A calendar of protests, discussions and other events that aim to improve the world. <\/p>\n
Updated Dec. 7.<\/strong> To submit events to the list, email details and links to Weloveyoursubmissions At Gmail<\/a>. Note: Event times and places sometimes change. Please follow the links to confirm details. Also we are unable to vet all of these events. And some trolls have been announcing fake events. Be careful.<\/p>\n Monday, Nov. 28<\/strong> 5:45 p.m. Showing Up For Racial Justice Boston Monthly Chapter Meeting.<\/a> At Arlington Street Church in Boston.<\/p>\n 6:30 p.m. Solidarity Network General Meeting.<\/a> \u201cSecond gathering of the InterTribal Solidarity Network (formerly Native American Solidarity Network).\u201d At North American Indian Center of Boston in Jamaica Plain.<\/p>\n 7 p.m. \u201cBeyond Pocahontas: Rewriting Narratives of Indigenous Womanhood.\u201d<\/a> Indigenous Smith Students and Allies (ISSA) hosts a panel on Indigenous womanhood, \u201cfocusing specifically on Indigenous feminisms and deconstructing the hyper-sexualized lens through which Indigenous women have been viewed for centuries.\u201d At Neilson Library in Northampton, Mass.<\/p>\n Tuesday, Nov. 29<\/strong> Noon. \u201cInternational Day of Solidarity with Palestine.\u201d<\/a> The Boston Coalition for Palestinian Rights, the Alliance for Water Justice in Palestine and United for Justice with Peace invite them to this \u201cstand out\u201d at the Downtown Crossing MBTA station in Boston.<\/p>\n 2 p.m. \u201c2016 Gold Star Families Tree Dedication & Holiday Reception.\u201d<\/a> The tree at the Massachusetts State House \u201cpays tribute to all Massachusetts Service Members who gave their lives in service to our Nation and the families who carry their legacy forward. Photos and messages from loved ones will be displayed on the tree.\u201d Santa Claus will visit. A holiday reception follows the dedication.<\/p>\n 5 p.m. \u201cAlly Skills Workshop: Combating Sexism and Transphobia.\u201d<\/a> Free training to \u201chelping people recognize sexist or transphobic patterns, develop language to call out casual sexism and transphobia, and respond to uncomfortable situations.\u201d At Jackson Mann Community Center, 500 Cambridge St., Allston, Boston.<\/p>\n 6:30 p.m. \u201cTrump vs. Justice for Palestine.\u201d<\/a> Jewish Voice for Peace Boston meets to \u201cdiscuss the post-election future of Jewish community organizing for Palestinian rights.\u201d At the Democracy Center in Cambridge.<\/p>\n Wednesday, Nov. 30<\/strong> 4 p.m. \u201cProtest Stephen Bannon & Trump Advisors at Harvard.\u201d<\/a> A protest against the Trump advisors’ talk at Harvard\u2019s Kennedy School in Cambridge.<\/p>\n 6 p.m. \u201cAPIs for Black Lives Direct Action\/Support Meeting.\u201d<\/a> A meeting to discuss \u201cdirect action and support for black-led racial justice organizations in the Boston area.\u201d At Asian American Resource Workshop, 42 Charles St., Dorchester.<\/p>\n 6 p.m. \u201cSustainable Tourism on a Finite Planet.\u201d<\/a> Megan Epler Wood, director of Harvard\u2019s International Sustainable Tourism Initiative and author of “Sustainable Tourism on a Finite Planet,” will discuss \u201creforms required to lower tourism\u2019s impacts and protect the health of local populations, ecosystems, cultures, and monuments worldwide.\u201d At Harvard\u2019s Museum of Natural History in Cambridge. Free.<\/p>\n 6 p.m. \u201cStand with Standing Rock – Providence Musicians and Yogis Unite.\u201d<\/a> An evening of \u201csound, yoga, dance and community\u201d to support the pipeline protest. At Alchemy in Providence.<\/p>\n 6 p.m. \u201cActivists nurture night: a salon for organizers.\u201d<\/a> MassMovement (formerly the Boston For Bernie community) hosts a weekly gathering \u201cwhere we build friendship while seeding and nurturing and developing the Boston area activist ecosystem.