-Year colleges and universities across the U.S. This is an opportunity for job seekers with disabilities to meet employers across the nation. LEARN MORE

NOTE: The next CCPD Advisory Board meeting is on Thursday, November 14 at 5:30 PM

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