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SUMMARY:Mexico's 4th Transformation: Sweeping the Americas
DESCRIPTION:Mexico is unique in the world with its constitutional judicial reform allowing popular elections for all major branches of government. \nIt’s growth and “Mexico Plan” under “The Fourth Transformation” are aimed at sovereignty and economic power and social well being. The US makes constant attempts to control Mexico’s growth path as goes US Monroe Doctrine history\, and wants to block its growing relationships and leadership in Latin America especially with Cuba and recently with Brics\, which Mexico has joined. \n \nAlong with being the major trading partner of USA\, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo and her government are trying to retain good policies with both differing economic models. This webinar will explain the Judicial Reform and Mexico’s struggle for total sovereignty\, including a young citizen’s experience\, background and views of present day infrastructure changes; how she and colleagues view the noticeable developments and social changes; how the “Bienestar” (Well Being) program affects her family and neighbors. She will also talk about positive developments in Mexico City. \n \nSpeakers: \nDr. Leni Villagomez Reeves – Former United Farm Workers volunteer who attended UC Berkeley and UCSF. She worked at Valley Childrens Hospital in pediatric emergency medicine. She is active in Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom\, where she co-chairs its national Cuba and the Bolivarian Alliance Committee\, and with the Pastors for Peace Friendship Caravan to Cuba and Saving Lives Campaign. \nRegina Hugues lives in Mexico City experiencing the changes with differing opinions from friends\, family and colleagues. Studied Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development at Anahuac University in Mexico City. Works over 7 years as a Spanish teacher with adults of all ages and professions. Volunteered in Oaxaca. and worked in the Mexican government offices and private sector. \n 
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/mexicos-4th-transformation-sweeping-the-americas/
LOCATION:Online\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Latin America
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250623T190000
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SUMMARY:Pilgrimage to Palestine\, Pilgrimage to Home: A Report Back
DESCRIPTION:Linden Jenkins presents learnings about the roots of Palestinian oppression\, observations and photos of the tactics of settler-colonialism there and here as well as reflections on the inevitable relevance and implications unfolding today in the domestic occupation we live in\, followed by Q&A and discussion. \nLinden spent 3 months in East Jerusalem in August-November 2024\, volunteering there in the office of Sabeel\, the Palestinian Liberation Theology Center\, helping to plan and accompany delegations throughout Palestine. A retired attorney\, pastor and activist for 50 years\, she was led to Palestine after spending eight weeks in resistance camps founded and led by indigenous women fighting construction of the Line 3 pipeline in northern MN. \nRegister Now
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/pilgrimage-to-palestine-pilgrimage-to-home-a-report-back/
LOCATION:Online Webinar\, MA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250622T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250622T170000
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SUMMARY:Community Event: Backyard Party for Peace – Newton Highlands
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy the summer with Massachusetts Peace Action board member Susan Mirsky at her home in Newton Highlands! \nBring your voice and an instrument for some musical fun. :) \nAttendees will have the opportunity to listen to updates about MAPA’s development\, key elements of the peace agenda\, and our ongoing efforts in fighting the genocide in Gaza\, ending the war in Ukraine\, addressing the twin threats of nuclear war and climate devestation\, and cutting the military budget. \nThere will be plenty of refreshments\, with vegan options available. Feel free to bring your favorite dish! \nPlease email info@masspeaceaction.org or call 617-354-1957 for the full address (close to Newton Highlands T stop!). \nFor questions\, contact Susan Mirsky at 617-875-7160 or smirsky7@gmail.com. \nRegister to attend.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/community-event-backyard-party-for-peace-newton-highlands/
LOCATION:Newton Highlands (address provided upon registration)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250621T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250621T180000
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SUMMARY:Volunteer at MAPA’s Table - Cambridge River Festival
DESCRIPTION:The Cambridge River Festival will take place on Saturday\, June 21\, 2025\, from 12 PM to 6 PM on the banks of the Charles River near Memorial Drive. \nMAPA will set up our peace and justice outreach table. Join us for an hour or two to distribute pamphlets\, buttons\, and Not Another Bomb signs\, and ask people to sign the latest peace petitions. We will be working in four shifts\, so sign up below if you are available! \nRegister for a shift.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/volunteer-riverfest-2025/
LOCATION:Memorial Drive near Eliot House\, Memorial Drive and JFK Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250618T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250618T190000
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SUMMARY:MA Medicaid Defenders Phonebank
