{"id":2852,"date":"2017-02-23T12:51:26","date_gmt":"2017-02-23T17:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/?p=2852"},"modified":"2017-02-23T12:51:26","modified_gmt":"2017-02-23T17:51:26","slug":"save-the-world-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/2017\/02\/23\/save-the-world-12\/","title":{"rendered":"What You Can Do To Save The World: Events Through March 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A calendar of protests, discussions and other events that aim to improve the world. Highlights this week include Thursday\u2019s \u201cRally: Stand with Trans Students\u201d; Saturday&#8217;s \u201cRI Save Obamacare Rally&#8221; and \u201cMA Health Professionals Protest&#8221;; Sunday\u2019s \u201cStand with Immigrants at Suffolk Detention Center\u201d and rally at Boston Common on Trump\u2019s ties to Russia; Monday\u2019s talk by Black Panther Party co-founder Bobby Seale; and Wednesday\u2019s walkout of Boston students in opposition to Trump.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Updated: Feb. 23, 2017<\/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. Be careful.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Begin MailChimp Signup Form --><\/p>\n<div id=\"mc_embed_signup\">\n<form id=\"mc-embedded-subscribe-form\" class=\"validate\" action=\"\/\/gregcookland.us4.list-manage.com\/subscribe\/post?u=569af5687bea7063a34b1f294&amp;id=bf7e2d816e\" method=\"post\" name=\"mc-embedded-subscribe-form\" novalidate=\"\" target=\"_blank\">\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\"><label for=\"mce-EMAIL\">Email Address <span class=\"asterisk\">*<\/span><br \/>\n<\/label><br \/>\n<input id=\"mce-EMAIL\" class=\"required email\" name=\"EMAIL\" type=\"email\" value=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-field-group\"><label for=\"mce-FNAME\">First Name <\/label><br \/>\n<input id=\"mce-FNAME\" class=\"\" name=\"FNAME\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-field-group\"><label for=\"mce-LNAME\">Last Name <\/label><br \/>\n<input id=\"mce-LNAME\" class=\"\" name=\"LNAME\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div id=\"mce-responses\" class=\"clear\"><\/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;\"><input tabindex=\"-1\" name=\"b_569af5687bea7063a34b1f294_bf7e2d816e\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><input id=\"mc-embedded-subscribe\" class=\"button\" name=\"subscribe\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Subscribe\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--End mc_embed_signup--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday, Feb. 23<\/strong><br \/>\n5 p.m. Cambridge: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/394783427541708\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThe Future of Native News.\u201d<\/a> Panel about \u201chow Indigenous professionals have been countering the mainstream news narrative.\u201d At Harvard.<\/p>\n<p>5:30 p.m. Chelsea: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1988523084708367\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThe Vision Project\u201d exhibition reception.<\/a> \u201cPhotographer Marilyn Humphries portrays Chelesa activists, in her exhibit celebrating 20 years of Environmental Justice in Chelsea.\u201d At GreenRoots.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. Cambridge:<a href=\"http:\/\/drclas.harvard.edu\/event\/as-workshop-after-human-rights\" target=\"_blank\"> \u201cArts and Sciences Workshop: After Human Rights. Latin American Art and Literature in the Last Turn of the Century.\u201d<\/a> Presentation about \u201cartistic and literary production concerned with the possibility of justice after the establishment, rise, and ebb of the narrative of human rights during the last Latin American turn of the century.\u201d At Harvard.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. Boston: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/183315632150978\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201c21st Century Black Arts Movement: Awake or Asleep.\u201d<\/a> Panel discussion of \u201cWhat is the state of the Black Arts Movement now? Is it still a powerful and utilized form of expression? Has it become commercialized, choosing cash over content and comment?\u201d At Northeastern University.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. Boston: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/240827226371847\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cImagine Peace Now Opening.\u201d<\/a> An exhibition of more than \u201c90 decommissioned guns transformed into art objects.\u201d A Society of Arts and Crafts.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. Boston: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/474386449618192\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cRally: Stand with Trans Students.\u201d<\/a> In protest of: \u201cThe Trump administration announced a new attack on transgender students by stating that it will stop enforcing Title IX education protections, and it will rescind the guidance released by the Obama administration last May.\u201d At Post Office Square.<\/p>\n<p>6:30 p.m. Boston: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2206996052858415\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cDecolonizing Environmentalism.