This roundtable brings together leading activists who have served prison sentences to consider obstacles formerly incarcerated people face, as well as to explore policies and programs that can help us heal from the consequences of mass imprisonment. VIVIAN NIXON Executive Director, College and Community Fellowship TYRONE WERTS Inside/Out Exchange Program Think Tank Soros Justice FellowContinue reading →
March 5 - 7:00 p.m., 10 Ware St., Cambridge The People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom is in Danger and How to Save It. Meet Author Yascha Mounk for this Harvard Bookstore reading of his new book!
March 7 - 7:00-9:00 p.m., 6 Eliot St., UU Church, Jamaica Plain We're In This Together: Fighting Fracking & For Clean Energy ou are invited to an evening with community leaders from the Marcellus Shale region of Pennsylvania, at the other end of the fracked gas pipelines that connect to Massachusetts. Families, landowners, andContinue reading →
Portraits of diverse people from the Lowell Community.
March 13 - 7:00-10:00 p.m., Margaritas on Moody St., Waltham Drinking Liberally Hosts Jay Gonzalez Join us as we continue our series as we speak with each gubenatorial candidate. Tuesday we host Jay Gonzalez!
March 14 - 10:00 a.m., Across America National School Walk-out Day Across the country ...on March 14 (10 am Central time, so 11 am EST) there will be a 17 minute school walkout to protest gun violence and tell Congress that enough is enough. Please share this widely — with your kids, students andContinue reading →
The legislature needs to hear from us, in every corner of the Commonwealth, that it’s time to pass Paid Family and Medical Leave and a $15 Minimum Wage. Now that we’ve collected enough signatures to put both of these questions on the ballot, our message to the legislature is clear: let’s do this. Join usContinue reading →
In honor of Women's History Month, the Lowell 1st Service Platoon is hosting a service day led by women with Mill City Grows. We are looking for awesome women --and men-- to join us for this event. We will be assisting Mill City Grows with building garden beds for their community gardens. Because power toolsContinue reading →
March 24 - 12:00-5:00 p.m., Boston Common March for Our Lives In the words of survivors of the shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, “This is it.” Emma Gonzalez, David Hogg, Alex Wind and Jaclyn Corin are just a few of the many students of Stoneman Douglas who endured the tragicContinue reading →