{"id":2528,"date":"2017-01-02T12:41:58","date_gmt":"2017-01-02T17:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/?p=2528"},"modified":"2017-01-16T18:33:53","modified_gmt":"2017-01-16T23:33:53","slug":"save-the-world-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/2017\/01\/02\/save-the-world-5\/","title":{"rendered":"What You Can Do To Save The World: Through Jan. 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A calendar of protests, discussions and other events that aim to improve the world. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Updated Jan. 8.<\/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>Monday, Jan. 2<\/strong><br \/>\n7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/685093884990354\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cStanding Up for Ourselves: Self-Care for Activists.\u201d<\/a> Hands To Heart Center hosts this class. \u201cUsing Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement lessons, we will explore fresh ways of holding ourselves, standing, and breathing.\u201d At City Pop Egleston, Boston.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, Jan. 3<\/strong><br \/>\n6 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Progressive-Politics-Feelin-the-BERN-Building-a-Movement\/\" target=\"_blank\">Progressive Politics South Shore Meet<\/a> and Greet at Union Brewhouse, Weymouth, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/325214011210931\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cMLK March 4 Justice planning meeting.\u201d<\/a> Mass Action Against Police Brutality meets to plan the Jan. 16 event. At ROXSE Homes community room, Roxbury, Boston.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, Jan. 4<\/strong><br \/>\n9:30 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1614259362213145\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cA People&#8217;s Agenda Rally, Concord&#8217;s State House.\u201d<\/a>  Rights &#038; Democracy NH meets at the at the New Hampshire State House to remind legislators that \u201cdespite everything that&#8217;s happened over the course of these last few months, we will not be forced on the defensive and we&#8217;re going to continue to proactively pursue our People&#8217;s Agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>3 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/615497201965752\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cFighting Poverty with Faith Vigil at the State House.\u201d<\/a> Rhode Island Interfaith Coalition to Reduce Poverty meets at the Rhode Island State House in Providence.<\/p>\n<p>5:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1369943273045500\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cBoston student coalition meeting.\u201d<\/a> Organizers invite students to \u201cnetwork with Boston students, discuss plans for J20 in Boston and DC, and help raise awareness on your campus.\u201d At 565 Boylston St., Boston.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/234034300353486\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cAPIs for Black Lives Direct Action\/Support Meeting.\u201d<\/a> At Asian American Resource Workshop, Dorchester, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>6:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/408489452875828\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cMassachusetts Citizen Uprising Launch.\u201d<\/a> American Promise hosts a meeting to \u201cjoin the effort for a 28th Amendment to reclaim our American democracy from big money.\u201d At Trinity Episcopal Church, Concord, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/197020907435463\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThe Obsolete Oil Industry.\u201d<\/a> Boston Austrian Economics Group discusses \u201cthe impact of alternative energies on the oil industry, predicted to be obsolete in the near future.\u201d At Papagayo, Somerville.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1598977063451633\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cBoston Hands Off Syria Coalition organizing meeting.\u201d<\/a> At Encuentro 5, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/400396106970518\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cWhat&#8217;s next for reproductive freedom in RI?\u201d<\/a> Planned Parenthood Votes! Rhode Island hosts this discussion at Temple Habonim, Barrington, R.I.<\/p>\n<p>7:15 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1692295131061584\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cDirect Action Skill Share.\u201d<\/a> Hosted by the Democracy Center in Cambridge, Mass., <\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday, Jan. 5<\/strong><br \/>\n2 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/701215400049298\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201c40 Days &#038; 40 Nights_Art Show\/Art Exhibit.\u201d<\/a> Organizers aim \u201cto promote understanding of Islam through the means of traditional _and contemporary Islamic art.\u201d At Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>5:30 p.m. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstbaptistjp.org\/site\/cpage.asp?cpage_id=180085781&#038;sec_id=180010206\" target=\"_blank\">Vigil in support of Black Lives Matter. <\/a>At First Baptist Church, Jamaica Plain, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>5:30 p.m. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostoncan.orga\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cClimate Strategy in the Age of Trump.