What can we learn from them in these turbulent times?: Emily Greene Balch (1867-1961) and Jane Addams (1860-1935) Brilliant Emily Greene Balch (EGB) grew up in Jamaica Plain, helped to establish a settlement house in Boston, and taught pioneering social economics at Wellesley College for [...]
Join us for a creative and educational workshop where we’ll make stickers and explore the history of art as a tool of resistance in Palestine. Learn how Palestinian artists have used their work to fight oppression, preserve culture, and inspire solidarity. All supplies will be [...]
NIAC (National Iranian American Council), Peace Action and hopefully other organizations will host an Action Hour/Power Hour to rally support for Senator Sanders' Joint Resolutions of Disapproval (JRDs) to stop $8.8 billion in new US weapons transfers to Israel. We'll have a brief description of [...]
Register to attend. Join us on April 1 to learn about: 1. The specific weapons that Israel is employing to maintain its apartheid system and for its assault on Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon and Syria. 2. The military contractors who produce and provide these [...]
The Senate will vote on Sen. Bernie Sanders' resolution of disapproval of $8.8 billion of bombs which President Trump plans to send to Israel. Israel broke the ceasefire on March 18 and has since killed over 800 Palestinian civilians in Gaza. Hooded ICE agents captured [...]
Jamaica Plain Progressives will organize a Q&A session with three members of the Boston City Council on April 2nd at 6:30pm in Jamaica Plain where we will seek to understand more about the Boston Regional Intelligence Center (BRIC). BRIC is a fusion center that includes collaboration [...]
MAPA is coordinating the Massachusetts delegation for the Ceasefire NOW Grassroots Advocacy Days in Washington, DC. We will be lobbying in-person on Capitol Hill on April 8th, 9th, and 10th, demanding our members of Congress advocate for peace and justice in Palestine and support important [...]
Justice Democracy International Law & Freedom in America Understanding Palestine and Israel: Discussion and book signing with author Phyllis Bennis Register to attend. Join us for a discussion with respected political analyst and author Phyllis Bennis. Her new book, Understanding Palestine and Israel, answers important [...]
How the Gaza conflict spilled over to affect the U.S. election and the rights of its citizens A Book Talk with Phyllis Bennis in Conversation with Rami Khouri Register to attend. Join us for a discussion with Phyllis Bennis, activist, political analyst, and author of [...]
The sixth meeting of Massachusetts’ Special Commission on Combatting Antisemitism is scheduled for April 7th @ 1pm in Newton City Hall and will be available to watch livestreamed here. This is the first time the commission is hearing public comment and they need to hear your voice! Register to [...]
Featuring Palestinian Human Rights Activist ISSA AMRO in discussion with PETER BEINART Suggested donation at the door of $20 for Youth Against Settlements in Hebron Issa Amro is a human rights defender based in Hebron city, West Bank. The co-founder of the direct action group [...]
Former Air Force command chief master sergeant Dennis Fritz and Colonel (ret.) Lawrence Wilkerson will be speaking at the Community Church of Boston at 6:00pm on Friday, April 11 about chief Fritz' book Deadly Betrayal: The Truth About Why The US Invaded Iraq. This book provides [...]
Join us to deliver a tax day message to MAKE TESLA PAY! A peacefully rally and protest organized by Tesla Takedown and the A&R Just Budget and Tax Coalition. Register to attend. NO cuts to vital social programs! US House Republicans have proposed $1.5 trillion [...]
For our Spring concert this April, we honor the Greek Goddess of Wisdom and the mythical inventor of the oboe with the program "Athena's Oboe." Join us as we revisit classical works as well as sample neo-classical ones. Delight in the virtuoso music of Mozart [...]
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