Indivisible Massachusetts Coalition Feminist Action Team provides an intersectional feminist space to discuss fighting for a democracy that values and ensures equal rights for women.

Sign up to join one or more of the virtual meetings HERE. 

Learn how to organize a protest on a highway overpass! We use BIG letters to spell out various messages, save at cars, get the word out to lots of folks, and get lots of supportive honks. It's easy to organize, and we'll walk you through how to do it, with time for Q&A.

To register for this virtual event, see Mobilize.

Join us at our next Advocates Academy virtual training to learn more about how to be an effective grassroots lobbyist!

"Lobbying" is just a fancy term for having a conversation with your legislator about an issue you care about. At this training we will discuss how to schedule a lobby meeting, how to prepare for your visit, and best practices when speaking with your legislators. We'll also review some of the ACLU's top legislative priorities. Following the training, we're happy to work with you one-on-one and help you and others from your legislative district get set up for a lobby visit!

Registration link.

Join us in person or virtually for a discussion with science leaders in New England hosted by Globe health editor Anna Kuchment. Under the new Trump administration, the government is laying off thousands of workers at federal science agencies and abruptly terminating hundreds of millions of dollars in research awards to institutions like Harvard, Columbia and the Mass General Brigham Hospital system. We’ll discuss where science goes from here. 

In-person & virtual attendance available.

If attending in-person, doors open at 5 PM.

To register, visit the Boston Globe Events website.

Indivisible Massachusetts Coalition Feminist Action Team provides an intersectional feminist space to discuss fighting for a democracy that values and ensures equal rights for women.

Sign up to join one or more of the virtual meetings HERE. 

From the League of Women Voters of Massachusetts: April kicks off the legislative hearing season on Beacon Hill. Are you curious about our legislative agenda? Please join us on Thursday, April 17 at 7:00 PM for a virtual Town Hall: LWVMA Supported/Opposed Legislation 2025-26. We will showcase several bills we are advocating for this session.

Register HERE.

The onslaught of news, the chaos coming out of the White House – it’s all meant to overwhelm us. It’s a deliberate strategy to sow confusion and make us believe we are powerless to fight back. The antidote: Coming together in community to process what’s happening, to sift through what’s important and what’s just noise, and coalesce around strategies for fighting back. 

Join Indivisible co-founders Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin each week, as we carve out an hour to discuss what’s happening and – more importantly – what’s the plan. Most of the hour is left open to Q&A, so submit in the registration or submit them in the chat during the event.

Register HERE.

On April 5, millions of Americans took to the streets—in big cities and small towns—to remind Donald Trump and Elon Musk that our democracy doesn’t belong to billionaires—it belongs to the people.

This wasn’t just a one-off event. It was the start of something bigger.

Join Hands Off! this Wednesday (4/16) at 8 PM EST/5 PM PST for a nationwide call to find out how we can build on the resounding success on April 5th and keep the pressure on Trump, Musk, and their enablers in Congress.

Registration link.

In a recent article, Steven Levitsky, Professor of Government at Harvard University and co-author of How Democracies Die, predicts that “U.S. democracy will likely break down during the second Trump administration, in the sense that it will cease to meet standard criteria for liberal democracy: full adult suffrage, free and fair elections, and broad protection of civil liberties.” In this online event, two leaders of national pro-democracy organizations will explain what they are doing to prove him wrong. Maya Wiley, President and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and Virginia Kase Solomón, President and CEO of Common Cause, will join Levitsky in a discussion about what the strategies of pro-democracy movements are in this moment, whether they will be enough, and what else can be done. Archon Fung, Director of the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, will moderate.

Speakers include:

• Steven Levitsky, David Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies and Professor of Government and Director of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University

• Virginia Kase Solomón, President and CEO of Common Cause

• Maya Wiley, President and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

• Archon Fung (Moderator), Director, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation; Winthrop Laflin McCormack Professor of Citizenship and Self-Government, Harvard Kennedy School

Additional Info

Registration LINK.

The past few weeks have us spinning - from the win in WI, to the tariff assault on the world economy, and the huge protests all over the country calling for HANDS OFF!!