DESCRIPTION:ASK VOTERS TO TELL CONGRESS:\n#SAVEMEDICAID #SAVESNAP\n \nWe are calling voters in the most critical states to urge them to contact their Senator and tell them to vote against the largest cuts to healthcare and food nutrition benefits in US history! If they are willing\, we can immediately patch them through to their Senator to deliver a clear message: Medicaid and SNAP Save Lives and you should NOT vote to cut it! \nPlease read this important information. \nWe are calling voters in the most critical states to urge them to contact their Senator and tell them to vote against the largest cuts to healthcare and food nutrition benefits in US history! If they are willing\, we can immediately patch them through to their Senator to deliver a clear message: Medicaid and SNAP Save Lives and you should NOT vote to cut it! \n \nFOLLOW THE LINKS BELOW TO MAKE CALLS \n\n\n\n5:00 – 7:00PM (Eastern)\nCALL INTO [Maine/COLLINS]Click HERE to make callsClick HERE for Maine Fact Sheet\n\n\n\n\nClick here to RSVP for more shifts. \nMore information about calls and the auto-dialer system is provided below \nTable of Contents \n\n\nPhone Banking Overview: Who? What? Why? How?\n\nUsing the Dialer\n\nPhone Banking Overview: Who? What? Why? How?\nWhy are we making calls today?\nCongress is advancing a budget proposal that would gut Medicaid and SNAP benefits for no other reason than to fund more tax breaks for billionaires. Instead of addressing the real culprits—the ultra-rich and corporations who are driving up costs and prioritizing profits over people—these cuts target working families and communities already struggling to get by. Any cuts to Medicaid and food nutrition benefits put millions of people at risk and will result in people losing access to healthcare and food. \nWho are we talking to?\nWe are calling constituents who are most impacted and most likely to oppose these cuts and may be willing to contact their Senator\, especially those whose Senators have not committed to fully protecting Medicaid and SNAP.\n \nWhat are we talking about?\nWe are making sure constituents understand that their Senator has not committed to fully protecting Medicaid or SNAP benefits. We will offer to patch them through to their representative’s office to deliver a brief but urgent message: Any cuts to Medicaid or food nutrition benefits put millions of people at risk and will result in people losing their healthcare and reliable access to food.  \nUsing the Dialer\nSCALE TO WIN DIALER REFRESHER  \nShort Deck on Scale to Win \nScale to Win: How to Make Calls in Detail \nInteractive Training Course \nStep 1: Click the URL of the phone bank we’re currently dialing into\, linked to at the top of this doc.  \nStep 2: Click “Preview Script” to walk through the structure of the conversation as it will flow through the dialer.  If you’d like additional talking points\, any available documents will be available here\, linked to in the corresponding state in the Table of Contents on page 1. \nStep 3: When you feel ready to dial\, select Call on this Device to make calls using the phone or computer you’re viewing the link on. Your device may prompt you for permissions to use your microphone\, Allow permissions. \nStep 4: Press the blue Start Calling button when you are ready to being dialing. \nStep 5: If you prefer to call on your phone and use the laptop to read the script\, select Call Another Way to connect your \nStep 6: Follow the prompts and dial in to the phonebank using the number generated by Scale to Win \n \n 
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/ma-medicaid-defenders-phonebank/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Fund Healthcare Not Warfare
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250617T160000
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SUMMARY:No Genocide in Healthcare
DESCRIPTION:We will be picketing at 500 Main St\, outside the Koch Institute at MIT\, between 4-6:00 pm to say “No Genocide in Healthcare!” The MIT CEO conference\, which is being billed (at only $4\,450.00/ticket\, cheaper if you’re a BioPharma Exec!) as a “not-to-be missed” networking event\, will be co-hosted by MIT President Sally Kornbluth and will feature other genocide deniers and apologists from MGB CEO Dr. Ann Klibanski and Governor Maura Healey to Rep Jake Auchincloss and mayoral candidate Josh Kraft. Bring noise makers! Do your best to come out on June 17th to say No Genocide in Healthcare!
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/call-out-the-genocide-supporters/
LOCATION:Koch Institute\, 500 Main St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02139
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250613T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250613T120000
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SUMMARY:No War with Iran - Emergency Rally
DESCRIPTION:Israel has struck Iran in an unprovoked attack on its civilian infrastructure in an attempt to drag the US into their senseless and dangerous wars in the Middle East. \nThe Israeli government has claimed this is a “preemptive” action\, but Iran was not attacking\, nor was it building a nuclear weapon. This strike was UNPROVOKEDand ILLEGAL under international law. It has needlessly put many innocent people in mortal danger. \nOn June 13th\, we will rally at the JFK Federal Building to demand an end to US and Israeli aggression for a return to diplomacy over military confrontation.   \nSponsors: National Iranian American Council\, Jewish Voice for Peace Boston\, Boston Coalition for Palestine\, Massachusetts Peace Action\, and more \n 
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/no-war-with-iran-emergency-rally/
LOCATION:JFK Federal Building\, Cambridge St at Sudbury St\, Boston\, MA\, 02108\, United States
CATEGORIES:Middle East Wars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250529T070000
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SUMMARY:Solemn Vigil at the Harvard Commencement
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by the Alliance for Water Justice in Palestine\, Massachusetts Peace Action\, and Jewish Voice for Peace Boston.  Info: 617-354-2169 or info@masspeaceaction.org.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/solemn-vigil-at-the-harvard-commencement/
LOCATION:Harvard Square T Entrance\, Harvard Square\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250517T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250517T160000
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SUMMARY:The Destruction of Healthcare Systems in Gaza: Realities\, Ramifications\, Actions: Part 2
