{"id":2783,"date":"2017-02-02T23:20:46","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T04:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/?p=2783"},"modified":"2017-02-03T15:50:15","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T20:50:15","slug":"save-the-world-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/2017\/02\/02\/save-the-world-9\/","title":{"rendered":"What You Can Do To Save The World: Events Through Feb. 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

A calendar of protests, discussions and other events that aim to improve the world. Through Feb. 8, 2017. <\/p>\n

Highlights this week include Saturday\u2019s \u201cWe are One Somerville: Sanctuary City Rally\u201d; Sunday\u2019s \u201cTrans and Queer Liberation + Immigrant Solidarity Protest\u201d at Boston City Hall and \u201cTo Islam, With Love: a card-making marathon against Islamophobia\u201d at MassArt in Boston; and Monday\u2019s \u201cBoston Legal Community in Solidarity Against Fascism\u201d rally at the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.<\/p>\n

Updated Feb. 2, 2017.<\/strong> To submit events to the list, email details and links to Weloveyoursubmissions At Gmail<\/a>. Note: Event times and places sometimes change. Please follow the links to confirm details. Also we are unable to vet all of these events. And some trolls have been announcing fake events. Be careful.<\/p>\n

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Friday, Feb. 3<\/strong>
\n9 a.m. Cambridge: \u201cBlack Lives Matter: Music, Race, and Justice.\u201d<\/a> Two-day Harvard Graduate Music Forum Conference. At Harvard. Continues Feb. 4.<\/p>\n

3 p.m. Boston: \u201cNetwork Science Institute: Can We At Least Agree on Science?\u201d<\/a> Talk about a study that \u201cfound that science does not bridge the political divide, it deepens it.\u201d At Northeastern University.<\/p>\n

3 p.m. Boston: \u201cCoffee & Conversation: Who is Sean Spicer?\u201d<\/a> Discussion of the president\u2019s spokesman. At Boston University.<\/p>\n

5 p.m. Somerville: \u201cWe are ONE Somerville- Sign-Making Party.\u201d<\/a> Organized by the Somerville Arts Council in preparation for Saturday\u2019s \u201cWe are One Somerville: Sanctuary City Rally.\u201d At at Mudflat Pottery School in East Somerville.<\/p>\n

5 p.m. Boston: “Boston Social Emergency Response Center.”<\/a> Design Studio for Social Intervention offers pop-up spaces co-led by activists and artists “for creative action, healing, collective making, performances and more.” At Dorchester Arts Collaborative. Continues of Feb. 4 and 5.<\/p>\n

6:30 p.m. Boston: \u201cFood for Activism or feeding the protesters.\u201d<\/a> Daniel Kontoff (Dan the Bagel Man) seeks help providing food for protesters. At Encuentro 5.<\/p>\n

7 p.m. Boston: \u201cMLK Celebration: Mobilize, Educate, Elevate w\/ India.Arie.\u201d<\/a> Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, will perform a short set. Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot\u2014author, Berklee trustee, Harvard professor, and tireless activist\u2014will deliver the keynote address. At Berklee Performance Center.<\/p>\n

7 p.m. Cambridge: \u201cDirect Action Skill Share: Security.\u201d<\/a> Organized by The Democracy Center. At Humanist Hub.<\/p>\n

7 p.m. Boston: \u201cFrom Rebellion to Revolution: Fighting the Trump Agenda & More.\u201d<\/a> The Party for Socialism and Liberation hosts a forum \u201cto discuss how to fight back against Trump\u2019s Agenda by building a people\u2019s movement in the street.\u201d At Encuentro 5.<\/p>\n

7 p.m. Providence: \u201cPostcards for politics.\u201d<\/a> BearHatStudio invites people to help make postcards to send to politicians. At Sharespace.<\/p>\n

9:30 p.m. Cambridge: \u201cResisDance!\u201d <\/a>\u201cDance party for the Revolutionary Party of the African working class.\u201d To raise funds for \u201cthe Uhuru Solidarity Movement Convention taking place in St. Petersburg the weekend of April 1-2.\u201d At Lower Level.<\/p>\n

Saturday, Feb. 4<\/strong>
\n8 a.m. Cambridge: \u201cDiversity and inclusion: French and American perspectives.\u201d<\/a> Organized by Harvard\u2019s Francophile Club and Consulate General of France in Boston. At Harvard\u2019s Kennedy School.<\/p>\n

