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Meghan Keaney

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Director, Communications

Communications Director at United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley, Meghan is excited by social media and what it can mean for collective social action. She is a blogger on SpeakUnited and works on the public relations team.

Twitter: @meghkeaney
Blog: http://speakunited.org
Linked in: http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=12518142&trk=tab_pro

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Meghan Keaney
Meghan Keaney
Sun, 10/05/2008

Food Stamp Challenge Day One

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Ok, here is my attempt to spend only $21 on groceries for the week -- the average benefit amount for individuals on Food Stamps in Massachusetts. Given the rising costs of food and basic needs, a number of us (18 participants right now) decided to try to participate in a Food Stamp Challenge. For more information on the challenge and why we're doing this now, see Paola's previous post. For coverage of my first day on the challenge, read on...  read more »

Meghan Keaney
Meghan Keaney
Mon, 09/29/2008

Economic Anxiety into Action

The Community Support Fund
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A few weeks ago as the stock market went through yet another round of dives, a friend of mine got an email from his financial advisor that read, in jest, “I hope you’re not standing near any windows.” He told me about it with a shrug and I agreed, it’s getting pretty scary out there. The issue has continued to inhabit the uneasy consciousness of people of every age group from any social and economic background throughout the nation. It has replaced "weather" as the primary discussion topic among strangers. It has dominated nearly every section of every paper or media outlet, so much so that the recent presidential debate which was intended to focus on national security, returned again and again to one looming question: What do we do about the economy?  read more »

Meghan Keaney
Meghan Keaney
Mon, 09/22/2008

Investing in children -- better than Wall Street?

As government purse-strings are tightening in the midst of economic uncertainty, the Partnership for America's Economic Success recently gathered to propose focusing our national and local investments in children.

As Weekend America Public Radio reports: "Hedge fund managers, CEOs and chamber of commerce presidents may not seem like obvious advocates for the expansion of social programs, but they've become perhaps the most enthusiastic and effective supporters of preschool.  read more »

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