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SUMMARY:Bear Witness: Protest Wednesdays at ICE
DESCRIPTION:“We invite you to stand in solidarity outside the ICE Enforcement & Removal Operations Office in Burlington every Wednesday from 11am-1pm. We’re grateful to those who have previously joined us at this facility\, and we hope that more will consider attending. Together\, we can show love & support for immigrants\, express our shame at ICE\, and bear witness to the cruel and unconstitutional actions of our government.”Schedule11:00-11:30\, Welcome chat; orientation for new folks; sign-making for those who need them11:30-12:30\, Stand (or sit) with signs12:30-1:00\, Short walk along the sidewalk on District AveThe ICE building in Burlington is the detention and enforcement office for New England. Immigrants must come here for appointments. The standouts are peaceful and offer support for those who must show up here. Signs expressing support for immigrants are welcome. \n\n\n\n\nMore Info & Email Updates
URL:https://turnpurple2blue.org/event/bear-witness-protest-wednesdays-at-ice-3/2025-08-06/
LOCATION:Burlington ICE Enforcement & Removal Operations Office\, 1000 District Avenue\, Burlington\, MA\, 01803
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SUMMARY:Hiroshima-Nagasaki 80th Anniversary Commemoration
DESCRIPTION:A coalition of Boston area peace\, justice and environmental organizations are preparing a major event to mark and to build from the 80th anniversaries of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Boston area events on August 6 will be one of many across the state and around the world urging that nuclear weapons be abolished to help ensure human survival. \n\n\n\n\nGet more details and schedule of events
URL:https://turnpurple2blue.org/event/hiroshima-nagasaki-80th-anniversary-commemoration/
LOCATION:Dewey Square\, Atlantic Ave\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, 02210
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SUMMARY:Beverly Weekly rally for Pro Democracy
DESCRIPTION:Please join us every Wednesday in Beverly from 5:30PM-6:30PM in front of the First Parish Church at 225 Cabot Street to show we do NOT accept #47 Big Bogus Bill\, illegal deportations\, corruption\, cuts to Social Security/Medicare\, etc. Please make an effort to join us as we stand up and say Enough is Enough! Bring a friend or 2 along with signs/posters/flags. \n\n\n\n\nRSVP for updates\n\n\n\n\nThis a local Indivisible event! \n\n\n\nA core principle behind all Indivisible events is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values.
URL:https://turnpurple2blue.org/event/beverly-weekly-rally-for-pro-democracy/2025-08-06/
LOCATION:First Parish Church Beverly\, 225 Cabot St\, Beverly\, MA\, 01915
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SUMMARY:GAIN’s Weekly Wednesday Stand Out
DESCRIPTION:This a local Indivisible event! \n\n\n\nPlease join Greater Assabet Indivisible Network (GAIN) each Wednesday from 5:30 – 6:30pm in front of the OLD Northborough Town Hall\, to the right of CVS\, in Northborough\, MA. Meet our group as we hold our signs\, create community\, listen to great music\, educate the public\, and create good trouble. This is a fun-filled event and a busy location with great visibility. (Please do not park at CVS\, but instead at the lot at Sawyer’s Bowladrome\, next to the standout.) \n\n\n\n\nRSVP for updates\n\n\n\n\nA core principle behind all Indivisible events is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values.