\u201d At 80 Border Street Cultural Exchange Center in Boston.<\/p>\n 6:30 p.m. \u201cWhat’s next for reproductive freedom in RI?\u201d<\/a> Planned Parenthood Votes Rhode Island hosts this meeting to prepare to \u201cfight here in Rhode Island for laws to protect reproductive rights, no matter what happens in DC.\u201d At Providence Career Center in Rhode Island.<\/p>\n 6:30 p.m. \u201cRoslindale Is for Everyone! Neighbor Meeting.\u201d<\/a> A community meeting to \u201cprotect ourselves and our neighbors from harmful federal policies and combat racism, sexism, homo\/transphobia, Islamophobia.\u201d At Roslindale Congregational Church.<\/p>\n 7 p.m. \u201cBAGLY World AIDS Day Events.\u201d<\/a> The Boston Alliance of Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Youth meets to hear \u201cstories of People living with HIV and all come together and clear up the misconceptions of the reality of HIV.\u201d At BAGLY, 14 Beacon St., Boston.<\/p>\n 7:30 p.m. \u201cSomerville Sanctuary City.\u201d<\/a> Somerville Democratic City Committee meets with Somerville Mayor Joe Curtatone \u201cto discuss Somerville’s status as a Sanctuary City in light of the recent presidential elections.\u201d At Somerville High School Auditorium.<\/p>\n 7:30 p.m. \u201cBurren Annual Benefit For Somerville Homeless Coalition.\u201d<\/a> A night of music to support the coalition. At the Burren in Somerville.<\/p>\n 11 p.m. \u201c25th Medicine Wheel Vigil,\u201d<\/a> a day-long event to honor those affected by HIV\/AIDS. Begins with procession from Boston City Hall to the Boston Center for the Arts Cyclorama, for a 24-hour vigil where more than \u201c250 visual artists and 100 perfoming artists making artistic offerings.\u201d<\/p>\n Thursday, Dec. 1<\/strong> Noon. \u201cRhode Island World AIDS Day State House Event.\u201d<\/a> Organized by the Rhode Island HIV and STI Prevention Coalition. At the Rhode Island State House in Providence.<\/p>\n 5:30 p.m. \u201cVigil in Support of Black Lives Matter.\u201d<\/a> \u201cCome stand with others to Denounce the Ongoing Murders of Black Men, Women and Children.\u201d At First Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain, Boston.<\/p>\n 6 p.m. \u201cCambridge Brainstorming: Trump, 2018, 2020 and Beyond.\u201d <\/a>Meeting to \u201cplan to move forward as a progressive community.\u201d At Cambridge Community Center.<\/p>\n 6 p.m. \u201cWorld AIDS Day 2016.\u201d<\/a> Getting To Zero Coalition of Massachusetts launches its \u201cGetting to Zero Blueprint,\u201d a \u201ccomprehensive plan to eliminate new HIV infections, AIDS-related deaths, and stigma.\u201d At Joseph B. Martin Conference Center at Harvard Medical School, Boston.<\/p>\n 7 p.m. \u201cVision for Black Lives: Political Power.\u201d<\/a> One of a series of workshops discussing the policy platform released by The Movement For Black Lives in August. Hosted by The Democracy Center, Black Lives Matter Cambridge, Anti-Racism Collaborative, Knapsack Anti-Racists, Make GE Pay and SEIU 32BJ. At Democracy Center in Cambridge.<\/p>\n 7 p.m. \u201cWellesley’s Changing Wildlife Lecture.\u201d<\/a> The Wellesley Conservation Council hosts a talk by Peter Alden, lead author of \u201cThe National Audubon Society Field Guide to New England,\u201d about how global warming and other forces are affecting local wildlife. At the Wellesley Free Library.<\/p>\n Friday, Dec. 2<\/strong> 5 p.m. \u201cArtists, Environmentalists, Activists: 10 Years of UPP Arts.\u201d<\/a> Opening reception for an exhibit at Providence City Hall looking at the history and future of Urban Pond Procession, which \u201chas worked to engage artists and communities in public art-making that celebrates and builds stewardship of our shared environment.\u201d The exhibit continues through Feb. 12, 2017.<\/p>\n 5 p.m. \u201cGender-Sensitive Leadership.