DESCRIPTION:Register to attend. \n \nJoin us for a panelist event to discuss on-the-ground realities in Gaza and the West Bank and the short & long-term ramifications of the destruction of the healthcare systems. Get immediate & impactful action steps to help the people of Palestine! \nThis event will be at the Unitarian Society of Northampton and Florence\, 220 Main St.\, Northampton\, MA 01060\, and will also be available online. \nDr. Karameh Kuemmerle is a pediatric neurologist & epileptologist in Boston. Her clinical work focuses on epilepsy\, brain injury and neurodevelopmental care for children in complex settings. She is the co-founder of Doctors Against Genocide and a leader in Health for Palestine\, where she works to advance health equity\, community-based care and justice-driven medicine in refugee camps and conflict-affected areas. Dr. Kuemmerle is a committed advocate for the rights of marginalized patients and healthcare workers and her work bridges medicine\, human rights and global solidarity. \nDr. Deborah Weidner is a general and child/adolescent psychiatrist who transitioned from a hospital executive role to humanitarian work with her first mission to Gaza in August 2024. With over 25 years of clinical and leadership experience\, she has lead initiatives to reduce suicide deaths\, eliminate physical restraints and integrate behavioral health and primary care treatment. Dr. Weidner completed her residency at the University of Pennsylvania\, her fellowship at Harvard Children’s Hospital and her MBA at MIT. \nHeba Eljafarawi\, PA is a physician assistant and a founding member of the non-profit We Will Return (WWR). She graduated from the University of Saint Joseph with a Masters degree in Physician Assistant studies and completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Hartford with a BS in Health Sciences. She has 3 years experience in Urgent care and 1.5 years experience in pulmonary and critical care in Connecticut. Medical mission experience: 2023 Turkey through International Medical Relief\, providing medical assistance to those affected by the earthquake. Recently returned from Egypt with WWR to assist Gazans who were injured and affected by the ongoing genocide. With family members in Gaza\, she aims to help those affected by recent events and work towards providing humanitarian aid and medical assistance. \nRegister to attend. \n \nSponsored by MAPA\, SEMA 4 P\, and Doctors Against Genocide \nCosponsored by Community Alliance for Peace and Justice\, Southeastern Mass for Palestine\, River Valley for Gaza Healthcare\, Codepink W MA\, Pax Christi Western MA\, Healthcare Workers for Palestine Connecticut\, Connecticut Palestine Alliance\, and Demilitarize Western MA
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/the-destruction-of-healthcare-systems-in-gaza-realities-ramifications-actions-part-2/
LOCATION:Unitarian Society of Northampton and Florence\, 220 Main St\, Northampton\, MA\, 01060
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250510T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250510T164500
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SUMMARY:MAPA Annual Meeting 2025
DESCRIPTION:MAPA‘s Annual Meeting on Saturday May 10th is open to all dues paying members.  New members are also welcome!  This is a key gathering for MAPA\, where we’ll affirm our values and set our path forward. \nThe annual meeting will be held in person at our new office location at the St. James Episcopal Church in Porter Square. \nWe’ll hear from Harris Gruman\, a member of MAPA‘s Board of Directors as well as the Executive Director of the Service Employees International Union’s Massachusetts State Council. \nMembers will also hear about MAPA‘s priorities for the year\, review the organization’s finances\, and elect members to the Board of Directors. \nMembers who wish to run for the board or nominate someone should contact the office at info@masspeaceaction.org or by phone\, 617-354-2169.  Five signatures of members are required for a nomination. \nOnce the person is nominated the Board Recruitment Committee will meet with them to discuss the roles and responsibilities of a board member. All new board members will sign a board agreement outlining these responsibilities. \nDirections to the venue.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/mapa-annual-meeting-2025/
LOCATION:St. James Episcopal Church\, 1991 Massachusetts Avenue\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02140
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250505T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250505T213000
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SUMMARY:War Intellectuals\, Democracy\, and Hans Speier (a WIRN webinar)
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, May 5\, 2025 8:00 PM –  9:30 PM ET \n\nAn interview of Professor Daniel Bessner\, author of the book Democracy in Exile: Hans Speier and the Rise of the Defense Intellectual. Who was Hans Speier anyway\, and why is he important? Who determines U.S. foreign policy? Is there much democratic input? We cover the role of expertise in crafting U.S. foreign policy\, and what today’s warfare state looks like. We will explore what a humane foreign policy might consist of (and more!) in this timely webinar.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/war-intellectuals-democracy-and-hans-speier-a-wirn-webinar/
LOCATION:Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250503T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250503T180000
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SUMMARY:Volunteer at MAPA’s Table - Wake Up the Earth Festival
DESCRIPTION:The 48th annual Wake Up the Earth Festival will take place on Saturday\, May 2rd\, 2026\, from 12 PM to 4 PM. \nMAPA will set up our peace and justice outreach table on the field across from Stony Brook Station on the Orange line in Jamaica Plain. Join us for an hour or two to distribute pamphlets\, buttons\, and Stop the War on Iran signs\, and ask people to sign the latest peace petitions. \nAdditionally\, we will set up the Eyes Wide Open exhibit at the festival\, reminding everyone of the civilians killed in the war\, including 165 elementary school girls killed in Minab\, Iran\, on the first day of the war. \nWe will be working in shifts\, so sign up below if you are available! \nSign up for a shift!
