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Massachusetts, USA
Joined June 2022
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As if you needed another reason to love everything maple! This organization is doing incredible work to shine a light on legislative actions. Allowing citizens to congregate public comment and submit testimonies to legislators! #Massachusetts #Democracy
What is MAPLE? Here are the basics!
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New paper! “Applications of AI Tools to Enhance Legislative Engagement.” In our 3rd #AI4Democracy paper, we collaborated with @Make_org & @MapleTestimony to explore how AI can empower citizens to engage with lawmaking and build trust in democratic processes.
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Things are heating up in the MA legislature! The end of the session is just a few months out — so now’s a critical time to URGE lawmakers to pass democracy bills. Check out our legislative guide & use the @MapleTestimony links to raise your voice! bit.ly/PID_guide
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Big legislative deadline next week in MA: On Feb 7, lawmakers will vote on whether to move bills forward. Please weigh in & ask them to support democracy bills! Check out our guide to democracy bills, with links to weigh in via @MapleTestimony! partnersindemocracy.us/our-l…
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Lots of big things moving through our state legislature right now, including the timely & important #VotingACCESS Act! Our lawmakers need to hear from YOU on what our communities need — use @mapletestimony’s tool to weigh in now!
Another busy week of hearings on Beacon Hill, another opportunity to upload your recent testimony to mapletestimony.org! It’s free, it’s easy and it allows our neighbors and friends in Massachusetts to learn from your perspective - and we all benefit from that!
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Massachusetts folks: friendly reminder that your voice can make a difference in improving voting access around our state! Use @mapletestimony’s tool to ask our lawmakers to pass the #VotingACCESS Act now: mapletestimony.org/bills/193…
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It's not too late to ask your lawmakers to support this bill — and our friends @MapleTestimony have made that easy! Submit your testimony online via MAPLE now: mapletestimony.org/
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Join @NuLawLab on Thursday, July 20th for the launch of mapletestimony.org! @MapleTestimony makes viewing and sumbitting testimony regarding bills to Massachusetts Legislature simple through their website. @NUSL @CodeForBoston
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Join us next Thursday, July 20th for the launch of mapletestimony.org! @MapleTestimony @NUSL @CodeForBoston
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Congrats to the @MapleTestimony team on their amazing presentation at the @BARIboston annual conference! Check out their work to boost engagement with #MApoli at mapletestimony.org
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TGIF #mapoli 🌥️ Could independent civic tech be the answer to Beacon Hill's transparency probs? Open gov advocates behind @MapleTestimony hope so. - Rent control bills in hands of landlord, homeowning lawmakers - T ushers in new era in leadership massterlist.com/2023/04/21/t…
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This week in The Digest: A Genealogy of Open; the myth of objective #data; #AI and animals; the future of consent; a guide to adaptive gov; the toxicity of the surveillance ad model; and the Massachusetts Platform for Legislative Engagement. Read more at: bit.ly/DSN042123
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Great @GlobeOpinion @dscharfGlobe piece on civic tech in MA. Check out @MapleTestimony - a great new site where you can track and make your voice heard on current legislation. Crucial piece of seeing and shaping our govt! bostonglobe.com/2023/04/13/o…
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I've been publishing all the testimony I've submitted on behalf of @ProgressiveMass on our website, and I'm glad to see @MapleTestimony offering a platform for other orgs and individuals to make public info the Legislature won't on its own. #mapoli commonwealthmagazine.org/pol…
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Join us TODAY at 12:30 PM ET for a hybrid demo of the @MapleTestimony website and a discussion with @dsallentess @deehan @JennDotSmith and the MAPLE cofounders! cyber.harvard.edu/events/dig…
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Maple Testimony retweeted
I'm really excited for the launch of this new platform putting power back in the hands of we, the people, to see and shape our communities! Don't miss this launch of MAPLE, a new digital tool for tracking legislative testimony in Massachusetts. Proud to support this work.
We are beyond excited to begin launching the MAPLE website! Join us at @BKCHarvard on 4/5 at 12:30pm (or virtually) for a demo of the platform and a discussion with @dsallentess @deehan @JennDotSmith and the MAPLE cofounders! Learn more & register: cyber.harvard.edu/events/dig…
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