We have to keep fighting for our democracy and so we please join fellow activists to plan our actions for the next few months- how we continue to demonstrate that Americans are not on board with the destruction of our freedom and that we can win elections and turn back the destructive actions of the Trump first not even 100 days - because we simply must!

Zoom link will be sent at noon on April 15.

Registration LINK.

From the League of Women Voters of Massachusetts: Please join us on Tuesday, April 15 at 7:00 PM for Part 1 of our Town Hall Series: How the MA Legislature Works featuring Senator Joan Lovely. Senator Lovely chairs the Joint Committee on Rules, the Senate Committee on Rules and serves as a member of numerous joint committees including agriculture and elder affairs. Senator Lovely has represented the Second Essex District since 2013, and is the Senate Chair of the Massachusetts Caucus of Women Legislators. We will benefit from her depth of knowledge and experience! Register HERE.

Join Swing Blue Alliance for their monthly Frontline Update to learn how you can act on one of their five strategies for 2025 and stay afterward for Q&A, breakout sessions, and discussions:

• Win elections in 2025

• Strengthen grassroots networks

• Rebuild the Democratic Party

• Counter Rightwing media

• Block the Trump agenda

Sign up to get the Zoom link HERE.

Indivisible Massachusetts Coalition Feminist Action Team provides an intersectional feminist space to discuss fighting for a democracy that values and ensures equal rights for women.

Sign up to join one or more of the virtual meetings HERE. 

Guest speakers for this virtual event:

• Dan Pfeiffer will provide messaging guidance and insights into how volunteers can organize on social media

• Leah Greenberg, co-founder of Indivisible, will set the stakes and give an overview of town halls

• Navigator Research will join a Q&A with Dan to provide insight on up-to-date GOP messaging that is breaking through

• We'll walk through our Online Agitator Toolkit that has the easy steps you need to capture, create, share, and amplify social content

Scared of an Elon Musk-funded primary, House Republicans are falling in line behind a bill that will kick over 15 million people off Medicaid, take away health care coverage from up to 4 million more people, and make it harder for 40 million people to afford groceries - including thousands of people they represent. Outstanding!

That's on top of them standing by while Elon ransacks the government, lets freaky tech boys harvest our private data, and fires thousands without cause.

This April, we need to continue to mass protest against Elon's rampage and these corrupt Republican losers who are just going along with it. If just three House Republicans defect on this bill (with full attendance), we can make it fail.

So, here are the three things we're gonna do:

1. We're gonna show up to the next set of GOP town halls (or show you ways to get involved if there's not one near you)

2. We're going to talk to folks, just like us, to record and share their stories

3. We're gonna get loud on social media to extend the reach of these town halls and make sure they break through the noise

Because here's the thing, we've got to put peoples' faces, names, and stories behind these awful numbers. And by the end of this event, we promise you will feel ready to go!

To register, visit Mobilize

The onslaught of news, the chaos coming out of the White House – it’s all meant to overwhelm us. It’s a deliberate strategy to sow confusion and make us believe we are powerless to fight back. The antidote: Coming together in community to process what’s happening, to sift through what’s important and what’s just noise, and coalesce around strategies for fighting back. 

Join Indivisible co-founders Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin each week, as we carve out an hour to discuss what’s happening and – more importantly – what’s the plan. Most of the hour is left open to Q&A, so submit in the registration or submit them in the chat during the event.

Register HERE.

At the turn of the 20th century, the anti-immigration and eugenics movements used data about marginalized people to fuel racial divisions and political violence under the guise of streamlining society toward the future. Today, as the tech industry champions itself as a global leader of progress and innovation, we are falling into the same trap.

On April 10th at 1 pm ET, Anita Say Chan, author of Predatory Data: Eugenics in Big Tech and Our Fight for an Independent Future (UCP 2025 and open access), will join Emile P. Torres and Timnit Gebru for a discussion of the 21st century eugenics revival in big tech and how to resist it, moderated by Trustworthy Infrastructures Program Director Maia Woluchem. Predatory Data is the first book to draw this direct line between the datafication and prediction techniques of past eugenicists and today’s often violent and extractive “big data” regimes. For more info, see the Data & Society website.

