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The long-term goal of ONE Massachusetts is to change public attitudes towards government by promoting a positive vision of government as the place where we come together to address challenges that none of us can take on alone.

ONE Mass is a learning community consisting of regionally based civic, social and political activists who come together for a training curriculum that includes budget and tax policy literacy, advocacy and strategic communications based on the Demos How to Talk about Government Project.

We are engaging community activists from all sectors of our state's civic life to create a ripple effect of activities and messages that will help move public sentiment towards a more positive understanding of the role of government in our state and in our local communities.

We are launching a district based grassroots training program to meet a variety of organizational needs, from 45 minutes for an annual meeting plenary to a 90-minute workshop to half- and full-day convenings. Our job as ONE Mass leaders and staff is to weave together existing and emerging leadership and coordinate statewide activities and messaging regarding taxes and government and to provide the skills and knowledge to communicate with the media.

We encourage you to join ONE Massachusetts and sign up for any of the trainings listed on the events page.

If you are interested in building a local ONE Mass network in your area or you are interested in a hosting a training (minimum 25 persons) for your organization or neighborhood, join ONE Mass and check the box asking for a training.

Also, here is a link of a blurb with pictures from the Healthy City Fall River website on the training “Connecting the Dots: Healthy Communities, Revenues, Taxes and the Role of Government,” sponsored by ONE Massachusetts and the UMass-Dartmouth Urban Initiative on March 5, 2008.

Communicating Effectively

Understanding Tax and Budget

Building Networks