\u201d<\/a> Boston Climate Action Network hosts a discussion at First Baptist Church, Jamaica Plain, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>5:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1163436683774803\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cSocial Emergency Response Center Planning Meeting.\u201d<\/a> At Design Studio for Social Intervention, Roxbury, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>5:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/681894888654506\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cConfronting Systemic Racism.\u201d<\/a> Anti-Racism Collaborative offers this course. In Cambridge, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>5:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1315063605202618\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cISIS: What we know about the Attacks in the West.\u201d<\/a> A talk by Boston University Professor Jessica Stern. Hosted by Boston University Alumni Association. At Downtown Harvard Club, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>5:45 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/345256092505718\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cTree Advocacy Discussion.\u201d<\/a> Worcester Tree Initiative hosts this conversation about \u201cWorcester&#8217;s policies for the protection and planting of street trees and to share your experiences of Worcester&#8217;s urban forest with tree lovers from all around the city.\u201d At Main South Community Development Corporation, Worcester, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/234882073607016\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cIfNotNow Boston January Hive Meeting: Join the JewishResistance.\u201d<\/a> IfNotNow Boston hosts this meeting to plan their efforts to resist \u201cthe Trump Administration,\u201d \u201cend the American Jewish community\u2019s support for the occupation and fight for freedom and dignity for all.\u201d At Arlington Street Church Unitarian Universalist, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1248651791844623\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cResistARTS at JP First Thursdays.\u201d<\/a> Includes Resistioke! \u201clive-band, group karaoke with a twist: We&#8217;ll be singing (with you!) pop tunes that respond to our politically divisive times.\u201d At J.P. Licks, Jamaica Plain, Boston. &#8220;Re-Read Me A Story: Socially Conscious Storytime for Adults&#8221; at City Feed and Supply. And performance by violinist and singer-songwriter Aisha Burns at On Centre.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1086259298179393\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cA Step Beyond | 26.5N, 77.8W.\u201d<\/a> Exhibition of photographs of Havanah, Cuba, by Eileen McCarney Muldoon at Leica Gallery Boston.<\/p>\n<p>6:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/100312483800827\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cWhite Privilege and How to Leverage It.\u201d<\/a> Natalie Perry of Northeastern University and Elizabeth Baldwin of Knapsack Boston lead a discussion of \u201cwhat white privilege is and how to use it to intervene in situations and challenge racism.\u201d Hosted by Boston Girls\u2019 Leadership, Organized Women (GLOW) at Hennessy\u2019s, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/176029159535804\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cSocial Justice Movements in the Era of Trump.\u201d<\/a> South Shore Peoples Network hosts this discussion at Church of the Presidents, Quincy, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1170482773065517\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cClimathon &#8211; Imagining local action.\u201d<\/a> Metro West 350MA hosts this planning session about \u201cworking locally for a just and sustainable energy future.\u201d At First Parish of Sudbury, Mass.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, Jan. 6<\/strong><br \/>\n4:15 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1509294269117710\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cArtist Talk: Photography as a Trojan Horse for Social Change.\u201d<\/a> Salvadorian-American photographer Mario Quiroz speaks at Lesley University-UHall, Cambridge.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/425759801145283\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cAuthor Event: Alexandra Chasin.\u201d<\/a> The New School Professor speaks about her book about America\u2019s first \u201cdrug czar\u201d: \u201cAssassin of Youth: A Kaleidoscopic History of Harry J. Anslinger\u2019s War on Drugs.\u201d At Harvard Book Store, Cambridge.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1540747442608141\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cTalk: Volunteering in the Revolution in Rojava.\u201d<\/a> Boston Friends of Rojava and Syria host a \u201clivingroom chat in Dorchester about supporting the revolution in Rojava through international volunteerism.\u201d In Dorchester, Boston.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday, Jan. 7<\/strong><br \/>\n10 a.m. to 5 p.m.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/114405312386635\/\" target=\"_blank\"> \u201cBlanket drive for the Homeless.\u201d<\/a> By the Elsie T. Joseph Missionary Society Of Grant AME Church. At Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>NOTE: Earlier time due to forecast snow: 10 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/695385803968727\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cScarf Bombing!