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Rep. Kevin Murphy gave Stand for Children a plug at the NPA Legislative Breakfast on Friday. All the local legislators were present at Stand’s highly-successful informational meeting held at the Pollard Memorial Library on March 13th. More than 50 people attended to urge support for Stand’s agenda, and Rep. Murphy told the Stand supporters the same thing he told the NPA yesterday, build support for what you want through letters-to-the-editor, call-ins to local radio and other visibility campaigns. Stand for Children has earned Murphy’s respect as well as increased community awareness through frequent letters in the Lowell Sun. Here is a quote from a letter published in the paper on March 17th:

Stand for Children’s priorities for this year include immediate education funding relief for communities, and beginning the process of re-evaluating the “foundation budget,” which affects levels of state education aid to communities and hasn’t been updated for 14 years. We were thrilled that the legislators expressed support for these goals.

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