{"id":2540,"date":"2017-01-09T12:18:26","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T17:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/?p=2540"},"modified":"2017-01-16T18:30:02","modified_gmt":"2017-01-16T23:30:02","slug":"save-the-world-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/2017\/01\/09\/save-the-world-6\/","title":{"rendered":"What You Can Do To Save The World: Events through Jan. 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A calendar of protests, discussions and other events that aim to improve the world. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Updated Jan. 13.<\/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. 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 \/>\n10:30 a.m. <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><strong>Thursday, Jan. 12<\/strong><br \/>\n9 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1310016889072360\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cMass Defenders Lobby Day.\u201d<\/a> Service Employees International Union  Local 888 is organizing this lobbying to win the right to collectively bargain for employees of the Committee for Public Counsel Services, which \u201cprovides legal representation to indigent persons in criminal and civil cases and administrative proceedings.\u201d \u201cWe&#8217;re getting ready to refile our bills to win union rights for CPCS employees and need co-sponsors in both the house and the senate.\u201d At Massachusetts State House, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>2 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1903983833169509\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cImportance of Salt Marsh Ecosystems.\u201d<\/a> Mass Audubon scientist Robert Buchsbaum speaks about how marshes affet the health of the oceans. At Greenbelt-Essex County\u2019s Land Trust, Essex, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>4 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/143080366186554\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cMLK Jr. Service Day.\u201d<\/a> Houghs Neck Community Center, Quincy, Mass.<\/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 hosts this five-week course \u201con how to bridge a deep understanding of personal and structural racism.\u201d At the Collaborative, Cambridge, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>5:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1332267146834526\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cTaller de los Derechos Laborales\/Clases de Democracia.\u201d<\/a> Fuerza Laboral\/Power of Workers hosts this class on \u201cyour basic rights in the workplace,\u201d wage theft, accidents at work, discrimination, capitalism \u201cand the power that you will gain when you work with a union.\u201d At Calcutt Middle School, Central Falls, Rhode Island.<\/p>\n<p>5:30 p.m. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostoncan.org\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cBostonCAN Action Team meeting.\u201d<\/a> \u201cShape our new campaign, Renewables for All in Boston, and build an action team in your neighborhood.\u201d At First Baptist Church, Jamaica Plain, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/113269985839699\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cResist Hate &#8211; NW RI Chapter Meeting.\u201d<\/a> Discussing environmental justice, LGBT rights, statewide hate reporting hotline, and March on DC and in RI. At Greenville Public Library, Rhode Island.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/173956359744833\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cBeyond The Ballot: Civic Advocacy for YPs.\u201d<\/a> Young Professionals Network of the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts hosts State Rep. Evandro C. Carvalho to speak about \u201chow to get involved in the processes that affect our lives, our city, and our state everyday.\u201d In Roxbury, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/246154405798588\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cFree Know Your Rights as a Worker Workshop.\u201d<\/a> Hosted by American Friends Service Committee NH-Program. At N.H. Catholic Charities, Concord, N.H.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/593379244200122\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cSustainable Organizing thru Trauma.\u201d<\/a> Queer &#038; Trans Thursdays hosts. \u201cProtesting, campaigning, fighting for liberation, and even advocating for our communities may cause us to come face to face with our traumas or the traumas of our communities.\u201d Workshop offers \u201chealing strategies, coping mechanisms.\u201d In Providence.<\/p>\n<p>6:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1393223147356492\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cProgressivism During Trump: What&#8217;s Next?\u201d<\/a> JP Progressives host. At First Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>6:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/140571639769408\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cHandprint Party: Button Up!\u201d<\/a> Seacoast Sustainability Alliance looks at ways \u201cto reduce our footprint and increase our handprint to make a positive impact on the environment.\u201d At Portsmouth Public Library, N.H.<\/p>\n<p>6:45 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1319263281449326\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThe Nashville Sit-In Campaign: learning from history.\u201d<\/a> Joanne Sheehan, long-time New England Coordinator for the War Resisters League, leads a workshop on what the iconic 1950s and \u201860s sit-ins teach about \u201cstrategic nonviolent campaigns which are more than protests.\u201d At Unitarian Universalist Church of Concord, N.H.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1632532723719442\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cUpstairs Inferno Film Screening.\u201d<\/a> Open Table Dinner Church hosts a screening and discussion of \u201cUpstairs Inferno,\u201d a documentary depicting the arson attack at the Upstairs Lounge gay bar in New Orleans in 1973. In Cambridge, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/666879300149564\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cFinding Hope In a Time of Climate Uncertainty.