9 a.m. Cambridge: \u201cNon-Violent Civil Disobedience Training.\u201d<\/a> At Cambridge Friends School.<\/p>\n

9 a.m. Boston: \u201cNew England Conference: Building Leadership in Health Equity.\u201d<\/a> At Massachusetts General Hospital.<\/p>\n

9 a.m. Cambridge: \u201cHarvard Business School Health Care Conference.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

10 a.m. Somerville: \u201cWe are One Somerville: Sanctuary City Rally.\u201d<\/a> Organized by the Somerville city government. At Somerville High School.<\/p>\n

10 a.m. Boston: \u201cViolence In Boston: Town Hall.\u201d<\/a> Forum organized by Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts. In Roxbury.<\/p>\n

10 a.m. Boston: \u201cCountering Islamophobia: Organizing as a Unified Force.\u201d<\/a> Talks and workshops at Arlington Street Church.<\/p>\n

10 a.m. Cambridge: \u201cTransforming Masculinity for the Benefit of All.\u201d<\/a> One-day workshop about \u201chow men can play a crucial role in ending sexist behaviors and patriarchal institutions which are harmful to so many, including most men.\u201d At Cambridge Center for Adult Education.<\/p>\n

10:30 a.m. Cambridge: \u201cRecent Changes to US Immigration Laws.\u201d<\/a> Talk by immigration lawyer. At Democracy Center.<\/p>\n

11 a.m. Manchester, N.H.: \u201c2017 Worldwide Rally For Cecil.\u201d<\/a> To \u201cspeak out against evil trophy hunting.\u201d Near Veterans Park, Elm Street.<\/p>\n

11 a.m. Boston: \u201cProtest – He Will Not Divide Us.\u201d<\/a> Opposing \u201cTrump\u2019s Muslim Ban.\u201d At Logan Airport.<\/p>\n

11 a.m. Lowell: \u201cBlack American Flag Raising & Chill.\u201d<\/a> Afro American Council of Greater Lowell hosts, as kickoff to Black History Month. At Lowell City Hall.<\/p>\n

11:30 a.m. Boston: \u201cBoston Desegregation Busing – Film and Discussion.\u201d<\/a> Mass Action Against Police Brutality screens a documentary by from the Eyes on the Prize series. At Parker Hill Branch Library.<\/p>\n

Noon Boston: \u201cFight Back and Win! Organizing Training with Local 26.\u201d<\/a> Hosted by UNITE union of food service and hospitality workers. On Harrison Avenue.<\/p>\n

12:30 p.m. Gloucester: \u201cTown Hall Q&A with Congressman Seth Moulton.\u201d<\/a> In particular focusing on the federal Affordable Care Act. At Rose Baker Senior Center.<\/p>\n

2 p.m. Worcester: \u201cUnderstanding the American Muslim.\u201d<\/a> Forum at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.<\/p>\n

2 p.m. Providence: \u201cThe Mark Baumer Celebration of Life.\u201d<\/a> A celebration of the life of the Rhode Island author, poet and activist, who was recently struck and killed by a SUV while attempting his second walk across the whole of the United States. At Brown University.<\/p>\n

2 p.m. Somerville: \u201cBoston Molasses Disaster Rock Benefit for Cosecha.\u201d<\/a> In support of the immigrant rights group. At Aeronaut Brewing.<\/p>\n

3 p.m. Boston: \u201cBoston Day of Reflection: Creating a More Caring and Just Community.\u201d<\/a> Marking the anniversary of Matthew Sheppard’s murder with speakers and music. At Boston Public Library, Copley Square.<\/p>\n

3 p.m. Providence: \u201cFight Trump & the Billionaire Class: Join the Socialists.\u201d<\/a> Hosted by Socialist Alternative RI. At Rochambeau Library.<\/p>\n

3:30 p.m. Cambridge: \u201cResisting Trump: Lessons from the HUDS Strike<\/a>.\u201d \u201cJoin workers, students and supporters to plan and continue the campus and beyond coalition-building that began with the Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) strike.\u201d At Harvard.<\/p>\n

5:30 p.m. Boston: \u201cAnti-Muslim School Bullying Workshop.\u201d<\/a> The Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center and Council on American Islamic Relations \u2013 Massachusetts host a parent and student workshop on what to do if anti-Muslim bullying occurs in school. At the center in Roxbury.<\/p>\n

