{"id":2188,"date":"2025-10-14T16:26:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T20:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/?post_type=press&#038;p=2188"},"modified":"2025-10-14T16:26:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T20:26:57","slug":"advocates-call-for-guaranteed-hybrid-access-to-public-meetings","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/pt\/press\/defensores-pedem-acesso-hibrido-garantido-a-reunioes-publicas\/","title":{"rendered":"Defensores pedem acesso h\u00edbrido garantido a reuni\u00f5es p\u00fablicas"},"template":"","class_list":["post-2188","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":" Today, municipal leaders, disability advocates, and open government organizations testified in support of H. 3299, legislation sponsored by Rep. 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A proposta garantiria que os moradores da Ba\u00eda de S\u00e3o Francisco pudessem comparecer e participar de reuni\u00f5es governamentais presenciais ou online, tornando o engajamento c\u00edvico mais acess\u00edvel para fam\u00edlias trabalhadoras, pessoas com defici\u00eancia e qualquer pessoa que n\u00e3o pudesse comparecer pessoalmente. &quot;A flexibilidade do h\u00edbrido remove barreiras estruturais e possibilita o engajamento c\u00edvico como um direito civil \u2013 seja para pessoas com defici\u00eancia, com acesso limitado a transporte, com emprego diurno, com filhos em casa ou com interesse em um bom governo&quot;, disse.\u00a0<strong>Dianna Hu, presidente do Centro de Vida Independente de Boston.<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cAcessibilidade \u00e9 um requisito. Agora temos a oportunidade de tornar o acesso h\u00edbrido uma alternativa 2.0 para a era moderna.\u201d \u201cDe consultas m\u00e9dicas virtuais a reuni\u00f5es de trabalho e entrevistas de emprego, a op\u00e7\u00e3o de participar remotamente expandiu-se significativamente em todos os aspectos da nossa vida p\u00f3s-pandemia. O acesso a reuni\u00f5es governamentais n\u00e3o deve ser diferente.\u201d<strong>\u00a0disse Geoff Foster, diretor executivo da Common Cause Massachusetts.\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cExigir acesso h\u00edbrido para reuni\u00f5es p\u00fablicas tornar\u00e1 mais conveniente para os moradores dos Estados da Ba\u00eda participarem de seus governos, levando a maior transpar\u00eancia e responsabiliza\u00e7\u00e3o.\u201d \u201cNossas 44 Ligas locais e 3.000 membros em toda a Comunidade est\u00e3o profundamente envolvidos em seus governos locais e testemunharam em primeira m\u00e3o as barreiras que a falta de acesso a reuni\u00f5es p\u00fablicas imp\u00f5e \u00e0s mulheres, especialmente m\u00e3es, cuidadoras e mulheres negras. A Liga apoia firmemente este projeto de lei para garantir que\u00a0<strong><em>todos\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>os moradores podem participar de reuni\u00f5es do governo local que tomam decis\u00f5es cr\u00edticas sobre suas vidas&quot;, disse\u00a0<strong>Celia Canavan, diretora executiva da Liga das Mulheres Eleitoras de Massachusetts.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\u201cA participa\u00e7\u00e3o e a transpar\u00eancia do governo s\u00e3o a pedra angular de uma democracia forte\u201d, disse\u00a0<strong>Deirdre Cummings, diretora legislativa da MASSPIRG.<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cEste projeto de lei prev\u00ea ambos, tornando as reuni\u00f5es governamentais mais acess\u00edveis e transparentes.\u201d \u201cReuni\u00f5es h\u00edbridas s\u00e3o a \u00fanica maneira de maximizar o acesso p\u00fablico \u00e0s delibera\u00e7\u00f5es governamentais. N\u00e3o podemos mais aceitar a exclus\u00e3o de grandes segmentos da popula\u00e7\u00e3o do processo democr\u00e1tico simplesmente porque a inclus\u00e3o tem um pre\u00e7o ou porque a mudan\u00e7a \u00e9 inconveniente\u201d, disse.\u00a0<strong>Gavi Wolfe, diretora legislativa da ACLU de Massachusetts.<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cPodemos fazer melhor e sabemos como. Ali\u00e1s, quase metade de todos os conselhos municipais e conselhos eleitorais de Massachusetts j\u00e1 realizam reuni\u00f5es h\u00edbridas. O legislativo deve atualizar a Lei de Reuni\u00f5es Abertas para garantir reuni\u00f5es h\u00edbridas em toda a Comunidade no futuro.\u201d \u201cUm princ\u00edpio norteador do movimento pela justi\u00e7a para deficientes \u00e9 &#039;Nada sobre n\u00f3s sem n\u00f3s&#039;\u201d, disse\u00a0<strong>Barbara L&#039;Italien, diretora executiva do Disability Law Center.<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cAo focar na inclus\u00e3o e na equidade, e acolher a participa\u00e7\u00e3o de 11,5% da popula\u00e7\u00e3o, nossas comunidades e nossa democracia s\u00f3 ficar\u00e3o mais fortes.\u201d O projeto de lei \u00e9 apoiado pela ACLU de Massachusetts, Boston Center for Independent Living, Common Cause Massachusetts, Disability Law Center, League of Women Voters of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Newspaper Publishers Association, MASSPIRG, New England First Amendment Coalition e New England Newspaper &amp; Press Association.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###<\/p>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_add_component":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_work","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_work":{"heading":"Work","manually_curate":false,"work":null}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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