Take action on July 31st to #AbolishICE in your community! In the last month, hundreds of thousands of people have risen up in outrage at the stories of parents separated from their children and internment camps for immigrant families fleeing violence and seeking asylum. The country has seen the cruelty of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE),Continue reading →
English: Northeastern University has received $2.7 million from an ongoing research contract with ICE. The agency is also listed as an employer for Northeastern’s student co-op program. The university benefits from and provides services to ICE, making them complicit in the agency’s criminalization and dehumanization of the immigrant community. Northeastern also directly contributes to theContinue reading →
Education Justice Activists! Join us on Tuesday, July 31 at 6pm for our 2nd meeting of July. Busy month! We'll be meeting at the offices of United Teachers of Lowell, 169 Merrimack Street, 4th floor. Tentative agenda: --Welcome and Introductions --Updates and actions --Formation of group to examine and be proactive on the SC proposalContinue reading →
Our partners JVS Boston are offering free English classes and career support at our 450 Merrimack St. location and want to welcome new students! Please visit an info session at 9:30 a.m. on July 25, Aug. 1, or Aug. 8 to learn more and see details in English, Spanish, Khmer, and Portuguese below. Please shareContinue reading →
City of Lowell Listening Sessions: local governance Listening sessions for residents to give feedback about local governance, elections, and the voting rights lawsuit. It's important for residents to be informed about this issue because they have a high chance in effecting the outcome by giving their feedback to the Councilors via the ad hoc sub committeeContinue reading →
Hijos de Hijos de Borniquen, this lively festival takes place at the JFK Plaza next to City Hall and includes food. music, dance, culture, and a fun time!
– Aug. 7, 6:00 – 8:00 pm. This year’s event in the Lower Highlands will kick off with a parade from Cupples Square to the Morey School, where families can enjoy kids' games, a dunk tank, a bouncy house, free food as well as food trucks, and dance performances. Other National Night Out events will take place thatContinue reading →
NERLC CAC Tuesday, August 7th 5pm-7pm New Group in Lowell, Coffee and Peer Support Peer Facilitator Training now being offered
Join us for Solidarity Lowell's monthly visibility event! 6:30pm-- Come together at the island in front of City Hall to rally and make your voices heard. We will continue to protest Judge Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court. Not only are women's health and LGBT rights at stake, but he has previously voted to allowContinue reading →
Dance 4 Peace XXIII (23) presents, Racial Profiling: Open Your Eyes Don't Let Racism Rise. Sponsored by Fallon Health, this year's focus is how racial profiling affects all people in the community of Lowell. Doors open at 6:30 PM and the show starts at 7; join us as we share this message through skits, poems,Continue reading →