{"id":2491,"date":"2016-12-16T19:17:12","date_gmt":"2016-12-17T00:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/?p=2491"},"modified":"2017-01-16T18:34:17","modified_gmt":"2017-01-16T23:34:17","slug":"save-the-world-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/2016\/12\/16\/save-the-world-4\/","title":{"rendered":"What You Can Do To Save The World: Through Dec. 25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A calendar of protests, discussions and other events that aim to improve the world. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Updated Dec. 19.<\/strong> To submit events to the list, email details and links to <a href=\"mailto:weloveyoursubmissions@gmail.com\" target=\"_top\">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<p><!-- Begin MailChimp Signup Form -->\n<link href=\"\/\/cdn-images.mailchimp.com\/embedcode\/classic-10_7.css\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\">\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t#mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; clear:left; font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; }\n\t\/* Add your own MailChimp form style overrides in your site stylesheet or in this style block.\n\t   We recommend moving this block and the preceding CSS link to the HEAD of your HTML file. *\/\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"mc_embed_signup\">\n<form action=\"\/\/gregcookland.us4.list-manage.com\/subscribe\/post?u=569af5687bea7063a34b1f294&amp;id=bf7e2d816e\" method=\"post\" id=\"mc-embedded-subscribe-form\" name=\"mc-embedded-subscribe-form\" class=\"validate\" target=\"_blank\" novalidate>\n<div id=\"mc_embed_signup_scroll\">\n<h2>Sign up to receive the Calendar by email&#8230;.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"indicates-required\"><span class=\"asterisk\">*<\/span> indicates required<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-field-group\">\n\t<label for=\"mce-EMAIL\">Email Address  <span class=\"asterisk\">*<\/span><br \/>\n<\/label><br \/>\n\t<input type=\"email\" value=\"\" name=\"EMAIL\" class=\"required email\" id=\"mce-EMAIL\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-field-group\">\n\t<label for=\"mce-FNAME\">First Name <\/label><br \/>\n\t<input type=\"text\" value=\"\" name=\"FNAME\" class=\"\" id=\"mce-FNAME\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-field-group\">\n\t<label for=\"mce-LNAME\">Last Name <\/label><br \/>\n\t<input type=\"text\" value=\"\" name=\"LNAME\" class=\"\" id=\"mce-LNAME\">\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mce-responses\" class=\"clear\">\n<div class=\"response\" id=\"mce-error-response\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"response\" id=\"mce-success-response\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    <!-- real people should not fill this in and expect good things - do not remove this or risk form bot signups--><\/p>\n<div style=\"position: absolute; left: -5000px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><input type=\"text\" name=\"b_569af5687bea7063a34b1f294_bf7e2d816e\" tabindex=\"-1\" value=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><input type=\"submit\" value=\"Subscribe\" name=\"subscribe\" id=\"mc-embedded-subscribe\" class=\"button\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--End mc_embed_signup--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday, Dec. 17<\/strong><br \/>\n8 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1844333615798990\/\" target=\"_blank\">\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<p>9 a.m. to 7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1162023113912356\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cTake What You Need &#038; Share Something Positive \u2013 SubwayTherapyBOS.\u201d<\/a> Invites people to \u201cshare something positive and inspiring on a post-it note and stick it to the subway wall.\u201d At Downtown Crossing MBTA Station, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>CANCELLED: 10:30 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1059428167501555\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cCanvassing for Housing Justice.\u201d<\/a> To go door-to-door to \u201ctalk to as many people as possible who are either at-risk or currently facing insurmountable rent increases, for-profit evictions and foreclosures to let them know that there is help.\u201d At 28 Paris St., East Boston.<\/p>\n<p>11 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1813059802295285\/\" target=\"_blank\">\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<p>11:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/588269341297930\/\" target=\"_blank\">\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<p>1 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/693128000851473\/\" target=\"_blank\">\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<p>2 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/289678531433346\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cNH Marches for Humanity #TurnOut.\u201d<\/a> New Hampshire Unites for Humanity protests \u201cthe president elect&#8217;s discriminating words, actions, decisions, and policies.\u201d At Manchester City Hall, New Hampshire. <\/p>\n<p>2:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1811000692486912\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cBystander Training: How do I show up in the face of harassment?\u201d<\/a> At Providence Community Acupuncture, Providence.<\/p>\n<p>4 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/167713460367766\/\" target=\"_blank\">\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<p>5 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/919683158166620\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cPrayers for Syria-A Humanitarian Gathering.\u201d<\/a> Rhode Island Council for Muslim Advancement hosts this event to \u201chonor in prayer the great loss of human life, and find solace in scriptures with intentions for peace and ease for the suffering throughout the world.\u201d At Rhode Island State House, Providence.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. Closing reception for the exhibition <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/342352352805061\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cAgainst the Wall: Artists Respond to Police and Policing.\u201d<\/a> At Make Shift Boston.