Join us for our next Quarterly Meeting! Leaders from the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute will present their extraordinary work. We will also review our new committee structure and announce our 2019 legislative priorities.
RSVP here: bit.ly/lobbyday2019 At Sexual Health Lobby Day, advocates from across the state will come together to declare: access to sexual and reproductive health care is a basic human right. The day will begin with a tabling fair and short speaking program to get you fired up, followed by a training to prepare you toContinue reading →
RSVP here to get scheduled: https://goo.gl/forms/TxPdDBMXFdjq7gT32 On January 24, hundreds of members of the Mass Power Forward coalition will descend on Beacon Hill to demand that our legislators do everything they can to promote a clean energy future. Our goals are 1. Environmental Justice in MA! 2. 100% Renewable Energy Justice 3. Equity in transportationContinue reading →
January 30 - 4:30-6:00 p.m., Boston University School of Public Health Breaking the Cycle of Homelessness and Poor Health Find tickets here. Homelessness and poor health are intricately linked. Physical and mental health issues are personal risk factors for homelessness, particularly for older adults. Once homeless, individuals are less likely to have access to health servicesContinue reading →
5pm-7pm, Cambridge: Resist Howard Schultz Peaceful Protest - join this peaceful protest outside Howard Schultz's book signing at the Brattle Theater event to tell him that his self-funded vanity run as an Independent for President will assure that Donald Trump is re-elected to a second term. It will split the opposition to the Trump presidency,Continue reading →
February 9 - 2:00-4:00 p.m., Temple Ohabei Shalom, 1187 Beacon St, Brookline, Boston Area Medicare-for-All Barnstorm! Join us for an organizing barnstorm to win Medicare for All by moving members of Congress in the Boston area! February 9-14 is a national week of action for Medicare for All, and hundreds of organizing barnstorms will be held acrossContinue reading →
Presented by Facing History and Ourselves and The Allstate Foundation, in partnership with The Boston Public Library, Central Library in Copley Square. Join us for a Community Conversation with Andrew Aydin, creator of the graphic memoir series MARCH, which chronicles the life of Congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis. MARCH was co-authored with Congressman LewisContinue reading →
1-3:30pm, Boston: Civics Education Lobby Day - Last session the legislature passed the civics education bill to fanfare and cheers. But the Governor's proposed 2020 budget does not include the necessary funding for the Civics Project Trust Fund, which would implement that legislation. RSVP here.
(español abajo) Who’s behind the displacement crisis in East Boston? Large corporate landlords like Joe Donovan of GRID. This large, expanding real estate enterprise has purchased 65 residential properties in East Boston just in the past 4 years. City Life/Vida Urbana has found many of these properties are now vacant or converted into condos. WhereContinue reading →
February 14 - 5:15 p.m., Boston Common Parkman Bandstand Candlelight Vigil for Parkland A short candlelight vigil to mark the one year anniversary of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school in Parkland, FL.