Progressive Mass

Solidarity Lowell Monthly Meeting
2025-03-23 17:30 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Christ Church United Dracut, 10 Arlington St, Dracut, MA
Solidarity Lowell Monthly Meeting

Save the date for the March general meeting of Solidarity Lowell!
This event will be hybrid, in person at UCC Dracut, 10 Arlington Street, Dracut, MA, and on Zoom. Please email contact@solidaritylowell.com for the link.
Our featured speaker is TBD.
Also on the agenda:

News and action items from Solidarity Lowell, Merrimack Valley Project, and Progressive Mass
Positive news to celebrate from the past month
Updates from our committees
Important legislation and action items
Coalition work and plans for the upcoming elections
Our upcoming events, including Demonstrate, Dine, and Discuss, and Mill City Messaging
Allied organizations updates
…and more!

Progressive Mass Activist Afternoons: 3/23
2025-03-23 14:00 - 16:00 | Zoom
Progressive Mass Activist Afternoons: 3/23

Join Progressive Mass as we kick off a series of Activist Afternoons phone banks.
Each week, we will be calling voters about important progressive legislation and encouraging them to contact their state legislators.

Immigrants Day at the State House 2025
2025-03-19 09:00 - 13:00 | Massachusetts State House
Immigrants Day at the State House 2025
Together in Action: At Immigrants’ Day you will see a cultural performance, and hear personal stories from state and community leaders. Folks will have the opportunity to speak directly with legislators about policies that impact immigrant communities.

9:00 am: Doors Open
10:00am : Opening Program
11:00am : Speaking Program
12:00pm – 2:00pm: Meetings with Legislators

More details coming soon!
✨Register below✨
Free – registration required
Questions? Please contact: organizing@miracoalition.org

Common Start State House Advocacy Day
2025-03-18 09:00 - 13:00 | State House, Room 428, 24 Beacon St, Boston, 02133, United States
Common Start State House Advocacy Day
Please join the Common Start Coalition for an advocacy day to advocate for Common Start priorities in the FY26 budget!

Date: Tuesday, March 18
Time: 1pm to 3pm
Location: State House Cafe on the 4th floor
Address: 24 Beacon St, Boston, MA 02133

RSVP here

Make Polluters Pay Campaign Launch
2025-03-16 14:00 - 15:00 | Arlington Street UU Church, 351 Boylston Street, Boston, MA, 02116
Make Polluters Pay 2025 Campaign Launch

Join the fight to make the biggest fossil fuel polluters pay billions to keep our communities safe from rising seas and violent storms.
Join 350 Mass, Mass Youth Climate Coalition, and Mass Power Forward along with our lead sponsors Senator Jamie Eldridge, Representative Steve Owens, and Representative Jack Lewis to kickoff the 2025-2026 Make Polluters Pay Campaign! Our campaign launch will be in Boston on Sunday, March 16 at 2 PM.

Rise and Respond to Tyranny
2025-03-15 18:00 - 20:30 | First Parish Watertown, 35 Church Street, Watertown, MA, 02472
Rise and Respond to Tyranny
Come to a community discussion of On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the 20th Century by Timothy Snyder. Read the book and/or watch the videos! Bring ideas, a potluck dish, and lots of curiosity.
Location is accessible. Space is limited. Please RSVP here.
Sponsored by Progressive Watertown, First Parish Watertown, and Watertown Citizens for Peace, Justice and the Environment

First They Came for the Immigrants...This Time, JP Speaks Out
2025-03-11 19:00 - 21:00 | First Baptist Church, 633 Centre Street, Boston, MA, 02130, United States
First They Came for the Immigrants…This Time, JP Speaks Out
Stand up for your immigrant neighbors: Learn what local organizations are doing to defend immigrant rights and how you can help.
Save the date: Tuesday, March 11 at 7pm at First Baptist Church (633 Centre St)
Come get informed about the local impact of the administration’s assault on immigrant rights and lives and learn what we can do to defend our immigrant neighbors. Leaders representing various organizations will speak about advancing legal, legislative, and community mobilization efforts, which will be followed by Q&A and break-out groups to deepen the dialogue. This is an opportunity to learn and get involved. We look forward to seeing you there!
A partial list of organizations on the panel: (as of the time of publication):
MIRA (Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition) BIJAN (Boston Immigrant Justice Accompaniment Network) Cosecha Brazilian Women’s Group Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights
Organized by the JPP Immigration Rights Action Group (JPP-IRAG)
..This Time, JP Speaks Out

Progressive Mass Activist Afternoons: 3/9
2025-03-09 14:00 - 16:00 | Zoom
Progressive Mass Activist Afternoons: 3/9

Join Progressive Mass as we kick off a series of Activist Afternoons phone banks.
Each week, we will be calling voters about important progressive legislation and encouraging them to contact their state legislators.