\u201d<\/a> The second annual Conference on Gender & International Affairs on Gender-Sensitive Leadership: Putting Theory into Practice. Continues on Dec. 3. At Tufts University\u2019s Fletcher School in Medford. Free.<\/p>\n 7 p.m. \u201cUnite Against Trump Agenda: Building United Front in Boston Area.\u201d<\/a> The Answer Coalition meets to plan ways to build \u201ca movement and building power in our communities to defend those who have been targeted and shifting resources to serve the needs of poor and working people.\u201d At Encuentro5 in Boston.<\/p>\n 8 p.m. \u201cThe Vermin Supreme Winter Showcase.\u201d<\/a> Perennial parody presidential candidate Vermin Supreme \u201cinvites you to a night of comedy, spoken word, art, and music.\u201d At Out of the Blue Too Art Gallery in Cambridge.<\/p>\n Saturday, Dec. 3<\/strong> 10 a.m. \u201cSolidarity Pins Event.\u201d<\/a> Witch City Ink Tattoos in Salem, Mass., tattoos safety pin symbols onto people for charity.<\/p>\n 10 a.m. \u201cSalsa Shutdown.\u201d<\/a> To support immigrant rights, Movimiento Cosecha Boston hosts \u201cthe largest salsa party action that Boston has seen\u201d near the Park Street MBTA station entrance at Boston Common and then heads \u201cto Primemark. We are shutting down Downtown Crossing.\u201d<\/p>\n 10 a.m. Boston Feminists for Liberation<\/a> hold a public business meeting at the Somerville Public Library. Note: This is \u201ca women-only group.\u201d<\/p>\n 10:30 a.m. \u201cHaley House 50th Anniversary Forum.\u201d<\/a> The longtime community center, bakery and job-services nonprofit hosts a day-long event with panels addressing food access, health, community, activism, housing, homelessness and mass incarceration. At the Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building in Roxbury, Boston.<\/p>\n 11 a.m. \u201cWheatpaste Workshop w\/ Pigeon.\u201d<\/a> Work with the artist who\u2019s \u201cMainer\u201d street art murals address the diversity of the state\u2019s residents. At Dreamship Community in Portland, Maine.<\/p>\n 11 a.m. \u201cAmerica’s Hometown for Everyone.\u201d<\/a> A peaceful assembly to say: \u201cWe stand with all of our neighbors of all races, creeds and orientations.\u201d At Brewster Gardens, Plymouth.<\/p>\n Noon. \u201cSupply Drive for Standing Rock from Boston.\u201d<\/a> The North American Indian Center of Boston collects supplies.<\/p>\n 1 p.m. \u201cInvitaci\u00f3n Urgente Asista a la Asamblea de Miembros de Centro P.\u201d<\/a> Centro Presente discusses the outcome of the election and how it affects the immigrant community. At East Boston branch of the Boston Public Library.<\/p>\n 2 p.m. \u201cThey can’t interrupt us this time\u201d rally.<\/a> Women and girls are invited to \u201cScream your hearts out. Scream out your frustrations with the election. Scream to feel an ounce of freedom.\u201d At Boston Common at Park Street.<\/p>\n 3 p.m. \u201cResistioke! Singalong for English for New Bostonians.\u201d<\/a> Live-band, group karaoke \u201cwith a twist: We’ll be singing pop tunes that respond to our politically divisive times.\u201d Also to raise money for English For New Bostonians. At Loring-Greenough House, Boston.<\/p>\n 3 p.m. \u201cSeeds of Solidarity for Venezuela Project.\u201d<\/a> The US-Venezuela Solidarity Committee presents talks on a project to \u201cprovide seeds to co-operatives and small organic farms.\u201d At Encuentro5 in Boston.<\/p>\n 4 p.m. \u201cVision for Black Lives: Invest-Divest.\u201d<\/a> One of a series of workshops discussing the policy platform released by The Movement For Black Lives in August. Hosted by The Democracy Center, Black Lives Matter Cambridge, Anti-Racism Collaborative, Knapsack Anti-Racists, Make GE Pay and SEIU 32BJ. At The Humanist Hub in Cambridge.<\/p>\n 5 p.m. \u201cOur Revolution Cambridge: Action Planning and Get-Together.\u201d<\/a> Our Revolution meets to plan \u201cpositive change.