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1217055988377324\/\" target=\"_blank\">\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<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1223280421098735\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cRed Holiday Party.\u201d<\/a> International Socialist Organization Boston celebrates in Codman Square, Dorchester. As a fundraiser for the Center for Economic Research and Social Change.<\/p>\n<p>7:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/from-the-blue-hills-to-standing-rock-benefit-concert-tickets-29517413378\" target=\"_blank\">\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<p><strong>Sunday, Dec. 18<\/strong><br \/>\n11 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1261640917227118\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cSing Carols for Racial Justice.\u201d<\/a> Showing Up for Racial Justice leads anti-racist caroling using revised versions of familiar carols. At Harvard Square, Cambridge.<\/p>\n<p>11 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/219809891789381\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cMatt Dumont M.D. &#8211; Thinking On The Precipice.\u201d<\/a> A talk about the \u201ceffects of apocalyptic capitalism on us Americans.\u201d At Community Church of Boston.<\/p>\n<p>11 a.m. <a href=\"http:\/\/us14.campaign-archive1.com\/?u=c98bd354eba71faf9e7c5cd22&#038;id=914e095436\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cStand Up For Racial Justice Arts-based Anti-Racist Organizing group.\u201d<\/a> At Wenham Street, Jamaica Plain, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>11 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/377193945965099\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cWomen &#038; Allies Protest and Strikeout II.\u201d<\/a> To protest \u201cthe 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<p>11:30 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/108674282959154\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cSandy Hook Remembrance Service.\u201d<\/a> Service honoring the 26 victims of the 2012 school shooting. At Calvary United Methodist Church, Arlington.<\/p>\n<p>Noon. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1372019579510083\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cProtest against Racism, Anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, &#038; Hate at Cambridge Public Schools.\u201d<\/a> A response \u201clast week&#8217;s graffities in Cambridge Public Schools.\u201d At 449 Broadway, Cambridge.<\/p>\n<p>Noon. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/747314952091108\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cOld North Bridge Liberty March.\u201d<\/a> Organizers write: \u201cIf you believe that liberty and democracy are at risk in the United States today, come march with like-minded citizens across Old North Bridge to Concord Center to share solidarity, inspiration and strategies in protection and defense of these values.\u201d At Old North Bridge, Concord, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>1:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1005780369548619\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cAnne Bernays: Feminism &#038; 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<p>3 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1705665676372088\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cBlack&#038;Pink Downtown Volunteer Drop-In.\u201d<\/a> Black &#038; 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<p>3 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/199092117208518\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cCivil Rights Sundays.\u201d<\/a> Occupy New Hampshire Seacoast organizes \u201ca stand for Civil Rights. We need to prepare to act to insure that our marginalized brothers and sisters are safe and that we don&#8217;t move backwards.\u201d At Market Square, Portsmouth, N.H.<\/p>\n<p>5 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1567071303308303\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cStop Trump: Poster Making Event.\u201d<\/a> In preparation for Dec. 19 Defend Democracy Protest. At Encuentro 5, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/837012509735167\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cVigil for America.\u201d<\/a> Unite for America hosts this \u201cvigil outside the Massachusetts State House before electors cast their ballots to ask them to stop Trump.\u201d At Massachusetts State House, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/115364152290378\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cBlack Lives Matter Cambridge Dinner Benefit for Standing Rock.\u201d<\/a> To support BLM \u201ctravel to Standing Rock to support the Water Protectors and to secure the critical food and supplies they will need to sustain the encampments in the upcoming winter.\u201d At Brassica Kitchen and Caf\u00e9, Jamaica Plain, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1834173800163361\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cCandle Light Vigil For Aleppo.\u201d<\/a> At Veterans Memorial Park, Manchester, N.H.<\/p>\n<p>9 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1066394116840481\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cPlanned Parenthood Benefit\u201d<\/a> concert at Great Scott, Allston, Boston.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday, Dec. 18<\/strong><br \/>\n9 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/225839464510530\/\" target=\"_blank\">\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<p>9 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/208840399569270\/\" target=\"_blank\">\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<p>9 a.m.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1832743676941905\/\" target=\"_blank\"> \u201cRI Electoral College Public Proceedings -It&#8217;s Your Right to Join.\u201d<\/a> \u201cTogether, we can stop Donald Trump when the Electoral College votes on December 19th. Electors across the country are pledging to put America first by voting for a responsible alternative who can unify our country and we can all call our President. These brave Electors need our support. So we need you join us at your State House on the day that the Electoral College meets.\u201d At Rhode Island State House, Providence.