Mass Alliance Grassroots Campaign Training
2025-03-08 09:00 - 2025-03-09 15:00
Mass Alliance Grassroots Campaign Training
Mass Alliance’s signature Grassroots Campaign Training is a comprehensive two-day bootcamp that will teach you all you need to know to run and win a grassroots campaign for public office including mailers, GOTV planning, fundraising, messaging, social media, and more.

March 8-9 Quincy Apply by February 28
April 5-6 Holyoke, MA – Apply by March 21st
June 7-8 Lowell, MA – Apply by May 23rd

Registration Fee $125
Registration Fee + Scholarship Fund Contribution $175

Breakfast & Lunch Provided
Please e-mail contact@massalliance.org for additional information.

Stand Out in Solidarity with Immigrant Communities
2025-03-05 11:00 - 12:00 | Boston City Hall Plaza, 1 City Hall Square, Boston, MA, 02203
Stand Out in Solidarity with Immigrant Communities
Rally in solidarity with Boston’s immigrant communities as Mayor Wu testifies before the US Congress to defend Boston’s Trust Act.

3/4: Protecting Public Education Town Hall
2025-03-04 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
Protecting Public Education Town Hall

Join AFT Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA), the Massachusetts Education Justice Alliance (MEJA), Massachusetts AFL-CIO, and the Boston Teachers Union (BTU) for a virtual town hall as we dig in together to learn exactly how federal attempts to gut the Department of Education would harm Massachusetts students—and build a path forward together.
Hear from leading experts and impacted families and educators about just what’s at stake and how we can fight back!

Allston-Brighton Progressives Organizing Meeting
2025-03-04 18:00 - 19:30 | PSF Community Center, 640 Washington Street, Boston, MA, 02135
Allston-Brighton Progressives Organizing Meeting
Join for a discussion of progressive political organizing in Allston and Brighton.
As you may know, local chapters play an important role in Progressive Mass’s overall objectives — they’re a source of year-round organizing, community building, and collaboration that can help boost our collective power. You can learn more about local chapters here. There will be great discussion (and also great snacks).

When: Tuesday, March 4th from 6 – 7:30pm

Where: The Presentation School Foundation Community Center
640 Washington St, Brighton, MA 02135
New Balance Room

Getting There: Accessible by bus (57, 64, or 501)

Care, Not Cuts Rally
2025-02-25 10:00 - 13:00 | Massachusetts State House
Care, Not Cuts Rally
Join patients, families, and workers at the State House
To tell elected officials that you:

OPPOSE closing Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children
OPPOSE closing Pocasset Mental Health Center
OPPOSE reducing DMH Case Managers by 50%
OPPOSE raising healthcare costs for state workers and retirees

Following the rally, we will head into the State House to meet with legislators.

Progressive Mass Activist Afternoons: 2/23
2025-02-23 14:00 - 16:00 | Zoom
Progressive Mass Activist Afternoons: 2/23

Join Progressive Mass as we kick off a series of Activist Afternoons phone banks.
Each week, we will be calling voters about important progressive legislation and encouraging them to contact their state legislators.
This week, our focus will be on the Corporate Fair Share bill, which would make large global mega-corporations pay the state’s existing corporate tax rate on a higher share of the excess profits they conceal offshore, raising hundreds of millions of dollars in new annual revenues.