\u201d At Democracy Center, Cambridge.<\/p>\n 5 p.m. \u201cUnity Vigil\u201d<\/a> at Melrose Common in Massachusetts. Eyes on Refugees hosts this event to symbolize \u201chope, love for each other and continuing to embrace our individual beauty, and cultural diversity.\u201d<\/p>\n 6 p.m. \u201cArt Auction Benefit For Standing Rock.\u201d<\/a> Boston\u2019s Distillery Gallery hosts an art auction \u201cbenefitting the frontline, indigenous led resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline.\u201d An after party event will be hosted at Firebrand Saints.<\/p>\n 7 p.m. \u201cPlaying For The Planet: World Music Against Climate Change.\u201d<\/a> Benefit for 350MA.org featuring klezmer, Greek, Hindustani (North Indian) and gospel music. At Community Church of Boston.<\/p>\n 7 p.m. \u201cKiller Drones: Our government’s assassination program.\u201d <\/a>Newton Dialogues on Peace and War and United for Justice with Peace host a video screening and discussion of an anti-drone campaign. At Elliott Church of Newton.<\/p>\n Sunday, Dec. 4<\/strong> Noon. \u201cEmergency Meeting: HIV\/Homeless Crisis.\u201d<\/a> A \u201cBoston Homeless Solidarity Meeting\u201d for homeless people living with HIV\/AIDS and supporters \u201cto organize for housing opportunities.\u201d At Encuentro5, Boston.<\/p>\n 2:30 p.m. \u201cIfNotNow Boston Hive Meeting: Join the #JewishResistance.\u201d<\/a> Orientation and strategy planning meeting. At Arlington Street Church-Unitarian Universalist, Boston.<\/p>\n 3 p.m. \u201cIn Our Care: Creating Community Protection.\u201d<\/a> Matahari Women Workers\u2019 Center in Boston hosts a forum and workshop to \u201cbuild relationships across the lines of immigration status, religions, race, and class \u2026 and create models of safety as a means to resist division.\u201d<\/p>\n 3 p.m. \u201cSacred Conversations on Race.\u201d<\/a> Discussion on how \u201cpeople of faith are called to do the important work of racial reconciliation and deep listening.\u201d At Church of Our Savior in Milton. <\/p>\n 4 p.m. \u201cSingJustice- Singing for Diversity, Equality, Social Justice.\u201d<\/a> Families from Jamaica Plain and local Latin band Afrika Gente perform music from Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Spain, and America. \u201cTo detox from the political climate and reground ourselves in our community’s core values of celebrating Diversity, striving for Compassion, Equality, and Social Justice.\u201d At St. John\u2019s Church, Jamaica Plain, Boston.<\/p>\n 4 p.m. \u201cLove Trumps Hate Protest: Donations go to Refugee Organization.\u201d<\/a> At City Hall in Manchester, New Hampshire.<\/p>\n 6 p.m. \u201cComing Out Stories: Where We Were Then\/Where We.\u201d<\/a> Writing workshop on \u201cour initial ‘coming out’ and \u2026 our lives today.\u201d At Spontaneous Celebrations, Boston.<\/p>\n 8 p.m. \u201cMore Than This.\u201d<\/a> \u201cA community of survivors dedicated to taking healing into their own hands\u201d host an \u201copen conversation addressing the problem of domestic and sexual violence in our community.\u201d At the Democracy Center in Cambridge.<\/p>\n Monday, Dec. 5<\/strong> Noon. \u201cMidwives for Peace & Justice organizing meeting.\u201d<\/a> The group meets to \u201cpromote social equity, improve health outcomes, and to ensure a peaceful world for all.\u201d At Panera Bread in Cambridge.<\/p>\n 12:30 p.m. \u201cUMASS Boston Day of Action Against Trump.\u201d<\/a> Midday rally in solidarity with city-wide day of action, including city-wide student walkouts. At UMass Boston\u2019s Campus Center.<\/p>\n 1 p.m. \u201cBoston Student Walk-Out Against Trump.\u201d<\/a> City-wide student walk-out begins with students leaving schools around 1 p.m. Followed by 2 p.m. rally on Boston Common at the \u201cwhite gazebo,\u201d 3 p.m. rally at the Massachusetts State House, and 4 p.m. rally at Boston City Hall.