{"id":2882,"date":"2017-03-09T11:56:27","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T16:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/?p=2882"},"modified":"2017-03-09T12:00:01","modified_gmt":"2017-03-09T17:00:01","slug":"save-the-world-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/2017\/03\/09\/save-the-world-14\/","title":{"rendered":"What You Can Do To Save The World: Events Through March 15"},"content":{"rendered":"

A calendar of protests, discussions and other events that aim to improve the world. Highlights this week include today\u2019s Providence: \u201cRI says NO! to Trump’s Muslim Ban\u201d Rally; tomorrow\u2019s Boston and Providence rallies in solidarity with the Native Nations March in Washington, D.C. and the Vigil in Memory of Srinivas Khuchibhotla; and Saturday\u2019s Resistioke: Live band singalong.<\/p>\n

Updated: March 9, 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. Be careful.<\/p>\n

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Thursday, March 9<\/strong>
\n4 p.m. Providence: \u201cP. Khalil Saucier, “‘Necessarily Black’ Reconsidered.\u201d<\/a> Talk by P. Khalil Saucier, Bucknell University professor and author of “Necessarily Black: Cape Verdean Youth, Hip Hop Culture, and a Critique of Identity.” At Brown University.<\/p>\n

5:30 p.m. Providence: \u201cRI says NO! to Trump’s Muslim Ban.\u201d<\/a> Rally.<\/p>\n

6:30 p.m. Boston: \u201cPodcasts as a Tool for Movement Work and Resistance.\u201d<\/a> Talk at PRX Podcast Garage.<\/p>\n

6:30 p.m. Boston: \u201cSanctuary Cities.\u201d<\/a> Panel discussion organized by Ford Hall Forum. At Suffolk University.<\/p>\n

6:30 p.m. Boston: \u201cGertrude’s Artist Salon | STAND UP: Women* You Should Know.\u201d<\/a> At Boston Center for the Arts.<\/p>\n

7 p.m. Watertown: \u201cHow to Talk About Slavery and Racism in 2017.\u201d<\/a> Talk at Watertown Library. <\/p>\n

7 p.m. Providence: \u201cProvidence Indivisible RI Informational Meeting.\u201d<\/a> At First Unitarian Church of Providence.<\/p>\n

7 p.m. Cambridge: \u201cSocial Justice & the Built Environment.\u201d<\/a> Architect Shawn Hesse talks discusses \u201cWhat is the role of architects and designers in relation to the Muslim travel ban, the border wall proposal, and the shooting of Trayvon Martin? How does the physical fabric of our community reinforce poverty, hinder education, and reduce life-expectancy?\u201d At Education First.<\/p>\n

Friday, March 10<\/strong>
\n10 a.m. Providence: \u201cNative Nations Rise Providence.\u201d<\/a> Rally in solidarity with the Native Nations March in Washington, D.C. At Rhode Island State House. <\/p>\n

Noon. Boston: \u201cBoston RISE with Standing Rock.\u201d<\/a> Rally in solidarity with the All Nations March on D.C. At Massachusetts State House.<\/p>\n

5 p.m. Cambridge: \u201cWhat to Do, How to Live-Personal Activism for a Threatened Planet.\u201d<\/a> At MIT Student Center.<\/p>\n

5:30 p.m. Boston: \u201cSukoon – A Vigil in Memory of Srinivas Khuchibhotla.\u201d<\/a> For the Indian engineer murdered in Kansas on Feb. 22, 2017 \u201cby Adam Purinton who believed that Mr. Kuchibhotla did not belong to our American community.\u201d At Boston Common.<\/p>\n

7 p.m. Somerville: \u201cVolunteer Meet and Greet.\u201d<\/a> Meeting to explore community volunteering opportunities. At Aeronaut.<\/p>\n

7 p.m. Swampscott: \u201cSwampscott Huddle Community Meeting.\u201d<\/a> To \u201cdiscuss political issues\u201d and ways of creating change. At Panera.<\/p>\n

Saturday, March 11<\/strong>
\n8:30 a.m. Boston: \u201cUnion Stewards Training.\u201d<\/a> AFSCME offers training for members. At Boston Medical Center.<\/p>\n

