9:00... Attends the kick off of the Jane Doe White Ribbon Pledge Campaign....  Great Hall

11:00... Testifies on his broadband expansion bill before the Joint Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures, and State Assets....  Room A-2

DAILY EVENTS

9:00.....Scheduled to coincide with Valentine's Day in an effort to "combine safety and respect with romance and love," the first annual Massachusetts White Ribbon Day marks a new effort to end men's violence against women, sexual assault and domestic violence.  Campaign Honorary Chair Gov. Deval Patrick and co-chairs Gov. Paul Cellucci and Peter Roby will attend, as will Lt. Gov. Murray and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino...... Great Hall

9:00.....The board of directors of the Massachusetts Port Authority meets.....One Harborside Drive, East Boston

10:00.....The Oral Health Foundation and the Legislative Oral Health Caucus sponsor an event honoring legislators and community leaders who are dedicated to improving oral health. Honorees include Rep. John Scibak (D-South Hadley) and Sen. Gale Candaras (D-Springfield).....Nurses Hall

10:30.....The Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture holds an executive session to review a bill (H 864) relating to electronic waste recycling.....Room B-2

10:30... The MIRA Coalition hosts a legislative briefing on Legislative briefing presenting the organization's new report on the changing demographics of the current and future workforce and electorate of Massachusetts. The event is sponsored by Rep. Stephen Le Duc (D-Marlborough)... Room A-2

11:00.....The Executive Office of Administration and Finance, headed by Gov. Patrick’s budget chief Leslie Kirwan, kicks off the annual state budget hearings.  The state’s constitutional officers – Treasurer Tim Cahill, Auditor Joseph DeNucci, Secretary of State William Galvin, and Attorney General Martha Coakley – are also slotted to testify before members of the House and Senate Ways and Means committees, sitting jointly, as lawmakers begin their review off the governor’s fiscal 2009 spending plans.....Gardner Auditorium

11:00.....The Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets holds its second hearing of the week, this one dealing with regional transit authority legislation and Gov. Deval Patrick’s $25 million broadband expansion bond bill. The regional transit authority bill (S 2470) would back any bonds issued by the local transit authorities with the full faith and credit of the commonwealth. Through his broadband bond bill, the governor is seeking to bring high-speed internet access to some of the 32 towns in the commonwealth without access and 63 towns with only partial access. The bill would establish the Massachusetts Broadband Institute within the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, and funds would be spent on conduits, fiber, and wireless towers. Testifying on the administration’s behalf will be Secretary of Housing and Economic Development Daniel O’Connell, Undersecretary of Administration and Finance Jay Gonzalez and Department of Telecommunications and Cable Commissioner Sharon Gillett.....Room A-2

11:00.....The Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts and other student groups lobby for Gov. Patrick’s higher education bond bill, increased funding for need-based financial aid, and in-state tuition for illegal immigrants. On Facebook, the online networking site, the online event planner indicated 22 students said they’d be showing up, while another 26 said they might stop by......Grand Staircase

11:00.... Representative Ellen Story, Representative Kay Khan, and the Mental Health Caucus host an Expert briefing on Rosie D. v. Romney featuring Steven J. Schwartz, Lead Counsel for the plaintiff class in Rosie D. v. Romney; Emily Sherwood, Director, Children’s Behavioral Health Interagency Initiative; and Lisa Lambert,  Executive Director, Parent/Professional Advocacy League.... Room B-1

12:00.... UMass Lowell will announce donations from two alumni that will advance the study and research of “green” plastics. The donors are Mark Saab ’81 and Jim Dandeneau ’80, both graduates of the Plastics Engineering Department.... Alumni Hall, 84 University Ave., UML North, Lowell

1:00.....The Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority meets.....99 Summer St., Suite 1000, Boston

4:00.... Boston Mayor Thomas Menino attends a reception for Sam Cornish, Boston’s Poet Laureate....  Parkman House, Boston

6:00.....The Mass. Asian American Commission holds a town meeting for the Brookline/Newton area.....Coolidge Corner Branch Library, 31 Pleasant St., Brookline

6:00.....New England criminal justice experts debate the usefulness of the death penalty at a forum sponsored by the ACLU and Suffolk University Law School. Entitled “The Future of the Death Penalty: Does it Have One?” the event will feature American Bar Association Director Deborah Fleischaker, Northeastern University School of Law Professor Daniel Givelber and forensic scientist Dr. Carl Ladd.....Boston Bar Association, 16 Beacon Street

8:00.....MBTA General Manager Daniel Grabauskas is an hour-long  guest on Dan Rea's program......WBZ