\u201d<\/a> Chase the Chill will hang donated clothing outside Lifebridge homeless shelter in Salem, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>11 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/541565979379518\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cStudent Organizer Training.\u201d<\/a> Providence IWW hosts. At 375 Smith St., Providence, R.I.<\/p>\n<p>Noon. <a href=\" https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/645473568968809\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cDemocrats: Looking Back and Moving Forward.\u201d<\/a> A discussion at Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center, Holyoke, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>Noon. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/264109357341686\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cSolidarity Lowell weekly visibility.\u201d<\/a> To \u201csay Trump\u2019s agenda of hate has no place in Lowell,\u201d Solidarity Lowell protests at the corner of Chelmsford and Plain streets, Lowell, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>POSTPONED due to snow forecast: 12:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1322313264457597\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cNational Asian Pacific American Women&#8217;s Forum Monthly Potluck.\u201d<\/a> The Boston chapter meets to \u201cmake flower garlands for our ReclaimSafety public art action, hear about NAPAWF national efforts, and discuss opportunities to participate, and plan for a presence at the Women&#8217;s March on Washington on Jan. 21.\u201d In Jamaica Plain, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>1 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1773093692954525\/ \" target=\"_blank\">\u201cPlanning Meeting for Boston Socialists Unity Project Spring Conference.\u201d<\/a> At MIT, Cambridge.<\/p>\n<p>1:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/360001997697941\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cCosecha Boston Allies Meeting.\u201d<\/a> The immigrant rights group plans pre-Inauguration actions. In Jamaica Plain, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>1:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/707077402801899\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cAddressing Crisis Pregnancy Centers.\u201d<\/a> Boston Feminists for Liberation hosts this meeting for \u201cwomen only.\u201d At Somerville Public Library.<\/p>\n<p>2 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/348442462194820\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cARTalk: Patriotic Landscapes with Alan Chong.\u201d<\/a> Currier Museum of Art Director Alan Chong talks about European and American \u201cartistic expressions of national identity and their sense of being unique.\u201d At the Currier, Manchester, N.H.<\/p>\n<p>4 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/376409519376789\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cUs Darkskins Launch Party.\u201d<\/a> To launch the \u201corganization focused on showcasing the beauty of dark-skinned Black men, women, and children in order to combat colorism, denounce skin bleaching, and promote self love.\u201d At City Pop Egleston, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/622764561266401\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cTake Back The Night March.\u201d<\/a> Starz Peer Leaders hosts this \u201cmarch for everyone who feels unsafe at night and everyone who wants to help people feel safe.\u201d At Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, Cambridge, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/399936110337534\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThe Phoenix: Arise from the ashes.\u201d<\/a> Fund-raiser concert for families affected by the devastating Dec. 3 fire in Cambridge. At Cambridge Community Center.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1236626886376324\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201c18th Annual Haitian Independence Day Gala.\u201d<\/a> Haitian-Americans United Inc. hosts this party to \u201ccelebrate the triumph and the great impact of the 1791-1803 Haitian Slave Revolution,\u201d At Lombardo\u2019s, Randolph.<\/p>\n<p>8 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/621223368037406\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThis Is Ladies Night: Winter Clothing\/Food Drive.\u201d<\/a> Women-fronted bands perform at this benefit and clothing and food drive. At Cantab Lounge, Cambridge.<\/p>\n<p>8 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/716066141889773\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cScoops for Syria.\u201d<\/a> Parlor Ice Cream Co. offers \u201cSyrian inspired scoops\u201d and RTT plays music to raise funds for Aleppo aid. At ONCE Lounge, Somerville.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday, Jan. 8<\/strong><br \/>\n11 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/143528342796994\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cAndrew Bacevich: America&#8217;s War for the Greater Middle East.\u201d<\/a> A talk at Community Church of Boston.<\/p>\n<p>11 a.m. <a href=\" https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/350218972000492\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cAdvocacy Practice: Conflicts of Interest.\u201d<\/a> International Vegan Association hosts a discussion of the problems of conflicts of interest in \u201cany form of advocacy or charitable work.\u201d At Ver-Tex Experience Center, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>1 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/229023517553194\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cFiber Hive: Come Make Stuff!