\u201d<\/a> Mothers Out Front\u2014Lexington hosts a discussion of its \u201ccampaigns to reduce our carbon footprint and improve the health of our children and our planet.\u201d At Lexington Community Center, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/399795420354375\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cDSA\/Dollars &#038; Sense Movie Night.\u201d<\/a> Boston Democratic Socialists of America hosts a discussion and screening of a documentary about Adam Smith and capitalism. At Encuentro 5, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/218586491935674\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cHow to improve the Mass GOP.\u201d<\/a> MA 4 Trump hosts a debate between Steve Aylward and Kirsten Hughes, who are competing to be the Republican State Committee Chair. At Flatbread Company, Georgetown, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/170342946775685\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThe Next Four Years: Organizing Followup.\u201d<\/a> Massachusetts Peace Action hosts this meeting to discuss a \u201cunified progressive resistance to Trumpism.\u201d At First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/go.ourrevolution.com\/page\/event\/detail\/volunteeractivityormeeting\/gpllr8\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cWe the People N.Central Chapter Monthly Meeting.\u201d<\/a> To support \u201ca 28th U.S. Constitutional Amendment passed clearly stating that artificial entities such as corporations are not people and money is not free speech.\u201d At Leominster Public Library, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>7:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1818470231725565\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cVoices of Poetry &#8211; For a King.\u201d<\/a> In honor of Martin Luther King Jr., \u201cpoetry &#038; music on the subject of economic &#038; social justice.\u201d At Wellfleet Public Library, Mass.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, Jan. 13<\/strong><br \/>\n8 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1780423195553620\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cCommunity Climate Hour.\u201d<\/a> Mothers Out Front in Brookline hosts a discussion \u201cabout climate action we can take individually, in Brookline and at the state level.\u201d At KooKoo Caf\u00e9, Brookline, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>3 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/476305562539761\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cPoster Making for Trans &#038; Queer Liberation Rally (Boston GLASS).\u201d<\/a> For the Jan. 14 rally at the Massachusetts State House. In Roxbury, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>4 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1003089086501600\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cWee Walk The Walk: Sign-Making Workshop for Boston Women&#8217;s March.\u201d<\/a> Wee the People and Resistarts host this event for kids and parents to prepare for the Jan. 21 rally on Boston Common. At Eliot School, Jamaica Plain, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>5:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1204526766298886\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cCreative Protest Workshop.\u201d<\/a> Black Lives Matter VT hosts. In Burlington, Vermont.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/181096378993085\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cBuilding an Inclusive Church training.\u201d<\/a> ReconcilingWorks hosts. At Triumphant Cross Lutheran Church, Salem, N.H.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/233473037082020\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cBody Politic.\u201d<\/a> Exhibit of artists who \u201cdeploy wearable objects to resist social power structures.\u201d At Open gallery, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1841595806122093\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cShabbat Tzedek with the NAACP&#8217;s Michael Curry.\u201d<\/a> A \u201cShabbat Tzedek, a Sabbath of Justice, to celebrate the values and life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.\u201d At Temple Israel of Boston.<\/p>\n<p>6:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1331962636843337\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cRevolutionary Pamphleteering in the United States.\u201d<\/a> Boston Caucus hosts this historical discussion. At Cambridge, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>6:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/214778325643910\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cPablo Helguera&#8217;s Librer\u00eda Donceles &#8211; Opening Reception.\u201d<\/a> The Urbano Project in Boston hosts a \u201csocially-engaged art project [by the New York artist] that takes the form of a used bookstore with more than 10,000 texts in the Spanish language. Over the course of the installation, the bookstore will be used as a meeting place for various communities and used to host a series of bilingual, salon-like gatherings for conversations, performances and workshops designed to encourage cultural understanding, tolerance and social activism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1811998569075619\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cMetro-Blackstone Progressive Action League Organizing Meeting.\u201d<\/a> At Dunkin Donuts, Mendon, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>8:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1103227276454555\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cCannabis Legalization Victory Party &#038; Take Back Your Health Benefit.\u201d<\/a> At Spiritual Haze, Worceter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday, Jan. 14<\/strong><br \/>\n8 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/117138908774100\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThe Warm Up.\u201d<\/a> Granite United Church in Haverhill, Mass., seeks volunteers to help \u201cserving the less fortunate a hot meal and giving out coats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>8 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1926140960947267\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cStand with Portland&#8217;s Muslim-Owned Businesses.