A calendar of protests, discussions and other events that aim to improve the world. <\/p>\n
Updated Dec. 11.<\/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 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 former Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis; Fred Salvucci, former Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation; and others. At MIT Stata Center, Cambridge. <\/p>\n 10 a.m. \u201cSing Carols for Racial Justice with Members of SURJ Boston!\u201d<\/a> Showing Up for Racial Justice publicly sings familiar carols rewritten to address \u201cresistance to the Trumpocalypse, mass incarceration, the need for collective liberation, and more.\u201d Begins at Encuentro 5, Boston.<\/p>\n 10 a.m. \u201cA teach in.\u201d<\/a> Two-day event. Historical presentations provide context for \u201congoing struggle, resistance, and resilience.\u201d Also organizing direct actions. At Tufts, Medford.<\/p>\n 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 11:30 a.m. \u201cJanitor Contract Celebration: Community and Movement Building.\u201d<\/a> \u201cCelebrate the Tufts Janitors\u2019 contract win.\u201d At Tufts, Medford.<\/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 Noon. \u201cImmigration Know Your Rights Training.\u201d<\/a> Information \u201con free or low cost legal services, learn how to make a family safety plan, and find out what Matahari is doing to protect our communities.\u201d At Matahari Women Workers\u2019 Center, Boston.<\/p>\n 1 p.m. \u201cProtest Donald Trump in Boston\/Restore, Renew American Democracy.\u201d<\/a> March from Old North Church in Boston\u2019s North End to Langone Park at Boston Harbor \u201cto protest the apparent election of Donald Trump, to reconsecrate Boston Harbor, to urge the Electors to choose Hillary Clinton \u2026 or a \u2018national unity\u2019 candidate as our next president, and to urge that the U.S. Constitution be amended to abolish or revise the Electoral College.\u201d<\/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 3 p.m. \u201cCambridge 2 Charlotte: Justice 4 All Victims of Police Brutality.\u201d<\/a> Mass Action Against Police Brutality hosts a \u201cpanel of survivors and family of victims of police brutality,\u201d discusses national cases, and plans \u201cto build a mass movement to win justice for victims and their families.\u201d At Cambridge Community Center.<\/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> 11:30 a.m. \u201cSolidarity with our Muslim Neighbors.\u201d<\/a> Showing Up for Racial Justice Metrowest hosts this rally \u201cto stand with our muslim neighbors aganist hate.\u201d At 126 Boston Post Road, Wayland.<\/p>\n Noon. \u201cUnidos Con Rep\u00fablica Dominicana \/ United With The Dominican Republic.\u201d<\/a> Collecting donations to help those who have lost homes, who are going without food or otherwise been hurt by rains in the Dominican Republic. At 381 Centre St., Jamaica Plain, Boston.<\/p>\n Noon. \u201cBoston Homeless Solidarity Committee Weekly Organizing Meeting.\u201d At Encuentro 5, Boston.<\/p>\n 1 p.m. \u201cAmor Revolucionario \/\/\/ Revolutionary Love.\u201d<\/a> Black Rose \/ Rosa Negra Boston hosts this event to send cards and letters \u201cof love and solidarity to our loved ones and other folks who are locked behind the walls of prisons, jails and immigrant detention centers.\u201d At Our Savior\u2019s Lutheran Church, East Boston.<\/p>\n 1 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 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 6 p.m. \u201cOut of Many, One: An Interfaith Call for Dignity & Diligence.\u201d<\/a> A special evening service will \u201cfeature testimonies from local residents, prayers from Boston’s interfaith leaders, and a non-partisan call to Senator Elizabeth Warren and Mayor Walsh for dignity and diligence in this time of heightened social tension and political transition.\u201d At Islamic Society of Boston.