\u201d<\/a> The drop-in group for \u201cfiber arts projects, craftivism, skill sharing, and community building\u201d is encouraging people to particpate in the \u201cPussyhat Project,\u201d which invites people to knit hats with cat ears for people to wear at the \u201cWomen\u2019s March D.C. as a means to make a unique collective visual statement which will help activists be better heard.\u201dnAt Washington Street Art, Somerville.<\/p>\n<p>1:30  p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/425812081141720\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cWhat Next: Practical Ways to Resist Trump.\u201d<\/a> The Dead Parrot political blog hosts this event at which \u201crepresentatives of progressive organizations will describe their missions and plans.\u201d At Milton Hoosic Club, Milton, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>2 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=1677160042613882\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThe Life and Legacy of Emily Greene Balch.\u201d<\/a> The Jamaica Plain Historical Society celebrates the 150th anniversary of the birth of Emily Greene Balch with a talk by Kristen Gwinn-Becker on the \u201clife and legacy of this prominent American economist, sociologist, internationalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner (1946).\u201d At First Church in Jamaica Plain Unitarian Universalist, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>3 p.m. <a href=\" https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/335241913509178\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cCivil Rights Sundays! Oppose Sessions Confirmation!\u201d<\/a> Occupy New Hampshire Seacoast stands at Market Square, Portsmouth, N.H., \u201cto say NO to Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions nomination to be the United States&#8217; Attorney General.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>3 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/201957390210356\/ \" target=\"_blank\">\u201cBoston Workmen&#8217;s Circle Cosecha House Party.\u201d<\/a> Boston Workmen&#8217;s Circle Center for Jewish Culture and Social Justice\u2019s Acting for Racial and Economic Justice and the Young Adult Committees host a houseparty to support the immigrant rights group Cosecha. At Jamaica Plain, Boston.<\/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\/227112354410834\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cLocal Government 101: How you can make a difference.\u201d<\/a> Yes for Natick hosts this talk on how to get involved in local government. At the Morse Institute Library, Natick, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>3 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/186687758466727\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cSacred Conversations on Race.\u201d<\/a> Church of Our Savior in Milton, Mass., hosts this \u201cinterfaith discussion series on racial dialogue and reconciliation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>5 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1191863467557957\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cSolidarity Lowell General Meeting.\u201d<\/a> At Mill No. 5, Lowell.<\/p>\n<p>5 p.m. <a href=\" https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/297954763935021\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cReuse Documentary \/ Deek Art &#038; Tiny House Talk.\u201d<\/a> Screening of the documentary \u201cReuse. Because You Can\u2019t Recycle The Planet.\u201d At talk by Derek &#8220;Deek&#8221; Diedricksen \u201cabout building tiny houses with reclaimed materials and his reuse art.\u201d At ReStore South Shore Habitat, Hanover, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/326164101116501\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cBlack and Pink monthly mail sorting &#038; hangout.\u201d<\/a> Black and Pink Pvd\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\u2014meets at PrYSM, Providence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday, Jan. 9<\/strong><br \/>\nNoon. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1024606674333936\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cDay Against Denial.\u201d<\/a> Speakers, music and skits tell US Senators to \u201creject Donald Trump&#8217;s reckless climate denying cabinet nominees.\u201d At Park Street MBTA Station, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/163463174131717\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cSo Trump&#8217;s Been Elected &#8211; Now What?\u201d<\/a> Progressive Worcester meets at Educational Association of Worcester, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1230895203636582\/\" target=\"_blank\">RI National Organization of Women holds its annual meeting<\/a> at Social Enterprise Greenhouse, Providence.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/386015335082246\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cWe&#8217;re With Them: Building the Bench of Democratic Women.\u201d<\/a> Emerge Massachusetts hosts this fund-raiser, saying, \u201cIn Trump&#8217;s America, it is even more vital that we have the voices of Democratic women at the table.\u201d At UMass Club, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>6:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1771735226410902\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201c2016 Election: Where Does The Democratic Party Go From Here?\u201d<\/a> Worcester Democratic City Committee holds this discussion. At Neighborhood Homeownership Center of Central Massachusetts, Worcester, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>6:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1795168937398854\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cCultivating Compassion Training.