Registration link.

Virtual Event:

On March 12, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced their plan to reconsider and potentially roll back a long list of the agency’s own policies and regulations. This could amount to a sweeping change in how the EPA regulates electric power, oil and gas production, vehicles, water and air quality, and climate pollutants from all sources. The magnitude of these regulatory changes remains to be seen, but the types of changes the agency is considering suggest that it intends to end the regulation of climate pollutants to the maximum extent possible.

This announcement presents an opportunity for states to enact their own climate policies and regulations to make up for any withdrawal by the federal government. Join Climate XChange’s experts to learn more about which policies the EPA is targeting and what states can do to fill the gaps left by the agency’s changing direction. Our expert Climate XChange panel includes:

• Jordan Gerow, Policy & Research Director 

• Ruby Wincele, Policy & Research Manager 

• Jacqueline Adams, Senior Policy & Research Associate

• Greg Casto, Communications Manager

For more info, see the Climate XChange website.

Registration Link.

A Just Energy Transition in Salem, MA

Ellison Campus Center, Martin Luther King, Jr. Room

Salem, MA has become a hub for exciting projects that are shifting society towards renewable and sustainable energy. As one of two primary offshore wind port terminals in Massachusetts, Salem plays a key role in ensuring that the Commonwealth meets its climate goals. Meanwhile, the City has partnered with resident groups to ensure that local residents benefit from this transition. This moderated panel will spotlight local policies by highlighting three groups working to promote sustainable energy and environmental justice goals in Salem, MA:

• Salem Alliance for the Environment (SAFE) and community benefits agreements – Bonnie Bain

• Heaven and Earth: Networked Geothermal and Microgrids at San Pedro’s/St. Peter’s Church – Rev. Nathan Ives

• Resilient Together in El Punto/The Point – Neenah Estrella-Luna

• Discussant: Neal Duffy, City of Salem

Hosted by The North Shore Policy Lab, a program of the William H. Bates Center for Public and Global Affairs

Liv Santoro, deputy field director for ACLU MA, will speak about ACLU’s response to Trump 2.0. She will discuss ways that people can take action to support ACLU’s work. For more info, see Mobilize.

The Marblehead School Committee is developing a draft policy that would permit only U.S., state and POW/MIA flags to be displayed in schools. The Committee will have the sole authority to ban any other flags, banners, and symbolic displays on school property. This would lead to the removal of Pride flags and Black Lives Matter and Juneteenth banners in schools.

At two previous School Committee meetings, students have spoken out unanimously against this effort to curtail their free speech and expression. And on March 19th, the Marblehead Education Association sent a letter to School Committee Chair Jenn Schaeffner strongly opposing the proposed policy.

This draft policy will be discussed at the next Marblehead School Committee and we encourage concerned residents to attend in person or join the meeting on Zoom. See further details here.

Further Actions (for Marblehead Residents Only):

• Submit a letter to the editor in opposition to the policy to the Marblehead Current.

• Email a letter to the School Committee in opposition to this policy.

In this webinar, Professors Erica Chenoweth and Steven Levitsky will discuss what can be learned from mobilization and opposition to autocracy in the United States based on historical examples, and will offer their assessments of where the U.S. stands today.

Speakers include:

• Erica Chenoweth, Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment at Harvard Kennedy School

• Steven Levitsky, David Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies and Professor of Government at Harvard University

Registration Link.

The onslaught of news, the chaos coming out of the White House – it’s all meant to overwhelm us. It’s a deliberate strategy to sow confusion and make us believe we are powerless to fight back. The antidote: Coming together in community to process what’s happening, to sift through what’s important and what’s just noise, and coalesce around strategies for fighting back. 

Join Indivisible co-founders Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin each week, as we carve out an hour to discuss what’s happening and – more importantly – what’s the plan. Most of the hour is left open to Q&A, so submit in the registration or submit them in the chat during the event.

Register HERE.

Getting ready for your Saturday’s Hands Off! mobilization? Join us for a security and de-escalation training to get ready for your action!

