Activities

Here is a list of past and future CPF activities. Take a look to see what we have done. Look to see what we will do in the future and if you can participate in any upcoming activity. We need your help. With your help we can change this system.

• Meetings and Hearings
• Conferences
• Protests
• Radio and TV
• Editorials

Radio and TV

• August 8, 96 - WRKO Public Service Announcements
• June 27, 96 - Bob Maschi appears on Real Life
• June 27, 96 - Alan Finger on David Brudnoy Show
• December 14, 95 - WESX Radio Talk Show
• September 13, 95 - WBZ AM radio David Brudnoy
• August 16, 95 - WESX Radio Show Promoting CPF Essex County
• June 17, 95 - Fathers Day Protest Covered on 56
• May 25, 95 - Frontline
• May 18, 95 - Channel 5 and 56 appearances

Protests

• Candle Light Vigil 2, December 13, 1997
• September 20, 1996 - Fathers protest against "ABUSE SOLUTION" in custody and divorce
• June 29, 1996 - Framingham Visitation Center Protest
• June 15, 1996 - Second Annual Fathers Day Protest
• October 13, 1995 - Boston First Annual "Restrain-In" Protest
• September 9, 1995 - Framingham Visitation Center Protest
• June 17, 1995 - 10 Most Needed Dads Protest
• April 14, 1995 - Boston Child Support Protest

Conferences

• May 20, 95 - Second State-Wide Unity Conference
• November 12, 94 - State-Wide Unity Conference

Editorials

• "Can't catch a break" Fall River Herald News, April 2, 1998
• Fatherhood considered too lightly in courts, society. Fitchburg Sentinel & Enterprise Fitchburg, MA. January 22, 1998
• PATRIARCHY SKEWS 'RULES of ABUSE, The Herald News, Fall River, MA, 12/19/97
• Abuse of Men, The Herald News, Fall River, MA, 12/14/97
• The Haverhill Gazette, Haverhill, MA, 11/22/97
• The Sun Chronicle, Attleboro, MA, 9/16/96
• September 95 - Middlesex News
• Response to Richard Van Nostrand
• Response to Society must put an end to domestic violence
• Caring About Children
• Frontline
• Response to Allison Bass
• Massachusetts child custody laws demonize dads
• Good Dads Get Short Shrift
• Ombudsman misunderstood dads' grievance
• Parents stage protest - Fathers want equal rights in court system
• Globe Needs Sensitivity Training on Men's Issues
• Globe letter to the editor re Fathers Day
• Legal System Alienates Fathers
• Criminalizing Fathers is Not the Way to Collect Child Support
• Breaking Up is Hard
• Weld eyes jail for deadbeat parents: Thousands shirk child support
• Thanks for Recognizing plight of Fathers
• He has Questions About Probate Cases
• Fathers Presence, not Money is Most Important
• Fathers are More than Support Checks
• Recognize Important Role at Father's Day
• Fatherhood merits special protection under the law
• The importance of fatherhood undermined by courts,feminists
• Men only part of abuse problem
• Proposed forum makes charges fly

Meeting And Hearings

• October 94 - Caucus of Women Legislators Hearings
• April, 95 - Judicial, Criminal Justice, Legislative Committee Testimony
• August 95 - Meeting With Governor's Chief of Staff
• August 95 - House hearings on DSS
• August 95 - CPF and NOW Delegation Meeting

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