Pass The Prison Moratorium Bill! On September 7, 2021, activists from the National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls, Families for Justice as Healing, Building Up People Not Prisons, and Massachusetts Peace Action will commence a walk across Massachusetts, from Springfield to […]
We Will Walk to Pass The Moratorium Bill On September 7, 2021, activists from the National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls, Families for Justice as Healing, Building Up People Not Prisons, and Massachusetts Peace Action will commence a walk across Massachusetts, […]
by Jackie King The Massachusetts Poor People’s Campaign and their allies converged on the offices of US Rep. Stephen Lynch in Boston and Richard Neal in Springfield June 7 for a press conference to demand that they – and all the state’s representatives – co-sponsor […]
by Hayat Imam I join all my friends in the fury and outrage we feel at the killing of yet another Black man at the hands of the police. I come to two conclusions, both pointing to conditions that are unacceptable and must be challenged. […]
by Hayat Imam Remarks at the Standout for Black Lives organized by Dorchester People for Peace, September 25, 2020 This event has been organized by Dorchester People for Peace. We hold Black Lives Matter Standouts once a month, and, over the past years, we have […]
by Rosemary Kean Last week several organizers in Colorado who have been organizing nearly daily protests over the summer demanding justice for Elijah McClain, murdered by police last year, were arrested and charged with felony kidnapping among other felony charges. The kidnapping charge was apparently […]
by Claire Gosselin Nationwide protests against police brutality and systemic racism remained strong over the summer, fueled by new instances of police violence and a widespread recognition that the time for the country’s reckoning with its legacy of slavery and Jim Crow has come due. […]
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