\u201d<\/a> 350 Mass hosts a panel discussion about \u201cWhat is settler colonialism and how has it influenced environmentalism in the U.S.? This panel event will explore the history and present day reality of this intersection with cautionary tales for environmentalists.\u201d At North American Indian Center.<\/p>\n<p>6:30 p.m. Boston: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/390631881290783\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cCode Red Launch Party: Minorities &#038; Diversity Advocates in Tech.\u201d<\/a> A \u201ccommunity of minorities and diversity advocates in tech committed to disrupting diversity, innovating inclusion, and catalyzing a movement of belonging in the tech industry.\u201d At District Hall.<\/p>\n<p>6:30 p.m. Boston: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/381515112222815\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cShowing Up For Racial Justice Connect.\u201d<\/a> \u201cWe&#8217;ll get to know one another over a meal, share our stories, and learn more about plugging into the movement for racial justice with SURJ.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. Boston: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1044384195665858\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cInterfaith Service &#038; Solidarity Event.\u201d<\/a> Multifaith service \u201cas we stand in solidarity against the senseless targeting of our fellow community members.\u201d At Congregation Lion of Judah.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, Feb. 24<\/strong><br \/>\n11:30 a.m. Gloucester: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/303119070104163\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cKids Write the President!\u201d<\/a> Children write \u201cletters of encouragement and cause and creating arts and crafts to send our senators, congressmen, mayor, and the President.\u201d At Sawyer Free Library.<\/p>\n<p>6:30 p.m. Boston: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/214355175700166\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cRadical Cataloging + Zine Workshop.\u201d<\/a> Hosted by Progressive Librarians Guild at Simmons College.<\/p>\n<p>6:30 p.m. Lowell:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1256424171092901\/\" target=\"_blank\"> \u201cDirect Action Civil Disobedience Training: Sanctuary Presence.\u201d<\/a> National Lawyers Guilde offers training in \u201cpreparation for group actions to defend community members from ICE, either at a faith-based site (\u2018sanctuary\u2019) or at other locations (homes, workplaces).\u201d Hosted by Solidarity Lowell. <\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. Boston: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1374638495932406\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cImmigrant and Refugee Community Forum.\u201d<\/a> \u201cLearn how City Departments are supporting immigrant communities and share your ideas with Boston city officials.\u201d At Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday, Feb. 25<\/strong><br \/>\n6 a.m. Cambridge: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/157740768056940\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cLGBTQ Conference at Harvard 2017.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>9 a.m. Boston: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/190353088111778\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cMaking Room: Practicing Feminisms Today.\u201d<\/a> \u201cIntergenerational group of women across disciplines in discussion around how feminisms are constructed and employed today.\u201d At Boston University.<\/p>\n<p>9:30 a.m. Boston:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/909535555850102\/\" target=\"_blank\"> \u201cConnecting with Unhoused People in Boston.\u201d<\/a> A workshop \u201cdiscussing generosity and connection with unhoused people in Boston.\u201d At King\u2019s Chapel.<\/p>\n<p>10 a.m. Cambridge: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/262837947474205\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;North Cambridge Black History Walking Tour.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>10 a.m. Cambridge: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/184333635385070\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cConference on Poverty &#038; Inequality.\u201d<\/a> At Harvard.<\/p>\n<p>10 a.m. Somerville: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1814673002132099\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cUnion United CBA Summit.\u201d<\/a> Union United is pushing for a \u201cCommunity Benefits Agreement (CBA) with developer US2 to help stop displacement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>11 a.m. Cambridge: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/218726411924829\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cHSQ BankExit Solidarity Action! NoDAPL.\u201d<\/a> \u201cIn Support of Standing Rock, a coalition of grassroots Indigenous activist groups (including the Indigenous Environmental Network, Honor the Earth &#038; Sacred Stone Camp) are calling allies around the world to confront and apply pressure on the banks that are supporting the Dakota Access Pipeline.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>11:30 a.m. Providence: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/209455559529545\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cRI Save Obamacare Rally.