8:30 a.m. Boston: \u201cBoston Open Spaces Advocacy Bootcamp.\u201d<\/a> Boston Park Advocates teaches best practices for championing open space. At Fenway Community Center.<\/p>\n

9 a.m. Boston: \u201cWalk for Hunger Sign Painting.\u201d<\/a> Help make signs for the 49th annual Walk for Hunger and 5K Run on May 7. At East Boston Social Centers.<\/p>\n

9 a.m. Brookline: \u201cGrounding and Resistance.\u201d<\/a> Workshop on \u201cFaith-Based Action in a New Political Era.\u201d At First Parish in Brookline.<\/p>\n

9 a.m. Worcester: \u201cGrassroots Campaign Training.\u201d<\/a> Two-day training in successful grassroots campaigning. At Educational Association of Worcester.<\/p>\n

11 a.m. Providence: \u201cWe Shall Overcome Singalong with Community MusicWorks.\u201d<\/a> At West Side Play Space.<\/p>\n

Noon. Boston: \u201cResistioke: Live band singalong at Librer\u00eda Donceles.\u201d<\/a> Live-band, group karaoke singing \u201cpop tunes that build community and respond to our politically divisive times.\u201d At Urbano Project.<\/p>\n

Noon. Cambridge: \u201cOur Revolution Cambridge Working Meeting.\u201d<\/a> At Democracy Center.<\/p>\n

1 p.m. Providence: \u201cArt + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon.\u201d<\/a> At RISD.<\/p>\n

1 p.m. Boston: \u201cVigil & Speak Out Against War on Syria and Yemen.\u201d<\/a> At Park Street.<\/p>\n

1:30 p.m. Cambridge: \u201cPass Mass Amendment Monthly meeting.\u201d<\/a> To amend the Massachusetts Constitution \u201cbased on \u2018Corporations are not People. Money is not Speech.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

2 p.m. Watertown: \u201cCan We Talk? Learning from Boston’s Busing\/Desegregation Crisis.\u201d<\/a> Screening and discussion of documentary. At Watertown Free Public Library.<\/p>\n

2 p.m. Boston: \u201cNo Disability Justice, No Peace.\u201d <\/a>Workshop on combating ableism. At Roxbury Innovation Center.<\/p>\n

2 p.m. Somerville: \u201cRock Benefit Show for the Arts.\u201d<\/a> To support Boston organizations that are funded by the National Endowment for the Arts. At Aeronaut.<\/p>\n

3 p.m. Providence: \u201cMay Day 2017 Planning Meeting.\u201d At Rhode Island Jobs for Justice. https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1911004309132496\/<\/p>\n

4 p.m. Boston: \u201cACLU People Power Action Event.\u201d<\/a> Livestream viewing of the ACLU’s launch of People Power. \u201cWe’ll watch the Resistance Training live and talk about next steps for organizing to resist Trump\u2019s attacks on our basic freedoms.\u201d At Community Church of Boston.<\/p>\n

4:30 p.m. Lynnfield: \u201cOne Love.\u201d <\/a>Lynnfield for Love \u201cwill be spreading kindness through a selection of activity stations, where attendees can show their love for people of all kinds.\u201d At Meeting House on Lynnfield Commons.<\/p>\n

4:30 p.m. Gloucester: \u201cACLU People Power: Resistance Training<\/a>.\u201d Livestream viewing of the ACLU’s launch of People Power. \u201cWe’ll watch the Resistance Training live and talk about next steps for organizing to resist attacks on our basic freedoms.\u201d At Rocky Neck Cultural Center.<\/p>\n

Sunday, March 12<\/strong>
\n11 a.m. Boston: \u201cInternational Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon: Art + Feminism.\u201d<\/a> At Institute of Contemporary Art.<\/p>\n

11 a.m. Boston: \u201cAdvocacy Practice – Effective Tabling\/Leafletting.\u201d<\/a> Hosted by International Vegan Association-Boston. At Ver-Tex Experience Center.<\/p>\n

11:15 a.m. Boston: \u201cBecoming Instruments of Peace -Moving from Prayer to Action.\u201d<\/a> At Paulist Center.<\/p>\n