6 p.m. Malden: \u201cFree Know Your Rights Seminar.\u201d<\/a> Talk by an immigration attorney. At First Parish in Malden, Mass.<\/p>\n

6:30 p.m. Pawtucket: \u201cRide For Resistance: From Standing Rock to RI.\u201d<\/a> Talk by people who\u2019ve been fighting the Dakota Access Pipeline at Standing Rock. At Fang Collective.<\/p>\n

Sunday, Feb. 5<\/strong>
\n10:30 a.m. Cambridge: \u201cA Progressive Income Tax for Massachusetts.\u201d<\/a> Boston Ethical Community hosts a talk about a \u201cmillionaire\u2019s tax\u201d ballot initiative that would \u201clevy a tax on annual incomes over $1 million, with the revenue earmarked for education and transportation.\u201d At Garden Street.<\/p>\n

11 a.m. Boston: \u201cCourage and Compassion in the Holy Land.\u201d<\/a> Pat Westwater-Jong shares \u201cphotos and stories of some of the magnificent people and their difficult situations that she has witnessed and documented over the past eight years in Israel and Palestine.\u201d At Community Church of Boston.<\/p>\n

11 a.m. Cambridge: \u201cPop Up on Local Government.\u201d<\/a> Tufts Social Impact Network event addresses ways of \u201caffecting change in your community.\u201d At Andala Coffee House.<\/p>\n

Noon. Boston: \u201cBoston Homeless Solidarity Committee Weekly Organizing Meeting.\u201d<\/a> At Encuento 5.<\/p>\n

Noon. Boston: \u201cTrans and Queer Liberation + Immigrant Solidarity Protest.\u201d<\/a> At Boston City Hall.<\/p>\n

1 p.m. Cambridge: \u201cCambridge, MA #KnockEveryDoor Sunday.\u201d<\/a> Organized by Cambridge Progressive Action Coalition. At Pearl Street.<\/p>\n

2:30 p.m. Providence: \u201cRI Conversion Therapy Ban Committee Meeting.\u201d<\/a> Organizing for \u201ccampaign to ban conversion therapy for minors in Rhode Island.\u201d At Westminster Street.<\/p>\n

3 p.m. Cambridge: \u201cResisting Apartheid Technology: HP’s Role in Oppression.\u201d<\/a> Mass Against HP campaign hosts a discussion of \u201cHewlett-Packard’s corporate support for Israeli apartheid, mass deportations, mass incarceration, and discrimination against formerly incarcerated people in the U.S.\u201d At Andala Coffee House.<\/p>\n

3 p.m. Boston: \u201cMake a Banner to support ISBCC.\u201d<\/a> Boston Sass Attack, \u201csassy radical cheearleaders in Boston that oppose oppression,\u201d seeks to support Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center and our Islamic neighbors \u201cby creating a banner of solidarity to hang on the wall of Roxbury Community College.\u201d At the Meeting Point, Jamaica Plain.<\/p>\n

3 p.m. Boston: \u201cConsidering Matthew Shepard.\u201d<\/a> Composer Craig Hella Johnson leads her \u201cthree-part fusion oratorio\u201d on the piano with the Conspirare singers and a chamber ensemble. At Symphony Hall.<\/p>\n

3:30 p.m. Boston: \u201cTo Islam, With Love: a card-making marathon against Islamophobia.\u201d<\/a> Wee the People, which teaches children about teach children about protest, bigotry and other social ills, offers this workshop for kids to valentines for the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center. At MassArt.<\/p>\n

4 p.m. Lowell: \u201cSolidarity Lowell General Meeting.\u201d<\/a> At Mill No. 5.<\/p>\n

4 p.m. Boston: \u201cSING \u2022 PLAY \u2022 in Community \u2022 for Justice – join our merry tribe.\u201d<\/a> Rehearse and perform with SingPositive, a choir and band formed by 25 musical families, in advance of performances at the Wake Up the Earth Festival, rallies and community events. At Spontaneous Celebrations, Jamaica Plain.<\/p>\n

6 p.m. Providence: \u201cBlack & Pink Mail Sorting & Super Bowl Snack-a-thon.\u201d<\/a> Weekly meeting of Black & Pink\u2014\u201can open family of LGBTQ prisoners and \u2018free world\u2019 allies who support each other\u201d and \u201cwork toward the abolition of the prison industrial complex.\u201d At Arch Street.<\/p>\n