\u201d <\/a>At Rhode Island College.<\/p>\n<p>Noon. Boston: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/373214563061902\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cMA Health Professionals Protest.\u201d<\/a> \u201cTo protect our patients in Massachusetts and demand that any changes to the Affordable Care Act: 1) Preserve or increase patients covered under insurance; 2) Preserve or decrease out of pocket expenses; 3) Preserve or increase benefits to patients.\u201d At Massachusetts State House.<\/p>\n<p>Noon. Cambridge: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/627978700726618\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cSpeaker Event with Cambridge City Councillor Nadeem Mazen.\u201d<\/a> Our Revolution Cambridge hosts this talk. At the Democracy Center.<\/p>\n<p>1 p.m. Pittsfield: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/182398642246088\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cPittsfield rally in support of the ACA, Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>1 p.m. Boston: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1244425022300517\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cPertinent Political Puppet Parade.\u201d<\/a> From Free Puppet Library to Copley Square.<\/p>\n<p>1 p.m. Boston: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1816387028627261\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cOp-Ed and Letter to the Editor Writing Workshop.\u201d<\/a> The Council on American Islamic Relations \u2013 Massachusetts trains \u201ccommunity members to write Op-Eds and Letters to the Editor to pitch to their local papers.\u201d At Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center.<\/p>\n<p>2 p.m. Providence: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/383741508668576\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cResist Hate RI Community Meeting.\u201d<\/a> At Hope High School.<\/p>\n<p>3 p.m. Boston: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/175777986251506\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cImmigrant Youth Speak Out.\u201d<\/a> \u201cAgainst the Trump policies regarding immigrants.\u201d At First Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain.<\/p>\n<p>3 p.m. Cambridge: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/610462155818203\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cBrand New Congress Local Kickoff Meeting.\u201d<\/a> \u201cWe are recruiting and running more than 400 outstanding candidates in a single, unified, national campaign for Congress in 2018. Together, they will pass an aggressive and practical plan to significantly increase wages, remove the influence of big money from our government, and protect the rights of all Americans. At the Democracy Center.<\/p>\n<p>4 p.m. Boston: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/216598175470530\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cDu Bois&#8217; &#8220;Black Reconstruction&#8221; featuring LeiLani Dowell.\u201d<\/a> LeiLani Dowell a managing editor of Workers World newspaper, facilitates \u201ca political discussion on W.E.B. Du Bois\u2019 masterpiece, Black Reconstruction in America, 1860-1880 \u2026 a sweeping analysis of the Civil War and Reconstruction period.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>4 p.m. Cambridge: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/983579335075871\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cMeet-Up to Organize.\u201d<\/a> In response to the election, this \u201caction group\u201d is meeting \u201cto commit to action items on a range of progressive issues.\u201d At First Parish Church in Cambridge.<\/p>\n<p>5 p.m. Cambridge: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/204610920007949\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cFree Political Songwriting Seminar\/Concert.\u201d<\/a> Music duo Lords of Liechtenstein offers &#8220;Music of the Marginalized: A Workshop and Concert Focused On Songs of Social Change.\u201d At Lesley University.<\/p>\n<p>5 p.m. Boston: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1783735941946670\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cFunk the Police &#8211; Mass Action 2nd Anniversary Fundraiser.\u201d<\/a> To benefit Mass Action Against Police Brutality, \u201ca night of reflection, truth telling, music, poetry, comedy and art all about the fight against police brutality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday, Feb. 26<\/strong><br \/>\n10 a.m. Cambridge: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/130082817512183\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cCambridge, MA KnockEveryDoor.\u201d<\/a> Our Revolution Cambridge is \u201ctalking to our neighbors in Cambridge about the results of the election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>1 p.m. Boston: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1708609996097702\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cStand with Immigrants at Suffolk Detention Center.\u201d<\/a> Resist the Raids and musicians rally in \u201csolidarity with our friends, family and neighbors who are detained by ICE at the Suffolk Immigrant Detention Center.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>1 p.m. Boston: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1628829300757656\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cEmergency Rally to Stand for Democracy.