IDSH 2025: Immigrant Rights Conference
2025-02-21 08:00 - 17:00 | Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second Street, Cambridge, MA, 02141
IDSH 2025: Immigrant Rights Conference
Preparing for Action: Join MIRA for our Immigrant Rights Conference on Tuesday, March 18, 2025! The conference is aimed at preparing our community and coalition members to advocate for our legislative priorities at Immigrants’ Day at the State House (IDSH) the following day.
We will be providing an overview of the immigrant rights landscape on both a federal and state level, discussing our legislative priorities, and mobilizing to advocate for them at the State House on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. The conference will feature workshops including how to speak to your legislators, a fundraising panel, rapid response networks, wellness, and more.
If you are interested in sponsoring this event, please reach out to Ana Cristina via email at achavezandonie@miracoalition.org.
For general questions, contact Dawn at dmiller@miracoalition.org
✨Get your tickets below✨
Spring Conference Tickets

Let's Make Polluters Pay! An Actionar (Virtual)
2025-02-20 18:00 - 19:00 | Zoom
Let’s Make Polluters Pay! An Actionar (Virtual)
Join the Massachusetts Campaign to Make Polluters Pay!
We’re soft-launching our 2025-2026 campaign with an Actionar. Join us to learn about the campaign for a Climate Superfund, how it will help your community, and how YOU can make it a reality.
The Make Polluters Pay Bill – HD. 3369/SD.1674, “An Act establishing a climate change superfund” – is a bill in the MA legislature introduced by Sen. Jamie Eldridge, Rep. Steve Owens, and Rep. Jack Lewis, that requires the worst carbon emitters to contribute to a Superfund to pay for climate-related damages in Massachusetts. Fossil fuel companies have knowingly endangered our world for decades, putting our lives and livelihoods at risk – they should be responsible for the damages. The Climate Change Superfund will provide funding for projects across the Commonwealth that keep our communities safe from the impacts of climate change.
Learn more with our Fact Sheet and FAQ’s.
RSVP here

Transparency Action Hour
2025-02-19 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom
Transparency Action Hour

Voters have said on the ballot countless times that they want to see a more transparent State Legislature, and we know that the top-down, closed-door nature of policymaking empowers the large corporations and special interests that can get their way in, leaving the rest of us out.
Senate President Karen Spilka and Speaker Ron Mariano have both promised to take up rules reform to make for a more transparent and efficient legislative process. Last month, 30+ organizations laid out a set of pro-transparency, pro-participation, pro-democracy reforms that would boost public confidence in the legislative process.
With the Senate rules behind us and the House rules being taken up later this month, where does the campaign stand? Join us for a campaign update and an opportunity to make some calls to make sure that state legislators are hearing from us, their constituents.

Stop the Coup: Our Love is Resistance
2025-02-14 12:00 - 14:30 | Boston Common Bandstand, 139 Tremont Street, Boston, MA, 021111, United States
Stop the Coup: Our Love is Resistance
Friday, Feb. 14th – 12pm
Location: Bandstand, Boston Common
RSVP, INFO CLICK HERE
Invite your congregation/local groups to Co-Sponsor the event: Fill out this form
We are showing up together to Stop the Coup. We aim to demonstrate our resistance, root our movement in love for justice, and be visible and inspiring.

FreeHer MA State House Galentine's Day Rally
2025-02-13 12:00 - 13:00 | Massachusetts State House
FreeHer MA State House Galentine’s Day Rally
Join Families for Justice as Healing for their annual rally to send love to incarcerated women and advocate for their legislative priorities at the Massachusetts State House. Galentine’s Day, the day before Valentine’s Day, has become a celebration of women in leadership in the Massachusetts state government, and we are going to remind our leaders that their solidarity must extend to incarcerated women. We do not need a new women’s prison! We need a moratorium on prison construction. We need new ways to let women out of prison and ensure they are not incarcerated in the first place. We need to reimagine our communities so there is less harm and more abundance.

Keep Families Connected Lobby Day
2025-02-13 10:00 - 12:00 | Massachusetts State House
Keep Families Connected Lobby Day
Join the Keep Families Connected Coalition in asking legislators to co-sponsor legislation to improve visits in prisons, jails, and ICE detention units. If you are able, bring Valentine’s Day cards for your Rep and Senator asking them to co-sponsor the bill. RSVP here.

Visitation Bill - Legislative Launch Event
2025-02-10 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
Visitation Bill – Legislative Launch Event
Keeping Families Connected (the No Cost Calls champions) would like to invite you, your directly impacted friends and family, and your organization (if you are part of an organization) to an online community meeting about a bill filed again this year, which if passed could improve visitation with people behind bars. We’ll talk about the bill, the road to improving visitation, and what we can do now. Please share far and wide!

