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Material Aid & Advocacy Program (MAAP)
@maapmass.bsky.social
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Supporting + organizing with unhoused people in Boston, Cambridge & MA. Drop-in, material aid, sweep support. Self-identified & evidence based transformative solutions. Never criminalization or forced “treatment”. #StopTheSweeps
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TAKE ACTION!

Demand #Bospoli City Council reject increased criminalization of our unhoused neighbors and poor people who use drugs and reinstate and expand evidence-based #harmreduction and public health services! #stopthesweeps #keysnotcuffs
TAKE ACTION! The Boston City Council is hosting a hearing on Thursday September 4th at 6m on Councilor Flynn’s “Mass and Cass Emergency Resolution”. This proposal calls for “zero tolerance” of public substance use, a doubling down on criminalization, and deadly forced treatment of our community. Submit written testimony demanding the Council: 1) Reject the Resolution and End Criminalization. 2) Reinstate and expand evidence-based solutions that center people’s health, safety, and needs. 3) Center unhoused people and people who use drugs, who are the experts, in decision-making. Toolkit in bio. Testify ASAP and hang in for updates. Tinyurl.com/MassCassEmergencyResolution
September 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Increasing civil commitments has at least one predictable policy outcome: more death.

"[A] report issued last year by the state Department of Public Health, showed a higher risk of overdose and death after involuntary — versus voluntary — treatment." #mapoli @maapmass.bsky.social
wbur.org WBUR @wbur.org · Sep 3
The practice of forcing people into treatment has gained national prominence in recent weeks after President Trump issued an executive order embracing the approach. In Boston's South End, fed up residents have called for similar moves.
Desperate for solutions to addiction crisis, some in Boston call for more involuntary commitments
The practice of forcing people into treatment has gained national prominence in recent weeks after President Trump issued an executive order embracing the approach. In Boston's South End, fed up resid...
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September 3, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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TODAY!
STOP MAYOR WU'S CAMPING BAN!

Follow us as we live tweet (@MAAPMass) and skeet (@maapmass.bsky.social). There are ways to #StopTheSweeps

1. Watch from 10 - 2 at www.boston.gov/departments/...
2. Follow us + amplify
3. DM us for info 2 testify (X)*
*All vol social be kind ❤️
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September 28, 2023 at 1:57 PM
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It's our first skeet but not our first time working to #StopTheSweeps in Boston

We can all do something to stop the sweeps

Optional Zoom gathering tonight to prepare
Virtual City Council hearing tomorrow

Please reskeet
Please RSVP to TAKE ACTION here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
BOSTON MAYOR WU'S "CAMPING BAN" Criminalizes People Surviving Poverty BOSTON CITY COUNCIL VIRTUAL HEARING THURSDAY SEPT 28, 10AM SIX WAYS TO HELP 1. Share this post 2. Fill out the google form 3. Come to the zoom session 4. Come to the hearing 5. Write to Mayor Wu 6. Write a Letter to the Editor Stop the sweeps image Image of people holding signs with tents and hearts that say "stop the sweeps" We can all do something to stop the sweeps
September 27, 2023 at 5:22 PM