\u201d<\/a> To protest Russian interference in the presidential election and call for investigations into the Trump administration\u2019s ties with Russia. At the 54th Regiment Memorial on Boston Common.<\/p>\n<p>1 p.m. Boston: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/596854350509971\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cIndivisible Mass &#8211; Rally for Information.\u201d<\/a> To \u201cpressure Washington D.C. to release information regarding Trump and Putin and Russia.\u201d At Boston Common.<\/p>\n<p>1:30 p.m. Providence: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/422427841436697\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cAdvocacy through a Feminist\/Gender Lens training.\u201d<\/a> RI Chapter of the Women&#8217;s March on Washington hosts a presentation by Senator Gayle Golden and Arianne Corrente, former lobbyist and developer of the Women\u2019s Policy Institute. At Providence Public Library.<\/p>\n<p>1:30 p.m. Cambridge: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/599227533621814\/\" target=\"_blank\">Black Lives Matter Cambridge General Membership Meeting.<\/a> At YMCA Cambridge.<\/p>\n<p>1:30 p.m. Beverly: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1805882373009201\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cSocial Media Activism Workshop.\u201d<\/a> Hoste by Together North Shore. At Beverly Public Library.<\/p>\n<p>2 p.m. Boston: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1855347348040608\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cPolitical Discourse | Public Reception.\u201d<\/a> Opening reception for \u201ca group exhibition of political art and art made political by its context.\u201d At UMass Boston.<\/p>\n<p>3 p.m. Cambridge: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/242414936210958\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cRace Talks.\u201d<\/a> Black Lives Matter Cambridge marks \u201cFive years to the date after Trayvon Martin&#8217;s death.\u201d At YMCA Cambridge.<\/p>\n<p>3 p.m. Watertown: <a href=\" https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/392487394465071\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cWatertown Welcomes Immigrants.\u201d<\/a> To \u201cdemonstrate support for immigrants and refugees living in Watertown.\u201d Vigil in Watertown Square. Followed by community forum at Grace Vision United Methodist Church.<\/p>\n<p>3 p.m. Portsmouth, N.H.: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1057032014408884\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cBlack Lives Matter, Civil Rights Sundays.\u201d<\/a> Stand out \u201cfor all our Civil Rights.\u201d At Market Square.<\/p>\n<p>4 p.m. Lowell: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/433143030350168\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cSolidarity Lowell General Meeting.\u201d<\/a> At Mill No. 5.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. Cambridge: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/147619912421508\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cAffordable Housing Activism with State Rep. Mike Connolly.\u201d<\/a> Discussion of \u201cthe overall need for affordable housing and immediate actions we can take to help protect residents from displacement.\u201d At Leverett House.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. Boston: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/389046871456311\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cBlack Love is&#8230;\u201d<\/a> Black Lives Matter Boston\u2019s \u201cReal Talk\u201d series addresses \u201cBlack people and love, through guided circle dialogue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday, Feb. 27<\/strong><br \/>\n8:30 a.m. Boston:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1852898624988197\/\" target=\"_blank\"> \u201cStand out for Justice.\u201d<\/a> Families For Justice With Healing invites people to \u201cstand with us to demand that district attorneys dismiss every tainted conviction from the drug lab scandals. Show solidarity with our community members in court on drug charges.\u201d At Boston Municipal Court.<\/p>\n<p>9 a.m. Boston: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1223206311094457\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cLegislative Action Day 2017.\u201d<\/a> Organized by Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless. At Massachusetts State House.<\/p>\n<p>12:45 p.m. Boston: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1870592126562582\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThe Truth about Solitary Confinement in Massachusetts.\u201d<\/a> Discussion and video presentation. At Boston University.<\/p>\n<p>3 p.m. Cambridge: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/214003975670321\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cWomen Taking Action: Strategies for Effective Change.\u201d<\/a> \u201cHear women&#8217;s organizations at Harvard discuss the issues most important to them, and learn how you can help.\u201d At Harvard.<\/p>\n<p>3:30 p.m. Leominster: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/371119079927633\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cLove &#038; Kindness Student Standout.\u201d<\/a> At Monument Square.