Together Tuesday is an opportunity to meet and hear from like-minded folks from across the community, to laugh, smile, and bond with one another, and to work together toward building a Lowell that is run for and by its people. The steps will be open to speeches from any who attend. You are encouraged toContinue reading →
Sunday, May 21, 5pm, Mill No. 5, 4th Floor Hi-Hat area, Lowell, MA (location may change) This meeting will feature a presentation by We The People Massachusetts, a group working to end Citizens United and add a democracy amendment to the Constitution. Learn more at www.wethepeoplemass.org. Also on the agenda: volunteering opportunities, tabling events, committee updates,Continue reading →
Monday, May 22, 7pm, Wang Middle School 365 W Meadow Rd, Lowell, MA 01854 Since Donald Trump took office, we have seen an unprecedented increase in the level of activism in Massachusetts and throughout the country. Right here in Lowell, people have come together to plan, speak out and protest what's happening in Washington.Continue reading →
Tuesday, May 23, 6:30-8:15pm, J. V. Fletcher Library, Mary Atwood Room, 3rd Floor, 50 Main Street, Westford, MA 01886 A series of Supreme Court decisions culminating in Citizens United v. FEC and McCutcheon v. FEC have opened the floodgates to money in politics, allowing economic elites to pressure our politicians to serve their interests ratherContinue reading →
Wednesday, May 24, 7-9pm, RJ Grey Junior High, 16 Charter Road, Acton, MA Are you concerned about the environment nationally, regionally, and locally, and want to do something about it? The Activist Alliance is hosting a meeting with Nathanial Stinnett from the Environmental Voter Project, State Senator Jamie Eldridge, State Representative Jennifer Benson and LocalContinue reading →
In February, 350 immigrant leaders from all over the country went to Boston to participate in the launch of the May 1st campaign - A Day Without Immigrants. Since then, hundreds of thousands of immigrants took the streets on May 1st, and hundreds joined local Cosecha teams across the country. Now it is time forContinue reading →
Come write postcards to your elected officials about issues that matter to you! Suggestions, addresses, and supplies provided. Please note that we'll be at Mill No. 5 this time, in Coffee and Cotton, due to summer hours at our usual location.
Monday, July 10, 12pm-1pm, CLASS, Inc., 1 Parker Street, Lawrence, MA Believe persons with disabilities deserve quality care in Lawrence? Stand in solidarity with the hardworking staff at CLASS, Inc! SEIU Local 509 members at CLASS Inc. are fighting back to improve the care of people with disabilities in our community. Low wages for workersContinue reading →
Saturday, July 22, 12-2pm, Gallery Z, 167 Market Street, Lowell Feel like you aren't making a difference in this time of political crisis? Come write postcards to your elected officials with us! Commiserate on the horrors in our current administration and do something that can actually enact change! Now with food! (Gallery Z has itsContinue reading →