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 →
Join Solidarity Lowell in celebrating our recently endorsed candidates for City Council and School Committee! After completing our candidate surveys and participating in our forum (for City Council candidates), Solidarity Lowell is proud to have endorsed the following for City Council: Juan Castañeda Ty Chum John Drinkwater Harry Kortikere Vesna Nuon And the following SchoolContinue reading →
Data Equity Bill (H.2681) Hearing Tues, Oct 15, 10:30 AM (start time) State House - Gardner Auditorium There is opposition expected. Every person is needed to show up and support the bill, even if you can only make it during your lunch break or after work! ----- Currently, when demographic data is collected, they areContinue 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 →
Thursday, October 17th, 9:30am, Boston: League of Women Voters Lobby Day: It’s time to take the field and make the League’s voice heard loud and clear at the State House. Our Day on the Hill lobby day: Time to Act, will be Thursday, October 17, in Room 428, with coffee at 9:30 a.m. andContinue 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!
Porter Productions presents the 2nd Annual The Town and The City Festival to be held in Lowell, MA on October 18th and 19th. The festival, which will be held in multiple venues in downtown Lowell, will celebrate the adventurous spirit of Lowell native, Jack Kerouac, in an event which features both locally based and nationalContinue reading →