<\/p>\n<p>4:30 p.m. Cambridge: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1931290390436220\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cKelman Seminar: The Media in the Age of Trump and Brexit.\u201d<\/a> Panel talk. At Harvard.<\/p>\n<p>5 p.m. Boston: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/855211687955019\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cCORI Sealing Day.\u201d<\/a> Assistance for \u201cgetting Criminal Offender Record Information sealed.\u201d At First Church of Roxbury.<\/p>\n<p>5 p.m. Cambridge: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2085010688393067\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cAn Evening with Black Panther Party co-founder Bobby Seale.\u201d<\/a> At Lesley University.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. Providence: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/256883411406575\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cShowing Up for Racial Justice RI Monthly Open Meeting.\u201d<\/a> At Providence Public Library.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. Providence: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/250860052025792\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cCommunity Forum on Race and The Environment.\u201d<\/a> Hosted by RI Jobs With Justice and the City of Providence Race and Environmental Justice Committee.<\/p>\n<p>6:30 p.m. Boston: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/563602300496770\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cShowing Up for Racial Justice Boston Open Meeting.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, Feb. 28<\/strong><br \/>\n1:30 p.m. Boston: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1879292312284661\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cSymposium: Leading For Social Impact.\u201d<\/a> Symposium featuring \u201cleaders who integrate ethical values into their businesses and organizations, specifically with the goal of fostering equality and empowering communities.\u201d At Boston College.<\/p>\n<p>3 p.m. Providence: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/260631271026667\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cDon&#8217;t Legislate Trump&#8217;s Hate.\u201d<\/a> To deliver a petition to the offices of Democratic politicians \u201cto express our opposition to the so-called \u2018Public Safety and Protection Act\u2019 (Bill H 5093). This bill would make it a crime for local public officials not to aggressively target immigrants in our community and allow any citizen to sue them if they didn\u2019t.\u201d At Rhode Island State House.<\/p>\n<p>4:30 p.m. Cambridge: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1835719503356538\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cWhat is Feminism? Women &#038; Representation in Communities of Color.\u201d<\/a> Student panel and break-out sessions \u201caimed at productively discussing and sharing experiences of feminism in our different communities of color.\u201d At Harvard.<\/p>\n<p>5 p.m. Cambridge: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/340554933004900\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cStarr Forum: The Fight over Foreigners.\u201d<\/a> Panel discussion of \u201cmigration issues in America under President Trump. At MIT. <\/p>\n<p>5:30 p.m. Providence: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/248230095610787\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cIn the Wake: On Blackness and Being.\u201d<\/a> Tufts University Professor Christina Sharpe speaks. At Brown University.<\/p>\n<p>5:30 p.m. Boston: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1823816687874825\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cRacism Talks, Together We\u2019ll Walk.\u201d<\/a> The Center for Teen Empowerment hosts a community dialogue. At Hibernian Hall.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. Gloucester: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1922224761343406\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cWomen\u2019s Equality Cape Ann Meeting.\u201d<\/a> At Sawyer Free Library.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. Boston: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/422107688131948\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cCaring Communities Sessions.\u201d<\/a> The Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights at Boston Medical Center hosts this \u201cone-hour informational sessions about the organization, the population we serve and opportunities to help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. Boston: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/178948995927957\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cBoston Rad Ref February Meeting.\u201d<\/a> Hosted by the Boston Radical Reference [Librarians] Collective.<\/p>\n<p>6:30 p.m. Cambridge: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1619156375060365\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cCambridge Area Stronger Together (CAST) Organizational Meeting.\u201d<\/a> At Cambridge\u2019s Central Square branch library.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. Boston: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1363232600416357\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cOrganizing on [Safety] Pins and Needles.