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SUMMARY:Bear Witness: Protest Wednesdays at ICE
DESCRIPTION:“We invite you to stand in solidarity outside the ICE Enforcement & Removal Operations Office in Burlington every Wednesday from 11am-1pm. We’re grateful to those who have previously joined us at this facility\, and we hope that more will consider attending. Together\, we can show love & support for immigrants\, express our shame at ICE\, and bear witness to the cruel and unconstitutional actions of our government.” \nSchedule\n11:00-11:30\, Welcome chat; orientation for new folks; sign-making for those who need them\n11:30-12:30\, Stand (or sit) with signs\n12:30-1:00\, Short walk along the sidewalk on District Ave \nThe ICE building in Burlington is the detention and enforcement office for New England. Immigrants must come here for appointments. The standouts are peaceful and offer support for those who must show up here. Signs expressing support for immigrants are welcome. \nClick here for more info and email updates. 
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/bear-witness-protest-wednesdays-at-ice/2025-07-02/
LOCATION:1000 District Avenue Burlington\, MA 01803 United States\, 1000 District Avenue\, Burlington\, 01803\, United States
CATEGORIES:Legislation and Policy,Massachusetts Peace Action
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SUMMARY:Bear Witness: Protest Wednesdays at ICE
DESCRIPTION:“We invite you to stand in solidarity outside the ICE Enforcement & Removal Operations Office in Burlington every Wednesday from 11am-1pm. We’re grateful to those who have previously joined us at this facility\, and we hope that more will consider attending. Together\, we can show love & support for immigrants\, express our shame at ICE\, and bear witness to the cruel and unconstitutional actions of our government.” \nSchedule\n11:00-11:30\, Welcome chat; orientation for new folks; sign-making for those who need them\n11:30-12:30\, Stand (or sit) with signs\n12:30-1:00\, Short walk along the sidewalk on District Ave \nThe ICE building in Burlington is the detention and enforcement office for New England. Immigrants must come here for appointments. The standouts are peaceful and offer support for those who must show up here. Signs expressing support for immigrants are welcome. \nClick here for more info and email updates. 
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/bear-witness-protest-wednesdays-at-ice/2025-07-09/
LOCATION:1000 District Avenue Burlington\, MA 01803 United States\, 1000 District Avenue\, Burlington\, 01803\, United States
CATEGORIES:Legislation and Policy,Massachusetts Peace Action
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SUMMARY:Warning! Graphic Content!
DESCRIPTION:An event with award-winning cartoonist Dwayne Booth.\n  \n \nWhat is the future of political cartooning\, protest art\, and visual satire? How can pictures rendered in celebration of the precious vulnerability of the human experience make crystal clear the toxic barbarity of the military and retail industrial complexes\, both built on the hideous notion that the commodification of people everywhere and the willful disenfranchisement of their natural inclination towards peace\, love\, and understanding is better for business – better business being predatory capitalism and capitulation to hierarchy? What can be done to assert the importance and indispensability of the artist’s unique role in a free society as both a witness and predictor and\, in some circumstances\, instigator of all the comedy and tragedy that motivates our politics\, shapes our cultural identities\, and informs\, for better or worse\, the internal voice that shames\, praises\, and confounds our tenuous relationship with truth\, beauty\, and treachery every moment of everyday? \nMr. Fish \nDwayne Booth has been a freelance writer and cartoonist for twenty-five years\, publishing under both his real name and the pen name of Mr. Fish with many of the nation’s most reputable and prestigious magazines\, journals and newspapers.  His work has appeared in Harper’s Magazine\, the Los Angeles Times\, the Village Voice\, the LA Weekly\, the Atlantic\, The Nation\, Vanity Fair\, Mother Jones\, the Advocate\, Slate\, Truthdig\, ScheerPost\, and The Chris Hedges Report.  He has also published with Information for Social Change (British journal)\, Internazionale (Italian magazine)\, and Umanita Nova (Italian newspaper). \nHis awards include the Los Angeles Press Club for editorial cartooning\, the Grambs Aronson Award for Cartooning with a Conscience and the Sigma Delta Chi Award for Editorial Cartooning.  He has curated exhibits exploring the history of political cartooning for the University of Southern California\, the University of Pennsylvania\, and the University of Connecticut. \n \nRegister for this event \n \nBooth’s most recent book is Nobody Left: Conversations with Famous Radicals\, Progressives and Cultural Icons About the End of Dissent\, Revolution and Liberalism in America\, Fantagraphics Books. \n  \n 
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/warning-graphic-content/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250711T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250711T140000
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SUMMARY:Stop the Cuts! Tax the Rich! Block the Bombs!