\u201d<\/a> Progressive Portland writes: \u201cOn Christmas Eve, the windows were smashed at the Ahram Halal Market on Forest Avenue in Portland, [Maine,] the latest in a rising wave of anti-Muslim violence. To show our support for our valued Muslim friends and neighbors, people of all faiths are coming together for a one-day \u2018Muslim-Owned Business Buy-In.\u2019\u201d In Portland, Maine.<\/p>\n<p>8:30 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/313281949040278\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cNortheast Organic Farming Association\/Mass Winter Conference.\u201d<\/a> At Worchester State University, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>9 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1690376964585851\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cBankExit Solidarity Action! NoDAPL.\u201d<\/a> In Support of Standing Rock, Cambridge\u2019s Democracy Center asks participants \u201cto commit to closing your account with any of the 17 banks funding DAPL and\/or to attend a protest outside TD Bank.\u201d On Boylston Street, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>10 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1831214260455426\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cConsciousness Raising: Psychiatric Oppression.\u201d<\/a> Boston Feminists for Liberation hosts this discussion. At Cambridge Women\u2019s Center, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>10 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1836128806599608\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cLeading Together Community Summit.\u201d<\/a> Woonsocket\u2019s MLK Community Committee hosts talks and workshops \u201cabout leadership opportunities across Rhode Island.\u201d At Woonsocket High School, Rhode Island.<\/p>\n<p>11 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1833910130224253\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cSouthcoast Green-Rainbow Party Meeting.\u201d<\/a> Planning for \u201cactions regarding the Dakota Access &#038; SPECTRA pipelines, resisting the Trump\/Pence regime, Ranked Choice Voting, solidarity efforts, officer elections and more.\u201d Followed by an hour of sign-holding in front of City Hall \u201cto protest the SPECTRA and Dakota Access Pipelines.\u201d At Youth Build F.R., Fall River, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>11:15 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/179119192562564\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cEHC&#8217;s Annual &#8220;Celebration of Women &#038; Choice Rally.\u201d<\/a> Equality Health Care hosts this event marking the 44th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision and serving as a \u201ccounter-protest against the Annual NH Right to Life March.\u201d At the center, Concord, N.H.<\/p>\n<p>Noon. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/180563195749624\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cSomerville for Standing Rock.\u201d<\/a> Mass. Sierra Club hosts this \u201cn action-inspired concert\u201d in \u201csupport of the Standing Rock Sioux and all those standing in opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline project.\u201d At Aeronaut Brewing Company, Somerville, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>Noon. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1178861158876195\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cCambridge Progressive Action Coalition Community Brunch.\u201d<\/a> At The Democracy Center, Cambridge.<\/p>\n<p>12:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1129344270494987\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cCrafting the Dream: Living the Legacy &#8211; Free Community Event.\u201d<\/a> The Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr., Greater Attleboro Committee and On Common Ground hosts this event. Including a talk by Joel Gill, creator of \u201cStrange Fruit Comics\u201d and a teacher at New Hampshire Institute of Art. At La Salette Shrine, Attleboro, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>12:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1785476885001045\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cWeekly visibility.\u201d<\/a> Solidarity Lowell protests \u201cTrump&#8217;s agenda of hate.\u201d On Fletcher Street, Lowell, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>1 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/571867023009904\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cWomen&#8217;s March on Washington Art Build.\u201d<\/a> Making signs and banners for D.C. march. At MassArt, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>2 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1234720543249615\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThe People&#8217;s Potluck.\u201d<\/a> CAJE: Community Advocates for Justice and Equality hosts this meal \u201cto bring communities of color together.\u201d At Lowell Senior Center, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>2 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/616138135245186\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cBoston Pantsuit Nation Chapter.\u201d<\/a> Strategic planning meeting at First Baptist Church Jamaica Plain, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>2 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/161582807652401\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cTrans and Queer Liberation Rally + March.\u201d<\/a> Begins at Massachusetts State House, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>2:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1840765342834123\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cResist Hate RI Community Meeting.\u201d<\/a> At Hope High School, Providence.<\/p>\n<p>4 and 8 p.m. <a href=\" https:\/\/pinningourhopes.com\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cPinning Our Hopes, a night of inspiration, and action.\u201d<\/a> Boston-area artists and activists respond \u201cto issues of social justice and citizenship raised by the 2016 election.\u201d At Calderwood Pavilion, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>6:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1208980249151869\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cCastle of our Skins Friend Raiser.\u201d<\/a> String quartet performance by and info about the \u201cconcert and educational series dedicated to celebrating Black artistry through music.