\u201d<\/a> Compassion Camp offers this free class: \u201cCompassion Cultivation Training (CCT) is an eight-week program designed to develop the qualities of compassion, empathy, and kindness for oneself and for others.\u201d At Democracy Center, Cambridge.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1642030739430014\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cAuthor Event: Keramet Reiter.\u201d<\/a> The University of California, Irvine, professor speaks about her new book: \u201c23\/7: Pelican Bay Prison and the Rise of Long-Term Solitary Confinement.\u201d At Harvard Book Store, Cambridge.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1861838047428691\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cDavid Niose on \u2018Mobilizing for Humanism in Trump&#8217;s America.\u2019\u201d<\/a> Humanists of Rhode Island host this talk by the author and attorney. At Rochambeau Community Library, Providence, R.I.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/637254863129533\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cBlack Lives Matter VT Action Meeting.\u201d<\/a> In Burlington, Vermont.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, Jan. 10<\/strong><br \/>\nMorning. <a href=\"http:\/\/somerville.wickedlocal.com\/news\/20170106\/somerville-kids-to-protest-against-dakota-pipeline\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cDakota Access Pipeline Protest.\u201d<\/a> Students from Somerville\u2019s Parts and Crafts protest TD Bank\u2019s support of the project. At 1270 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge.<\/p>\n<p>Noon. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1823642221183164\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cSo-called \u2018Right to Work\u2019 Hearing.\u201d<\/a> New Hampshire AFL-CIO asks \u201callies, affiliates, leaders, members, and labor activists to attend the \u2018Right to Work\u2019 hearing at the State House this coming Tuesday. This is our one chance to show up in force and let our representatives know that \u2018Right to Work\u2019 is wrong for New Hampshire working families.\u201d At New Hampshire State House, Concord, N.H.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1797669743778051\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cNatasha Lamb: Pushing the Envelope of Shareholder Activism.\u201d<\/a> Boston Area Sustainability Group hosts this talk by the managing partner of the investment firm Arjuna Capital. At Cambridge Innovation Center, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/174836389659010\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cRace, Ethnicity, and Life.\u201d<\/a> The Fostering Racial Justice Group invites people to tell their stories \u201cabout how you experience race, ethnicity, and life in your community. \u2026 This focus group will be used to inform the development of upcoming trainings, and community workshops.\u201d At Sargent Memorial Library, Boxborough, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>6:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/924370954365710\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cSoup&#8217;ed Up Poetry Slam.\u201d<\/a> Society of Urban Poetry hosts its \u201cLAST poetry slam with a BLACK PRESIDENT in office.\u201d At Dudley Caf\u00e9, Roxbury, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1032552250188800\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cPanel discussion on Activism.\u201d<\/a> At Hera Gallery, Wakefield, Rhode Island.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1179013882183398\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cAG Maura Healey&#8217;s Post- Election Town Hall.\u201d<\/a> The Massachusetts attorney general speaks at Newburyport City Hall Auditorium, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1822410268025965\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cForeign Policy Evening Discussion Group Begins.\u201d<\/a> Free, eight-week discussion group at Portsmouth Public Library, N.H.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/go.ourrevolution.com\/page\/event\/detail\/gpllvk\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cOur Revolution Happy Hour.\u201d<\/a> At Cambridge Common restaurant, Cambridge.<\/p>\n<p>10 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1760982874229555\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cIndustry Gives Back: Pink Party For Planned Parenthood.\u201d<\/a> Musical fundraiser for Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Massachusetts. At Trophy Room, Boston.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, Jan. 11<\/strong><br \/>\n2 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1832623706959882\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cPack the courtroom for Ali Hodges! Drop the charges!\u201d<\/a> Mass Action Against Police Brutality invites people to join it in condemning \u201cthe Cambridge police for the unlawful detainment of 21-year old Cleon Ali Hodge on Oct. 13.\u201d At Cambridge District Court, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>3 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1270954166295583\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cRally Against Overzealous Political Prosecution.\u201d<\/a> A rally \u201cto stop the use of political power used in prosecuting.