<\/p>\n<p>2 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1226244314129321\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cStrengthening our Social Safety Net all year long.\u201d<\/a> George Wiley Center invites people \u201cto create your own ornament, and at 3pm we will hang the ornaments, share our concerns, and sing social justice holiday carols.\u201d Inside Rhode Island State House, Providence.<\/p>\n<p>5:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/626948294163199\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cCommunity Forum Know your rights.\u201d<\/a> The Chelsea Collaborative hosts this forum about immigrant rights. At Williams Junior High School, Chelsea, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>5:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1322259401149611\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cPhonebank to Protect Immigrant Families.\u201d<\/a> Coalition for Safer Rhodes invites people to help them make \u201ccalls to constituents who have expressed an interest in organizing around immigrant rights.\u201d At Progressive People Here co-working space, 118 Gano St., Providence.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/220200568389071\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cMetz hosts After Work Bingo to benefit Cambridge Fire Fund.\u201d<\/a> Jason Metz hosts this benefit for those affected by the 10-alarm fire in East Cambridge on Dec. 3. At Atwood\u2019s Tavern, Cambridge.<\/p>\n<p>6:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1177329799012918\/\" target=\"_blank\">\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<p>6:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1616948041942474\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cNext Steps: Political and Legal Resources for Trans Folks.\u201d<\/a> Panel discussion about services available and \u201clegal and political concerns for the trans and gender non-conforming community.\u201d At Fenway Health, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/213171022461521\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cMaine Democratic Socialists Meeting.\u201d<\/a> Nominating officers and \u201cforming committees for social action in the coming year.\u201d At Portland City Hall, Maine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, Dec. 20<\/strong><br \/>\n4 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/181369972334173\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cCandlelight Vigil for Public Sector Worker Safety.\u201d<\/a> Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health holds this event \u201cto remember those who are no longer with us and to ask our lawmakers to finally pass equal workplace protections for equal work.\u201d At Massachusetts State House, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>5:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/655467611300292\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cCreatives Coming Together: Post-Election Commitment Party.\u201d<\/a> Invites \u201cBoston Creatives to take action and make post-election commitments for 2017 and beyond.\u201d At Design Studio for Social Intervention, Roxbury, Boston. (Note: This and the following listing seem to have been combined.)<\/p>\n<p>5:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/619205134871095\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cSERC Meeting.\u201d<\/a> \u201cTo begin creating and contributing to Social Emergency Response Centers.\u201d At Design Studio for Social Intervention, Roxbury, Boston. (Note: This and the previous listing seem to have been combined.)<\/p>\n<p>5:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/560890360788371\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cNeighborWorks Works book launch.\u201d<\/a> Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation offers this look at its Oasis on Ballou Urban Agriculture project, \u201ca local food system in Dorchester that supports an agriculture based workforce program for formerly incarcerated community members, promotes healthy food access, and develops an emerging green economy in our community.\u201d At Frugal Books, Roxbury, Boston. <\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1895608070672023\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cSomerville Commission for Women Meeting.\u201d<\/a> At Office of Somerville Commissions, Somerville.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1614798942148262\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cMBLLC Communities of Color Agenda.\u201d<\/a> State Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz hosts this \u201clistening tour\u201d meeting. \u201cAs the Massachusetts Black and Latino Legislative Caucus prepares for the new two-year legislative session, we seek your participation in the development of a 2017-2018 Communities of Color Agenda.\u201d At Hibernian Hall, Roxbury, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1274553335917365\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cLocal Policy\/Sanctuary Committee Meeting.\u201d<\/a> Solidarity Lowell hosts a meeting \u201cto discuss local policy committee stuff, particularly the sanctuary\/TRUST city movement for city council and preparations beyond.\u201dAt Mill No. 5, Lowell.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/219250018520029\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cMicah Memorial Show at ONCE.\u201d<\/a> Live performances, art, food, drinks and community, in memory of Micah Danemayer and other victims of Oakland\u2019s GhostShip fire. At Once, Somerville.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/639070159606064\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cMLK Day March 4 Justice Planning Meeting.\u201d<\/a> Mass Action Against Police Brutality holds this event to plan the Jan. 16 march. At ROXSE Homes community room, Roxbury, Boston.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, Dec. 21<\/strong><br \/>\n10 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/226872994413923\/\" target=\"_blank\">\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<p>11 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1380323525342610\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThe Books for Success Project: Campaign Drive.