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/volunteer-at-mapas-table-wute-2026/
LOCATION:near Stony Brook MBTA Station\, New Minton St and Lamartine St\, Jamaica Plain\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250503T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250503T180000
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SUMMARY:Volunteer at MAPA’s Table - Wake Up the Earth Festival
DESCRIPTION:The 47th annual Wake Up the Earth Festival will take place on Saturday\, May 3rd\, 2025\, from 12 PM to 6 PM. \nMAPA will set up our peace and justice outreach table on the field across from Stony Brook Station on the Orange line. Join us for an hour or two to distribute pamphlets\, buttons\, and Not Another Bomb signs\, and ask people to sign the latest peace petitions. We will be working in four shifts\, so sign up below if you are available! \nRegister for a shift.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/volunteer-at-mapas-table-wake-up-the-earth-festival/
LOCATION:near Stony Brook MBTA Station\, New Minton St and Lamartine St\, Jamaica Plain\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250502T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250502T210000
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SUMMARY:"The Encampments" Screening and Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Purchase tickets to attend. \n \nMAPA invites you to a screening of The Encampments\, a new film by Michael T. Workman\, followed by discussion. The first months of the second Trump administration have signaled a shift from derision and misrepresentation of the movement for justice in Palestine to active state suppression. The very Universities that at best barely tolerated and at worst violently dismantled student protest movements are now themselves being threatened with loss of grants\, funding\, tax-exempt status\, and other privileges\, for not being brutal enough in their response to peace activists. In addition to pursuing all possible legal avenues to dissuade vocal opposition to America’s active involvement in an ongoing genocide\, the administration is creating an atmosphere of fear by abducting individuals active in the movement off the streets of so-called “sanctuary cities” in broad daylight and renditioning them to other states in an effort to expel them from the country. These actions must not break our will\, but strengthen our resolve. It is in this spirit that we present this timely and vital film. \nAbout the Film: When a group of students at Columbia University in New York launch a movement protesting the war in Gaza\, they spark a nationwide uprising in solidarity with the people of Gaza. Encampments spring up at hundreds of campuses as students object to their own university’s investment in the US and Israeli arms industry. Featuring detained student activist Mahmoud Khalil\, The Encampments takes viewers inside America’s student uprising with incredible intimacy and urgency. Professors\, whistleblowers\, and student activists shed light on a moment that captivated the nation’s attention and continues to make headlines today. \nDiscussion after screening with student/s who participated in encampments. \nFeel free to bring snacks to share. \nDirections to the venue. \nPurchase tickets to attend. \n \nSponsored by MAPA\, cosponsored by the MA Justice for All Party\, Alliance for Water Justice in Palestine\, CD8 for Palestine\, Jewish Voice for Peace Boston\, Northshore for Palestine\, Palestine House of New England\, and Party for Socialism and Liberation.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/the-encampments/
LOCATION:St. James Episcopal Church\, 1991 Massachusetts Avenue\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02140
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250417T190000
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SUMMARY:Ukraine War at a Critical Threshold\, with Scott Horton
DESCRIPTION:Ukraine War at a Critical Threshold\, with Scott Horton\nCan US Policy will Promote Peace?\nThursday\, April 17\, 7pm EDT\n \nScott Horton\, author of Provoked: How Washington Started The New Cold War with Russia and Brought Catastrophe to Ukraine (2024)\, will speak on the origins of the war\, and the urgency of continued negotiations to end the war without further escalations that could lead to a far more dangerous war between the US/NATO and Russia. \n \nScott Horton is director of The Libertarian Institute\, editorial director of the online written publication Antiwar and host of the Scott Horton Show podcast. He has conducted more than 6\,000 interviews since 2003. He is the author of Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War With Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine (2024)\, Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism (2021)\, Fool’s Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan (2017) and editor of The Great Ron Paul: The Scott Horton Show Interviews 2004–2019 (2019) and Hotter than the Sun: Time to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (2022). He lives in Austin\, Texas with his wife\, Larisa Alexandrovna Horton.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/ukraine-war-at-a-critical-threshold-with-scott-horton/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Ukraine/Russia
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ORGANIZER;CN="Massachusetts Peace Action":MAILTO:info@masspeaceaction.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250415T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250415T130000
DTSTAMP:20250414T004318Z
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SUMMARY:What Happened to "First\, Do No Harm"?