\u201d At Bethel AME Church, Jamaica Plain.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitedforpeace.org\/event\/singalong-to-seeger-and-dylan-fundraiser-for-standing-rock\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cSing-Along Fundraiser &#8211; NoDAPL.\u201d<\/a> Arlington United for Justice with Peace hosts a \u201cfundraiser event for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to aid in their struggle to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline.  It will be a \u2018Seeger and Dylan\u2019 singalong with some new material from the performers.\u201d At Calvary United Methodist Church, Arlington.<\/p>\n<p>7:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/mmtri.com\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cLetter from Birmingham City Jail.\u201d<\/a> Mixed Magic Theatre presents \u201ca dramatic interpretation and reading of Dr.Martin Luther King\u2019s letter from prison.\u201d At the theater, Pawtucket, Rhode Island.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday, Jan. 15<\/strong><br \/>\n11 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1000251013451677\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;MLK: His Connection to Boston and the Relevance of His Legacy Today.\u201d<\/a> Charles C. Yancey, a former Boston city councilor, speaks. At Community Church of Boston.<\/p>\n<p>Noon. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/310620309332605\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cSpread The Warmth Coat Drive.\u201d<\/a> Mass. Bears and Cubs hosts. At Club Caf\u00e9 Boston.<\/p>\n<p>Noon. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/370594053282187\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cSave Affordable Healthcare \/ Civil Right Sundays.\u201d<\/a> Occupy New Hampshire Seacoast rallies at Market Square, Portsmouth, N.H.<\/p>\n<p>Noon. <a href=\"https:\/\/go.ourrevolution.com\/page\/event\/detail\/volunteeractivityormeeting\/gplljb\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cSave Our Future.\u201d<\/a> Our Revolution rally at the Rhode Island Statehouse in Providence \u201cfor the raising of the state\u2019s minimum wage to $15 an hour, protest the removal of Obamacare, and protest the appointments of Jeff Sessions, Steve Bannon and others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Noon. <a href=\"http:\/\/186carpenter.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cSocial Justice Phone Banking.\u201d<\/a> The Interdependence Day group calls state reps, investors, etc. to oppose the Dakota Access Pipeline. At 186 Carpenter gallery, Providence.<\/p>\n<p>12:30 p.m.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1369513959759747\/\" target=\"_blank\"> \u201cCivil Disobedience.\u201d<\/a> Massacchusetts DCR and the Walden Woods Project host talks and presenations \u201cin commemoration of Martin Luther King Day and the legacy of Thoreau&#8217;s essay \u2018Civil Disobedience.\u2019\u201d At Walden Pond State Reservation, Concord, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>1 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/558609831001954\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cOur First Stand: Save Health Care Boston Rally.\u201d<\/a> Hosted by U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, Senator Ed Markey, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, and members of the Massachusetts Congressional delegation. At Faneuil Hall\u2019s Great Hall, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>1 p.m. \u201cInauguration Therapy Booth.\u201d Somerville artist Julie Ann Otis welcomes \u201canyone with inauguration issues to come talk it out.\u201d From 1 to 5 p.m. inside the Boston Public Library at Copley Square, near the Johnson Entrance on Boylston Street. Either in the Map Room Cafe or the News Caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>1 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1371394466237958\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cMount Auburn Underground Railroad.\u201d<\/a> \u201cIn honor of Dr. Martin Luther King\u2019s birthday, volunteer docent Stephen Pinkerton will conduct a review of Mount Auburn Cemetery\u2019s Underground Railroad connections, and weather permitting, visit the graves of key operators, black and white, at its Boston terminus.\u201d At Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>1 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/228574770933478\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cOur First Stand: Protect Our Health.\u201d<\/a> Rights &#038; Democracy N.H. hosts a \u201crally and breakout sessions as we call on our state government to take action with us to both protect and expand healthcare.\u201d At YMCA, Manchester, N.H.<\/p>\n<p>1:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1802552226667091\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cGreater Boston Writers Resist.\u201d<\/a> Writers and activists gather \u201cto re-inaugurate our shared commitment to the rights and values essential to a democracy\u201d as part of events \u201cin fifty cities across three continents for a counter-inaugural demonstration.\u201d At Boston Public Library, Copley Square.<\/p>\n<p>1:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1805934319661594\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cWriters Resist: Don&#8217;t Tread On Us.\u201d<\/a> Readings reaffirming \u201ctheir commitment to the First Amendment and the freedoms of Democracy.\u201d At Rocky Neck Art Colony, Gloucester, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>1:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1049446298515198\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cCommunity Unity Luncheon.\u201d<\/a> Cheshire County Democrats and the Cheshire County Republicans collaboratively host a luncheon with special guest Rebecca Rule. At Community Kitchen, Keene, N.H.<\/p>\n<p>2 p.m. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonsculptors.com\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cWriters Resist.\u201d<\/a> Reading at Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston. <\/p>\n<p>2 p.m. <a href=\"http:\/\/writersresistri.org\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cWriters Resist Rhode Island.\u201d<\/a> Reading at DiStefano Lecture Hall, Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island.