Among the many questions likely to appear on the November 2026 ballot are two that would result in ruinous revenue loss, at the very moment state finances are challenged by unprecedented cuts in federal funds and programs. If passed, these ballot initiatives will
Reduce the MA personal income tax rate from 5% to 4%, thereby cutting at least $5B annually (more than ten percent of total annual tax revenues) from the funds needed to pay for everything our state government provides; and
Radically rewrite the state’s tax-cap statute (“chapter 62F”) in a manner that will shrink available state revenues by additional billions of dollars in a volatile and irrational manner.
Our panel of experts, Phineas Baxandall, Director of Research and Policy Analysis at the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, Jessica Tang, President of the American Federation of Teachers Massachusetts (AFT) and Peter Enrich, Professor Emeritus, Northeastern University School of Law will discuss the initiatives, who sponsored them and who opposes them, their fiscal impacts, and what we can do to defeat them. John Lippit will moderate.
Indivisible First Middlesex is thrilled to invite you to attend this event scheduled for Wednesday, March 18, 2026, from 7:00 – 8:00 PM on Zoom.
This timely and critical conversation will be with constitutional attorney John Bonifaz, co-founder and president of Free Speech for the People. John will break down the threats facing our elections right now: from election security vulnerabilities and legislation designed to restrict voting access, to the unconstitutional actions of the Trump administration that put our democratic institutions at risk.
Based in Amherst, MA, Bonifaz previously served as executive director and general counsel of the National Voting Rights Institute, as well as legal director of Voter Action, an organization focused on national election integrity. For over three decades, Mr. Bonifaz has championed key voting rights and democracy campaigns in the United States.
Join us for our ‘Block by Block’ Training & Action Series—a hands-on program designed to help you launch and lead a team for 2026 national campaign!
Block by Block is SURJ’s 2026 national campaign to elect champions for working people, block MAGA, and fight for the future we deserve. We do this through three strategies: Mobilize through mass action, Elect working class champions, and Grow a strong, active base.
This online training series is designed to train and support new groups, circles and chapters to run Block by Block: Solidarity Rising in your communities for the rest of the year. Groups will deepen organizing skills, align with national strategy, and be ready to take action locally. We’ll meet every other week online for training. On the off weeks, your group will gather locally to practice skills, grow your base, and take action.
This training series will consist of three modules, each focused on one part of our strategy:
Grow Module — March 4 & 18, 2026
Learn how to bring new people into your group, plug them into meaningful roles, build strong and accountable teams, and develop leaders who can carry the work forward. Growing our base is essential to winning—this is how we build the scale and discipline needed to carry out Block by Block for the rest of the year.
Mobilize Module — April 1, 15 & 29, 2026
Get trained to organize coordinated, strategic action using tools of mass noncooperation. Prepare to move quickly when our rights and democracy are threatened, and build toward May Day: A Day Without Workers.
Elect Module — May 13, 2026
Learn why governing power is a key part of our strategy and the role your circle, chapter, or group can play in supporting progressive candidates and blocking MAGA power.
By the end of this series, your group will be ready to grow your base, mobilize for action, and take part in electoral strategy. We’ll provide all the structure, toolkits, and guidance you need to plug into our national program and make a real difference—block by block.
We encourage at least one member from every group, circle, or chapter to join, but ideally more! Sign up for all the sessions—even if you can’t make them all, we’ll send recordings so you won’t miss anything. And for more info on the Block by Block campaign, check out the 1-pager.
1 PM- 2 PM: Pathways to Power March: Proudly display your amazing signs, flags (no poles, please!), and your most creative protest attire as you make your way to Boston Common from 1-2 p.m. Let’s show the world what patriotism really looks like by filling the sidewalks. Consider getting off the T a few stops early to extend this visibility walk!
2 PM- 4 PM: Build our power: Join us on Boston Common from 2-4 p.m. for inspiring speakers and great music. Make time to explore the dozens of advocacy groups that will be tabling, offering ways for you to get engaged to do important work in communities across Massachusetts.
And we will not stand for an authoritarian takeover of the United States.
We’re fighting against corruption, cruelty, and chaos. And for a democracy that works for everyone.
This rally will be the biggest yet — an awesome display of people power. History has shown us that mass mobilization is vital to block authoritarianism from taking hold.
So, if you’ve joined us before, we need you back. If you’re new to the resistance, this is your moment.
Program: A discussion on defending immigrant dignity and rights and advancing a humane and just immigration system.
• Keynote Speaker: Ayanna Pressley, MA 7th District
• Andrea Joy Campbell, MA Attorney General
• Dálida Rocha, Executive Director, Neighbor to Neighbor
• Family member of someone who has been detained
If you’re unable to attend, please support with a donation!
Neighbor to Neighbor builds community power so Black, Brown, working-class, and immigrant communities can win real, material change with dignity and care.