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/first-do-no-harm/
LOCATION:Francis St & Huntington Ave\, Francis St & Huntington Ave\, Boston\, MA\, 02115
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250411T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250411T200000
DTSTAMP:20250407T201440Z
CREATED:20250318T035753Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250407T201440Z
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SUMMARY:"Deadly Betrayal: The Truth about why the US Invaded Iraq" with Dennis Fritz and Lawrence Wilkerson
DESCRIPTION: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 important context for current events happening in West Asia/Middle East. \nFollowing their talk and Q&A discussion (from 6:00pm – 7:30pm)\, copies of Deadly Betrayal will be available for purchase and signing from 7:30pm – 8:00pm. \n\nNOTE: Since we are purchasing copies of the book in advance\, if you would like to purchase a copy\, please let me know\, so we know how many copies to order.\n\n \nThe event is both in-person (565 Boylston St. Boston\, MA 02116\, 2nd floor) or on Zoom. Register and select the option you like! The event is sponsored by Community Church of Boston and Massachusetts Peace Action. Thank you and we hope to see you there. \nParking is available at the Back Bay Garage\, with entrances at 85 St. James Ave. and 199 Clarendon St. Community Church of Boston can validate so parking is only $8! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the book:\n\n\nBased on dramatic first-hand evidence\, Deadly Betrayal uncovers why and how a cabal of Pentagon Advisors in the George W. Bush Administration created a fabricated justification to attack Iraq. \nThe book provides a detailed insider account of how a Pentagon cabal strategized to manipulate intelligence\, pressure the United Nations\, force a Congressional authorization for the use of force through political threats\, and scare the American people after 9/11 into supporting an attack on Iraq. \nAuthored by a Pentagon insider and senior enlisted leader of nearly three decades standing\, Command Chief Master Sergeant\, Retired\, Dennis Fritz worked directly for and advised some of the most senior General Officers in the Department of Defense. They included General Richard B. Myers\, who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the height of the Iraq War. After military retirement\, Fritz found himself inside Donald Rumsfeld’s Pentagon working for Douglas Feith\, the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and key architect of the case for war. He was detailed to the Pentagon as a contracted Research Fellow and Analyst on a special project to gather and review all Iraqi Pre-War Planning Documents for declassification. His access to thousands of personal handwritten notes\, documents\, and Pentagon’s internal conversations\, has allowed him to tell the real story of why America invaded Iraq. \n“This book is an actual act of service. It will help many people\, including veterans\, connect the dots to explain this century’s American wars and give them further permission to ask tough and uncomfortable questions.”\n—Matthew Hoh\, former Marine Corps officer and Iraq War veteran who resigned his State Department position in Afghanistan over that war’s 2009 escalation. \n“I have known Dennis Fritz for three decades and served with him for many of those years. As my senior enlisted advisor in several commands\, I benefited from his sound counsel. While I do not agree with some of his conclusions in this book . . . I respect Dennis and was always proud to serve alongside him.”\n—General Richard Myers\, Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff \n“Sooner rather than later\, in my view\, historians will write the complete and accurate history of these disastrous wars from start to finish\, and sordid will it be. Alas\, however\, as with most history that is as accurate as humans can make it\, those guilty of the crimes and ravages it inevitably encompasses\, will have escaped all but a divine providence’s justice. This book at least will perhaps disturb their present comfort. It does mine.”\n—From the Foreword by Larry Wilkerson\, former Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/deadly-betrayal-the-truth-about-why-the-us-invaded-iraq-with-dennis-fritz-and-lawrence-wilkerson/
CATEGORIES:Middle East Wars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250402T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250403T193000
DTSTAMP:20250318T151847Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250401T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250401T200000
DTSTAMP:20250310T210431Z
CREATED:20250310T210206Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250310T210431Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250330T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250330T160000
DTSTAMP:20250320T185132Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250324T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250324T204500
DTSTAMP:20250308T143724Z
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SUMMARY:A New Generation of Nuclear Lies: Small Modular Reactors and Nuclear Plant Reopenings/ Relicensing
DESCRIPTION:Register to attend. \n \nBring your questions to Professor M.V. Ramana\, author of Nuclear is not the Solution: The Folly of Atomic Power in the Age of Climate Change (2024) and Paul Gunter\, spokesman on nuclear reactor hazards and security concerns for Beyond Nuclear.  They will explore the industry and government’s arguments for nuclear power as reliable “green” energy while heavily subsidizing a nuclear power comeback at the taxpayers’ expense. Would the rebound of nuclear power be an environmental disaster at the expense of truly renewable sources of energy that are available to us today? Linda Pentz Gunter of Beyond Nuclear will moderate. \nM.V. Ramana is the Simons Chair in Disarmament\, Global and Human Security and Professor at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, University of British Columbia\, Vancouver\, Canada. Ramana is the author of “The Power of Promise: Examining Nuclear Energy in India” (Penguin Books\, 2012)\, co?editor of “Prisoners of the Nuclear Dream” (Orient Longman\, 2003) and the author of “Nuclear is not the Solution: The Folly of Atomic Power in the Age of Climate Change” (Verso books\, 2024). He is a member of the International Panel on Fissile Materials (IPFM)\, the International Nuclear Risk Assessment Group (INRAG)\, the Canadian Pugwash Group\, and the team that produces the annual World Nuclear Industry Status Report. