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SUMMARY:Breakfast Meeting with Anne Gobi\, Mass. Director of Rural Affairs
DESCRIPTION:The Ashburnham and Westminster Democratic Town Committees invite you to attend our monthly breakfast gathering for democratically minded residents in the North Central Massachusetts region. This month we will be hosting Anne Gobi\, our former State Senator (2015 – 2023) who now serves in the Healey administration as the Director of Rural Affairs. She will be commenting on the needs within our rural towns. Bring your questions and perspectives. Coffee\, juice and breakfast snacks served. Doors open at 8AM. This event begins at 8:30AM. \n\n\n\n\nRSVP for Food Count
URL:https://turnpurple2blue.org/event/breakfast-meeting-with-anne-gobi-mass-director-of-rural-affairs/
LOCATION:Westminster Senior Center Meeting Room\, 69 W. Main St.\, Westminster\, Massachusetts\, 01473
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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-3/2025-08-13/
LOCATION:Burlington ICE Enforcement & Removal Operations Office\, 1000 District Avenue\, Burlington\, MA\, 01803
CATEGORIES:Protests
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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/2025-08-13/
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/2025-08-13/
LOCATION:Sawyer’s Bowladrome\, 13 Blake St\, Northborough\, Massachusetts\, 01532
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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/2025-08-13/
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SUMMARY:SLSF Phone Banks to Virginia
DESCRIPTION:RSVP\n\n\n\n\nJoin us and the Bay Area Coalition to make calls to voters in Virginia for the November 4\, 2025 state government election. Virginians will be electing a new Governor\, Lt. Governor\, Secretary of State and Attorney General along with all 100 seats in the House Of Delegates. \n\n\n\nOur experienced coaches will be on hand to help callers access the calls\, get familiar with the candidates and VA voting details\, review scripts for the calls and guide callers throughout the phone bank. \n\n\n\nIf you haven’t heard of it\, Swing Left is a national network that helps people find high impact ways to support Democratic candidates. We focus on the most flippable races as an important step towards ensuring the progressive change needed to create a more inclusive and equitable government and society.
URL:https://turnpurple2blue.org/event/slsf-phone-banks-to-virginia/2025-08-13/
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SUMMARY:One Million Rising Watch Party-Franklin
DESCRIPTION:Across the country\, authoritarian forces are getting bolder and more dangerous. Trump and his allies are not hiding their agenda: mass deportations\, rollbacks of civil rights\, weaponized courts\, and full-scale attacks on our democracy. We don’t have to wait until it’s too late. We can stop this. But it’ll take all of us—not just on single days of mass action\, but through sustained organizing in our communities. \n\n\n\n\nRSVP for updates\n\n\n\n\nThat’s why this summer\, we’re launching One Million Rising—a national effort to train one million people in the strategic logic and practice of non-cooperation\, as well as the basics of community organizing and campaign design. This is how we build people power that can’t be ignored. You’re invited to join us—and lead. \n\n\n\nLet’s build a force bigger than fear and louder than hate. Let’s get ready. Let’s get organized. Let’s stop Trump. \n\n\n\nDid you miss Session 1? It’s not too late to join us – just watch the recording here! \n\n\n\nSession 2: How to Make it Happen – July 30 Learn not just our strategy\, but how you can lead a discussion with others and get them on board with taking action in your community. You’ll host your first community resistance gathering after this session\, before our next session. \n\n\n\nCan’t get into the Zoom? No problem! Check out the livestream at nokings.org/rise – make sure to still register so you can stay in touch with us and receive all of the follow-up materials! \n\n\n\nSession 3: What Now? – August 13 You’ll be onboarded to basic campaign design and learn how to implement it locally as well as get plugged into our next national campaign work. Your second community resistance gathering will move this action forward.
URL:https://turnpurple2blue.org/event/one-million-rising-watch-party-franklin/
LOCATION:First Universalist Society of Franklin\, 262 Chestnut St\, Franklin\, Massachusetts
CATEGORIES:Action Hours
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SUMMARY:Pro-Democracy Highway Sign-Making Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Attend this August 13 Visibility Brigade workshop to make pro-democracy signs for the Rte. 495/Rte.119 Littleton\, MA overpass. Together\, let’s mobilize thousands of commuters to resist Trump’s authoritarian rule! \n\n\n\nSponsored by Reclaiming Our Democracy and the Indivisible groups of Littleton\, Westford and Acton. \n\n\n\n\nRSVP for updates\n\n\n\n\nPlease bring some cash to help fund the materials and a utility knife and long ruler or yardstick if you have them.
URL:https://turnpurple2blue.org/event/pro-democracy-highway-sign-making-workshop/
LOCATION:First Unitarian Church of Littleton\, 19 Foster St\, Littleton\, Massachusetts\, 01460
CATEGORIES:Action Hours
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SUMMARY:One Million Rising-Strategic Non-cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism
DESCRIPTION:Across the country\, authoritarian forces are getting bolder and more dangerous. Trump and his allies are not hiding their agenda: mass deportations\, rollbacks of civil rights\, weaponized courts\, and full-scale attacks on our democracy. We don’t have to wait until it’s too late. We can stop this. But it’ll take all of us—not just on single days of mass action\, but through sustained organizing in our communities. \n\n\n\nThat’s why this summer\, we’re launching One Million Rising—a national effort to train one million people in the strategic logic and practice of non-cooperation\, as well as the basics of community organizing and campaign design. This is how we build people power that can’t be ignored. You’re invited to join us—and lead. \n\n\n\nLet’s build a force bigger than fear and louder than hate. Let’s get ready. Let’s get organized. Let’s stop Trump. \n\n\n\n\nGet Zoom Link\n\n\n\n\nSession 1: The Moment & Your Mission – July 16 Get oriented to making meaning of this moment and the role you can play in coordinated strategic action. \n\n\n\nSession 2: How to Make it Happen – July 30 This train-the-trainer session is how we get to one million. Learn not just our strategy\, but how you can train others and get them on board. You’ll host your first community resistance gathering after this session. \n\n\n\nSession 3: What Now? – August 13 You’ll be onboarded to basic campaign design and learn how to implement it locally as well as get plugged into our next national campaign work. Your second community resistance gathering will move this action forward. \n\n\n\nSign up for all 3 sessions to get the most out of this experience. Watch it live with a friend in person\, and get ready now to host your own community resistance gatherings after the second and third sessions. This is how we get to 1 million!
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