This week, we have witnessed two more senseless deaths of young Black men at the hands of police — Philando Castile in St. Paul, MN and Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, LA. What do I tell the youth at Zion Baptist…how do I comfort them, be hon...
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CREATING OPPORTUNITY ON THE NORTH SHORE
ECCO is a diverse network of congregations and organizations across the North Shore building relationships and power to put human dignity at the center of public life. We work together across race, class, and faith lines to ensure that all people on the North Shore can thrive, grow, and dream.
If you’d like to get involved, please contact our Director, Alexandra Piñeros Shields at apineros@eccoaction.org
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What We Do
Over the past year, we worked successfully to raise the MA minimum wage to be the highest in the country, and played a key role in passing Earned Sick Time on the MA ballot, giving greater dignity and health security to 1 million MA workers. Now, we are working together on racial justice campaigns around criminal justice reform and immigrant rights, and working to increase state revenue for education and transportation.
How We Work
To transform our communities, we support and connect community leaders, and build deep relationships across race, class, and faith lines. Through conversations and deep listening, our leaders identify key problems affecting our most vulnerable communities and strategize how to solve them. Then, using our
Last Sunday, over 70 people gathered to ask the Governor not to target immigrants by enforcing the federal PEP program that has lead to millions of deportations and the destruction of immigrant families. After ECCO clergy delivered a letter, see here, to ...
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On Wednesday, May 18, the State Legislature will vote on our Fair Share Amendment. If at least 50 of 200 legislators vote in favor, the amendment moves on to the next stage in the Constitutional Amendment process. We need to make sure we get those votes! ...
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