<\/p>\n 5:30 p.m. \u201cBody Positive (FREE) Photoshoot.\u201d<\/a> UMass Boston Women\u2019s Center hosts the photoshoot to create an exhibit. \u201cTake this time to express yourself however you feel. This will be an environment free of shame in any form.\u201d<\/p>\n 6:30 p.m. \u201cWhat Do Human Rights Mean to You? A Community Conversation.\u201d<\/a> The Human Rights Committee of Beverly, Massachusetts, hosts this discussion at Beverly Public Library.<\/p>\n Tuesday, Dec. 6<\/strong> 6 p.m. \u201cSave the Bay Circuit Trail!\u201d<\/a> Supporters of the open-space trail and greenway are attending a Lowell City Council meeting to oppose a \u201cproperty re-zoning that,\u201d they say, \u201ccould essentially kill the completion of the trail.\u201d<\/p>\n 7 p.m. \u201cSomerville Climate Activist Meet-up & Holiday Party.\u201d<\/a> Fossil Free Somerville and Somerville Climate Action \u201cwelcome the holiday season, celebrate the victories of the climate movement, and reflect on the work that needs to be done in an uncertain future.\u201d At the Somerville Armory cafe.<\/p>\n Wednesday, Dec. 7<\/strong> 5:30 p.m. \u201cBuild Up Sanctuary in Boston.\u201d<\/a> The Boston New Sanctuary Movement meets to \u201cdevise an action plan for our faith response \u2026 to resist deportations and offer sanctuary to those who request it.\u201d At Boston Friends House.<\/p>\n 5:30 p.m. \u201cStreetTalk 10-in-1.\u201d<\/a> Ten short presentations on how to improve transportation and \u201cour streets.\u201d At Old South Meeting House in Boston.<\/p>\n 6 p.m. \u201cReal Talk: Environmental Racism & Gentrification.\u201d<\/a> Latinx Action Group and College Democrats of MA in collaboration with the Latin American Student Organization host workshop on how gentrification and environmental racism overlap. At Latino\/a Student Cultural Center at Northeastern University, Boston.<\/p>\n 6 p.m. Bikes Not Bombs<\/a> hosts its \u201cEnd of Year Celebration.\u201d At Doyle\u2019s Caf\u00e9, Jamaica Plain, Boston.<\/p>\n 6 p.m. \u201cAl Raboteau: Forgiveness and the African American Church.\u201d<\/a> The Princeton professor \u201cexamines this tradition\u2019s legacy of forgiving grievous wrong and events such as Martin Luther King Jr.\u2019s response to the Birmingham church bombing, to cast light on this tumultuous moment in our nation\u2019s history and on the political meaning of love.\u201d At Boston University\u2019s Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground, Boston.<\/p>\n 6 p.m. \u201cGreen Line Extension (and Community Path) Public Meeting.\u201d<\/a> At Somerville High School.<\/p>\n 6:30 p.m. \u201cShowing Up For Racial Justice Boston Connect.\u201d<\/a> To \u201cshare our stories, understand opportunities for acting for racial justice locally, and help each other identify our individual next steps.\u201d At Arlington Street Church, Boston.<\/p>\n 6:30 p.m. U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera<\/a> speaks about \u201cSharing Stories in Diverse Communities.\u201d At Boston\u2019s Museum of Fine Arts. <\/p>\n 6:30 p.m. \u201cOurRevolution: Let’s Get Organized.\u201d<\/a> Planning Meeting. At Morency Manor Community Room, Salem, Mass.<\/p>\n 6:45 p.m. \u201cNext Steps: In Solidarity with Standing Rock.\u201d<\/a> People from churches across the area meet to \u201cprayerfully discern how to continue deepening our support.\u201d At Grace Episcopal Church, Medford.<\/p>\n 7 p.m. \u201cUnited Against Trump: Follow Up Meeting.\u201d<\/a> A meeting to plan next steps after Monday\u2019s Boston march against Trump. At Massachusetts College of Art, Boston.<\/p>\n 7 p.m. \u201cYoung Friends of Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts Bash.\u201d<\/a> At Once in Somerville.<\/p>\n Thursday, Dec. 8<\/strong> 12:30 p.m. \u201cGlobal Justice Goes Local: The Emergence of Human Rights Citites.