3 p.m. Gloucester: \u201cRise Up and Sing Out.\u201d<\/a> Cape Ann Interfaith Clergy Association in cooperation with Folk Life Studio and the Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church present the Fourth Annual Pete Seeger Legacy Sing, an open community sing-a-long. At Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church.<\/p>\n

3 p.m. Cambridge: \u201cMuslim Justice Teach-In.\u201d<\/a> At Old Cambridge Baptist Church.<\/p>\n

4 p.m. Boston: \u201cBlack&Pink Downtown Volunteer Drop-In.\u201d<\/a> Supporting LGBTQ prisoners. At Encuento 5.<\/p>\n

Monday, March 13<\/strong>
\n10:30 a.m. Boston: \u201cFeminist Methods in Digital Spaces.\u201d<\/a> Panel discussion. At Northeastern University.<\/p>\n

5 p.m. Boston: \u201cRaise Your Voice: Arts for Social Change 101.\u201d<\/a> Workshop.<\/p>\n

6:30 p.m. Boston: \u201cJewishResistance at AIPAC Jamaica Plain Community Action Meeting.\u201d<\/a> Hosted by IfNotNow Boston.<\/p>\n

6:30 p.m. Watertown: \u201cWatertown Citizens for Black Lives.\u201d <\/a>Working group meeting. At Grace Vision Church.<\/p>\n

7 p.m. Cambridge: \u201cEcosocialism Working Group Meeting.\u201d<\/a> At Democracy Center.<\/p>\n

7 p.m. Providence: \u201cWhat Now? Rhode Island Politics 101.\u201d<\/a> Panel discussion. At Brown University.<\/p>\n

Tuesday, March 14<\/strong>
\n5:30 p.m. Boston: \u201cExploring Class and Classism.\u201d<\/a> Workshop.<\/p>\n

6 p.m. Providence: \u201cKnow Your Rights.\u201d<\/a> Dorcas International Institute of RI staff and staff attorneys what the latest Executive Actions mean to you and the community.<\/p>\n

6 p.m. Boston: \u201cIn the Middle: Race, Justice and the Ashkenazim – 5 Part Course.\u201d<\/a> At Boston Workmen\u2019s Circle for Jewish Culture and Social Justice.<\/p>\n

6:30 p.m. Cambridge: \u201cExploring Housing Demand in Cambridge and Greater Boston.\u201d<\/a> Talk by Tim Reardon, data services director at the Metropolitan Area Planning Council. At MIT Stata Center.<\/p>\n

7 p.m. Watertown: \u201cRace in Our Community | Panel Discussion.\u201d<\/a> At Watertown Library.<\/p>\n

7 p.m. Brookline: \u201cSpeaking for the Trees: Gas Leaks and Climate Change.\u201d<\/a> Talk at Coolidge Corner Library Branch.<\/p>\n

7 p.m. Boston: \u201cLet’s Talk About It: Social Action in Boston.\u201d<\/a> Panel talk. At Boston University.<\/p>\n

7:30 p.m. Providence: \u201cLabor Movements as Social Justice in the Age of Trump.\u201d<\/a> A conversation. At Brown University.<\/p>\n

Wednesday, March 15<\/strong>
\n5:30 p.m. Boston: \u201cFighting to End Youth Criminalization in Our Neighborhoods.\u201d<\/a> Panel discussion. At Strand Theatre.<\/p>\n

6 p.m. Cambridge: \u201cSocializing with Socialists.\u201d<\/a> Meet up with Boston Democratic Socialists of America. At Courtside Sports Pub.<\/p>\n

6:15 p.m. Cambridge: \u201cDivided.\u201d<\/a> MIT\u2019s Department of Urban Studies and Planning hosts panel talk on \u201cCan planning communication diminish contested spaces in an era of contemporary populism?\u201d At MIT.<\/p>\n

7 p.m. Providence: \u201cUnderstanding the Anger.\u201d<\/a> Panel discussion on racial injustice. At Brown University.<\/p>\n

Pictured at top: Rally for Indigenous Peoples Day in Boston. At Boston City Hall, Oct. 5, 2016. (Copyright Greg Cook)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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