URL:https://turnpurple2blue.org/event/gains-weekly-wednesday-stand-out/2025-08-06/
LOCATION:Sawyer’s Bowladrome\, 13 Blake St\, Northborough\, Massachusetts\, 01532
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SUMMARY:No Cookies for Fascists
DESCRIPTION:Protest w/ a bake sale!!!! Possible speakers at the event: activists & politicians \n\n\n\nLocation: outside of the Plymouth County Correctional Facility (PCCF)\, the intersection sidewalks and grassy area across from alltown fresh\, by the PCCF sign. \n\n\n\n\nGet Updates\n\n\n\n\nNo cookies for fascists! In the interest of directness and truth\, ICE is lawless and dangerous. ICE has been employing paramilitary tactics that are authoritarian/fascist in nature\, particularly in relation to its treatment of immigrant communities. Its methods reflect a broader trend of state-sanctioned violence and oppression. By collaborating with ICE\, Sheriff McDonald is giving his stamp of approval to the current fascist regime in our country. Sheriff McDonald is the only sheriff in the state that still has an agreement with ICE. We must put an end to this immediately\, to show that Massachusetts is a strong progressive leader for the rest of our country that wants a better future for all. \n\n\n\nSheriff McDonald\, end the ICE agreement now! Plymouth County Correctional Facility (PCCF) should not be helping ICE kidnap and disappear anyone! PCCF is the only facility in the state of Massachusetts with an ICE agreement. The agreement allows ICE to house migrants. The renewed 5 year contract signed last year increased the immigrant detention capacity by 35%. When Channel V Boston\, WCVB\, asked Sheriff McDonald in April 2025 if he worried about being complicit in sending people out of the country who shouldn’t be sent\, he said\, he doesn’t worry about it. https://www.wcvb.com/article/massachusetts-ice-holding-facility-plymouth-county/64445839 Kidnapping anyone\, without due process\, is not public safety! The only minority ruining the country are billionaires. https://www.pressreader.com/usa/the-boston-globe/20241121/281762749801818 \n\n\n\nPrimary hosts: Mid-Cape Indivisible\, Cape Cod Women for Change\, Indivisible Upper Cape Supporting hosts: Mass 50501\, Indivisible South Coast New England\, Indivisible Plymouth\, Indivisible South Shore\, Indivisible Outer Cape\, Lower Cape Indivisible\, Nauset Citizens Alliance\, Together We Thrive Boston\, Coalition for Social Justice (Falmouth)\, Falmouth Immigrant Rights Coalition \n\n\n\nAction Steps: \n\n\n\n\nAttend the Protest\n\n\n\nHelp Pass Critical State Legislation: Take a minute or two to send these prewritten letters to your stateSenators and Representatives\, to ask them to cosponsor these important bills suggested by MIRA and ACLU MA.\n\n\n\n\n2a. https://actionnetwork.org/letters/poic-cosponsor/ (Immigrant Legal Defense Act (H.1954 / S.1127))\, and the Safe Communities Act.(H.2580 / S.1681)) \n\n\n\n2b. https://action.aclu.org/send-message/ma-privacy-and-protection the Location Shield Act (HD2965/SD501) and the Dignity Not Deportations Act (HD3596/SD1107). https://action.aclu.org/send-message/ma-support-location-shield \n\n\n\n2c. And/or call your Massachusetts State Senators and Representatives to support critical legislation (Find out who represents you and how to reach them here. ) \n\n\n\n2d. An Act Ensuring Law Enforcement Identification and Public Trust (HD.4886). This proposal addresses the blatant abuse of power our communities are suffering at the hands of masked federal agents and would restrict the use of face coverings and require self-identification for agents operating in Massachusetts. (no prewritten script/message yet) https://www.change.org/p/unmask-ice-in-massachusetts? \n\n\n\n2e. Sign Petition: Unmask ICE in Mass https://www.bluestatedefiance.org/no-secret-police? Following the example of leaders working to hold law enforcement accountable for such actions\, you can help turn up the pressure your governor\, state reps\, and town council (email or phone) to take concrete steps to stop Trump’s authoritarian immigration crackdown \n\n\n\n\nMake Donations: We will be holding a bake sale at the protest\, with all proceeds going to the LUCE (Liberation\, Union\, Community\, Esperanza/Esperança/Espoir/Espwa (Hope)) hotline and other initiatives\, which is part of the Immigration Justice Network of Massachusetts. We will also be accepting general cash donations. https://www.lucemass.org/\n\n\n\n\nLUCE