\u201d<\/a> Black Lives Matter Cambridge offers training \u201con community organizing in the service of marginalized communities without recreating systems of oppression.\u201d $15. At First Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. Wakefield, R.I.: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1288950464505843\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThe Fight For Our Public Schools.\u201d<\/a> Discussion of \u201ca number of harmful education policies will be coming our way\u201d under Trump. At Hera Gallery.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. Cambridge: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/726524737513784\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cJewish Voice For Peace-Boston February Meeting.\u201d<\/a> John Robbins of Council on American Islamic Relations \u2013 Massachusetts will \u201ctalk about the role of non-Muslim allies in the fight against Islamophobia.\u201d At Reservoir Church.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. Cambridge: <a href=\" https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/600185550175342\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cInheriting JewishResistance: a text study and community building event.\u201d<\/a> IfNotNow hosts this discussion of \u201cWhat can Judaism teach us about resisting injustices and oppression?\u201d At the Center for the Study of World Religions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, March 1<\/strong><br \/>\n9:30 a.m. Boston: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1379525268795252\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cPublic Higher Ed Advocacy Day 2017.\u201d<\/a> Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts (PHENOM) advocates \u201cfor a high-quality, debt-free public higher education system for students and working families in our state.\u201d At Massachusetts State House.<\/p>\n<p>11:30 a.m. Boston: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1886842684931527\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cBU Resists Trump: Student &#038; Worker Rally.\u201d<\/a> At Boston University.<\/p>\n<p>Noon. Boston: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1268027589955392\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cStudent Resistance- Boston.\u201d<\/a> Greater Boston area high schools and colleges \u201cwill be joining together in solidarity with the national student day of resistance on March 1 in protesting the rhetoric and policies of the new Trump administration. High school students will be walking out of school at 12 and coming together on the Common. From there we will listen to some speeches and march.\u201d At Boston Common.<\/p>\n<p>1 p.m. Boston: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1235137436574944\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cWhite Ribbon Day 2017.\u201d<\/a> Governor Charlie Baker, co-chairs Sheriff Peter Koutoujian and Chancellor J. Keith Motley and hundreds of men and boys \u201cpledge to embrace visions of manhood that foster respect, safety and equity.\u201d At Faneuil Hall Marketplace.<\/p>\n<p>5 p.m. Boston: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/251233808639285\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cTyrone Maurice Adderley Lecture: Dr. Carole Boyce Davies.\u201d<\/a> A talk by Dr. Carole Boyce Davies, a professor of Africana studies and English at Cornell University, devoted to \u201csocial justice and anti-racist and anti-sexist politics.\u201d At MassArt.<\/p>\n<p>5 p.m. Boston:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/213221952447758\/\" target=\"_blank\"> \u201cExhibition: Women\u2019s Rights are Human Rights.\u201d<\/a> Reception for exhibition of \u201cInternational Posters on Gender-based Inequality, Violence and Discrimination.\u201d At Northeastern University.<\/p>\n<p>5 p.m. Cambridge:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/148533692327599\/\" target=\"_blank\"> \u201cCatching the Wave Reception and Tour.\u201d<\/a> For the exhibition of \u201cphotographs of the Women&#8217;s Movement. View the work of influential feminist photographers who documented the women\u2019s liberation movement of the twentieth century.\u201d At Harvard.<\/p>\n<p>5:30 p.m. Cambridge: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1334338569922783\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cCambridge City-Wide Town Hall Meeting on Threats to Health Care.\u201d<\/a> At Cambridge Senior Center.<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m. Cambridge: <a href=\" https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1783486711974496\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cCoded Artist Panel Discussion.\u201d<\/a> Discussion of exhibition exploring the \u201crole language has played in queer culture as it has developed and flourished since the 19th century.\u201d At Lesley University.<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. Cambridge: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/204049720069788\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cOrganizing on [Safety] Pins and Needles.\u201d<\/a> Black Lives Matter Cambridge leads this training about \u201ccommunity organizing in the service of marginalized communities without recreating systems of oppression.\u201d $20. 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