\u201d<\/a> Conference through Dec. 9 at Northeastern University\u2019s Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy in Boston.<\/p>\n 4 p.m. \u201cReconvening BostonWarm.\u201d<\/a> Update from faith leaders who came together to support homeless people after the City of Boston closed shelters on Long Island in 2014. At Old South Church, Boston.<\/p>\n 4:30 p.m. \u201cHuman Rights Day: Ramona Africa (MOVE)\/Standing Rock Report Back.\u201d<\/a> Documentary screening followed by talks by Ramona Africa of Philadelphia\u2019s MOVE from Philadelphia and \u201cmembers of our community who recently journeyed to Standing Rock who will share back on their experience and how we can support the NoDAPL fight.\u201d At the City School, Dorchester, Boston.<\/p>\n 5 p.m. \u201cAskwith Forums: What is a Good Citizen & How Do You Create One?\u201d<\/a> Harvard Graduate School of Education in Cambridge hosts this discussion about how civic education can address \u201cdiversity, marginalized groups, divided parties, digital democracy, and the pressures for more global perspectives.\u201d<\/p>\n 6 p.m. \u201cBe Hope: Healing as a Community.\u201d<\/a> Workshop for survivors and others \u201caffected by the amount of sexual violence in the media coverage during the election.\u201d At Family Justice Center, Boston.<\/p>\n 6 p.m. \u201cBeyond the Vote, Where do we stand now? What are the next steps?\u201d<\/a> MOVE (Making Opportunities Visualizing Empowerment) hosts this community forum at Boston Public Library\u2019s Hyde Park Branch.<\/p>\n 6:30 p.m. \u201cStand Up: Women You Should Know.\u201d<\/a> A Gertrude’s Artists Salon conversation with local artists Silvi Na\u00e7i and Dell M. Hamilton about \u201cphotography, performance and persona in relationship to identity, class and gender roles in contemporary art.\u201d At the Boston Center for the Arts\u2019 Mills Gallery.<\/p>\n 7 p.m. \u201cVision for Black Lives: Community Control.\u201d<\/a> One of a series of workshops discussing the policy platform released by The Movement For Black Lives in August. Hosted by The Democracy Center, Black Lives Matter Cambridge, Anti-Racism Collaborative, Knapsack Anti-Racists, Make GE Pay and SEIU 32BJ. At Democracy Center, Cambridge.<\/p>\n 7:15 p.m. \u201cRenewables for All in Boston campaign launch.\u201d<\/a> Presentations about \u201cexpanding access to renewable power for every household in Boston.\u201d At First Baptist Church, Jamaica Plain, Boston.<\/p>\n 8 p.m. Downtown Boys, the political punk band<\/a> from Providence, perform at the Middle East Upstairs, Cambridge.<\/p>\n Friday, Dec. 9<\/strong> 4 p.m. \u201cProtect our White House – from racism, sexism, bigotry, and hate.\u201d<\/a> Candelight rally to present President-Elect Donald Trump\u2019s appointments. At Massachusetts State House, Boston. <\/p>\n 5:30 p.m. \u201cArtists for Democracy meeting.\u201d<\/a> To plan \u201cprogressive public participatory political art of all kinds in the Boston area.\u201d At Encuentro5, Boston.<\/p>\n 7 p.m. \u201c\u2019Earth in Human Hands: Shaping Our Planet’s Future\u2019 Book Signing.\u201d<\/a> David Grinspoon talks about his new book at Harvard Bookstore, Cambridge.<\/p>\n 7:15 p.m. \u201cWe Dance for Haiti!\u201d<\/a> Dance Fitness with Nicole D hosts this event \u201cto raise funds towards their efforts to rebuild, help slow the outbreak of cholera and prepare for colder months\u201d for those affected by Hurricane Matthew. At Thomas Menino YMCA in Boston.<\/p>\n Saturday, Dec. 10<\/strong> 10 a.m. \u201cConciousness Raising: Women’s Labor in the Home.\u201d<\/a> Boston Feminists for Liberation host this discussion of \u201cunpaid domestic and emotional labour that women are required to perform.\u201d At Cambridge Women\u2019s Center in Cambridge.