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Leo Szilard Award from the American Physical Society. \nPaul Gunter is a longtime environmental activist\,  energy policy analyst and spokesperson with Beyond Nuclear on nuclear reactor hazards and security. He serves as Beyond Nuclear’s regulatory watchdog on the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the commercial nuclear power industry. He is a 2008 recipient of the Jane Bagley Lehman Award from the Tides Foundation for environmental activism  on the nuclear power and climate change issue. He has widely appeared in print and electronic media including Amy Goodman’s “Democracy Now.” He was a cofounder of the antinuclear Clamshell Alliance in 1976 to oppose the construction of the Seabrook (NH) nuclear power plant through public education\, mobilization and non violent direct action that helped launch the U.S. antinuclear movement. Prior to joining Beyond Nuclear he served for 16 years as the Director of the Reactor Watchdog Project for Nuclear Information and Resource Service in Washington\, DC. \n\n\n\n\n\nSponsored by MAPA and Peace Action Maine. Cosponsored by Beyond Nuclear\, Clamshell Alliance\, Veterans for Peace national\, VFP Golden Rule project\, Nuclear Energy Information Service\, Nuclear Information and Resource Service\, Citizens Awareness Network\, Cape Downwinders\, Pax Christi MA\, United American Indians of New England\, North American Indian Center of Boston\, Winona LaDuke\, Tara Houska\, Diné No Nukes\, Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safely\, No TMI Restart\, Dorchester People for Peace\, New Hampshire Peace Action\, New Jersey Peace Action\, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom\, Massachusetts State Warheads to Windmills\, MA Catholics for Indigenous Rights.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/a-new-generation-of-nuclear-lies/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Nuclear Disarmament,Peace and Climate
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250320T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250320T203000
DTSTAMP:20250120T145248Z
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SUMMARY:Let This Radicalize You: MAPA Winter Common Read
DESCRIPTION:The Common Read is a great fit for MAPA members and our interns\, past and present. It is especially valuable to young organizers and instructive for all of us.  \nAuthors Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba each have decades of organizing experience and they maintain that ORGANIZING IS THE ANTIDOTE TO DESPAIR. Historian Robin D. G. Kelley says about the book- “Hayes and Kaba have turned decades of collective wisdom and experience into the text we desperately need right now.”  \nEach of the book’s ten chapters shares examples of the nuts and bolts of grassroots organizing\, where “finding common ground with a broad spectrum of people” is the goal. Chapter eight is titled “Hope and Grief can Co-exist”.  The authors’ discussion of the importance of listening skills and patience (along with Paulo Freire’s approach to political education) will resonate with many of us who have been in meetings where we find ourselves working hard to maintain relationships while navigating differences. Here are Hayes and Kaba on BUILDING A MOVEMENT THE SIZE OF THE ONE WE NEED: “it’s not as simple as handing newcomers a new set of politics and telling them\, “Yours are bad\, use these instead.” \nThe first of five 90 minute sessions will be held on Thursday\, January 23\, 7 to 8:30 PM\, covering the book through chapter two Remaining meetings will continue on Thursday evenings- February 6 and 20 and March 6 and 20\, and all will be on Zoom. Completing the book on the first day of Spring\, we’ll move forward with new knowledge and tools to resist the abandonment of our communities by corporations and government and to oppose the U.S. war machine at every turn.  \nYou can get the book in paperback\, ebook or hardcover for 40% off from Haymarket Books – copy this link in your browser to see the options: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1922-let-this-radicalize-you . FYI\, there’s a workbook which we have saved as a PDF to be printed or viewed digitally\, and other resources to access.  \nSponsored by Massachusetts Peace Action Education Fund.  Register to attend.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/let-this-radicalize-you-mapa-winter-common-read/2025-03-20/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Meeting
CATEGORIES:Racial Justice and Indigenous Solidarity
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250305T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250305T203000
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SUMMARY:Seeking Women's Health Justice: Activating Our Resources in Challenging Times
DESCRIPTION:The series\, Seeking Women’s Health Justice\, examines women’s health from the perspective of justice – with the awareness that peace is a fundamental component of health. \n“Accelerated Action” is the theme of International Women’s Day 2025 – gender equity\, reproductive rights and the reduction of violence against women and girls are highlighted. \nIn the spirit of supporting these aims\, Massachusetts Peace Action features the webinar\, Seeking Women’s Health Justice: Activating our Resources in Challenging Times. \n \nPanelists will discuss a broad perspective of ways to address the anti-woman\, anti-minority\, anti-immigrant\, and anti-LGBTQ policy regulations. \nThis will include a national appraisal of efforts to combat restrictive laws and executive orders; analyses and viewpoints to counter economic challenges; and the public health response to inhumane dictates. \nCongresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) is an activist\, a legislator\, a survivor\, and the first woman of color to be elected to Congress from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Throughout her career as a public servant\, Congresswoman Pressley has been a champion for justice and healing: reproductive justice\, justice for immigrants\, consumer justice\, justice for seniors\, justice for workers\, justice for survivors of sexual violence\, justice for the formerly and currently incarcerated individuals\, and healing for those who have experienced trauma. \nSteffie Woolhandler\, M.D.