DESCRIPTION:Join the Arise & Resist Budget and Tax Justice Coalition\, the LOFTE Network and MAPA to rally at State GOP Headquarters in Boston! We must demand they repudiate these draconian Big Ugly Bill cuts to housing\, healthcare\, food assistance and more in order to pay for tax cuts for the ultra-rich and huge increases to ICE and Pentagon pork! \nWe’re rallying to build a movement: we won’t back down! \nDonald Trump’s Big Brutal Bill will GUT HUD HOUSING programs by slashing funding by 43% and replacing Section 8/Public Housing with block grants + term limits. \nFAMILIES WILL LOSE HOMES\, Climate\, Clean Water\, and Medical Research would be slashed by $2 to $3 billion. \nThese are in addition to Trump’s $1 Trillion cut to MEDICAID and SNAP! \nCHILDREN WILL LOSE FOOD and HEALTHCARE! \nTrump’s PENTAGON would receive over $1 TRILLION and the budget for his ICE GESTAPO would balloon by several fold ! \nMEANWHILE: \nBILLIONAIRES GET MORE TAX CUTS – WHILE CHILDREN ABROAD ARE KILLED AND MAIMED! \nYes\, I’ll be there! 
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/stop-the-cuts-tax-the-rich-block-the-bombs/
LOCATION:Mass GOP Headquarters\, 85 Merrimack St\, Boston
CATEGORIES:Books Not Bombs,Fund Healthcare Not Warfare,Fund the People, Not the Pentagon
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250712T120000
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SUMMARY:Rally For Peace With Senator Jamie Eldridge
DESCRIPTION:Meet at Hudson Rotary Center! Main Street\, Hudson\, MA. \nSaturday\, July 12th @ 12pm \nIn the face of rising oppression\, the Massachusetts community will come together to protest illegal and immoral deportations\, the Trump agenda\, human rights violations\, global conflicts\, and climate inaction. \nHear from peace and climate activists from Central and Eastern Massachusetts\, as well as State Senator Jamie Eldridge (Middlesex/Worcester County) on July 12th\, from 12-2pm!| \nWe are safer and stronger together. And we will not give up! Please RSVP below to let us know you’re coming \nRecommendations: \n\nDue to anticipation of large crowds and to avoid overwhelming Hudson parking\, consider scheduling an Uber or Lyft\, carpool with friends\, walk if you’re close by\, or use a bus for larger organizations.\nArrive early to avoid traffic and bring signs!\nParking information can be found on the registration page.\n\nSchedule: \n\n12-1 PM: We will meet at the Hudson Rotary on Main Street\, near Hudson Public Library.\nFrom there\, we will start forming a chain along all main roads (map located on registration page) as a form of peaceful protest.\n1-2 PM: Gather near Hudson Public Library lawn to hear from activists and progressive leaders.\n\nSPONSORED BY: MARLBOROUGH INDIVISIBLE\, MASSACHUSETTS PEACE ACTION\, GREATER ASSABET INDIVISIBLE NETWORK\, NEW ENGLAND INDEPENDENCE CAMPAICH\, WORCESTER INDIVISIBLE\, GRASSROOTS CENTRAL MA\, AND ONE MARLBOROUGH
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/rally-for-peace-with-senator-jamie-eldridge/
LOCATION:Husdon Rotary\, Hudson Rotary near Hudson Public Library\, Hudson\, 01749\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250716T113000
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SUMMARY:Bear Witness: Protest Wednesdays at ICE
DESCRIPTION:“We invite you to stand in solidarity outside the ICE Enforcement & Removal Operations Office in Burlington every Wednesday from 11am-1pm. We’re grateful to those who have previously joined us at this facility\, and we hope that more will consider attending. Together\, we can show love & support for immigrants\, express our shame at ICE\, and bear witness to the cruel and unconstitutional actions of our government.” \nSchedule\n11:00-11:30\, Welcome chat; orientation for new folks; sign-making for those who need them\n11:30-12:30\, Stand (or sit) with signs\n12:30-1:00\, Short walk along the sidewalk on District Ave \nThe ICE building in Burlington is the detention and enforcement office for New England. Immigrants must come here for appointments. The standouts are peaceful and offer support for those who must show up here. Signs expressing support for immigrants are welcome. \nClick here for more info and email updates. 
