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Please join us for a panel discussion featuring experts on each of the two new election system options appearing on the November 5th Municipal Election ballot. Moderator Lisa Handley, Ph.D. is a leading expert in voter data analysis and voting patterns, and has published widely in this area. She has advised numerous jurisdictions, both domesticallyContinue reading →

(Art by Kadir Nelson, So Together, 2016) Now that Welcoming Week and the Cultural Exchange Poltuck are behind us, we'll get back to looking at other goals for immigrant rights in Lowell. Proposed agenda: - Debrief of potluck event. - Moving forward with reviewing current status and possible future actions relating to immigrant rights -Continue reading →

Come join us for our 37th Annual Meeting to celebrate our success and elect new board members!

We have over a dozen entrepreneurs showcasing their businesses, selling products, and providing information about their organizations. African Community Center Of Lowell Arbonne International Inc. B.E.A.D.S DKim honey Products Evill Eye By Maria Flavor Noire GoodieKrunch Humble Home Care Services LLC Kenya Autism Alliance Corporation Rosebud Staffing Inc. Styled by Ola Taylor Made Communications TheContinue reading →

Lowell’s Benjamin Butler was a pivotal figure in American history. Best known as a controversial general in the American Civil War, Butler’s story has many other chapters with layers upon layers of complexity. A former governor of Massachusetts and multi-term member of Congress, Butler was one of the foremost lawyers of his time. He ownedContinue reading →

(Español abajo) Join Resist the Raids, Massachusetts Jobs with Justice and bands from the Honk! Festival of Activist Street Bands to show musical solidarity with our friends, family and neighbors who are locked up in Suffolk County House of Correction and the ICE immigrant detention center. Bring your drums, horns, pots and pans to breakContinue reading →

Sunday, October 13, 3:30 p - 5:30 pm, First Parish Lawn, 20 Lexington Road, Concord:  Vigil: Standing up for Migrant Children Seeking Justice and Humanity.  Singing, speaking, education and crafts to raise awareness on the plight of migrant children on our southern border. We hope to have first-hand accounts from medical professionals who have visitedContinue reading →

In 1892 and 1893, America was busy celebrating the 400th anniversary of the landing of Columbus in the Americas, and Lowell was teeming with parades, sermons, and lectures delivered in his honor. Two hundred years before the great industrial city of Lowell sprung up, in the 1670s, the Penacook people were actively challenging the invasionContinue reading →

Lowell Education Justice Alliance Tuesday, October 15 from 6-7:30 - United Teachers of Lowell, 169 Merrimack st, 4th floor  Every third Tuesday 

Tuesday, October 15th, 6:30-8:30, Acton Memorial Library: Indivisible Acton Area's General Meeting Guest speaker: Jamie Eldridge will talk about the Safe Communities Act. Then we'll break out to learn about opportunities to take action!  

Wednesday, October 16th, 10am – 12pm, Boston: Safe Communities Lobby Day 7-9pm, Groton: Citizens Action:  Environmental Legislation - What can you do to help save our one small blue planet? Every day, the news reports catastrophic environmental events around the world, and even here at home. Don't despair, take action! Working with our local legislators,Continue reading →

Americans depend on their prescriptions — but from cancer treatments to EpiPens, drug companies' skyrocketing prices are pushing life-saving treatments out of reach for those who need them. We pay among the highest prescription drug prices in the world so drug companies can make billions. No one should have to choose between buying medicine orContinue reading →

Come protest on the Westford Town Common for climate action now! We have 11 years left to take dramatic action to stop the extinction of not only our own species but of one million total species and creating an unlivable future. We must make change now, before it is irreversible!

We're squeezing in one last cleanup this year under the Centralville side of the Cox Bridge on Bridge St. Focus again will be on removing trash and invasive plants (some of which are a bit thorny). Hope to see you there.

10-12, Acton: Come to Indivisible Acton Area's Postcarding Meet-Up at Bagels Plus (upstairs) in Acton.  We will continue our campaign to help the ROE Act get passed as well as helping Get the VOTE out for a variety of elections.

Interested parties must call MIRA: Massachusetts Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy Coalition for pre-screening. 617-350-5480 ext 200

PLEASE RSVP HERE: https://northeast-moms.ngpvanhost.com/ngpvanforms/69604 Please join us for the official launch of our new Middlesex North team! Come and learn how you can take action towards ending the epidemic of gun violence. Join the largest grassroots gun violence prevention organization in the country to hear about what we do, how we do it, and howContinue reading →

We are less than a month away from our next CHOP dinner! Want to know what Community Teamwork, Inc. will be doing at CHOP this month? Come to the Lowell Senior Center on Wednesday, October 30th from 5:30 P.M. - 7:30 P.M. and find out. :)

The artists are super excited to open their doors as they are in full swing producing art that makes for great gifts during the holiday season. Swing by to talk to the artists and see how their creativity comes through in art works large and small. Purchasing an art class as a gift is aContinue reading →

We welcome you to celebrate with us at our 3rd year anniversary event. The event will take place on November 2nd, 2019. There will be dinner, exuberant African music, dancing and African arts for auctioning. We will unveil our new children's book, Parsely's Great Adventure. We hope to see you all at this unforgettable event.Continue reading →