<\/p>\n 10 a.m. \u201cEntrenamiento masivo regional del noreste \/ Northeast regional mass training.\u201d<\/a> Movimiento Cosecha hosts mass regional trainings to support its boycott in support of rights for undocumented workers. In Boston.<\/p>\n 10 a.m. \u201cReviving Federal Investment in Public Transit.\u201d<\/a> A forum featuring 11 a.m. \u201cResisting Surveillance: Community Preparedness in Post-Obama USA.\u201d<\/a> A community forum to \u201cshare and process concerns and develop strategies for resisting oppression and state violence under a Trump administration.\u201d At First Church in Roxbury, Boston.<\/p>\n Noon. \u201cResist Trump! – Inauguration Day Protest Organizing Meeting.\u201d<\/a> Planning meeting for \u201ca mass demonstration in Boston on the day of Trump’s inauguration as part of a national day of action in major cities across the country.\u201d At 26 West St., Boston.<\/p>\n Noon. \u201cOurRevolution Continues: Meet up, growth and actions.\u201d <\/a>Planning meeting. At Democracy Center, Cambridge.<\/p>\n 2 p.m. \u201cSocialism 101.\u201d<\/a> Boston Democratic Socialists of America hosts this meeting to introduce people to socialism and offer training \u201con how to verbally de-escalate street harassment.\u201d At Encuentro 5, Boston.<\/p>\n 3 p.m. \u201cResist Hate RI’s Second Community Meeting.\u201d<\/a> Planning and organizing meeting. At Hope High School in Providence.<\/p>\n 5 p.m. \u201cStanding Rock Water Protectors Benefit.\u201d<\/a> In observance of Human Rights Day, Nuestras Raices and the United Congregational Church of Holyoke hosts a lecture by Jennifer Weston, a researcher, writer, and producer from the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in the Dakotas, and benefit dinner.<\/p>\n 6 p.m. \u201cRevolutionary women of Syria and Rojava: Film and Dinner Night.\u201d<\/a> The new organization Boston Friends of Rojava and Syria host a night of food and films highlighting Syrian and Kurdish revolutionary women\u2019s movements. At Egleston Square, Roxbury, Boston.<\/p>\n 6:30 p.m. East Boston Community Soup Kitchen hosts a fundrasing night<\/a> at Our Savior Lutheran Chuch in East Boston.<\/p>\n 7 p.m. \u201cMilitant Antifascism: a discussion with Daryle Lamont Jenkins.\u201d<\/a> Providence IWW General Defense Committee Local 16 hosts \u201cJenkins, a founder of One Peoples Project, as he lays the groundwork for building up anti-fascist structures in New England for the defense of the working class.\u201d At Local 16 in Providence.<\/p>\n Sunday, Dec. 11<\/strong> 2 p.m. \u201cLinking Hands Peace Sign Cambridge.\u201d<\/a> Organizers write, \u201cCome together to create a human peace sign.\u201d At Danehy Park, Cambridge.<\/p>\n 3 p.m. \u201cBlack&Pink Downtown Volunteer Drop-In.\u201d<\/a> Black & Pink\u2014\u201can open family of LGBTQ prisoners and \u2018free world\u2019 allies who support each other\u201d and \u201cwork toward the abolition of the prison industrial complex\u201d\u2014writes correspondence to \u201cour incarcerated family.\u201d At Encuentro 5, Boston.<\/p>\n 4 p.m. \u201cWhistle-Blower: a public gathering and discussion.\u201d<\/a> In conjunction with the Dirt Palace\u2019s storefront window exhibition by Glenna Van Nostrand, a discussion of \u201cwhat to do in the aftermath of situations of rape and sexual assault, reflections on misogyny and the silencing of victims, particularly in the context of calling out those in positions of power.\u201d At Dirt Palace, Providence.<\/p>\n 4 p.m. \u201cWhat’s Ahead for The War on Syria.\u201d<\/a> The Syrian American Forum and Hands Off Syria Coalition present a talk by Eva Bartlett, a Canadian journalist and activist. At St. Matthew\u2019s Syrian Orthodox Church, West Roxbury, Boston.<\/p>\n 4:30 p.m. \u201cMuslim Ally Workshop.\u201d<\/a> At AS220 in Providence.<\/p>\n