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/bear-witness-protest-wednesdays-at-ice-2/2025-07-16/
LOCATION:1000 District Avenue Burlington\, MA 01803 United States\, 1000 District Avenue\, Burlington\, 01803\, United States
CATEGORIES:Legislation and Policy,Massachusetts Peace Action
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250716T120000
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SUMMARY:Day of Action: Divest MA from Genocide
DESCRIPTION:Join Massachusetts Peace Action and Jewish Voice for Peace Boston to demand that Massachusetts divest from genocide by passing H.2984\, the Israel Divestment Bill. This bill would divest the state pension fund from companies that provide military equipment to Israel. \nAt noon\, we will start with a rally outside the State House before going inside to testify in support of the bill. \nSign up to testify in-person\, virtually\, or through written testimony with this form: \nhttps://secure.everyaction.com/vIRH84pl3UCGs_VmfDO0Mw2
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/day-of-action-divest-ma-from-genocide/
LOCATION:Massachusetts State House\, 24 Beacon St\, Boston
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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SUMMARY:Good Trouble Lives On
DESCRIPTION:Thursday July 17th\nEvening (Exact Time Depends on Location)\nBoston\, Cambridge\, Worcester\, Springfield\, Salem\, Northampton (and dozens more!)\n \nGood Trouble Lives On is a national day of action to respond to the attacks on our civil and human rights by the Trump administration. Together\, we’ll remind them that in America\, the power lies with the people.\nCoined by civil rights leader Congressman John Lewis\, “Good Trouble” is the action of coming together to take peaceful\, non-violent action to challenge injustice and create meaningful change. \nThe civil rights leaders of the past have shown us the power of collective action. That’s why on July 17\, five years since the passing of Congressman John Lewis\, communities across the country will take to the streets\, courthouses\, and community spaces to carry forward his fight for justice\, voting rights\, and dignity for all.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/good-trouble-lives-on/
LOCATION:Multiple locations\, Boston\, Cambridge\, Amesbury\, Ipswich\, Falmouth\, etc
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250720T140000
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SUMMARY:Stop Starving Gaza! Rally and Silent Procession
DESCRIPTION:Meet at Wegman’s main door\, near the big clock\nOrganized by the Public Action Committee of the MAPA Gaza Committee\nIsrael is starving 2.1 million people in Gaza.The small volume of aid that started to trickle in after an 11-week full blockade is a drop in the ocean. Israel is blocking thousands of trucks carrying food\, medicine\, and clean water from entering Gaza and continues to bomb bakeries\, farmland\, water facilities\, aid distribution centers\, and aid guards. Children and the elderly are dying. Israel’s goal is to prevent Palestinians from being able to return to their land. This is all being facilitated by our tax dollars.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/stop-starving-gaza-rally-and-silent-procession-2/
LOCATION:Wegman’s Chestnut Hill\, 200 Boylston Street\, Chestnut Hill\, MA\, 02467
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250721T183000
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SUMMARY:Ukraine War Forum: With Russia Advancing\, What Should U.S. Policy Be to Bring a Just Peace?
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our fourth public forum and discussion on the future of the war in Ukraine. Two speakers will share their differing views\, followed by Q&A: \n\nJohn Feffer of Amherst is an author and Director of the Foreign Policy in Focus program at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington DC.\nJohn Berkowitz of Northampton is a retired (though still active) activist for peace\, nuclear disarmament\, racial justice\, and environmental protection. He’s a member of Massachusetts Peace Action‘s Ukraine Peace Campaign.\n\nThis event will also be livestreamed on the Forbes YouTube channel. Click here to view. \nFor details about the speakers or content included in the event\, contact: 413-387-8439\, johnpberk at proton.me \nThis event is co-sponsored by the Forbes Library. \nLocation: Coolidge Museum \nDirections and Parking
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/ukraine-war-forum-with-russia-advancing-what-should-u-s-policy-be-to-bring-a-just-peace/
LOCATION:Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library and Museum\, 20 West St\, Northampton\, MA\, 01060
CATEGORIES:Ukraine/Russia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250722T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250722T203000
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SUMMARY:Stop ICE Abductions and Block the Bombs
