Many thanks to all those who came to our first open house of 2015! It was great to see so many new faces and reconnect with folks who want to dig into public policy issues. If this week’s open house was your first Roosevelt Boston event, you’re well on your way to becoming a member. Remember, there are three ways to become an official member of our fast-growing network:

• Attend three Roosevelt Boston events in a calendar year,
• Host an event or policy discussion, or
• Pay $25 in annual dues

Contact Gavin, our Master of Membership, at boston@rooseveltinstitute.org if you have you questions about becoming a member.

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We can’t wait to catch up with all of you at our open house on Wednesday, Feb. 25th.

Have you RSVP’d yet? We have to order enough food.

We’ll be at Market Lounge (21 Broad Street, 2nd floor, Boston) starting at 6:30 PM and wrapping up at 8 PM.

WIN PRIZES IN OUR RAFFLE — including a subscription to the Nation, Roosevelt Fellow Joseph Stiglitz’s “The Price of Inequality,” and other surprises! Tickets are 1 for $5 or 6 for $20.

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Thanks to you, 2014 was our best year yet. We held a policy series to learn about why housing in greater Boston is so expensive and what we can do about it (more on this below). Our network explored the issues of police militarization and law enforcement transparency following the tragic events in Ferguson, MO. And we got to know a lot of new folks who are interested in policy and want to get involved in their communities.

Now that 2015 is underway, we’re getting back in the swing of things with a newsletter full of important updates:

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