\, MPH is currently a Distinguished Professor at Hunter College\, after serving as a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.  In addition to her duties at Hunter she continues to collaborate with research colleagues at Harvard\, where she is a Lecturer in Medicine.  She is a leading advocate for health care justice and national health insurance for the United States. \nChris Chanyasulkit\, PhD\, MPH is a public health practitioner\, advocate\, keynote speaker\, and master connector who speaks both nationally and internationally about public health; literacy; civic engagement; and racial\, gender\, and health equity. She is the Past President of the American Public Health Association (APHA)\, a mom of three\, a dog mom of two pups\, and an avid reader. \nRegister to Attend:\n \n  \nCo-sponsors:\n \nPeace Caucus in affiliation with APHA\, Women’s Health Institute\, Women’s Caucus in affiliation with APHA\, Advocacy and Research on Reproductive Wellness of Incarcerated People\, National Nurses United\, CodePink\, UMass Amherst School of Public Health & Health Sciences\, MA Public Health Association\, MassCare\, Grandmothers for Reproductive Rights\, Suffolk University Center for Women’s Health and Human Rights
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/seeking-womens-health-justice-activating-our-resources/
CATEGORIES:Fund Healthcare Not Warfare
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250301T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250301T160000
DTSTAMP:20250226T225503Z
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SUMMARY:The Destruction of Healthcare Systems in Gaza: Realities\, Ramifications & ACTIONS
DESCRIPTION:Register to attend. \n \nJoin us for a panelist event to discuss on-the-ground realities in Gaza and the West Bank and the short & long-term ramifications of the destruction of the healthcare systems. Get immediate & impactful action steps to help the people of Palestine! \nDr. Bram Wispelwey is a Harvard Chan School of Public Health\, Co-Founder of Health for Palestine\, recently in the West Bank. \nDr. Ahmad Thaer is a Palestinian-American emergency physician who worked at Nasser & Al-Aqsa in Gaza in 2024. \nDr. Othman Mohammad\, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist\, Gaza Mental Health Expert and a Diaspora Palestinian \nThe event will be at Community Church of Boston\, 565 Boylston St.\, Boston 02116\, and also can be viewed online. \nSponsored by MAPA and JVP Boston\, cosponsored by CCB\, SEMA for a Free Palestine\, Watertown Citizens for Peace\, Justice and the Environment\, Alliance for Water Justice in Palestine\, Doctors Against Genocide\, Arlington for Palestine.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/the-destruction-of-healthcare-in-gaza-realities-ramifications-actions/
LOCATION:Community Church of Boston\, 565 Boylston St\, Boston\, 02116
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250222T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250222T153000
DTSTAMP:20250220T152433Z
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SUMMARY:Collective Liberation Film Series: From Palestine to Cuba
DESCRIPTION:Cuba Presentation: Returning from Cuba to share the voices of farmers\, economists\, entrepreneurs\, artists and activists speaking to the blockade\, the future of Cuba and our collective liberation. \nSaturday February 15th\, 1:00 pm \nGreat Falls Market\, 109 Avenue A\, Great (Turners) Falls\, MA
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/collective-liberation-film-series-from-palestine-to-cuba/
LOCATION:Great Falls Market\, 109 Avenue A\, Great (Turners) Falls\, 01376\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Massachusetts Peace Action":MAILTO:info@masspeaceaction.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250217T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250217T210000
DTSTAMP:20250212T000445Z
CREATED:20250212T000306Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250212T000445Z
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SUMMARY:From Crisis to Action: Building Ecosystems of Defense and Change
DESCRIPTION:As the political landscape is rapidly changing – with pieces of the Federal government being dismantled\, mass deportations\, and widespread uncertainty about our futures – we feel driven to respond but stuck. Our ability to take action (protest\, lobby\, spread awareness\, etc.) is driven by our theories of power and change\, as well as our belief that we can be effective. If our theories of change don’t seem applicable\, we feel helpless and confused. \nThis workshop will create space for us to discuss how we should view power\, theories of change\, and apply them to the new chaotic moment. Should we stick to what we were doing? Should we totally change our game plan? How can we be more effective? \nThe space will be accessible for both those who are experienced activists\, organizers\, or scholars\, as well as those who are new to thinking about political change and what to do. \nCosponsored by MAPA
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/from-crisis-to-action-building-ecosystems-of-defense-and-change/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Strategy and Ideas
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250214T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250214T183000
DTSTAMP:20250212T203432Z
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SUMMARY:The True Superheroes of Gaza Standout
DESCRIPTION:Following the February 14th release of Marvel’s\, Captain America: Brave New World\, join us outside of the AMC Boston Common Theater to recognize true superheroes: those who have sustained\, protected\, and saved the victims and survivors of the genocide in Palestine. \nRead more about our project!