<\/p>\n Monday, Dec. 12<\/strong> 11 a.m. \u201cWomen & Allies, Strike Out and Protest.\u201d<\/a> \u201cWomen\/self-identified women and their allies will gather together in solidarity, in cities across the United States, to protest the normalization of sexual assault, racism, sexism, homophobia, xenophobia, unconstitutional behavior, cronyism, and hate promoted by Trump and his cohorts.\u201d At Massachusetts State House.<\/p>\n 2 p.m. \u201cProvidence Women & Allies Strikeout and Protest.\u201d<\/a> \u201cWomen\/self-identified women and their allies will gather together in solidarity, in cities across the United States, to protest the normalization of sexual assault, racism, sexism, homophobia, xenophobia, unconstitutional behavior, cronyism, and hate promoted by Trump and his cohorts.\u201d At Rhode Island State House, Providence.<\/p>\n 4 p.m. \u201cMassachusetts Patient Advocacy Alliance Testimony Working Session.\u201d<\/a> Learn about proposed regulatory changes \u201cand how to prepare testimony.\u201d At Massachusetts Patient Advocacy Alliance, Boston.<\/p>\n 6 p.m. \u201cConversation with Human Rights Campaign Boston – Volunteer Night.\u201d<\/a> Discussion of issues on which you’re most focused \u2026 in the wake of the election.\u201d At Market Lounge, Boston.<\/p>\n 6 p.m. \u201cOppose Mass Deportations \/ Muslim Registry.\u201d<\/a> Massachusetts Human Rights Commission holds a discussion on ways to oppose mass deportation and Muslim registry. At YMCA in Worcester.<\/p>\n 7 p.m. \u201cLet’s Progress!\u201d<\/a> Community leaders and advisors discuss \u201ceffective and peaceful ways to raise your voice, reach out to your representatives, and elevate your community and your country\u201d in response to \u201cdiscriminatory, disrespectful, and dangerous rhetoric we’ve heard from President-Elect Donald Trump, his chosen advisors, and some of his supporters.\u201d At Somerville Theater, Somerville, but note the event is \u201ccurrently sold out\u201d but a live-stream is planned.<\/p>\n Tuesday, Dec. 13<\/strong> 8:30 a.m. \u201c3rd Annual Leadership Summit.\u201d<\/a> Vital Village Network hosts two days of \u201cpresentations and workshops as we continue to foster hope and generate solutions to the issues affecting our community.\u201d At Boston\u2019s NonProfit Center.<\/p>\n 10 a.m. \u201cJobsNotJails – Event and Rally.\u201d<\/a> Neighbor To Neighbor Massachusetts Education Fund hosts this \u201ccall for reform to end racial disparity to our criminal justice system.\u201d At Boston Society of the New Jerusalem, Boston.<\/p>\n 10 a.m. \u201cOppositon to LNG in PVD Press Conference.\u201d<\/a> Mashapaug Nahaganset Tribe deliverss communications to the RI Department of Environmental Management opposing the proposed Fields Point Liquefied Natural Gas Liquefaction Project in Providence and the proposed Clear River Power Plant in the Burrillville. At State of Rhode Island Environmental Management Department, Providence.<\/p>\n 3 p.m. \u201cProgramming Toward Inclusivity.\u201d<\/a> Panel of theater and museum leaders discuss \u201cprogramming an inclusive season.\u201d At Emerson\/Paramount Center.<\/p>\n 5 p.m. \u201cHearing on Harvard Square Development.\u201d<\/a> Held by the city of Cambridge\u2019s Economic Development and University Relations Committee. At Cambridge City Hall.<\/p>\n 6 p.m. \u201cProvidence Citywide Conversation.\u201d<\/a> Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza hosts a \u201cconversation about how we can work together to benefit our city.\u201d At Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School, Providence.<\/p>\n 7 p.m. \u201cJust Checking In.\u201d<\/a> As part of Survivors of Homicide Victims Awareness Month, men \u201cexperiencing the loss of a loved one, and are taking time to care for the needs of others and have neglected your own needs, please come and join us as we seek difference resources that will help us on our journey to wellness.\u201d At Dudley Caf\u00e9, Boston.