Monday, Feb. 6<\/strong>
\nNoon. Medford: \u201cPakistan: Knowns and Unknowns.\u201d<\/a> Talk by Rizwan Saeed Sheikh, \u201ca career diplomat from Pakistan with over two decades of experience \u2026 currently the Deputy Cheif of Mission for the Embassy of the Republic of Pakistan.\u201d At Tufts University.<\/p>\n

12:45 p.m. Boston: \u201cMassachusetts and Health Reform: What Comes Next.\u201d<\/a> Massachusetts State Representative Jeffrey S\u00e1nchez, chair of the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing, speaks about \u201cthe impact of new presidential administration and federal health reform efforts on the Commonwealth.\u201d At Boston University. <\/p>\n

1 p.m. Boston: \u201cBoston Legal Community in Solidarity Against Fascism.\u201d<\/a> \u201cLawyers, law students, paralegals, court interpreters, social service advocates, investigators, and other legal professionals will take a stand against the unconstitutional and outrageous attacks on human rights perpetrated by the Trump regime.\u201d At Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.<\/p>\n

2 p.m. Boston: \u201cPart 2: Boston Heliport Public Meeting – #MakeGEpay not MBTA!\u201d<\/a> Opposition to government efforts to pay for a heliport for GE. At Massachusetts State House.<\/p>\n

4:15 p.m. Cambridge: \u201cThe War in Donbas: Origins, Naming, Implications.\u201d<\/a> Dominique Arel, chair of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Ottawa, talks about the war in Eastern Ukraine. At Harvard.<\/p>\n

4:30 p.m. Cambridge: \u201cUnity Rally.\u201d<\/a> Cambridge Mayor Denise Simmons, Vice-Mayor Marc McGovern and local clergy lead a rally \u201cto show the world that we stand for social justice and that we, as a community, intend to continue to fight for equality for all.\u201d At Cambridge City Hall.<\/p>\n

5 p.m. Somerville: \u201cInternational Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation.\u201d<\/a> Healthy Tomorrow\/Sini Sanuman hosts a protest in Davis Square.<\/p>\n

6 p.m. Cambridge: \u201cPresidential Secrecy from Washington to Trump.\u201d<\/a> Panel discussion. At Harvard\u2019s John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum.<\/p>\n

7 p.m. Somerville: \u201cWomen’s March Postcard Action Event.\u201d<\/a> To write postcards to politicians. At Once Somerville.<\/p>\n

7 p.m. Boston: \u201cUnfiltered Talk: Activism and Spirituality in the Age of Trump.\u201d<\/a> Hosted by the Islamic Society of Boston University.<\/p>\n

Tuesday, Feb. 7<\/strong>
\nNoon. Boston: \u201cBlack HIV \/ AIDS Awareness Day Luncheon.\u201d<\/a> \u201cA celebration of the strength of the Black Community in the face of HIV.\u201d At Codman Square Health Center.<\/p>\n

Noon. Cambridge: \u201cMidwives for Peace & Justice meet-up.\u201d<\/a> At Panera Bread.<\/p>\n

3 p.m. Providence: \u201cEarned Sick Days Campaign Kick Off.\u201d<\/a> Organized by Rhode Island Working Families Party. At the Rhode Island State House.<\/p>\n

4 p.m. Boston: \u201cTrump Policy Roundtable – Foreign Policy.\u201d<\/a> Panel discussion. At UMass Boston.<\/p>\n

6 p.m. Lowell: \u201cAttend the City Council meeting to protest Pender decision.\u201d<\/a> Seeking the termination of the Lowell Police officer David Pender, who roughed up a handcuffed, 16-year-old student at Lowell High School Career Academy last fall. At Lowell City Hall.<\/p>\n

6 p.m. Providence: \u201cPublic forum on the 6-10 Connector.\u201d<\/a> City of Providence and RIDOT discuss plans to rebuild the interchange. At Silver Lake Annex Community Center.<\/p>\n

6 p.m. Fall River: \u201cSouthCoast Town Hall.\u201d<\/a> Forum with state senators. At Bristol Community College.<\/p>\n

6:30 p.m. Boston: \u201cMass Pike Public Meeting.\u201d<\/a> Discussion of plans to \u201crebuild the Mass Pike Interchange in Allston, build a new neighborhood, and improve the Charles River.\u201d At Jackson Mann Community School and Council, Allston.<\/p>\n

