This is a calendar of Boston and Providence area rallies, protests, talks and other events fostering resistance, social justice, and a better world. If you know of events I should add, please send an email with info and (if you can) a link to the event. Note: I’m not able to vet all these events, so please use the links to learn more. Published: Sept. 25. For updates see the main Resistance Calendar webpage.
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Friday, Sept. 25
11 a.m. Online: Energy of the Future: Enhancing Social Equity in City Climate Action and Sustainability Planning, hosted by Boston University Initiative on Cities and Northeast Clean Energy Council
5 p.m. Boston: Stand Out for Black Lives at Columbia Road at Dorchester Avenue
6 p.m. Boston: Justice for Breonna Taylor! at Nubian Square
Saturday, Sept. 26
10 a.m. Somerville: Just Us Somerville, with the support of the City of Somerville and the Somerville Arts Council, will be painting a Black Lives Mural at the intersection of Broadway and Medford Streets. Continues on Sunday. Sign-up required to participate.
11 a.m. Online: “Our” Story: 400 Years OF Wampanoag History Virtual Tour, hosted by Plymouth 400 and Plymouth Area Community Television
11:30 a.m. Boston: Ride for Black Lives IV begins at White Stadium
2 p.m. Boston: Let Our Families Drive: March & Rally at Registry of Motor Vehicles
2 p.m. Online: Non Violent Direct Action Training hosted by Extinction Rebellion Boston
3 p.m. Boston: Boston 2 Louisville: Justice 4 Breonna Taylor! Justice 4 All! Reopen the cases! Jail killer cops! at Jim Rice Field at Ramsey Park
3 p.m. Boston: Justice on the Stoop: Danza Organica with guest Veronique Anne at Dystopian Revolutionary Gallery, AAMARP Studios, 76 Atherton St., Jamaica Plain
4 p.m. Portland, Maine: Justice for Breonna Taylor at Portland City Hall
5 p.m. Boston: We Are The Change! Boston Stands for Black Lives March & Rally at Parkman Bandstand, Boston Common
5 p.m. Online: Power to the Peaceful hosted by Massachusetts Peace Action
Sunday, Sept. 27
10 a.m. Mansfield: Rally against Back the Blue in Mansfield at North Common
10 a.m. Online: Extinction Rebellion Orientation
Noon: Boston: Extinction Rebellion Boston Community Day at Boston Common
7 p.m. Online: Healthcare Needs in the Pandemic: Fund Healthcare not Warfare hosted by Massachusetts Peace Action
Monday, Sept. 28
9 a.m. Boston: Free David Wright, Reopen the case of Usaamah Rahim: Picket and Court Support at Moakley Courthouse
7 p.m. Online: Trump Brings America’s Dirty Wars Home hosted by Massachusetts Peace Action
Wednesday, Sept. 30
1 p.m. Online: Reforming Philanthropy With a Racial Equity Lens, hosted by The Boston Foundation
3 p.m. Online: When There Are Nine: The Legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the Future of the Supreme Court, a virtual class for all ages, hosted by Parts and Crafts
7 p.m. Online: Tell Me the Truth: Exploring the Heart of Cross-Racial Conversations hosted by Wayland Free Public Library
7:30 p.m. Online: Covid-19 Highlights Inequities in Healthcare hosted by Lynnfield for Love
Friday, Oct. 3
3 p.m. Boston: Mass Live Events Coalition “Case Push & Rally” from Citizens Bank Opera House to Both Center Wang Theatre
Tuesday, Oct. 13
5 p.m. Online: “Black Boston: Transforming the Arts,” panel discussion hosted by Boston University Initiative on Cities, Boston University Diversity & Inclusion
Thursday, Oct. 15
7 p.m. Online: Kellie Carter-Jackson discusses her book “Force and Freedom, Black Abolitionists and the Politics of Violence” as part of the New Democracy Coalition’s Civic Literacy Project Black Author’s Series
Saturday, Oct. 17
2 p.m. Boston: March for Our Democracy begins at Boston Common
Thursday, Oct. 22
7 p.m. Online: Peniel Joseph discusses his book “The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.” as part of the New Democracy Coalition’s Civic Literacy Project Black Author’s Series
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