<\/p>\n<p>3 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/224945971281707\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cPotluck &#8211; MoveOn.org information and Next Steps.\u201d<\/a> Concerned &#038; Informed Voters Collaborative planning meeting. At Old Jasa Gora Church, Clinton, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>3 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/go.ourrevolution.com\/page\/event\/detail\/volunteeractivityormeeting\/gplqq9\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cRally to Defend Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Affordable Care Act.\u201d<\/a> At Nordic Hall at the Scandinavian Living Center, West Newton, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>3 p.m. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackrosefed.org\/locations\/boston\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cCuando luchamos, ganamos \/ When We Fight, We Win!\u201d<\/a> Black Rose\/Rosa Negra \u2013 Boston hosts a community meeting of \u201cconversations and reactions on the inauguration of Donald Trump.\u201d At Our Saviour&#8217;s Lutheran Church, East Boston.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1199076396835128\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cPOC Heal + Feel Night.\u201d<\/a> \u201cSpace for people of color to make self-care a priority with yoga, massages, a mini-workshop, and just straight up chillin.\u201d At City Pop Egleston, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1779587842293201\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cA People&#8217;s Reading of the Constitution of the United States.\u201d<\/a> \u201cTake turns reading aloud this historic document sentence by sentence and contemplate together our freedoms and responsibilities.\u201d At Bella Luna Restaurant and Milky Way Lounge, Jamaica Plain, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>6:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/241658622930661\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cAwareness Night: Human Trafficking in NH.\u201d<\/a> NH Traffick Free Coalition highlights \u201canti-trafficking efforts here in our state.\u201d At Union Coffe Co., Milford, N.H.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/226113554502503\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cProtest Pep Rally.\u201d<\/a> \u201cMake signs and chants in preparation for Inauguration Weekend, and rally around an alternative to Trump\u2019s America. A happening-style performance will also take place during the evening.\u201d At Maplewood Ave., Gloucester, Mass.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday, Jan. 16<\/strong><br \/>\n8 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/337143776649025\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201c47th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast.\u201d<\/a> With keynote speech by Boston journalist Callie Crossley. At Boston Convention &#038; Exhibition Center.<\/p>\n<p>8:30 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/756153744551408\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cUnity Breakfast.\u201d<\/a> In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Keynote speaker is Geraldine S. Hines, associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the first African American woman to be appointed to that court. At Hellenic Cultural Center, Watertown.<\/p>\n<p>9 a.m.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/230962313982396\/\" target=\"_blank\"> \u201cSew a Thon.\u201d<\/a> Dress A Girl Around The World of Southern Maine invites volunteers to help \u201ccreate sundresses for impoverished girls in developing countries.\u201d At Lane Memorial Library, Hampton, N.H.<\/p>\n<p>10 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/189524294845379\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cBillerica Community MLK Brunch.\u201d<\/a> Keynote speech by Rev. Mr. Derek van Gulden, pastor of The First Congregational Church of Rockport, UCC, on \u201cLearning the Realities of White Privilege as a Member of a Multi-racial Family.\u201d At First Congregational Church, Billerica, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>10 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/575522272641515\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cLynn Youth Health Alliance&#8217;s Annual MLK Day Food Drive.\u201d<\/a> At Stop &#038; Shop, Washington Street, Lynn, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>10 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/660153554146450\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201c29th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. March.\u201d<\/a> Begins at Unitarian Universalist Society of Rockport, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>11 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/189729114828516\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cIf\u00e9 Franklin&#8217;s Miniature Ancestor Slave Cabin Workshop.\u201d<\/a> The Boston artist invites guests to \u201chonor those who were in enslaved, by creating a \u2018structure\u2019 for their souls to rest.\u201d At Gardner Museum, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>11 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1318229961581256\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cMLK Day of Service Unity Walk.\u201d<\/a> Begins at Lexington Battle Green, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>11 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1451532918205072\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cCambridge 2017 MLK Day Commemoration &#038; Remembrance.\u201d<\/a> Including talk by Congresswoman Katherine Clark. At St. Peter\u2019s Episcopal Church, Cambridge.<\/p>\n<p>11 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1716967298593238\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cPosters Against Hate.\u201d<\/a> To put up \u201canti-hate, pro-diversity posters around Somerville and Cambridge.\u201d Meets at Diesel Caf\u00e9, Somerville, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>11 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NationalBlackDollMuseum\/posts\/1286140201472890\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cDr. Martin Luther King Creative Art Celebration.