<\/p>\n 7 p.m. \u201cTzedek Salon: Post Election Analysis.\u201d<\/a> The Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action presents a talk by Alan Solomont, dean of the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts, on \u201cYouth Voting and its Impact on the Election.\u201d At Lir, Boston.<\/p>\n 7 p.m. \u201cRhode Island Council for Muslim Advancement.\u201d<\/a> \u201cDr .Wendy Manchester Ibrahim, vice president of Rhode Island Council for Muslim Advancement, addresses \u201cthe issues being presented by\u201d President Trump. At Hera Gallery, Wakefield, Rhode Island.<\/p>\n 7 p.m. \u201cHow we can Defend Ourselves Against Nuclear War.\u201d<\/a> Metrowest Peace Action hosts a talk by Elaine Scarry, author of \u201cThermonuclear Monarchy: Choosing Between Democracy and Doom.\u201d At Gallery 55, Natick.<\/p>\n Wednesday, Dec. 14<\/strong> 5:30 p.m. \u201cRemembrance Community Vigil In Loving Memory of all Victims.\u201d<\/a> New Bedford Survivors of Homicide Victims hosts this vigil. At Monty Playground, New Bedford.<\/p>\n 6:15 p.m. \u201cNational Vigil to End Gun Violence.\u201d<\/a> Moms Demand Action host a candlelight vigil \u201cto remember the more than 120,000 Americans killed by gun violence since the Sandy Hook massacre.\u201d At First Church in Boston Unitarian Universalist.<\/p>\n 6:45 p.m. \u201cMassMovement Salon #3.\u201d<\/a> MassMovement hosts this \u201cweekly gathering for intersectional organizers and activists in the crossroads of many issues.\u201d At 80 Border Road Cultural Exchange Center, Boston.<\/p>\n 7 p.m. \u201cFollow Up Meeting #2.\u201d<\/a> Ongoing \u201cstudent-led efforts to organize and mobilize against the Trump administration.\u201d At Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston.<\/p>\n Thursday, Dec. 15<\/strong> 4:20 p.m. \u201cSmoke Up.\u201d<\/a> At the high-end sneaker boutique Laced, 426 Massachusetts Ave., Boston. \u201cWe are going to have a smoke up to celebrate the legalization of marijuana in Massachusetts. This is the date the law will be in order officially.\u201d<\/p>\n 5:30 p.m. \u201cDudley Grows Quarterly Meeting.\u201d<\/a> Boston Public Schools’ new Director of Food & Nutrition Services Laura Benavidez talks about school food. And \u201cupdates on Dudley Grows’ ongoing campaigns to bring more great local food to neighborhood stores and restaurants and to transform vacant land into productive growing spaces.\u201d At Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative, Roxbury, Boston.<\/p>\n 6 p.m. \u201cThe History Project’s 2016 Holiday Party.\u201d <\/a>The group, which documents LGBTQ Boston, holds a party including discussion of \u201c2016 accomplishments, our plans for 2017, and discover your connection to Boston’s LGBTQ history.\u201d At Club Caf\u00e9, Boston.<\/p>\n 6 p.m. \u201cJobs with Justice Holiday party.\u201d<\/a> Massachusetts Jobs with Justice will \u201ccelebrate our victories and prepare to fight in the new year.\u201d At their Jamaica Plain headquarters.<\/p>\n 6:30 p.m. \u201cStories of Welcoming.\u201d<\/a> \u201cLet\u2019s explore together what we know about building a welcoming and inclusive community. At True Story Theater events, audience members spontaneously share moments from their lives based on the evening\u2019s theme. Actors then instantly portray the heart of each story.\u201d At Medford Library.<\/p>\n 7 p.m. \u201cPink Hats for Progress with the Knitting Club (Drop In).\u201d<\/a> Medford Knitting Club and Mystic Makerspace meet up to knit \u201cPink Hats for the Women’s March for Equality.\u201d At Medford Public Library.<\/p>\n 7 p.m. \u201cThinking Black Men of Boston.\u201d<\/a> Group of African American men that promotes \u201ccritical thinking within the African diaspora\u201d and then aims \u201cto initiate actionable projects within the community.\u201d At Vine Streeet community Center Council, Boston.<\/p>\n 7 p.m. \u201cNot My President! Standing Against Trump.