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: Oct. 10, 2020. For updates see the main Resistance Calendar webpage.
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Saturday, Oct. 31
10 a.m. Boston: Buy Black…Intentionally at Dudley Cafe
Noon: Somerville: Climate Change Is Scary Parade begins at Somerville City Hall
1:30 p.m. Cambridge: Climate Change Is Scary Bike Ride begins at Cambridge City Hall
2 p.m. Boston: People’s Forum on the Eviction Moratorium at Parkman Bandstand, Boston Common
7 p.m. Boston: BLM Community Kickback at Titus Sparrow Park
Sunday, Nov. 1
10 a.m. Online: Here it Began – 2020 Hindsight or Foresight – Indigenous History Conference – Sessions V & VI, hosted by Plymouth 400
2 p.m. Boston: A Protest + Ritual: To Mourn-Honor-Resist at Playstead Field, Franklin Park
Monday, Nov. 2
Noon: Online: Gender in Planning: Moving From Research to Actual Implementation, hosted by Department of Urban Studies and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
4:30 p.m. Online: Study Group: It’s Still the Economy, Stupid, hosted by Harvard Kennedy School’s Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government
Tuesday, Nov. 3
1 p.m. Cumberland, Rhode Island: We Keep Us Safe: March to Shut Down Wyatt, begins at Cumberland City Hall
6 p.m. Medford: Anti-Racism Demonstration at Unitarian Universalist Church of Medford
7 p.m. Online: Making Minizines for Justice & Healing, hosted by Papercut Zine Library
Wednesday, Nov. 4
3 p.m. Online: Social Emergency Response Center, hosted by Design Studio for Social Intervention
3:30 p.m. Boston: “Rally: Protect the Results & Count Every Vote – Boston” at Massachusetts State House
4 p.m. Boston: Assata Shakur Liberation Day at 2443 Washington St., Roxbury
5 p.m. Providence: Make it Count: Post-Election Day Rally for Justice and Action at Rhode Island State House
6 p.m. Worcester: Don’t Let Trump Steal The Election! at Worcester City Hall
Thursday, Nov. 5
4:40 p.m. Boston: Kneeling for Justice at Brookside Community Health Center
5:30 p.m. Boston: November Vigil in Support of Black Lives Matter at First Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain
Friday, Nov. 6
4 p.m. Providence: Monthly Peace Vigil at corner of Exchange and Washington streets
6:30 p.m. Online: Poetry as Protest: Porsha Olayiwola, hosted by Royall House & Slave Quarters, Medford
Saturday, Nov. 7
1 p.m. Boston: The Faneuil Hall Boycott at Faneuil Hall Marketplace
Tuesday, Nov. 10
4 p.m. Online: Disrupting Discrimination: Nationwide Injunction Against HUD, hosed by Lawyers for Civil Rights
6 p.m. Medford: Anti-Racism Demonstration at Unitarian Universalist Church of Medford
6 p.m. Online: Rent Control Campaign: Cancel the Rent, hosted by Boston Democratic Socialists of America
Wednesday, Nov. 11
3 p.m. Online: Social Emergency Response Center, hosted by Design Studio for Social Intervention
Thursday, Nov. 12
4:40 p.m. Boston: Kneeling for Justice at Brookside Community Health Center
7 p.m. Online: 2020 Elections: Build a Working-Class Fightback!, hosted by Independent Socialist Group, Western MA
Friday, Nov. 13
10:30 a.m. Online: Social Justice During the Pandemic: Needs and Challenges, hosted by Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk University
Saturday, Nov. 14
2 p.m. Boston: People’s Forum on the Eviction Moratorium at Parkman Bandstand, Boston Common
Wednesday, Nov. 18
3 p.m. Online: Social Emergency Response Center, hosted by Design Studio for Social Intervention
7 p.m. Online: Take Back the Grid Monthly Meeting, hosted by Boston Democratic Socialists of America
Thursday, Nov. 19
11 a.m. Online: Ana Baptista: Advancing Environmental Justice Across the United States, hosted by Department of Urban Studies and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
4:40 p.m. Boston: Kneeling for Justice at Brookside Community Health Center
6:30 p.m. Online: Speaking Truth to Power with Julia Csekö, hosted by Somerville Arts Council
7 p.m. Online: Cape Cod Transgender Day of Remembrance, hosted by Fenway Health
Saturday, Nov. 21
4 p.m. Online: Activist Kids Book Club with Mari Copeny, hosted by Roslindale Branch of the Boston Public Library
Thursday, Nov. 26
7 p.m. Online: AfroSoc & Socialists of Color Monthly Hangout, hosted by Boston Democratic Socialists of America