\u201d<\/a> Keynote speaker is Catherine Morris, founder of Boston Arts &#038; MusicSoul Festival. At National Black Doll Museum, Mansfield, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>11:30 a.m.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1843704469238984\/\" target=\"_blank\"> \u201cMedford&#8217;s 5th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Event.\u201d<\/a> Mystic Valley NAACP in conjunction with Medford&#8217;s Human Rights Commission hosts this luncheon and talk about \u201cKing&#8217;s relevant speech in the last year of his life: \u2018Where Do We Go From Here?\u2019\u201d At High Street, Medford, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>1 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/337924313261516\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cMLK Day March For Justice.\u201d<\/a> Organized by Mass Action Against Police Brutality. Begins at Codman Square, Dorchester, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>1 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1210518462369744\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cMartin Luther King Jr. Celebration.\u201d<\/a> Museum of African American History,Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh and Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra host the city&#8217;s annual tribute. At Faneuil Hall, Boston. <\/p>\n<p>2 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1362444590474288\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cNo School to Prison &#038; Chittenden County Police Brutality.\u201d<\/a> In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Black Lives Matter VT hosts \u201ca demonstration\/ speakout about Chittenden County&#8217;s police forces&#8217; continued use of bruitality, and racism.\u201d At Chittenden County, Vermont.<\/p>\n<p>3 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/153968961756813\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cMLK Day Candlelight Vigil.\u201d<\/a> At Institute for the Study of Practice of Nonviolence, Providence.<\/p>\n<p>3 p.m.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/578917165646749\/\" target=\"_blank\"> \u201cKeeping the Promise &#8211; MLK Day Celebration.\u201d<\/a> Panel and talks about efforts \u201cto confront bias in Brookline.\u201d At Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>4 p.m.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1389380401095826\/\" target=\"_blank\"> \u201cGragger Shpiel Dream Space.\u201d <\/a>Boston Workmen\u2019s Circle Center for Jewish Culture and Social Justice meets to plan a \u201ccircus spiel.\u201d Near Union Square, Somerville.<\/p>\n<p>5 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/860477747426073\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cSign Making Party for March on Washington &#038; Boston.\u201d<\/a> At First Parish in Malden Unitarian Universalist, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>5 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/159304067888983\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cPussyHatProject at Taco Monday.\u201d<\/a> \u201cEat tacos and knit pussyhats to keep the heads of marchers warm on January 21st.\u201d At Once, Somerville, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>6:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/377737099257829\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cPicket Sign and Poster Night.\u201d<\/a> For \u201cTogether We Rise\u201d procession, the Women&#8217;s March, etc. At YMCA Achievers of Greater Boston, Roxbury.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1062756660518086\/\" 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>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1794514047470492\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cFrom the Streets to a Home.\u201d<\/a> Panel discussion \u201cexploring the causes and solutions to homelessness in the North Shore.\u201d At First Baptist Church, Beverly, Mass.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, Jan. 17<\/strong><br \/>\n9:30 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1345689968804065\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cPlanning the Resistance: A Student Power Activist Training.\u201d<\/a> To \u201cbring together activists from across Harvard to think about how to move forward during the Trump presidency. Various student groups and community organizations will run workshops to explain their work, lead discussions, or teach skills.\u201d At Harvard University, Cambridge. Continues through Jan. 20.<\/p>\n<p>3 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/607790562755336\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cA Tribute to the Dream: Presenting Renee Elise Goldsberry.\u201d<\/a> The Tony Award-winning actress, singer and songwriter who originated the role of Angelica Schuyler Church in the Broadway musical \u201cHamilton\u201d commemorates the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. At Northeastern University\u2019s Blackman Auditorium, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>5 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpi.edu\/news\/calendar\/events\/earning-it-hard-won-lessons-trailblazing-women-top-business-world\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cPulitzer-Prize Winning Journalist Speaks at WPI.\u201d<\/a> Joann Lublin speaks about her book \u201cEarning It: Hard-Won Lessons from Trailblazing Women at the Top of the Business World.\u201d At Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>5:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/151581978658905\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cSign Making for Women\u2019s March.\u201d<\/a> Boston Area Rape Crisis Center holids its \u201cBe Hope: Activating Our Community\u201d meeting to make signs and plan for the Women\u2019s March in Boston and D.C. At Family Justice Center, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>5:30 p.m. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ds4si.org\/interventions\/serc\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cSocial Emergency Response Center Planning Meeting.\u201d<\/a> Organized by Boston\u2019s Design Studio for Social Intervention. \u201cThe horrifying Trump win underscores the reality that we are all living in a state of social emergency,\u201d they write. \u201cJoin us in re-imagining response centers to take on the real and pressing social emergency that we are facing today.