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/the-true-superheroes-of-gaza-standout/
LOCATION:AMC Boston Common\, 175 Tremont St\, Boston\, 02111
CATEGORIES:Palestine/Israel
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SUMMARY:Stop the Coup
DESCRIPTION:Cosponsored by MAPA \nCo-Sponsoring Organizations (alphabetical) with frontline/impacted groups first (frontline are groups organized for and by an impacted group for that groups liberation) \nImpacted/Frontline Groups \n\nAsian American Resource Workshop\nBoston Coalition for Palestine\nBoston Dyke March\nCosecha Massachusetts\nEssex County Community Organization (ECCO)\nFamilies for Justice as Healing\nFore River Residents Against the Compressor Station (FRRACS)\nGreenRoots\nHomes for All Massachusetts\nIfNotNow Boston\nNorth American Indian Center of Boston\nPalestinian House Of New England\nPalestinian Youth Movement\nSpringfield Climate Justice Coalition\nTransResistance\n\n—————————— \nAllies/Solidarity \n\n350 Mass\nAct on Mass\nActivist Evenings Brookline Indivisible\nAmerican Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts\nBoston Democratic Socialists of America\nBoston Friends of Standing Together\nBoston Immigration Justice Accompaniment Network\nBrookline PAX\nCambridge Citizens Coalition\nCambridge Residents Alliance\nCanton Residents For a Sustainable Equitable Future\nCape Ann Indivisible\nCape Cod Women for Change Indivisible\nCitizens for Public Schools\nClimate Action Now Western Mass\nClimate Reality Massachusetts Southcoast\nCommunist Party of Massachusetts\nCommunity Action Agency of Somerville\, Inc.\nConcord Indivisible\nDominican Development Center\, Inc.\nElders Climate Action – Mass Chapter\nExtinction Rebellion Boston\nFirst Parish UU Brookline climate\, immigration and racial justice committees\nFriends of the Notch Forest\nGreater Andover Indivisible\nGreater Haverhill Indivisible\nGreen Energy Consumers Alliance\nIndivisible Boros and Beyond\nIndivisible Mass Coalition (IMC)\nIndivisible Melrose\, Wakefield Plus\nIndivisible Upper Cape\nInterfaith Ceasefire\nJamaica Plain Progressives\nJewish Climate Action Network (JCAN)\nJewish Voice for Peace – Boston\nKavod Boston\nMass Power Forward Coalition\nMassachusetts Action for Justice\nMassachusetts Families for Vaccines\nMassachusetts Interfaith Power & Light\nMassachusetts Peace Action\nMa’yan Tikvah\nMCAN – Massachusetts Climate Action Network\nMothers Out Front Massachusetts\nNorth Parish Climate Justice Group\nNorth Parish of North Andover UU Racial Justice Team\nNorthshore For Palestine\nNorth Shore Indivisible\nOur Revolution Massachusetts\nPipe Line Awareness Network for the Northeast (PLAN)\nProgressive Democrats of MA (PDM)\nProgressive Massachusetts\nProgressive Mass of Western Norfolk County\nSave Massachusetts Wildlife\nShared Habitat Earth\nShowing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) Boston\nSierra Club Massachusetts\nSocial Action Committee\, The First Church in Belmont\, Unitarian Universalist\nSocial Action Committee First Parish Plymouth\nState House Standout for No New Fossil Fuel Infrastructure\nStop Bullying Coalition\nSwing Blue Alliance\nThe Enviro Show\nThird Act MA\nTrees as a Public Good Network\nUU Mass Action\nWorkers World Party – Boston\n\nAccessibility Information: March will be about .8 miles\, mostly flat\, accessible to wheels. \nWe represent diverse movements\, organizations\, and philosophies. Some of us have been resisting oppression our whole lives; others are mobilizing for the first time. All are welcome. Though our goals\, tactics\, and experiences vary\, we are united in the belief that Trump\, Musk\, and MAGA must be stopped. Organizing collectively around that shared goal will enable us to build power and take action from our homes\, workplaces\, and the streets. Together\, WE are the movement this moment needs. \nstopcoupma@proton.me
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/stop-the-coup/
LOCATION:Boston Common – Parkman Bandstand\, Tremont St\, Boston
CATEGORIES:Democracy
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SUMMARY:A Midwinter Concert of Songs to Change the World
DESCRIPTION:A Midwinter Concert of Songs to Change the World \nSaturday\, February 1st\, 2025\, 7pm-9pm \nThe Friends Meeting House\, 5 Longfellow Park\, Cambridge MA\, 02138 \nDon’t miss this gathering of music and inspiration followed by light refreshments. You will laugh\, you will cry\, but you will leave renewed to face the rest of the winter and the challenges of our world that lay ahead. Welcome Charlie King back to Cambridge and revel again this year in Ben Grosscup’s topical music as they both help us mourn the atrocities of the past year\, laugh at the absurdities we confront each day\, and set us off one more time to change the world for the better. Charlie is a co-founder of the People’s Music Network for Songs of Freedom and Struggle and Ben is the executive director. Both are troubadours of our peace and justice movement. \n \nPrice: Regular Admission $20\, Student/Low Income $10\, Supporter Admission $35\, Online/Livestream option $15 \nBen Grosscup sings about the ideas and values of the revolutionary social movements he’s part of. Drawing upon activist folk singing traditions\, he brings new songs to the rallies\, strikes\, picket lines\, and virtual events where they’re most relevant. He leads purposeful group singing that raises political consciousness. https://www.youtube.com/c/BenGrosscup \nCharlie King is a musical storyteller and political satirist. He has been at the heart of American folk music for over half a century. Pete Seeger hailed him as “One of the finest singers and songwriters of our time.” He is the 2018 recipient of the Phil Ochs Award\, recognizing his music and activism for social and political justice in the spirit of Phil Ochs. Other honors include: the War Resisters League’s Peacemaker Award given to Charlie and Odetta; the Sacco-Vanzetti Social Justice Award nominated by Pete Seeger and the Joe Hill Award from the Labor Heritage Foundation. His songs have been recorded and sung by Pete & Peggy Seeger\, Holly Near\, Ronnie Gilbert\, John McCutcheon\, Arlo Guthrie\, and Chad Mitchell. Folk legend Peggy Seeger says\, “If we had more Charlie Kings in the world\, I’d be less worried\,” and Tom Paxton adds\, “Luckily\, we have him!” \nYou can learn more about Charlie at the following links: \nhttp://www.charlieking.org\nhttps://www.facebook.com/charliekingmusicalstoryteller \nAll net proceeds go to support the many projects of Massachusetts Peace Action for social justice and peace.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/a-midwinter-concert/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting at Cambridge\, 5 Longfellow Park\, Cambridge
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture
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