Linda Dorcena Forry

This has been a milestone week for the Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Business, as Co-Chairs Representative Linda Dorcena Forry and Senator DiDomenico launched several new initiatives to spread awareness of the issues important to the small businesses community in Massachusetts as well as the best resources available to assist them. On Monday, [...]

BOSTON—Representative Linda Dorcena Forry along with Aaron Annable, Counsel and Head of the Foreign Policy and Diplomacy Service, and the Canadian Consulate hosted “A Celebration of Francophone Day at the State House” last Friday in Nurses Hall, with numerous attendees including elected officials, staff, and members of the Francophonie Organizational Committee such as the French [...]

The members of the Massachusetts Black & Latino Legislative Caucus (MBLLC) last fall voted unanimously to oppose the Habitual Offender Bill (H.3811).  Since that time, caucus members have hosted panels and forums; appeared on radio and television; and met with community leaders to inform constituents and listen to concerns on the potential results of this [...]

This week, Representative Linda Dorcena Forry hosted the first gathering in a new Mattapan Breakfast Series.  The meeting took place at the Mattapan Family Service Center on River Street with a group of Mattapan residents, civic leaders, small business owners, property owners and stakeholders.  The stated goal of this new series, according to Forry, is [...]

Over the last several years, the foreclosure crisis has deeply impacted families and communities across Massachusetts and our country.  Many have lost their homes. Others have seen the value of their property drop significantly and face crippling mortgage debt. All the while, communities have born the brunt of the crisis with abandoned properties infecting surrounding [...]