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Letter to President Gentile About Student Involvement at NSCC

Steven Levy, BS Mechanical Engineering, MBA

26 Sagamore Road, Marblehead, MA 01945-2129

(781)771-2779, stevenlevymath@gmail.com

October 31, 2017

Patricia A. Gentile, Ed.D., President

North Shore Community College

1 Ferncroft Road

Danvers, MA 01923

Subject: Student Involvement Civics Project

Dear President Gentile,

Is there a teacher at your school who would be interested in a civics project on legislation?

Student Benefits:

• Learn about government
• Feel empowered, become involved with the governance process
• More likely to vote
• Help the school and other students

What the students could do:

• Pick bills they would like to promote, possibly bills about education
• Write emails, make calls
• Attend a hearing locally or the statehouse, give testimony
• Visit their representative and/or senator

My background:

• Registering new voters at NSCC
• Active in environmental work
• Give testimony and lobby for bills at the state house
• Former engineer and teacher
• Give brief talks to students about the importance of voting
• GED tutor and teacher in math

I could help them with each step.

Sincerely,

Steven Levy

MA Bill S.2088 Free Community Colleges

Joint Committee on Higher Education

(Senate) Bill S.2088 An Act making community colleges in Massachusetts free for residents of the state  Link to State Site for bill.

Bill Sponsor: Michael O. Moore (email: Michael.Moore@masenate.gov)
Senator Michael O. Moore, Democrat - Second Worcester

State House:
24 Beacon Street, Room 109-B, Boston, MA, 02133
Phone: 617-722-1485 Fax: 617-722-1066

District Office:
36 North Quinsigamond Avenue, Shrewsbury, MA 01545
Phone: (508) 757-0323 x 13

Status:
Referred to Joint Committee on Higher Education

Telegram.com, Worcester, MA
Proposal for free community college to get hearing on Beacon Hill
By Scott O’Connell, Telegram & Gazette Staff, Posted Jul 10, 2017

• Funding is an issue
• It needs more study
• There are no co-signers
• a House version of the bill was filed by state Rep. Carmine Gentile
• No one has testified on behalf of the bill

(House Bill) H.633 By Mr. Gentile of Sudbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 633) of Carmine L. Gentile and others for legislation to make public higher education free for residents of the Commonwealth. Higher Education.

RI just made community college free. Here’s what you need to know
By Susan Campbell, August 7, 2017, 5:15 pm  Updated: August 7, 2017

• Called the "Promise Scholarship Program"
• 20% boost in attendance
• Pays for community college
• Under 19 when completing high school

References:

Hearings and Events

Time to Replace Fossil Fuels with Solar and Wind

It Is Time to Replace Fossil Fuels with Solar and Wind Energy

October 26th, 2017. I went to the state house today to testify in favor of Bill H2698. The H means it is a House of Representative piece of legislation. The bill was presented by Kenneth I. Gordon from the 21st Middlesex district (Burlington). The hearing was conducted by the "Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy". The bill is "An Act protecting ratepayers from gas pipeline expansion costs". That means if the gas company needs a pipeline, they pay for it not us.

My comments to the committee were of a general nature:

I have a seventeen-year-old car. Everyone who sees it asks "When you getting another car?" It needs more work that it is worth.

The natural gas industry is in need of too much work. According to the Environmental Defense Fund, some of the pipes in Boston are over 50 years old. The pipes leak. Leaking gas is an environmental problem. Methane is 25 times better at trapping heat than carbon dioxide. Burning natural gas emits carbon dioxide and toxic chemicals that are poisoning living things and cooking the planet.

It time to trade in that aging fossil fuel technology for something new and exciting. Denmark gets half its electric energy from wind turbines. Italy gets 8% of its energy from solar power. These new technologies are cheaper and cleaner. Wind and solar power are creating many local jobs that we need.

Setti Warren visits Marblehead

Setti Warren visits Marblehead

Sidewalks

Our population is aging. Keeping people walking is vital. When people loose the ability to walk, they are more likely to have medical expenses. Loss of mobility negatively effects work and home life. Good sidewalks are essential for pedestrians. In the winter, they can become impassible and dangerous. Maintaining sidewalks is not an easy job. Tree roots push up the sidewalk and make it uneven. These pushed up areas can trip people and cause them to fall. I would like to see the town invest a little more in keeping sidewalks flat especially on the main streets. It would be a nice demonstration of community spirit if people would voluntarily clear and de-ice sidewalks during the winter.