\u201d On the third anniversary of Aaron Swartz\u2019s suicide. And in opposition to the prosecution of Martin Gottesfeld. At Joseph Moakley Courthouse, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>5:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1313743402010998\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cElectoral Strategy Convo.\u201d<\/a> Rhode Island Working Families Party plans efforts for \u201csafeguarding immigrant rights, protecting reproductive freedom, or ensuring that the social safety is not torn apart\u201d in the 2017 and \u201918 elections. On Gano Street, Providence.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1788755301398565\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cTogether North Shore Monthly Meeting.<\/a>\u201d Meet-up of progressive activists. At Acapulcos restaurant, Beverly, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/234034300353486\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cAPIs for Black Lives Direct Action\/Support Meeting.\u201d<\/a> Including \u201cinformation on how to get involved with an inauguration day event.\u201d At Asian American Resource Workshop, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1298255686898297\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cAn Evening with Equal Exchange: The Citizen-Consumer Dilemma.\u201d<\/a> Talk and discussion \u201cabout who controls our food system and how we can organize ourselves as \u201ccitizen-consumers\u201d to create a more just, sustainable, and democratic food system that works for farmers, workers, and consumers.\u201dAt Equal Exchange Caf\u00e9, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>6:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1245251688889125\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThe Urban Male: Millennials &#038; Mentoring.\u201d<\/a> Epicenter Community hosts this discussion as part of its series on \u201cmen of color within our city and our investment in their success.\u201d At Dudley Dough, Roxbury, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/182518035555514\/\" target=\"_blank\">Richard Sobel talk<\/a>. Sobel speaks about his book \u201cCitizenship as Foundation of Rights: Meaning for America.\u201d At Harvard Coop, Cambridge, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/219692828470162\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cRacing the Tide: Nesting Ecology and Conservation.\u201d<\/a> New Hampshire Audubon hosts this talk about how \u201crising sea levels and climate change add an additional threat to tidal marsh birds throughout the Northeast.\u201d At Seacoast Science Center, Rye, N.H.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/627999747385029\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cMoving Forward: let&#8217;s move forward together in solidarity!\u201d<\/a> Marblehead Racial Justice Team hosts this discussion of ways to \u201ccreate communities of solidarity and resistance to support those who are targeted and to sustain vigilance in the difficult days ahead.\u201d At Unitarian Universalist Church of Marblehead.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1402349553143280\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cFrom Institution to Independence &#8211; The Donna Jay Story.\u201d<\/a> Donna Jay discusses \u201cself-advocacy and self-determination for persons living with disability.\u201d At Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress, Burlington, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1869956933286721\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThe History of Drought In New England.\u201d<\/a> The North and South Rivers Watershed Association host this event in which \u201cclimate scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will put this year\u2019s drought in perspective for us by reviewing the history of drought in New England.\u201d At South Shore Natural Science Center, Norwell.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/571275679733470\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThe City Talks: Movements.\u201d<\/a> Discussion on \u201cHow is Boston Working towards Progress? \u2026  Boston-area thinkers, entrepreneurs, activists, city officials and artists\u201d discuss the topic \u201cinspired by the political and social movements of Martin Luther King Jr. and current exhibitions at the museum. At Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1380903898607218\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cQueens Talk.\u201d<\/a> Discussion, guided meditation, story-telling, etc. \u201cCreating stronger bonds among phenomenal women in Boston and beyond.\u201d At City Pop Egleston, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostoncan.org\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cNormalizing Denial: Cambridge Forum with Bill McKibben, Tim DeChristopher.\u201d<\/a> Climate change panel discussion. At First Parish Church, Cambridge.<\/p>\n<p>7:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1762907290703577\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cProvDSA January Meeting: #DisruptJ20.\u201d<\/a> Providence Democratic Socialists of America discusses \u201ccoalition-building with other progressive political and grassroots organizations around inauguration weekend demonstrations and protests.\u201d At Gano Street, Providence. <\/p>\n<p><em>Pictured at top: Phoebe Gardner, a volunteer organizer with Cosecha, rallies about 200 protesters for the \u201cSalsa Shutdown\u201d organized by Movimiento Cosecha Boston on Dec. 3, 2016. (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 Jan. 8. 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. 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