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SUMMARY:Land Day
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URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/land-day/
LOCATION:Roxbury Crossing\, 1400 Tremont St\, Boston\, MA\, 02120
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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SUMMARY:Art & Activism: Stickers for Solidarity with Palestine
DESCRIPTION: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 provided—just bring your creativity and commitment to justice! \n  \nRSVP here! 
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/art-activism-stickers-for-solidarity-with-palestine/
LOCATION:St. James Episcopal Church\, 1991 Massachusetts Avenue\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02140
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Palestine/Israel
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SUMMARY:No Arms to Israel!  Power Hour
DESCRIPTION: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 the JRDs\, then get on the phone to call our US Senators. Please plan to join us and invite others. \nBackground: \nSen. Sanders announced that he will force a vote on two Joint Resolutions of Disapproval against specific weapons transfers to Israel\, probably April 2-4.\n\n\n“Next week\, the Senate will vote on two Joint Resolutions of Disapproval (S.J.Res.26 and S.J.Res.33) to block $8.8 billion of weapons to Israel\, including: \n* 35\,529 MK 84 or BLU-117 General Purpose bomb bodies; and 4\,000 I-2000 Penetrator warheads (all are varieties of 2\,000-pound bombs)\, valued at $2.04 billion. \n* 2\,166 GBU–39/B Small Diameter Bombs (SDBs); 2\,800 MK 82 General Purpose 500-pound bombs; 17\,479 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) Guidance Kits; and 17\,475 FMU–152 A/B bomb fuzes \nThese weapons have all been used by Israel to commit apparent war crimes against Palestinians in Gaza. With Israel having broken the ceasefire on March 17 by unleashing massive genocidal violence which has killed nearly 800 Palestinians since then\, it’s more important than ever to ensure that we block weapons deliveries to Israel. \n\nPlease join us\, and if you can’t\, call your senators at 202.224.3121.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/no-arms-to-israel-power-hour/
LOCATION:Online\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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SUMMARY:Divesting from Israel's Genocide
DESCRIPTION:Register to attend. \n \nJoin us on April 1 to learn about: \n1. The specific weapons that Israel is employing to maintain its apartheid system and for its assault on Gaza\, the West Bank\, Lebanon and Syria. \n2. The military contractors who produce and provide these weapons to Israel – especially those here in Massachusetts. \n3. How divestment campaigns work and how they can function to push for an end to U.S. war aid to Israel. \n4. The Bill in the Massachusetts Legislature (H.D.3630) to divest the Mass. State Pension Plan from companies selling weapons to Israel and Mass. Peace Action’s divestment campaign focused on pressuring the Mass. State Pension Fund and Massachusetts Universities to divest their holding in companies that provide these weapons to Israel. \nNoam Perry is AFSC’s Economic Activism associate and one of the creators of Investigate\, AFSC’s project that aims to expose corporate involvement in oppressive state violence structures and to promote standards for corporate social responsibility and respect for human rights. Its research efforts focus on corporations involved in incarceration and immigrant detention\, the Israeli occupation\, and the border industries. These are AFSC program focus areas\, where there is an identified lack of available resources\, coupled with explicit requests for such resources from the movements we work with. The Investigate project reaches out to the responsible investment community\, to community activists\, and to interfaith partners with information and tools for corporate engagement\, corporate accountability\, and divestment initiatives\, to support the building of wide movements that can influence\, limit\, and monitor corporate abuse. \nRegister to attend.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/divesting-from-israels-genocide/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel,Raytheon Antiwar Campaign
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SUMMARY:No More Arms to Israel! Free Rumeysa Ozturk!
DESCRIPTION: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. \nIsrael broke the ceasefire on March 18 and has since killed over 800 Palestinian civilians in Gaza. \nHooded ICE agents captured Tufts graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk on a Somerville street last week.  Her only offense was writing an article calling for divestment of university funds. \nJoin us at the JFK Federal Building Wednesday to speak to Senator Markey and Warren’s representatives.   We will read letters signed by Massachusetts organizations and individuals. \n \nSign up to attend! \nOrganizations can sign a letter to oppose US arms to Israel.  Individuals\, sign here.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/no-more-arms-to-israel-free-rumeysa-ozturk/
LOCATION:JFK Federal Building\, Cambridge St at Sudbury St\, Boston\, MA\, 02108\, United States
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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SUMMARY:What is the Boston Regional Intelligence Center?