\u201d<\/a> Panel of activists \u201cdiscuss the threat Trump poses and how we can build a united fight back.\u201d At International Socialist Oganization Boston, Dorchester.<\/p>\n 7 p.m. \u201cBenefit for families affected by the devastating fire in Cambridge.”<\/a> Concert featuring The James Montgomery Blues Band, Tigerman Woah, Lady Pills, STL GLD, Killer Cortez and more. Downstairs at the Middle East Restaurant and Nightclub, Cambridge.<\/p>\n 7 p.m. \u201cNational Bird.\u201d<\/a> Screening and Q&A with director Sonia Kennebeck of her documentary about \u201cthree whistleblowers who are determined to break the silence around \u2026 the secret U.S. drone war.\u201d At UMass Boston Campus Center.<\/p>\n 7 p.m. \u201cHow to Survive a Plague\u2014Discussion and Q&A.\u201d<\/a> Talk by David France, author of \u201cHow to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS.\u201d At Harvard Coop, Cambridge.<\/p>\n 7 p.m. \u201cState Rep Mike Connolly.\u201d<\/a> The incoming incoming Massachusetts legislator speaks \u201cabout his experiences fighting money in politics.\u201d At Democracy Center, Cambridge.<\/p>\n Friday, Dec. 16<\/strong> 6:30 p.m. \u201cThe 243rd Anniversary Boston Tea Party Reenactment.\u201d<\/a> Old South Meeting House and the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum host this reenactment of the famous precursor to the American Revolution. Begins at Old South Meeting House, Boston.<\/p>\n 8 p.m. \u201cCambridge Fire Benefit Show: The Values\/Jamichael Frazier\/Tenfold Path\/Hype.\u201d<\/a> Benefit for those affected by the 10-alarm fire in East Cambridge on Dec. 3. At Out of the Blue Too Art Gallery & More, Cambridge.<\/p>\n Saturday, Dec. 17<\/strong> 11 a.m. \u201cFidel Castro speaks to Harlem, 1995.\u201d<\/a> Mass Action Against Police Brutality screens a 1995 speech by Castro, then hosts a discussion on \u201chis contributions to the struggle against racism, economic exploitation, and colonial oppression in Cuba and worldwide.\u201d Parker Hill Branch of the Boston Public Library, Boston.<\/p>\n 11:30 p.m. \u201cDocumental de Berta Caceres.\u201d<\/a> Screening of the documentary \u201cGuardiana de los R\u00edos,\u201d about Honduran environmental activst Berta C\u00e1ceres, who was murdered earlier this year. At Vine Street Community Center Council, Boston.<\/p>\n 1 p.m. \u201cRally for Chelsea Manning.\u201d<\/a> Stand-out to ask for a presidential pardon for \u201cwhistle blower Chelsea Manning, who is serving a 35-year sentence for having leaked many documents about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2010.\u201d At MBTA Park Street Station, Boston.<\/p>\n 2 p.m. \u201cNH Marches for Humanity #TurnOut.\u201d<\/a> New Hampshire Unites for Humanity protests \u201cthe president elect’s discriminating words, actions, decisions, and policies.\u201d At Manchester City Hall, New Hampshire. <\/p>\n 4 p.m. \u201cWWP Tribute to Fidel\/J20 DC CounterInaugural Mobilizers Mtg.\u201d<\/a> Workers World Party-Boston meets to remember, reflect, recall experiences, learn from Fidel Castro. Then discussion of mobilizing \u201cto stop the Trump agenda of racism, discrimination, union-busting and war.\u201d At Workers World Party-Boston, Jamaica Plain.<\/p>\n 6 p.m. Closing reception for the exhibition \u201cAgainst the Wall: Artists Respond to Police and Policing.\u201d<\/a> At Make Shift Boston.<\/p>\n 7 p.m. \u201cArt\/Politic Open Mic.\u201d<\/a> Event for musicians, dancers, poets and visual artists \u201cto present works related to politics.\u201d At CityPop Egleston, Boston.<\/p>\n 7:30 p.m. \u201cFrom The Blue Hills to Standing Rock Benefit Concert.\u201d<\/a> Song Keepers, the Mashpee-based nonprofit for the \u201cpreservation and continuation of traditional and contemporary music of Native American people,\u201d hosts this fund-raiser. At Hibernian Hall, Roxbury, Boston.<\/p>\n Sunday, Dec. 18<\/strong> 1:30 p.m. \u201cAnne Bernays: Feminism & Publishing.