\u201d At Dorchester Arts Collaborative, Boston. Additional meetings from Jan. 27 to 29 and Feb. 3 to 5.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1684492931841322\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cJewish Resistance 2017: Anti-Inauguration Action.\u201d<\/a> IfNotNowBoston protests Trump\u2019s inauguration and takes \u201cleadership of our community in this moment of crisis.\u201d At Quincy Market, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1872578509642436\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cWomen&#8217;s March Sign Making Event.\u201d<\/a> In preparation for the Boston Woman&#8217;s March. At Brooklyn Boulders Somerville, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>6:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/137133526784813\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cResolve to Listen: Constructive Dialogue in 2017.\u201d<\/a> To \u201cshare reflections on our political landscape, the personal experiences that have shaped your views, and your hopes for the new year in Boston and beyond.\u201d At PRX Podcast Garage, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/223708591388817\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThe Challenge to Civil Liberties in the Age of Trump.\u201d<\/a> Steven Brown, executive director of the ACLU of Rhode Island, speaks. At Hera Gallery, Wakefield, Rhode Island.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harvard.com\/event\/roxanne_dunbar-ortiz_and_dina_gilio-whitaker\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cAuthor Event: &#8220;All the Real Indians Died Off: And 20 Other Myths About Native Americans.\u201d<\/a> Authors Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and Dina Gilio-Whitaker speak about their book. At Harvard Book Store, Cambridge.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1194494357310918\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cProtecting Boston&#8217;s most urban river.\u201d<\/a> Andy Hrycyna, watershed scientist for the Mystic River Watershed Association, discusses \u201cCitizen Science, Water Quality, and River Herring Restoration on the Mystic River.\u201d At Northeastern University Marine Science Center, Nahant, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/go.ourrevolution.com\/page\/event\/detail\/volunteeractivityormeeting\/gplqlq\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cWe the People Massachusetts Metro Southwest Chapter.\u201d<\/a> \u201cWorking for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would affirm that: The rights protected by the Constitution of the United States are the rights of individual human beings only. Money spent to influence elections is not protected free speech and may be regulated to ensure equal access.\u201d At Norfolk Public Library, Mass.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, Jan. 18<\/strong><br \/>\n11 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/340420409666789\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cMemoir from the Great War.\u201d<\/a> Julian Peterson speaks about the literature written by First World War veterans. At Cambridge Center for Adult Education, Cambridge.<\/p>\n<p>11:30 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1760362620900938\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cJanuary Housing, Homelessness, and Benefits Meeting.\u201d<\/a> Central Massachusetts Housing Alliance in Worcester hosts this \u201cmonthly forum on the issues of housing and homelessness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>12:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/686953711464518\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cBook Discussion: We are Market Basket.\u201d<\/a> Learning In Retirement hosts this discussion of Daniel Korschun and Grant Welker\u2019s nonfiction book. Facilitated by Toby Hodes. At University Suites, Lowell, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>4 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1602378723112657\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cWomen&#8217;s March Sign Painting.\u201d<\/a> Making signs for the Boston Women\u2019s March. At Bradford Mill \/ Wheelhouse \/ ArtScape, Concord, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/161012567715385\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThe Addiction Crisis: Offering Hope.\u201d<\/a> Panel discussion. At First Church in Sterling, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/191330864669453\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cMassBike: State of the Coalition.\u201d<\/a> Annual meeting. At MassBike, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/357271357978916\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cWomen&#8217;s March Banner + Poster Making Party.\u201d<\/a> For the marches in Boston and D.C. At Practice Space, Cambridge.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1208309579245830\/ \" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThe Grab Back.\u201d<\/a> One-night group art show \u201cthat shares femininity in an empowering way.\u201d To benefit Planned Parenthood. At Hatch Fenway, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gcoan.org\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cResponsibility of Boston\u2019s Black Church in the Age of Trump.\u201d<\/a> Panel discussion. At the Grace Church of All Nations, 451 Washington St., Dorchester.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1837573293132201\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cLet&#8217;s Get Marching : non-violence training for marches\/protests.\u201d<\/a> At Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry, Roxbury, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>6:30 p.m. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uses.org\/events\/event\/htf-race-education\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cHarriet Tubman Forum on Race and Education.\u201d<\/a> United South End Settlements in Boston hosts a symposium on \u201cracial inequality and the deep divisions that exist in our society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/146508859173789\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cCitizens for Voter Choice General Meeting.