N2N joined with other immigrant-led groups across MA to launch the LUCE hotline and rapid response network to: • Track activity of immigration agents • Accompany impacted families • Organize public actions
Funds raised will keep the hotline & rapid response lifeline strong and help us resist authoritarianism and defend our rights.
JCAN (Jewish Climate Action network) offers this webinar. 30-40% of all land is privately owned. What if the faith groups, businesses, local governments, schools/universities, and individuals with purview to this earth took responsibility for its and the planets’ health?
This program offers 5 models for transitioning from a traditional manicured lawn to the one that could: – Save the efficacy of your lower back – Eliminate mowing – Limit watering – Help our earth and waterways by eschewing added nutrients and lawn chemicals – Support all rungs of the food chain, by promoting biodiversity – Up the ante significantly for both carbon and water absorption – If you choose, grow enough highly nutritious food to feed friends family and community We have that power to do this!
Every day brings a deluge of new developments – along with a sea of misinformation – regarding ICE’s reckless abuses of our rights, of the rule of law, and of basic human decency. The JALSA community, and people of conscience all across the country, want to know more about what we can do as individuals, community groups, and congregations to resist ICE’s lawlessness and cruelty.
To better inform our JALSA community, we will discuss the latest developments regarding ICE actions in Massachusetts and across the country, and, most importantly, actions we can take to stand up to ICE.
Join us as we gather in front of Fitchburg City Hall on the second Saturday of each month to support democracy and the rule of law – and to protest the policies of trump and this shambolic and cruel administration. Signs are welcome, and there are always extra signs and flags to borrow.
Ample parking is available at 166 Boulder Drive if you’re unable to find parking on Main Street.
Join our Facebook page (Indivisible Fitchburg MA) or our website (https://indivisiblefitchburgma.org) for updates and info on pop-up protests!
This Indivisible event takes place in the sun, rain, cold!
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.
Please email cindy@indivisiblefitchburgma.org with any questions. Hope to see you soon!
We are doing something a little different for the March 4, 2026 post card event. Post card pick up/writing will be from 9-10:30 AM, then we will carpool to Burlington to the Burlington, MA ICE detention center to join the daily stand outs from 11 AM – 1 PM. Bring your posters, warm clothes, and a chair if you need one.
In case of bad, dangerous weather, our meeting is cancelled.
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.
“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.”
Schedule 11:00-11:30, Welcome chat; orientation for new folks; sign-making for those who need them 11:30-12:30, Stand (or sit) with signs 12:30-1:00, Short walk along the sidewalk on District Ave
The 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.
As far as we know, the Mall is continuing to restrict parking to mall shoppers only. We continue to invite you to be creative while we work on a solution to this problem. If you scroll down further, there are some suggested alternative parking possibilities.
There was a small group of counter-protesters again at the Saturday vigil, and we may expect to see counter-protesters more regularly now. The important thing is to not engage with counter-protesters. Please ignore them. We will continue to peacefully exercise our first amendment rights.
A weather reminder for our gatherings during the winter season — by default, we will plan to gather, and ask people to use their own judgment about what conditions are safe for them. Please do be safe. If Burlington schools close due to weather, we will cancel the usual 11am-1pm public gathering and the organizing team will make some other arrangement to safely maintain the continuity of our vigil for that day that does not require the general public.
As usual, this gathering outside ICE is a very targeted action; it’s not the venue for protesting other causes. We all care about many issues, but each Wednesday we come together across differences. Regardless of your views on any other political or social issues, if you support immigrants and their constitutional rights and are committed to nonviolence you are welcome to join us. We have a stash of signs and small U.S. flags that have been donated, and you’re welcome to bring your own signs and U.S. flags if you have them.
Here are some parking options that have been suggested, while we explore a resolution with the mall or other options:
For those looking to switch to public transportation, one option is the 350 Bus. This runs from Alewife to Burlington Mall Rd. You can park or bike to the Alewife T stop, and the bus leaves Alewife at 10:46am and arrives at District Ave. at 11:15am.
Alternatively, you can drive to Burlington and park at Simonds Park, at Rev. Andrew’s United Church of Christ (6 Lexington St. Burlington, MA), or at Rabbi Abramson’s Temple Shalom Emeth, 16 Lexington St.,and walk to the 350 bus stop at the intersection of Cambridge St. and Bedford St. That bus leaves at 11:09am and arrives at 11:17am. If you’d like to arrive before 11:00am, there’s a bus that leaves an hour earlier at 10:09am.
You can park at Wegmans. 53 Third Avenue. Burlington, MA 01803. The Lowell LRTA #14 bus goes by there and stops at Lexington and Mall Rd. That bus is free.
Bearing Witness attendees Tina & Jay continue to collect food pantry donations to help local immigrant families. You can drop off unopened food/health/household items by the tree.
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