DESCRIPTION: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). \nBRIC is a fusion center that includes collaboration with federal agencies like the FBI\, DHS\, as well as several municipalities in the greater Boston area. We know from public records request the BRIC has been tracking members of the Palestinian solidarity movement. This is also where local police share data with ICE for general enforcement efforts against the immigrant community. \nThe cities that participate in this fusion center include Brookline\, Boston\, Cambridge\, Chelsea\, Everett\, Quincy\, Revere\, Somerville\, and Winthrop. \nEvery year\, local government has to approve grants from municipal police agencies which is a way to push back against funding for the BRIC. This Q&A session will feature Boston City Councilor At Large Henry Santana who is also the Chair of the Public Safety Committee\,  district 6 City Councilor Ben Weber\, and City Councilor At-Large Julia Mejia to answer our questions about the BRIC. \nThis event might be a useful event for members of your community to understand the type of surveillance that may be taking place of residents. \n\nHere is info about the event: What is the BRIC? \nWhen: April 2\, 2025 at 6:30pm \nWhere: Farnsworth House\, 90 South Street \nRegistration: https://mobilize.us/s/WyCRaF \nThere was a hearing in Boston City Hall last week that you can watch at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S39n4wkRIg   \nHere is information from the ACLU MA and MJL that is somewhat outdated but still relevant: \n– ACLU Breaking up with the BRIC \n– MJL Get the BRIC out of Boston
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/what-is-the-boston-regional-intelligence-center/
LOCATION:Farnsworth House\, 90 South St\, Jamaica Plain\, MA\, 02130
CATEGORIES:Democracy
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SUMMARY:Ceasefire NOW Grassroots Lobby Days Training
DESCRIPTION: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 legislation\, including an enduring ceasefire\, cutting U.S. weapons sales to Israel\, and restoring funding for UNRWA. Prior lobbying experience is not required. \nFor those interested in attending lobby days\, please register through the national Peace Action link here. \n \nThen\, fill out MAPA’s logistics questionnaire. \nOnce you have registered to lobby\, sign-up for ONLY ONE of the training sessions below\, which will both be held at 7:30 pm EST. \nCeasefire NOW Advocacy training session\, Wednesday\, April 2nd – REGISTER HERE \nCeasefire NOW Advocacy training session\, Thursday\, April 3rd – REGISTER HERE
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/ceasefire-now-grassroots-lobby-days-training/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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SUMMARY:What About Gaza?
DESCRIPTION:Justice Democracy International Law & Freedom in America\nUnderstanding Palestine and Israel: Discussion and book signing with author Phyllis Bennis\nRegister to attend. \n \nJoin us for a discussion with respected political analyst and author Phyllis Bennis. Her new book\, Understanding Palestine and Israel\, answers important questions including perspectives often missing from corporate media: history that shaped the area\, events leading up to the current crisis and how this has affected international law\, human rights\, the recent American elections\, and the erosion of democracy. \nTickets are free\, but please register to reserve a seat. \nPhyllis Bennis is a fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies where she co-directs the New Internationalism Project. She has written numerous books on Palestine\, foreign policy\, and the UN. She serves as an international advisor to Jewish Voice for Peace\, and has been shortlisted twice to become the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.  \nOther talks by Phyllis Bennis: \nSaturday\, April 5 at 4:00 pm: Possible Futures\, 318 Edgewood Ave\, New Haven\, CT 06511. Sponsored by JVP New Haven and Mending Minyan. \nSunday\, April 6 at 2:00 pm: Massachusetts Peace Action. Venue: 1991 Massachusetts Ave\, Cambridge\, MA 02140. \nMonday\, April 7 at 6:00 pm: Event organized by Traprock Communication at All Souls Unitarian-Universalist Church\, 399 Main Street\, Greenfield\, MA. \nTuesday\, April 8 at 7:00 pm: UMass Amherst\, Thompson 106 (near parking garage). Sponsored by SJP\, FJP\, JVP\, Interlink etc … Phyllis Bennis in conversation with Michel Moushabeck. RSVP. \nWednesday\, April 9 at 7:00 pm: Event organized by Southern Vermont for Palestine in Brattleboro\, VT.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/what-about-gaza/
LOCATION:Lenox Community Center\, 65 Walker St\, Lenox\, MA\, 01240
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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