June 4, 2026: The giving areas

Sadly, a wide array of local organizations and non-profits that provide an equally wide amount of services to the people of Western Mass and beyond have lost grants and programs just like we did, and this is our chance to help them like you our listeners have helped us. 413 Gives is a one day four county wide effort to help fill the gap made for many organizations by recissions in federal funding, because we weren’t the only ones who felt that financial cut. We’ll talk with the leadership behind these efforts: Megan Burke of Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts, Kara Mikulich and Maeve O'Dea of Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, and NEPM’s own Matt Abramovich and learn more about how this collaborative effort helps us all. And our weekly conversation with congressman Jim McGovern sees a house resolution finally hit the floor, but brings up questions on russian sanctions and the US’ involvement in Lebanon, which is a stark contrast to the cuts simultaneously being made to WIC and SNAP, plus we get his opinion on AI oversight and regulation.