\u201d<\/a> Cambridge Youth Council and senior Cayley DeLancey invite people to donate SAT, ACT, SAT Subject Test and AP exam prep books to students. At Cambridge Rindge and Latin School.<\/p>\n<p>Noon. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1789445324638446\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201c27th Annual Interfaith Homeless Memorial Service.\u201d<\/a> Music, prayer, candle lighting, and stories to remember \u201cthose unfortunate enough to be un-housed whom we have lost in the past year.\u201d<br \/>\nAt Church on the Hill, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>4 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/287623614971859\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThe Longest Night.\u201d<\/a> Rally to bring attention to winter homelessness. At Boston City Hall Plaza.<\/p>\n<p>5 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/210317916079875\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cChanukah Solidarity March Against Islamophobia.\u201d<\/a> Jewish Voice for Peace Boston organizes this \u201cmarch from the State House to say no to Muslim registries, no to state surveillance of the Muslim community, no to more immigration restrictions, no to racist hate speech and hate crimes, no to Neo-Nazi anti-Semitism, and no to racial and religious profiling.\u201d At Massachusetts State House, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>5 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/203512396767164\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cHomeless Vigil.\u201d<\/a> \u201cOn the longest night of the year, we remember those we have lost who struggled to find shelter.\u201d At Main Street Methodist Church, Nashua, New Hampshire.<\/p>\n<p>5:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1244016005660690\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cHomeless Memorial Candlelight Vigil.\u201d<\/a> \u201cIn remembrance of people in our community who have died without stable housing.\u201d At Market Square, Portsmouth, N.H.<\/p>\n<p>6:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1807733719495524\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cShowing Up For Racial Justice Worcester Meeting.\u201d<\/a> At YMCA Central Massachusetts, Worcester.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/679239925579034\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cBoston Student Organizing Meeting.\u201d<\/a> An effort \u201cto bring together as many organizers in Boston and continue to work towards direct action, defense, and organization\u201d in opposition to \u201cTrump and his racist, homophobic, white supremacist team.\u201d At Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/589820931218545\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cMaura Healey Post-Election Town Hall.\u201d<\/a> The Massachusetts Attorney General and Congresswoman Katherine Clark host this meeting to discuss \u201cmoving forward\u201d and \u201cworking together.\u201d At Greater Framingham Community Church, Framingham, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1844594755824417\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201c12th Annual Boston Christmas Cavalcade for the Homeless.\u201d<\/a> Musical shindig. \u201cAll proceeds go to the Somerville Homeless Coalition.\u201d At Once, Somerville.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday, Dec. 22<\/strong><br \/>\n5:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1604850089823419\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cGood Jobs and Our Revolution Somerville Holiday Party.\u201d<\/a> Somerville For Our Revolution meets to \u201ccelebrate the holidays and get ready for the challenges that we face ahead.\u201d Including \u201cupdates from guests on local campaigns and plans for next year.\u201d At Redbones, Somerville.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1963693620524455\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cGhost Bike Dedication for Bannon Williamson.\u201d<\/a> Memorial for man killed while bicycling in late November. Corner of Colchester and Chapel Streets, Brookline.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/138529033291677\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cMBLLC Communities of Color Agenda.\u201d<\/a> State Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz hosts this \u201clistening tour\u201d meeting. \u201cAs the Massachusetts Black and Latino Legislative Caucus prepares for the new two-year legislative session, we seek your participation in the development of a 2017-2018 Communities of Color Agenda.\u201d At Lawrence Public Library.<\/p>\n<p>6:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/216955582079486\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cBoston Worker&#8217;s Circle Radical Chanukah Party.\u201d<\/a> \u201cLatke frying, Klezmer Jam-ming, Socialist dreidel in the tradition of our organization&#8217;s founders, and the classic biblical mitzvah of human-menorah building.\u201d At Boston Worker&#8217;s Circle Center for Jewish Culture and Social Justice, Brookline.<\/p>\n<p>7:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1288646344531117\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cCelebrations: An African Odyssey.\u201d<\/a> Performance about an \u201cAfrican princess coming of age in her homeland when she is when she is kidnapped and sold into slavery. But in the New World plantation on Christmas day, she finds that the humanity and courage of her people has survived even the Middle passage.\u201d At Mixed Magic Theatre, Pawtucket, Rhode Island.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo at top: <a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/2016\/11\/28\/let-it-snow-santas-against-global-warming-parade-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cLet It Snow! Santas Against Global Warming!\u201d group<\/a> in Malden\u2019s annual Parade of Holiday Traditions, Nov. 26, 2016. Photograph copyright Greg Cook.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A calendar of protests, discussions and other events that aim to improve the world. Updated Dec. 19. To submit events to the list, email details and links to Weloveyoursubmissions At Gmail. Note: Event times and places sometimes change. Please follow the links to confirm details. Also we are unable to vet all of these events. 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