The next national day of action is Thursday, July 17, 2025, to respond to the attacks on our civil and human rights by the Trump regime. Together, concerned Americans will remind the administration that in America, the power lies with the people. Coined by civil rights leader and Congressman John Lewis, “Good Trouble” is the action of coming together to take peaceful, non-violent action to challenge injustice and create meaningful change.
Join Indivisible First Middlesex for a celebration of John Lewis’s life from 8 – 9 PM on the Groton Common (in front of First Parish Church of Groton and across from the library) to learn about John Lewis, reflect on our commitment to civil rights, light a candle, and sing songs. This is a family friendly event. Bring your family and friends. Dress for the weather and wear bug spray.
A core principle behind our Good Trouble Lives On actions is a commitment to nonviolence in all of our words and actions. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is marking its 35th anniversary on Wednesday, July 23! Passage of this law took years of hard-fought advocacy by people with disabilities across the country. It is now hard to imagine not having this law, which established protections for people with disabilities from discrimination in employment, places of public accommodation, transportation, and other areas of life.
Join us for the ADA35 Boston March and Rally on Wednesday, July 23. The Arc of Massachusetts is a proud partner of this event. Especially at this moment, we must continue that legacy and grow our collective advocacy to support the ADA and other pieces of legislation at the local, state, and federal level.
Register in advance with The Arc to receive a limited-edition rally bandana (while supplies last) to proudly wear at the event and beyond!
Event details:
The event begins at noon on Wednesday, July 23 at Boston City Hall Plaza. The Arc team will gather starting at 11:30AM. Look for our orange signs and meet us then to get your bandana (while supplies last!).
The flag raising takes place at noon at City Hall Plaza. We will then march to the Embrace Memorial on Boston Common for an inspiring rally.
ASL and CART will be provided. All locations are wheelchair accessible. An MBTA bus with air conditioning will be available for cooling. Interpretation, translation, and disability accommodations are available to you at no cost. If you need them, please contact Andrea at disability@boston.gov or call 617-635-3682.
Water will be available, so bring a bottle for refills.
America is facing an unprecedented authoritarian threat. What can we learn from the experiences of other movements around the world that have faced this threat? Prof. Chenoweth researches nonviolent anti-authoritarian movements around the world to discover how and why they succeed or fail. This research is the basis for the claim that no government has withstood a challenge of 3.5% of their population mobilizing against it during a peak event (the “3.5% rule”). Among the topics Prof Chenoweth will discuss are:What is the role of protests in countering authoritarianism?Are protests enough?What are the stages of a resistance movement?What is the relationship of civil resistance to electoral politics? Chenoweth’s research has been featured in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Foreign Affairs,The Economist, and The Boston Globe, among others.
Suggested donation $100. If you can give more, please do.If not, please give what you can and join us. Donations to this event will support The Right to Protest Fund, a non-profit 501(c) (3). Your donation is tax-deductible.
This event supports the Right to Protest Fund.The right to protest is under attack. Bills have been introduced in nearly all 50 states to disincentivize protest. The Right to Protest Fund supports critical work to oppose these attacks and protect this fundamental right. Click here to learn more.
The impact of ICE in our community is immense. They’re trying to take not just our community members, but our joy, our cultural celebrations, and the spaces for our voices. But, Worcester won’t let them without a fight! Let’s get loud with an ICE Scream!
Let’s channel our collective frustration, build community, and demand better. We’ll gather for an art and cathartic action. Let’s capture our messages on paper cones to post throughout the city.
Let’s turn our grief into spectacle, our rage into relief, and our creativity into action. This is part protest, part performance, and part community release. Loud, loving, and unforgettable.
Let them hear us. Let them see us. Let them melt under the pressure.
Please join us every Saturday in Marblehead from 5PM-6PM at Glabicky Field to show we do not to accept 47’s deportations, corruption, cuts to Social Security/Medicare, etc.
This a local Indivisible event! A 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.
Are you ready for the next level of protest? General Strike is organizing! We have to build our strike muscles – and there’s never a better time to start. August 1st will be a “Sick Out” to protest ICE, simply call in sick that day. Use their website to sign your strike card. Want to help organize? It looks like no one has claimed the Massachusetts Chapter on Discord.
Five years since the passing of Congressman John Lewis, Framingham will take to the center common united in carrying forward his fight for justice, voting rights, and dignity for all.
60 years ago, in the wake of the brutal violence of “Bloody Sunday,” President Johnson federalized the National Guard to protect the first amendment rights of thousands of activists marching from Selma to Montgomery for the right to vote. Now, a President who sees himself as America’s “king” is federalizing the National Guard to prevent peaceful protestors from exercising their first amendment rights. Our rights and democracy are under attack.
On July 17th, the anniversary of John Lewis’ passing, we will honor his legacy by making “Good Trouble” to protect our civil rights and free and fair elections once again.
We call on the liberty-loving people of Massachusetts to gather at 4:30pm in Copley Square to march for freedom and join us at 6pm at Liberty Mall on Boston Common for a peaceful and powerful rally for democracy that will be heard from Beacon Hill to Washington, DC.
Bring your signs showing support for voting rights, free and fair elections, the civil rights of our Black, Indigenous, immigrant, and transgender communities, the end of ICE raids, and opposition to the would-be king! Shareable Flyers are here.
We demand that Congress protect the right to vote and free and fair elections by passing the John Lewis Rights Advancement Act, the Freedom to Vote Act, and the Native American Voting Rights Act.
We demand an end to the lawless and unconstitutional behavior of the current President of the United States, who has previously attempted to illegally and violently overturn the results of a free and fair election, and must be prevented from doing so again.
We demand an end to the attacks on Black, Brown, and Indigenous Americans, immigrants, transgender people, and other vulnerable communities, including—but not limited to—the immediate withdrawal of masked ICE agents and federal troops from American cities and towns.
We demand an end to the defunding of federal programs that poor and working people rely on, including—but not limited to—Medicaid, SNAP, and Social Security, and the restoration of appropriated funds and federal agencies that have been illegally cut and dismantled without Congressional approval.
This Standout happens EVERY Second Saturday of Every month, at Townsend Common (on the sidewalk) from 3:00-5:00pm (Staying past 5 is ok too!)
It will be fun! We will have freedom, democracy as well as music for ALL ages, sidewalk chalk to write positive sidewalk messages, tons of bubbles and LMNT is sponsoring our event with electrolyte drink mix sample packs for everyone who attends to keep everyone hydrated! We will have two packs of water bottles available for free but please if possible please try to bring your own water 🙏 Please bring your American flags, if you want to fly them upsidedown, totally fine but we want lots of flags. Please keep signs non violent 🙏 🙏 🙏
This is a Sister event to Indivisible Fitchburg’s Second Saturday Standouts. Please also stop by Fitchburg City Hall from 10:00- 11:30am for Fitchburg’s Standout, same day.
💙✊ Be there or be square!
This a local Indivisible event!
A 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.
