March 19 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
What comes after calling your state rep and state senator? Getting others to do so as well.
Join Progressive Mass for our “Power Lunch” phone bank series, where we will be building our collective power in service of a better Commonwealth for all.
We’ll be calling voters about contacting their state legislators about key issues.
March 18 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm EDT
Trump’s regressive corporate tax cuts are going to cost Massachusetts nearly half a billion dollars this year alone — on top of billions of dollars in cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and other federal programs we rely on.
States across the country are already saying NO and opting out, protecting essential revenue, and Massachusetts needs to join them. Phineas Baxandall of Mass Budget explains what’s at stake.
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March 11 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Need a new sign to take to the upcoming No Kings rally? Or is the old one starting to look a little bit faded and ragged around the edges?! No worries! We can help you out by doing a bit of repair and sign creation at our Sign Making Workshops. Feel free to bring any art supplies or pictures you want, but we have plenty here – you really don’t need to bring a thing but your smile. Now offered conveniently with day and night time sessions. Come to one or both! The choice is yours.
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.
March 13 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm EDT
JP Fights Back dance party fundraiser, Friday night! 7 to 11 PM, at Spontaneous Celebrations, in JP, to celebrate so many good people coming together with a common purpose, to dance away our angst with what our government is doing to humanity, and to raise more money for four JP food security groups and BIJAN (Boston Immigrant Justice Accompaniment Project), all organizations that are caring for our community.
Buy tickets or become a sponsor:
General Admission: Sliding scale $5 – $25
Sponsors:
Protectors $1000
Resistors $500
Witnesses $100
Beneficiaries: 10% of funds will be for JPFB, 10% for BIJAN, and the other 80% split four ways among: Heal the Hood People’s Store, the Food Justice Program at Center for Faith, Art & Justice, South Street Tenant Task Force, Southern JP Health Center Food Pantry. Thank you for supporting JP Fights Back and our community! See you at the party!
March 11 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
What comes after calling your state rep and state senator? Getting others to do so as well.
Join Progressive Mass for our “Power Lunch” phone bank series, where we will be building our collective power in service of a better Commonwealth for all.
We’ll be calling voters about contacting their state legislators about key issues.
March 14 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Join us for a peaceful standout each Wednesday and Saturday calling on Citizens Bank to stop financing private prison corporations that build and operate ICE detention centers, where immigrants are held in abusive and inhumane conditions.
We will have leaflets to share with customers and passersby. Participants are encouraged to bring signs demanding that Citizens Bank stop funding ICE prisons.
This is an easy, accessible action—come and help build community pressure Citizens for change.
March 11 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Join us for a peaceful standout each Wednesday and Saturday calling on Citizens Bank to stop financing private prison corporations that build and operate ICE detention centers, where immigrants are held in abusive and inhumane conditions.
We will have leaflets to share with customers and passersby. Participants are encouraged to bring signs demanding that Citizens Bank stop funding ICE prisons.
This is an easy, accessible action—come and help build community pressure Citizens for change.
March 12 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm EDT
Join the League of Women Voters on Thursday, March 12 at 7:00 PM via Zoom for Yes on 3 for a Safe Massachusetts: Defend the 2024 Gun Safety Law. LWVMA Gun Safety Legislative Specialist Caroline Ellis will brief us on the repeal referendum and how you can get involved.
LWVMA is participating in the Vote Yes for a Safe Massachusetts campaign to defeat the Massachusetts Firearm Regulations Referendum. This is a veto referendum to repeal An Act Modernizing Firearms Laws. LWVMA supported the passage of this law during the previous legislative session. A YES vote upholds the law as is. A NO vote repeals the law. Learn more and take action via the Yes campaign website.
March 9 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm EDT
Join the League of Women Voters on Monday, March 9 at 7:00 PM via Zoom for Demystifying the State Budget featuring Elizabeth Lutts, Policy & Budget Advisor for State Senator Patricia Jehlen. Elizabeth will brief us on the state budget process, how it works, and take your questions.
March 17 @ 11:00 am – 5:00 pm EDT
Last fall, Massachusetts progressives collected signatures for the stipend reform ballot question that would reduce the MA Legislature’s use of stipends or “loyalty pay” that makes legislators dependent on leadership for some of their salary. Now the Legislature has until early May to hold hearings and decide whether to pass legislation adopting the provisions.
On Tuesday, March 17, at 11am, the Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions, which is co-chaired by Senator Cindy Friedman, will conduct a hearing on the stipend reform ballot initiative (now filed as H.5010). You can testify at the hearing (in person or virtually) and/or submit written testimony no later than Saturday, March 21. A livestream of the hearing will also be available on the Legislature’s website. Get more details here.
The LEAP Committee, which is the sponsor of the stipend reform ballot initiative, has shared this guide to make it easy to prepare testimony. If you’re planning to attend the hearing and/or submit testimony, you can let LEAP know here.
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