\u201d<\/a> The Cambridge novelist speaks about \u201cmaneuvering through the thickets of a patriarchal culture. Some of the topics will include publishing in the fifties, Betty Friedan and the tempest caused by the second wave of feminism.\u201d At Humanist Hub, 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 9 p.m. \u201cPlanned Parenthood Benefit\u201d<\/a> concert at Great Scott, Allston, Boston.<\/p>\n Monday, Dec. 18<\/strong> 8 a.m. \u201cRhode Island: Stop Trump. Defend Democracy.\u201d<\/a> \u201cWe the People will come together at every state capitol across the United States to call on the Electors of the Electoral College to refuse to cast their ballots for Donald Trump.\u201d At Rhode Island State House, Providence.<\/p>\n 6:30 p.m. \u201cMaking Art for Social Change: A Community Discussion.\u201d<\/a> Discussion \u201cabout the role of art and performance in creating social change.\u201d At Esh Circus Arts, Somerville.<\/p>\n Wednesday, Dec. 21<\/strong>
\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
\n11 a.m. \u201cKhury Petersen- Smith – Resisting Four More Years of US empire.\u201d<\/a> Talk by the Boston International Socialist Organization activist, geographer and Tufts postdoctoral scholar of empire. Plus music by Foundation Movement. At the Community Church of Boston.<\/p>\n
\n10:30 a.m. \u201cMA Reading of the DefendDemocracyDeclaration at State Capital.\u201d<\/a> Stop Trump + Defend Democracy host a public reading of their \u201cDefendDemocracy Declaration\u201d to Electors of the electoral college to keep \u201cthose who are disqualified from office from gaining the power to destroy our country.\u201d At 24 Beacon St., Boston.<\/p>\n
\n8 a.m. \u201cProgressive Power Hour: Congressman Jim McGovern.\u201d<\/a> The Alliance for Business Leadership hosts the Massachusetts congressman as part of a series connecting \u201cin-demand business leaders with top public figures and thought leaders for networking and Q&A.\u201d $75 for non-members. At 699 Boylston St., Boston.<\/p>\n
\n4:30 p.m. \u201cStand Out: Dismiss the Convictions.\u201d<\/a> Families for Justice as Healing is planning this protest \u201cto demand that District Attorney Dan Conley dismiss the 24,000+ tainted convictions from the Drug Lab crisis.\u201d Outside Massachusetts District Attorney Dan Conley’s Office, 1 Bulfinch Place, Boston.<\/p>\n
\n3 p.m. \u201cNative American Slavery in New England and the Caribbean.\u201d<\/a> A talk about colonial history by Brown University Professor Linford Fisher. At Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Boston.<\/p>\n
\n3 p.m. \u201c9c Cuts Protest & Die-In.\u201d<\/a> Protest of Governor Baker\u2019s cuts to budgets for alleviating homelessness and housing, substance abuse prevention programming, HIV\/AIDS prevention and treatment, and services for terminally ill children. At Massachusetts State House, Boston.<\/p>\n
\n8 a.m. \u201cBike Advocacy Boot Camp.\u201d<\/a> MassBike hosts leaders in statewide transportation policy for a daylong forum on bicycle advocacy. At Fresh Tilled Soil, Watertown.<\/p>\n
\n11:30 a.m. \u201cSandy Hook Remembrance Service.\u201d<\/a> Service honoring the 26 victims of the 2012 school shooting. At Calvary United Methodist Church, Arlington.<\/p>\n
\n8 a.m. \u201cMassachusetts: Stop Trump. Defend Democracy.\u201d<\/a> \u201cWe the People will come together at every state capitol across the United States to call on the Electors of the Electoral College to refuse to cast their ballots for Donald Trump.\u201d At Massachusetts State House, Boston.<\/p>\n
\n10 a.m. \u201cSit-in to Oppose the DAPL.\u201d<\/a> Organizers plan to deliver a letter to Gov. Charlie Baker \u201cpolitely requesting that he call\u201d North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple\u201d requesting support for \u201cthe protectors at Standing Rock. \u2026 We will bring our letter, signed with as many signatures as possible and keep him company until he calls Dalrymple.\u201d At Massachusetts State House, Boston.<\/p>\n