6:30 p.m. Cambridge: \u201cUU Mass Action: Mobilizing Congregations for Justice.\u201d<\/a> Training in \u201ctools of community organizing, translated for the context of a congregational setting.\u201d At First Parish Cambridge, Unitarian Universalist.<\/p>\n

6:30 p.m. Boston: \u201cHUD 101.\u201d <\/a>City Mission Boston hosts a forum on the federal Departmnet of Housing and Urban Development and \u201cchanges to the federal government\u2019s work for affordable housing and to end homelessness.\u201d At First Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain.<\/p>\n

6:30 p.m. Wakefield, R.I.: \u201cPower Plant Impacts.\u201d<\/a> Paul Roselli of the Burrville Land Trust and the Rhode Island Association of Conservation Commissions discusses the potential effects of a proposed Invenegy power plant. At Hera Gallery.<\/p>\n

7 p.m. Boston: \u201cWrite Your Reps at Trident.\u201d<\/a> Sending postcards to politicians. At Trident Booksellers and Caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n

7 p.m. Worcester: \u201cShaun King at College of the Holy Cross.\u201d<\/a> The social justice columnist for New York Daily News speaks.<\/p>\n

7 p.m. Cambridge: \u201cRide for Resistance: Voices from the Frontlines.\u201d<\/a> Talk by people who\u2019ve been fighting the Dakota Access Pipeline at Standing Rock. Hosted by the Fang Collective. At First Church in Cambridge, Congregational.<\/p>\n

8 p.m. Boston: \u201cPretty N Punk: Benefit for Student Immigrant Movement.\u201d<\/a> Bands and drag queens perform. At O’Brien’s Pub.<\/p>\n

Wednesday, Feb. 8<\/strong>
\n9 a.m. Concord, N.H.: \u201cPublic Hearing: So-called Right to Work (SB11 & HB520).\u201d<\/a> New Hampshire AFL-CIO encourages testimony in opposition to the \u201cso-called Right to Work bills\u201d at the the New Hampshire House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services Committee meeting. New Hampshire State House.<\/p>\n

9:45 a.m. Boston: \u201cCity Mission at \u2018Cookie Day.\u2019\u201d<\/a> Homes For Families holds its annual Cookie Day, \u201cdedicated to bringing awareness of the importance of the Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program to our legislators in the State House. MRVP is a crucial tool for preventing family homelessness.\u201d At Massachusetts State House.<\/p>\n

5:30 p.m. Lawrence: \u201cUniting Families for Sanctuary Protection.\u201d<\/a> Meeting to \u201cbuild solidarity to protect our undocumented families.\u201d At Communities Together.<\/p>\n

6 p.m. Cambridge: \u201cSGO Unconscious Bias Workshop Sponsored by Twitter.\u201d<\/a> She Geeks Out hosts a presentation on ways to limit the effects of unconscious biases. At Twitter Cambridge.<\/p>\n

7 p.m. Newton: \u201cLet’s Make Newton a Hate Free Zone (Sanctuary City).\u201d<\/a> Attending Newton City Councilors to urge the board to make \u201cNewton a welcoming (or sanctuary) city.\u201d At Newton City Hall.<\/p>\n

7 p.m. Boston: \u201cShaun King Speaking at Suffolk University.\u201d<\/a> The social justice columnist for New York Daily News speaks.<\/p>\n

7 p.m. Boston: \u201cBoston Combat Organizing Meeting (Boston Students Meeting).\u201d<\/a> The student Coalition to Organize and Mobilize Boston Against Trump. At MassArt.<\/p>\n

8 p.m. Boston: \u201cBlack Lives Matter: Sankofa.\u201d<\/a> Black Lives Matter Concert series at Berklee is a student-curated, produced, and performed effort \u201cto educate through words and music on the historical, systemic, institutional, and socio-economic events of our time that have contributed to both the progress and disenfranchisement of people of the African Diaspora. \u2026 Sankofa is a word in the Twi language of Ghana that translates as \u2018Go back and get it.\u2019” At Berklee Performance Center.<\/p>\n

Pictured at top: The Boston Protest Against Muslim Ban<\/a> in Copley Square, Jan. 29, 2017. Copyright Greg Cook.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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