A core principle behind all Hands Off! events is a commitment to nonviolent action, and all participants are expected to seek to de-escalate potential confrontation with those who may disagree with our values.

Wherever you are and whatever your level of concern, this training is a great opportunity to learn best practices to consider for your event to help ensure it's as safe and welcoming as possible for all attendees.

By the end of the session, you will understand how to recognize escalating behavior, respond calmly, and diffuse potential conflicts—whether with opposition groups, bystanders, or law enforcement—while staying aligned with your event goals.

To register, please visit Mobilize

Join us for the first in a new forum series: "DC Attacks, MA Fights Back."

Our first forum will focus on the impacts of cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the censorship of public health research on Massachusetts. What will be the health, economic, and equity impacts in MA, and what can we do on the state level to fight back?

To register, please visit Action Network.

Meet Henry Grabar, author of Paved Paradise, and learn about how the pursuit of perfect parking drives up housing costs, worsens traffic, and make our communities less livable. Henry will talk about what parking reform could do for a city like Salem.

RSVP encouraged.

The event is organized by The Salem Commoner, a newsletter created to empower Salem's pro-housing and pro-growth residents. We do this by demystifying the planning and development process in our community and build the power of local organizers.

On the day President Trump took office, he revoked the Biden administration’s executive order that imposed guardrails on developing and using artificial intelligence technology. At a major AI summit that followed, Vice President JD Vance announced that the administration would “make every effort to encourage pro-growth AI policies,” and urged other governments to roll back “excessive regulation.” At the same time, Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have pushed to automate critical agency functions, in service of an “AI-first” vision of governance. 

Embedded within the controversies over these moves are concerns about the rapid introduction of AI across the federal government, from chatbots to automated defense systems. Are these fears well-founded? Will the adoption of AI truly benefit Americans? What are the risks to privacy and democratic governance? How can we trust this process given tech billionaires’ unprecedented role in the new administration? And what might come next?  

Join the Brennan Center on Wednesday, April 2, at 3 p.m. ET for a virtual discussion with a leading technology journalist, former government AI leaders, and Brennan Center experts. They will offer perspectives on how to make sense of what the administration is doing and how to hold them accountable to democratic norms and values.

Speakers:

• Vittoria Elliott, Platforms and Power Reporter, Wired

• Faiza Patel, Senior Director, Brennan Center Liberty and National Security Program

• Suresh Venkatasubramanian, Professor of Data Science and Computer Science, Brown University

• Moderator: Kareem Crayton, Vice President for Washington, DC, Brennan Center

Registration LINK.

This week, President Donald Trump signed an illegal executive order that threatens to disenfranchise millions of American citizens, undermine data security, and decertify voting systems across the country.

The order overlaps with a pending voter suppression bill called the SAVE Act, which would require every American to provide a document like a passport or birth certificate to register or re-register to vote. These moves could block millions of eligible American citizens from voting and upend voter registration as we know it.

But Trump’s order goes far beyond the SAVE Act. It would give Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency access to voter records in every state. And it would decertify every voting machine in the United States, costing states hundreds of millions of dollars.

On Tuesday, April 1, join us virtually at 3 p.m. to learn more about what’s at stake and what could come next. A panel of voting experts will discuss the executive order, the SAVE Act, and what we all must do to protect our elections.

Speakers:

• Eliza Sweren-Becker, Senior Counsel, Brennan Center Voting Rights and Elections Program

• Lawrence Norden, Vice President, Brennan Center Elections and Government Program

• Sean Morales-Doyle, Director, Brennan Center Voting Rights and Elections Program

• Moderator: Michael Waldman, President and CEO, Brennan Center

Registration Link

This ongoing group hosted by the Unitarian Universalist Church of Greater Lynn exists to support one another in both processing and sharing resources for actions to protect our democracy and our local community from the current administration. The name of the group was derived from Timothy Snyder’s book, On Tyranny, which offers a series of short and effective lessons that can be applied to our situation today. New participants are welcome.

The Zoom Link will remain the same each week. If you haven't participated before, register to receive the Zoom link in an email. You only need to register once, regardless of which dates you will attend.