Sen. Forry and colleagues bring Commonwealth Conversations tour to RCC tonight

State Sen. Linda Dorcena Forry has announced that she and several of her colleagues will be touring Senate districts in the metro Boston area on March 4, 2015. This tour comes as the sixth installment of the state Senate’s Commonwealth Conversations initiative which has been spearheaded by Senate President Rosenberg as a way for the Senate to speak directly with people all across the state.

Forry, along with senators Will Brownsberger, Sonia Chang-Díaz, Sal DiDomenico, Pat Jehlen, Anthony Petruccelli, as well as Senate President Stan Rosenberg and Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr will be touring schools, local businesses, trades programs, and state facilities throughout the day. Then, in the evening, the tour will culminate in a public town-hall-style meeting at Roxbury Community College. There, enators will listen to the concerns of residents throughout their districts. The two-hour public town hall forum at RCC’s Media Arts Center will begin at 6:30 p.m. and all are encouraged to attend.

“The legislature deals with issues that affect the entire state and expands beyond the boundaries of the State House, and we should too,” said Senator Forry. “The Commonwealth Conversations Tour gives us, in the Senate, an opportunity to let people know their legislators are accessible and we want to craft an agenda on the issues that matter most to them while improving the quality of life for all those in Massachusetts.”

The Commonwealth Conversations Tour is a statewide tour of Senate districts led by the local senators to reach out to local residents, businesses, and interest groups to listen directly to their needs and concerns with the hope that it will foster more civic engagement while helping senators learn more about issues outside of their own districts.

The tours began February 4 and run through March 18. All members of the public are encouraged to participate. Written testimony can be submitted at a public forum or through the tour website at the Talk to the Tour tab. To learn more about the tours visit the website at malegislature.gov/cc and follow on Twitter at @MA_Senate and #MaConvos.