CANCELLED 2/20 DUE TO WEATHER. New, shorter winter timeframe! This weekly afternoon standout is on Fridays from 1:30 to 2:30 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. ICE is using these flights to swiftly move immigrants out of New England in order to hinder effective legal representation.
Coalition groups include Boston Workers Circle, Concord Indivisible, Greater Assabet Indivisible Network (GAIN), Indivisible Acton Area, Jewish Alliance for Law & Social Action (JALSA), Lexington Alarm, and Maynard Indivisible.
Sign up to get information and updates about our weekly standouts. We’ll keep you in the loop if we need to reschedule or cancel for weather or other considerations, and apprise you of our goals and progress.
Artists of all ages are invited to share their creative voices in a celebration of diversity, democracy, and the American spirit. Through art, we can evoke emotion, spark imagination, and inspire meaningful connection across communities.
Contest entry is free and prizes will be awarded. At a time when our country feels deeply divided, this contest aims to highlight our shared values, encourage civic engagement, and create opportunities for our community to find common ground. Selected works will be featured in exhibitions that showcase and support local artists.
This contest is proudly supported by Reclaiming Our Democracy of First Church Unitarian Littleton, League of Women Voters of Westford, Littleton and Westford Cultural Councils.
Please help us spread the word:
Forward the press release to your contacts and social media (press release)
Forward this email to artist friends—especially young and aspiring artists
This is a report on the results of implementing An Act Establishing Medicare for All in Massachusetts, H.1405 & S.860. We invite you to read the report linked in the title above and see how tens of billions of dollars could be saved annually through the Health Care Trust. A detailed analysis is done of our current spending, savings that could be realized, and expanded coverage to have Universal Health Care. The question of how we pay for it is answered along with showing that 98% of residents would SAVE money.
Notice the time change! We are meeting later than usual to accommodate members who want to attend the monthly Groton standout, which is scheduled for 10 AM – 12 PM.
Join us for our monthly 30-minute Frontline Update
The 2026 midterms are shaping up to be a doozie. Republicans are trying to gerrymander their way out of a massive midterm loss. Virginia Dems are fighting back with a redistricting plan that could swing 4 congressional seats to Dems – but it needs to be passed by referendum on April 21st.
Our friends at Mystic Valley Action for Reproductive Justice (MVA4RJ) are hosting a gathering to thank independent abortion providers for their important work. Join them to:
Write postcards to abortion providers throughout the country. All materials will be supplied!
Enjoy the company of local reproductive activists
Hear from and raise money to support The Medication Abortion Project (MAP)
Coffee, cider and baked goods will be available. Get more details here.
The Indivisible Mass Coalition (IMC) is starting a Legislative Reform Action Team to devise strategies to improve the functioning of our dysfunctional MA legislature and build support for urgently needed reforms. One immediate goal is to build support for the stipend reform ballot question that we collected signatures for last fall.
If you’d like to join the team’s first Zoom meeting, sign up here. If you’re unable to attend the Zoom call but are interested in participating or finding out what the team will tackle, join the team’s channel on IMC’s Slack. If you’re not on IMC’s Slack, use this form to request an invitation to join.
Please join Common Start at the Massachusetts State House on March 5th to advocate directly to House Representatives about the House FY27 budget proposal, and to ensure that the Common Start priorities are reflected in the FY27 budget proposal that gets released in April.
Important events like this allow us to talk in-person with legislators and legislative staff about our FY27 budget priorities, including increasing the number of families receiving child care financial assistance, growing funding for the C3 operational grant program to support additional child care providers, moving Massachusetts further toward child care reimbursement rates that cover the true cost of delivering high-quality care, and delivering much-needed funding for Head Start providers.
If you are new to advocacy days or advocating directly at the State House – no worries! We will have materials and training provided for everyone who joins, and this is a great opportunity to learn first-hand how everyone in the Commonwealth can advocate for Common Start priorities to their legislators.
Common Start Advocacy Day Time: Thursday, March 5, at 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM Location: State House Cafe, 4th floor of the Massachusetts State House (24 Beacon St, Boston, MA 02133)
On February 11th, over 100 rabbis and cantors will make history as the largest group of Jewish clergy to protest ICE in Washington DC. The same day, Jewish leaders across the country will also protest corporations that help ICE carry out its immoral detention and deportations.
The Jewish movement against ICE is growing, but it’ll take every one of us to knock down the pillars that enable ICE’s cruelty. This includes private corporations like Signature Aviation, which helps coordinate fuel and logistics for deportation flights.
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