State House Visits
One of AHEM’s organizational goals is to encourage self-advocacy and legislative awareness. Cultivating relationships at the State House is a key component to achieving this goal. In developing these relationships, we will have a base of state legislators to work with in the event of a legislative challenge to homeschooling.

To this end, AHEM sponsors periodic State House field trips throughout the year. During a typical visit, the group tours the State House with a guide who details the historical significance of the building. An important element of these visits is a group meeting with a state senator or representative. For representative government to work, we need active participants. We strongly encourage families to participate in these events. Special notice of State House field trips is given to those on the Friends of AHEM list and posted on our Events page; then, space permitting, notice is sent out to local homeschooling support groups. If you would like more information about becoming a Friend of AHEM, click here.

In addition to State House visits, we strongly urge individual families to make contact with their local legislators. Individuals can arrange to meet either at the legislator’s State House office, or their district office. For a list of state legislators, please click here. AHEM has a hand-out available for distribution during these visits. To download this document click here. Print it out back-to-back, and trifold.

We are very interested in hearing about individual legislative visits. Please give us your feedback at info@AHEM.info.

More info at Connecting with Elected Representatives.

First person accounts of visits to the State House:
• Holy Mackerel! It's the Sacred Cod!
• Two of the Three Branches of Government

Book suggestions to read before your visit.

To see a group photo taken during an AHEM visit to the State House, click here.

Directions to the State House (We recommend taking the T: Take the Red Line to Park Street Station. Once outside the station walk up Park Street toward the State House.)

Directions to the Boston Common Garage

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The information on this website does not constitute legal advice; it is provided for informational purposes only.