\n5:30 p.m. \u201cCreatives Coming Together: a post-election conversation.\u201d<\/a> Aims to \u201cbring together the creative community of Boston to provide a space for reflection, discussion, and action steps.\u201d At First Church of Roxbury.<\/p>\n
\n6 a.m. Fight for $15 Boston National Day of Action.<\/a> Fight for $15 plans a 6 a.m. fast-food action in Cambridge\u2019s Central Square, an 11:30 a.m. rally at Logan Airport, and “a major legislative announcement” at the State House in Boston at 1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
\n2 p.m. Originally scheduled date for the reception for \u201cState of the Union,\u201d<\/a> the politically-themed art exhibit at Salem State University that the school shut down over concerns that some works in the exhibit were offensive to some people. Unclear if this reception is still happening.<\/p>\n
\n8:30 a.m. \u201cSouth Shore Climate Change and Sea Level Rise Symposium.\u201d<\/a> The North and South Rivers Watershed Association and the Metropolitan Area Planning Council\u2019s South Shore Coalition offer a day-long \u201can overview of potential climate change and sea level rise impacts on the South Shore, tools and funding options available to communities, and case studies of successful strategies used at the local level to address these issues.\u201d At Cushing Memorial Hall in Norwell.<\/p>\n
\nNoon. \u201cSupply Drive for Standing Rock.\u201d<\/a> The Tufts University LGBT Center in Medford collects supplies.<\/p>\n
\n9 a.m. \u201cThe Next Four Years: Building Our Movements in Dangerous Times.\u201d<\/a> All-day conference hosted by Massachusetts Peace Action Education Fund, American Friends Service Committee, and Progressive Democrats of America. At Simmons College\u2019s Paresky Center in Boston.<\/p>\n
\n10 a.m. \u201cHaley House 50th Anniversary Gathering and Reflection.\u201d<\/a> The longtime community center, bakery and job-services nonprofit hosts a light breakfast at Dudley Dough in Boston, followed by a program and reflection led by former members of the Haley House Live-In Community, Rev. Christine Hribar and Lama Rod Owens.<\/p>\n
\nNoon. \u201cPetition Delivery: Reed and Whitehouse, Stand Strong!\u201d<\/a> To deliver, in person, petitions calling Rhode Island Senator Reed and Senator Whitehouse to oppose \u201cTrump\u2019s bigotry and corruption\u201d and \u201cstand strong for our values and communities.\u201d Meets at Providence\u2019s Burnside Park then walks to the U.S. senators\u2019 offices.<\/p>\n
\n5:30 p.m. Salem\u2019s No Place for Hate Committee<\/a> meets at the municipal offices at 120 Washington St., Salem, Mass.<\/p>\n
\n8 a.m. \u201cSanctuaryCampusNU Walkout.\u201d<\/a> Calling on Northeastern administration to declare itself a \u201csanctuary center of higher education\u201d that protects \u201cmembers of the Northeastern community from deportation, investigation, and other forms of immigration enforcement.\u201d At Northeastern University, Boston.<\/p>\n
\n7:30 a.m. \u201cMassachusetts Conference for Women 2016.\u201d<\/a> At Boston Convention & Exhibition Center.<\/p>\n
\nNoon. \u201c7th Annual Women’s Center Symposium on Gender and Culture.\u201d<\/a> At Tufts University\u2019s Sophia Gordon Hall, Somerville.<\/p>\n
\n9:30 a.m. \u201cAmerican Perspectives: 2016 Election Community Conversation.\u201d<\/a> \u201cA non-partisan, civil and constructive community conversation on the 2016 Election.\u201dAt Pollard Memorial Library, Lowell.<\/p>\n
\nformer Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis; Fred Salvucci, former Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation; and others. At MIT Stata Center, Cambridge. <\/p>\n
\n1 p.m. \u201cMassachusetts Sixth District organizing meeting.\u201d <\/a>Congressman Seth Moulton hosts \u201ca meeting to bring everyone together, brainstorm, and organize a plan of action.\u201d At Peabody Veterans Memorial High School in Peabody.<\/p>\n