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a critical conversation with Congresswoman Delia Ramirez\, who introduced a historic bill – H.R.3565\, the Block the Bombs Act\, to prevent the Trump administration from sending weapons to Israel. This is the first bill in U.S. history to proactively block the president from sending Israel the types of weapons that it has used repeatedly to commit apparent war crimes and crimes against humanity against Palestinians in Gaza through the genocidal violence Israel has been inflicting since October 2023. \nWe’ll also be joined by Mahmoud Khalil\, a Columbia University graduate student and outspoken advocate for Palestine\, who is currently suing the Trump administration after being detained for over 100 days without charges. During his illegal detention\, he was separated from his wife and missed the delivery of his newborn son. To this day\, Mahmoud continues to fight against the threat of deportation. \nAs the U.S. continues to support Israel’s devastating genocide in Gaza\, communities across the U.S. are also facing intensified state violence. This webinar explores the deep connections between attacks on migrants in the U.S.\, the weaponization of ICE against people speaking up against the genocide\, and U.S. participation in Israel’s occupation and genocide on Palestinians. \nFrom Gaza to the United States\, we’ll examine how U.S. policy drives displacement and repression — and how grassroots resistance is pushing back. \nOther speakers include: \n• Pedro Rios\, Director of the American Friends Service Committee’s U.S./Mexico Border Program \n• Brad Parker\, Associate Director of Policy at the Center for Constitutional Rights \nFacilitation will be provided by Amira Hassan of IMEU Policy Project and Nusaiba Mubarak from AFSC. \nIf you are registering from outside the US please use the zip code 19102 \n  \nhttps://www.mobilize.us/afsc/event/812779/
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/stop-ice-abductions-and-block-the-bombs/
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250723T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250723T130000
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SUMMARY:Bear Witness: Protest Wednesdays at ICE
DESCRIPTION:“We invite you to stand in solidarity outside the ICE Enforcement & Removal Operations Office in Burlington every Wednesday from 11am-1pm. We’re grateful to those who have previously joined us at this facility\, and we hope that more will consider attending. Together\, we can show love & support for immigrants\, express our shame at ICE\, and bear witness to the cruel and unconstitutional actions of our government.” \nSchedule\n11:00-11:30\, Welcome chat; orientation for new folks; sign-making for those who need them\n11:30-12:30\, Stand (or sit) with signs\n12:30-1:00\, Short walk along the sidewalk on District Ave \nThe ICE building in Burlington is the detention and enforcement office for New England. Immigrants must come here for appointments. The standouts are peaceful and offer support for those who must show up here. Signs expressing support for immigrants are welcome. \nClick here for more info and email updates. 
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/bear-witness-protest-wednesdays-at-ice-2/2025-07-23/
LOCATION:1000 District Avenue Burlington\, MA 01803 United States\, 1000 District Avenue\, Burlington\, 01803\, United States
CATEGORIES:Legislation and Policy,Massachusetts Peace Action
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250723T190000
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SUMMARY:Nuclear Abolition: A Scenario
DESCRIPTION:Timmon Wallis will discuss his new book Nuclear Abolition: A Scenario. While Annie Jacobsen based her 2024 bestseller\, Nuclear War: A Scenario on numerous interviews with generals\, Pentagon war planners and other nuclear weapons experts\, Wallis bases his scenario on interviews with peace activists and campaigners from across the country and around the world. And while Jacobsen describes\, second by second\, how a single nuclear weapon could end up destroying civilization over a period of 72 minutes\, Wallis lays out a pathway\, already in progress\, that could move the Doomsday Clock second by second further away from midnight\, leading ultimately to the total elimination of nuclear weapons before it’s too late. \nTimmon Wallis is Executive Director of NuclearBan.US\, based in Northampton\, MA. He was born in Cambridge\, MA\, and returned to his home state in 2017\, after spending most of his life in the UK (plus several years in Belgium\, Sri Lanka\, South Sudan and a number of other countries). Wallis holds a PhD in Peace Studies and has been a nuclear disarmament activist for much of his life. His 2016 book\, Disarming the Nuclear Argument\, contributed to the negotiations for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons\, for which the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) won the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize. \n \nRegister to attend \nRead the review of Nuclear Abolition: A Scenario by MAPA member Jeanne Trubek in the July 2\, 2025 edition of The Peace Advocate.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/nuclear-abolition-a-scenario/
CATEGORIES:Nuclear Disarmament
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250726T120000
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SUMMARY:Outreach for Peace at the Lowell Folk Festival
DESCRIPTION:Join Mass. Peace Action as we table at Lowell Folk Festival\, on Saturday\, July 26. \nWe will be handing out literature on Palestine\, Iran\, Ukraine\, nuclear disarmament\, immigrant rights\, and more — requesting signatures on petitions and postcards\, and informing others about our mission. \nSpend a shift behind the table and then listen to music and check out the food stalls. \nWe will probably be on French Street near the corner of Kirk\, in downtown Lowell. Contact the MAPA office (617-354-2169 or info@masspeaceaction.org) to arrange carpools\, or you can travel by MBTA commuter rail. Please sign up for a shift and we’ll contact you with details. \n \nSign up to volunteer at this event
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/outreach-for-peace-at-the-lowell-folk-festival/
LOCATION:Lowell Folk Festival\, 40 French St\, Lowell\, MA\, 01852\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250726T120000
