EPOCA is asking for your support of solidarity @ a rally against racism event TODAY in Worcester. August 13th @ 6:00pm in front of Worcester City Hall

ACTION ALERT

We understand that this is short notice and many folks have planned their day already. We ask for those who have not already planned their day to join us at this Rally Against Racism. There is a parking garage on Pleasant street diagonally from the front of city hall. SURJ has made this request of solidarity and we will be joining them and others at the rally. Please spread the word. Thank You. Respectfully, EPOCA

“In response to this weekend events in Charlotsville where white supremacists nationalists showed up for the “United the Right” rally coalescing groups of white supremacists and right-wing groups in a violent display of racism, white nationalism and white supremacy: Showing Up for Racial Justice Worcester (SURJ Worcester) is calling for: Rally Against Racism gathering in front of City Hall today: Sunday, August 13th at 6 pm We will speak out against systemic oppression, white supremacy, racism emboldened by the Trump administration and followers. We hope to see you today at 6 pm in front of City Hall, Worcester.

Bring signs please, if you have the ability. We have posters and markers, and a megaphone.

Please, share this event with all your networks. See below for Facebook event page. Rally Against Racism In Solidarity, SURJ Worcester”.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1726978624264813

Bread & Roses Heritage Festival
Labor Day
Monday, September 4, 2017

The Bread and Roses Heritage Festival is a celebration of the ethnic diversity and labor history of Lawrence, Ma. This annual festival is celebrated on Labor Day in order to honor the most significant event in Lawrence history: the 1912 Bread and Roses Strike. We memorialize the event with a variety of music and dance, poetry and drama, ethnic food, historical demonstrations, and walking and trolley tours, all on or starting from Lawrence’s Common. We also host organizations continuing the struggle for social justice today.

Bread and Roses is the only broadly multicultural festival in Lawrence, the Immigrant City. And it is the only festival in the region, which celebrates the true spirit of Labor Day, in the most appropriate location, the site of the Bread and Roses Strike. The festival is a one-day ‘open air’ celebration.

See schedule at
http://breadandrosesheritage.org/schedule.html

Saturday, July 29, 2017 11:30am – 3:30pm

‘Radical’ gathers activists from ’60s, today to look at the history and future of protest

Historians show what Cambridge and Somerville were like in the day

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Activists from the 1960s and today and Cambridge and Somerville historians gather for “Radical: Cambridge and Somerville activism in the ’60s and today,” to be held from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. July 29 at the lecture hall of the Cambridge Main Library, 449 Broadway, Mid-Cambridge. Cambridge Community Television will be on hand to get panelists’ and audience members’ stories from the 1960s on video. The event is free.

“By all accounts, Cambridge and Somerville were wild 50 years ago, and the energy in these cities drew amazing people who did extraordinary things,” said Cambridge Day editor Marc Levy, co-organizer and moderator of the event. “The goal here is to get those voices and their stories recorded, so we don’t lose them, but also to connect with our latest generations of activists to understand how the work of the 1960s affects what they’re doing today.”

There’s one more treat in store: In addition to panel discussions, there will be a free custom ice cream flavor from Toscanini’s made in honor of the 1960s.

“Radical” brings to the stage 1960s activists such as: Ti-Grace Atkinson, the radical feminist who took on The New York Times; Bill Cunningham, local housing activist and historian; Saundra Graham, who fought Harvard expansion; Laury Hammel, who went from Students for a Democratic Society to advocating for sustainable businesses; Carol Hill, who went to jail for defying a grand jury; and Ken Reeves, who applied the ideals of the 1960s to city government as a city councillor and mayor.

Participating activists from more recent generations include Mari Gashaw, a young activist who chained herself to City Hall as part of a Black Lives Matter protest over affordable housing; Klara Ingersoll, who fought for change at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School by organizing a walkout against a culture of sexual harassment; and state Rep. Mike Connolly, who went from being an Occupy Boston lawyer to the State House with inspiration from Bernie Sanders.

Presenting first in the day to explain what Cambridge and Somerville were like in the heady days of the 1960s and early 1970s are local historians Charles Sullivan, executive director of the Cambridge Historical Commission, co-author of “Building Old Cambridge: Architecture and Development”; and Tim Devin, artist, librarian and author of “Mapping out utopia: 1970s Boston-area counterculture, book 1: Cambridge.”

http://www.harvardsquare.com/events/radical-cambridge-public-library

For information, send email to events (AT) cambridgeday.com

Why is our government killing thousands of people around the globe they can’t even identify?

See National Bird, a film about the secret US drone assassination program.
Central Square Library
45 Pearl St, Cambridge
Tuesday, July 18, 2017 , 7 pm

Directed by Sonia Kennebeck, this powerful documentary follows the dramatic journey of three whistleblowers who are determined to break the silence around one of the most controversial current affairs issues of our time: the hidden U.S. drone war, which has escalated under President Trump.

Plagued by PTSD and guilt over participating in the killing of thousands of faceless people, including children, they courageously decide to speak out publicly, despite the possible severe consequences. The film also interviews people on the ground in Afghanistan whose families and lives have been shattered by the deaths and lost futures of those who have been injured and terrorized by drones.

After the film there will be a short discussion with suggestions of things we can do to stop this immoral and indefensible form of warfare.

Refreshments will be served.

Sponsored by Eastern Massachusetts Anti-Drones Network, a task force of UJP (United for Justice with Peace) JusticeWithPeace.org, (617) 776-6524.

Co-sponsored by Mass Peace Action, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Veterans For Peace, Smedley Butler Brigade