Principles: We are a coalition of immigrant-led\, grassroots organizations who build people power for everyone across Massachusetts. We move grounded in our principles of justice and equity\, with a deep commitment to keeping all of our communities safe through grassroots organizing\, information sharing\, and mutual aid. \n\n\n\nLUCE Vision: We hold a collective vision for a People’s immigration justice\, and refuse to accept that meeting one demand means not meeting another. While we may focus on a particular demand that uplifts a particular community\, we refuse to leave anyone behind because of their marginalized identity. \n\n\n\nWe know that all of us are deserving of collective liberation. We organize in solidarity with Black\, Indigenous\, and People of Color\, immigrants and refugees\, people who are targets of criminalization and currently or formerly incarcerated\, young people\, elders\, LGBTQ+ people\, and all those who are oppressed and living at the margins due to the broken system of “justice” within the U.S. \n\n\n\n(Regarding donations: Neighbor to Neighbor MA Education Fund\, a 501c3\, is collecting contributions to the LUCE hotline on behalf of the Immigrant Justice Network of MA. All contributions made through this page will be used to support the LUCE hotline and other LUCE initiatives.) \n\n\n\nGoals and Demands for State Elected Officials: 1. We call on Sheriff Joseph D McDonald to improve the inhumane conditions (eg- overcrowding\, unsanitary conditions\, and abuse by staff) at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility\, for all detainees. 2. We call on Sheriff Joseph D McDonald to end all contracts that allow Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office to house ICE detainees or provide ICE related services. 3. We call on our state senators and representatives to pass crucial legislation that will keep our communities safe: An Act Ensuring Law Enforcement Identification and Public Trust (HD.4886)\, the Location Shield Act (HD2965/SD501)\, the Dignity Not Deportations Act (HD3596/SD1107)\, Immigrant Legal Defense Act (H.1954 / S.1127)\, the Safe Communities Act.(H.2580 / S.1681) 4. We call on Governor Maura Healey to use her authority to protect Massachusetts’ immigrant communities by declaring a statewide policy of non-cooperation with ICE and other federal agencies that ignore due process and act outside the rule of law. Statewide policy shall include that if called to the scene\, local or state police will act to prevent extrajudicial kidnappings of MA residents. They shall verify a) the authenticity of an agent’s identification (i.e.\, badge)\, and b) their authority to arrest the person in question (i.e.\, warrant). 5. We call on Attorney General Andrea Campbell to pursue prosecution of ICE for kidnapping Massachusetts residents under state law. 6. We also call on Attorney General (AG) Campbell to prosecute federal agents\, who are by law required to identify themselves\, but refuse to by wearing masks and not showing badges; as well as any non-agent individuals serving as MAGA mercenaries while impersonating federal agents. \n\n\n\nA core principle behind all Indivisible events is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values.
URL:https://turnpurple2blue.org/event/no-cookies-for-fascists/
LOCATION:Plymouth County Correctional Facility Sign\, 26 Long Pond Rd and Home Depot Rd\, Plymouth\, Massachusetts\, 02360
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SUMMARY:Virginia Listening Campaign to Rural Voters with Swing Blue Alliance
DESCRIPTION:Join Swing Blue Alliance\, Red2Blue\, and Rural GroundGame calling rural Democrats in Virginia who didn’t vote in the 2024 elections to find out what issues they care about. We’ll provide full training and support throughout the phone bank using active listening to hear what issues are important to these voters. Help find stories we can use in Virginia campaigns for 2025. \n\n\n\nThe Scale to Win dialer enables volunteers to spend their time in conversation with voters. You can phone and text through the dialer. \n\n\n\n\nSign up for Link\n\n\n\n\nWe invite you to join us\, bring a friend\, make new connections\, and make a difference in communities across Virginia!
URL:https://turnpurple2blue.org/event/virginia-listening-campaign-to-rural-voters-with-swing-blue-alliance/2025-08-06/
CATEGORIES:Phone Calls
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