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SUMMARY:Community Encampment for Palestine
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Saturday\, July 26 at Lincoln Park from 12-8PM for a family-friendly day of celebrating Palestinian culture\, learning from community leaders\, supporting a mutual aid pop-up thrift for Somerville’s Gazan families\, enjoy children’s programming and creating interactive art. \n  \nRSVP here: https://secure.everyaction.com/XbMHcTqojkCpDxlr-Yc1Mg2
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/community-encampment-for-palestine/
LOCATION:Lincoln Park\, 51 Marion Street\, Somerville\, United States
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250728T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250728T203000
DTSTAMP:20260614T021814
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250723T194609Z
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SUMMARY:Building for the 80th Commemoration of Hiroshima/Nagasaki
DESCRIPTION:The Boston-Hiroshima 80th Anniversary Coalition and others across the country are organizing to commemorate the catastrophic A-bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and to build from the Hibakusha wise warning that “Human beings and nuclear weapons cannot coexist.” \nJoin us as Dr. Ira Helfand and Mari Inoue help us understand the importance of this anniversary and actions you can take to eliminate these omnicidal weapons. \nIra Helfand\, MD is a member of the International Steering Group of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapon\, ICAN\, the recipient of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize\, and Past President of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War\, which was the recipient of the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize. He is also co-Founder and Past President of Physicians for Social Responsibility. \nMari Inoue\, Esq. was born and raised in Tokyo\, Japan. While working as an immigration attorney in New York since 2001\, she has been active in grassroots movements to educate policy makers and elected officials of the costs\, risks\, and humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons and nuclear energy. She is a co-founder of the Manhattan Project for a Nuclear-Free World\, board member of Peace Action NYS\, and an active member of Affected Communities and Allies Working Group.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/why-were-building-for-the-80th-year-hiroshima-nagasaki-commemoration-and-beyond-webinar-with-dr-ira-helfand-and-mari-inoue/
LOCATION:Online Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Massachusetts Peace Action":MAILTO:info@masspeaceaction.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250730T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250730T130000
DTSTAMP:20260614T021814
CREATED:20250710T173705Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250710T173706Z
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SUMMARY:Bear Witness: Protest Wednesdays at ICE
DESCRIPTION:“We invite you to stand in solidarity outside the ICE Enforcement & Removal Operations Office in Burlington every Wednesday from 11am-1pm. We’re grateful to those who have previously joined us at this facility\, and we hope that more will consider attending. Together\, we can show love & support for immigrants\, express our shame at ICE\, and bear witness to the cruel and unconstitutional actions of our government.” \nSchedule\n11:00-11:30\, Welcome chat; orientation for new folks; sign-making for those who need them\n11:30-12:30\, Stand (or sit) with signs\n12:30-1:00\, Short walk along the sidewalk on District Ave \nThe ICE building in Burlington is the detention and enforcement office for New England. Immigrants must come here for appointments. The standouts are peaceful and offer support for those who must show up here. Signs expressing support for immigrants are welcome. \nClick here for more info and email updates. 
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/bear-witness-protest-wednesdays-at-ice-2/2025-07-30/
LOCATION:1000 District Avenue Burlington\, MA 01803 United States\, 1000 District Avenue\, Burlington\, 01803\, United States
CATEGORIES:Legislation and Policy,Massachusetts Peace Action
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250730T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250730T203000
DTSTAMP:20260614T021814
CREATED:20250712T041317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250724T145852Z
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SUMMARY:MIT At the Center of the War on Gaza: A Report from MIT Activists
DESCRIPTION:Activists in the MIT Coalition for Palestine expose the direct relationships between their university\, the Israeli military\, and American companies who service it. They discuss the remarkable work the MIT community is doing for Gaza under intense duress. \nMila Halgren is a postdoctoral associate in MIT’s Brain & Cognitive Sciences Department and organizer with the MIT Coalition for Palestine. She’s one of many scientists working to end MIT’s military research for the Israeli Occupation Forces. \nRichard Solomon is a Ph.D. student at MIT where he studies political economy and Middle East politics. He’s a member of the MIT Coalition for Palestine\, Boston DSA and a union steward for United Electric Local 256. \nRegister to attend:
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/mit-at-the-center-of-the-war-on-gaza-a-report-from-mit-activists/
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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ORGANIZER;CN="Massachusetts Peace Action Education Fund":MAILTO:info@masspeaceaction.org
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