Name: May Day-Candle Lighting in Salem
Start: 2026-05-01T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-05-01T19:30:00-04:00
Location: Riley Plaza

May 2026
May Day – A Festival of Student & Worker Power at UMass Amherst

May 1 @ 9:00 am - 6:00 pm EDT

UMASS Amherst Metawampe lawn 300 Massachusetts Ave, Amherst, Massachusetts

In collaboration with a variety of groups on our campus, including but not limited to student activism groups, political organizations, cultural organizations, sustainability and environmental groups, faculty, staff, and graduate students, Sunrise at UMass Amherst is hosting a day-long student strike on UMass campus and festival for student power! We'll have performers (bands, dance groups,Continue reading "May Day – A Festival of Student & Worker Power at UMass Amherst"
May Day – Field Day

May 1 @ 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT

Christopher Columbus Park 100 Atlantic Ave, Boston, Massachusetts

Join Boston DSA for our First Annual May Day Field Day on May 1st as we turn out for International Labor Day. We will have lawn games, live music, guest speakers, a raffle, drinks and ice cream, and an artbuild to make banners and signs for the main event! We will end by marching aboutContinue reading "May Day – Field Day"
Greater Methuen Indivisible

May 1 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT Greater Methuen Indivisible

Nevins Memorial Library 305 Broadway, Methuen, Massachusetts

POSTCARD WRITING NEVIN'S MEMORIAL LIBRARY This a local INDOOR Indivisible event! Greater Methuen Indivisible was created to bring impactful activism directly to you. We offer a variety of actions to help you defend our democracy and support the progressive agenda. If you're looking at how you can help strengthen our Democracy, please join us! PostcardContinue reading "Greater Methuen Indivisible"
Standout for Democracy | Protest in Methuen

May 1 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT Standout for Democracy | Protest in Methuen

Across the street from The Woods Retirement Community 197 Howe St, Methuen, Massachusetts, United States

This a local Indivisible event! Our standout is comprised of a group of seniors who decided to do more than watch the news, become upset, anxious, and feel powerless about what is happening in and to our country. We began a peaceful protest action to register our displeasure! We wanted to demonstrate in a wayContinue reading "Standout for Democracy | Protest in Methuen"
Greater Methuen Indivisible: Building Community One Postcard at a Time | Postcard Event in Methuen

May 1 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT Greater Methuen Indivisible: Building Community One Postcard at a Time | Postcard Event in Methuen

Nevins Memorial Library 305 Broadway, Methuen, Massachusetts

This a local, indoor Indivisible event! POSTCARD WRITING NEVIN'S MEMORIAL LIBRARY Greater Methuen Indivisible was created to bring impactful activism directly to you. We offer a variety of actions to help you defend our democracy and support the progressive agenda. If you're looking at how you can help strengthen our Democracy, please join us! PostcardContinue reading "Greater Methuen Indivisible: Building Community One Postcard at a Time | Postcard Event in Methuen"
De-ICE Hanscom Friday Standouts

Featured May 1 @ 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm EDT De-ICE Hanscom Friday Standouts

Hanscom Rotary Intersection of Old Bedford Rd and Hanscom Dr, Lincoln, MA

Fridays from 1:30 to 3:00 at the Hanscom Rotary (intersection of Hanscom Dr. and Old Bedford Rd. in Lincoln, MA.) Please park along Old Bedford Road or Hanscom Drive without impeding traffic or blocking bike lanes. De-ICE Hanscom is a coalition organizing peaceful standouts with the goal of eliminating ICE transport flights from Hanscom Field.Continue reading "De-ICE Hanscom Friday Standouts"
May Day – LUCE-Statehouse

May 1 @ 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT

MA State House 24 Beacon St, Boston, MA

Join LUCE as we rally for Dignity and Safety for All in front of the Statehouse, then continue to the Statewide May Day rally on the Boston Common. See https://www.lucemass.org/mayday26 for pledges and printable signs in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
Lowell May Day: Standout and Food Drive

May 1 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm EDT

When the billionaires break every rule, it’s going to take more than a rally to stop them. Our Demands for May 1st - Tax the rich so our families, not their fortunes, come first. - No ICE. No war. No private army serving unchecked federal power. - Expand democracy, not corporate power. Hands off our vote.Continue reading "Lowell May Day: Standout and Food Drive"
May Day Standout

May 1 @ 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT

Veterans Memorial Park Summer St, Maynard, Massachusetts

Join Indivisible Maynard Area on Friday May 1 from 4:30-5:30 pm at Veterans Memorial Park in Maynard to stand with workers and unions. We are asking that folks recognize this day with no shopping, no work, and no school to bring attention to the corruption and greed that are attacking our values, our freedoms, andContinue reading "May Day Standout"
May Day – Boston

Featured May 1 @ 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT

The next major national action isn't another protest - it's flexing our collective economic and non-cooperation muscle. Earlier this year, Minnesota residents organized a Day of Truth and Action, where teachers, faith leaders, workers, students, and business leaders refused work, school, and shopping on a single Friday in January to send a powerful message ofContinue reading "May Day – Boston"
May Day – Western Mass

Featured May 1 @ 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT

Heritage State Park Heritage and Dwight Streets, Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States

Join the Western Mass Area Labor Federation, MTA, SNOL & more in a May Day March! 📅Date: Friday, May 1st 🕛Time: 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm 📌Location: Downtown Holyoke. Gather at Heritage State Park, corner of Dwight & Heritage St. On May Day, we will be marching in solidarity with Holyoke educators and with workingContinue reading "May Day – Western Mass"
May Day-Candle Lighting in Salem

May 1 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm EDT

Riley Plaza 1-21 Margin St, Salem, MA

On May 1, 2026, workers, students, and families rally, and take action across the country to demand a nation that puts workers over billionaires, encouraging refusal to business as usual through No School. No Work. No Shopping. Here in Salem we will participate twice! On Friday, May 1st, at 6:00 pm, we will have aContinue reading "May Day-Candle Lighting in Salem"

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