Clean Slate MA Legislative Briefing and Advocacy Afternoon
2025-02-05 10:00 - 14:00 | Massachusetts State House
Clean Slate Legislative Briefing and Afternoon of Advocacy
Wednesday, February 5 @ 10 am
Clean Slate MA is a statewide coalition working to pass state legislation that will require automated CORI sealing when individuals become eligible.
RSVP here.

MEJA Education Budget Update
2025-02-03 18:00 - 19:30 | Zoom
MEJA Education Budget Update
On February 3rd, MEJA and MassBudget will host a K-12 education budget update and conversation via Zoom. MassBudget will share about the State budget, and MEJA and our partners will facilitate smaller breakout discussions connecting the State budget to key local budgets.
Register here! → bit.ly/edbudgetwinter24

Progressive Mass 2025 Annual Member Meeting
2025-02-01 13:00 - 16:00 | DeWitt Hall, Lasell University, 80 Maple Street, Newton, MA, 02466
Progressive Mass 2025 Annual Member Meeting
Join us for our 2025 annual member meeting!
We’ll be talking about our legislative agenda for the new legislative session and how to take action. Stay tuned for information about speakers, breakout sessions, and more.

Community Meeting with Councilor Weber & Councilor Pepén's chief of staff
2025-01-30 18:00 - 19:30 | Roche Commuity Center, 1716 Centre St, Boston, MA, 02132
Progressive West Roxbury / Roslindale Community Meeting with Councilor Weber & Councilor Pepén’s chief of staff
We’ll meet with City Councilor Ben Weber and Dianna Bronchuck, Councilor Pepén’s Chief of Staff, about how Boston can deal with upcoming challenges from the state and especially the federal government. What might we need to block, build, what people and institutions need to be protected, and how can we help?

FreeHer 2025 Campaign Kickoff
2025-01-27 18:00 - 19:00 | Zoom
FreeHer 2025 Campaign Kickoff
Monday, January 27 @ 6 pm
The kickoff will feature Families for Justice as Healing’s legislative partners Senator Comerford and Representative Tyler, our organizational partners Jane Doe Inc. and T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human rights, FJaH members recently released from MCI-Framingham, and FJaH’s Shifters leading Reimagining Communities work on the ground. Sign up for the kickoff event here.

Progressive Needham Social
2025-01-26 16:00 - 18:00 | 7 Emerson Road, Needham, 7 Emerson Road, Needham, MA, 02492
Progressive Needham Social
Sunday, January 26th at 4 pm to kick off the new 2025-26 legislative session with pizza and drinks. The focus will be on socializing with a dose of current policy initiatives involving affordable housing, reproductive healthcare, climate, immigration and more. Have a social justice issue you are working on? Come and tell us about it! We will supply the pizza, soft drinks and beer. Bring a salad or dessert if you like. We will get together at the home of Andy Wizer and Rob Vecchi (7 Emerson Road). Drop by or stay for awhile to reconnect with old friends and meet new ones!

Beacon Hill 101
2025-01-15 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom
Beacon Hill 101
The new legislative session in the MA Legislature begins on January 1, 2025, and our Legislature can be hard to follow (for a reason). Join us for a refresher on the legislative process in Massachusetts and how YOU can make a difference.

IndivisibleLAB, a Progressive Mass Chap. Holiday Gathering
2024-12-18 10:30 - 11:30
Join us on December 18 for an informal get-together and invite friends! Share some holiday refreshments and your thoughts on actions we can take together in 2025.
Now, more than ever, it’s important to maintain our connections with each other and not lose sight of the power of our community. Starting in January, we will resume having Action Hour meetings.
As usual, we will be meeting at an indoor location in Lexington near Route 2. Please RSVP to get location details and parking information.

Progressive Watertown Winter Party
2024-12-15 15:00 - 17:00 | 18 Winsor Avenue, Watertown, 18 Winsor Avenue, Watertown, MA
Progressive Watertown Winter Party
Join our annual winter party and rejoice in our activist community.
Potluck. Please bring a savory or sweet.
December 15, 3 pm, 18 Winsor Avenue
RSVP: nicole.n.gardner@gmail.com