\u201d<\/a> \u201cTo advance ranked-choice voting in Massachusetts.\u201dAt Beacon Street, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/227248384378109\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cAuthor Event: A House Full of Females.\u201d<\/a> Laurel Thatcher Ulrich speaks about her nonfiction book about \u201cPlural Marriage and Women&#8217;s Rights in Early Mormonism, 1835\u20131870.\u201d At Harvard Book Store, Cambridge.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/232907357136042\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cCambridge-Somerville For Change Organizing Meeting.\u201d<\/a> To \u201cdiscuss new political challenges and the opportunities for progress in Massachusetts.\u201d At Canopy Somerville, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/256807478072386\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cWatertown Citizens for Peace, Justice, and the Environment monthly meeting.\u201d<\/a> At Watertown Free Public Library.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/306858383043218\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cAG Maura Healey&#8217;s Post-Election Town Hall.\u201d<\/a> The Massachusetts attorney general speaks at Faith United Church, Springfield, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/569686173239802\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cHistory of Guerilla Theater for Artists and Creative Activists.\u201d<\/a> Phoenix Mayet discusses Bread and Puppet Theater, Act Up, Gorilla Girls, Pussy Riot and other groups. At Wrong Brain, Dover, N.H.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/582153631993601\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cPoster Making Open House.\u201d<\/a> ReSisters R-Evolution hosts this event. At First Church in Jamaica Plain Unitarian Universalist, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1703430306653185\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201c13TH film &#038; discussion.\u201d<\/a> Dinner, screening and discussion of the documentary about \u201cthe criminalization of African Americans and the U.S. prison boom.\u201d At First Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1721929721453950\/\" 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\/1764855210503846\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cAward Winning \u2018Green\u2019 Landscapes for Water and Wildlife.\u201d<\/a> Natasha Andjelic and Shavaun Towers of Towers\/Golde Landscape Architects speak. Hosted by North and South Rivers Watershed Association. At South Shore Natural Science Center, Norwell, Mass.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday, Jan. 19:<\/strong><br \/>\n5:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/334478976945428\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThe Ghostlight Project.\u201d<\/a> ArtsEmerson and HowlRound join more than 100 theater companies across the United States to pledge \u201cto create inclusive spaces by lighting up the night. Attendees are encouraged to bring any kind of electric light source, please no open flame.\u201d Includes reading selections from the United States Constitution, reflection and discussion. At ArtsEmerson\u2019s Cutler Majestic Theatre, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>5:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1380784441954504\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThe Ghostlight Project.\u201d<\/a> Boston Playwrights\u2019 Theatre, Boston University School of Theatre and the BU Arts Initiative join in a nationwide event, in which people gather outside theaters \u201ccreating \u2018light\u2019 for challenging times ahead. Inspired by the tradition of leaving a \u2018ghost light\u2019 on in a darkened theater, artists and communities will make or renew a pledge to stand for and protect the values of inclusion, participation, and compassion for everyone.\u201d At Boston University Arts Initiative, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/togetherweriseboston.org\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cTogether We Rise: A Counter-Inaugural Celebration of Resistance.\u201d<\/a> Begins with a 7 p.m. procession from Mary Hannon Park to the Strand Theatre in Boston. There they will present a \u201cmobilization fair\u201d of activist groups, an art exhibit, and an 8 p.m. performance of music, poetry, comedy and testimonials. $10.<\/p>\n<p>7:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/389450111386767\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ukulele Flash Mob<\/a> for those \u201cheartsick by the election.\u201d Performs the song \u201cThe Hanging Tree\u201d from the \u2018The Hunger Games\u201d movie. Inside Boston\u2019s South Station. Free.<\/p>\n<p>8 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/incident-at-vichy-tickets-31000497322\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cIncident at Vichy.\u201d<\/a> Praxis Stage, performs Arthur Miller\u2019s 1964 play about the Nazi occupation of France during World War II. Organizers say it addresses \u201cportents of fascism [that Trump] and his movement embody.\u201d At Inner Sanctum in Boston\u2019s Roxbury neighborhood. Additional performances on Jan. 20, 21, 22, 25 and 26. $10.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, Jan. 20<\/strong><br \/>\n6:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/author-dinner-mel-king-chain-of-change-tickets-30205927743\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cAuthor Event: Mel King: \u2018Chain of Change: Struggles for Black Community Development.\u2019\u201d<\/a> The Boston activist, politician, community organizer and author discusses his 1981 book, now updated for 2016. At Dot2Dot Caf\u00e9, Dorchester, Boston.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.distillerygallery.com\/current-1\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cRe_Volt_ing: An Art Show in Protest.\u201d<\/a> Group art exhibition. At the Distillery Gallery in South Boston.<\/p>\n<p><em>Pictured at top: <a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/2015\/08\/09\/black-lives-matter-march-cambridge\/\" target=\"_blank\">Black Lives Matter-Cambridge protest march<\/a> in Cambridge, Mass. Aug. 9, 2015. 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