Progressive Mass

DC Attacks, MA Fights Back: Protecting Health Care from the Broligarchy
2025-05-07 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Zoom
DC Attacks, MA Fights Back: Protecting Health Care from the Broligarchy
This forum will focus on the threats to MassHealth and what we can do to fight back against health care cuts.

Allston-Brighton Progressives May Meeting
2025-05-06 18:30 - 20:00 | PSF Community Center, 640 Washington Street, Boston, MA, 02135

Progressive Mass Activist Afternoons: 5/4
2025-05-04 14:00 - 16:00 | Zoom
Progressive Mass Activist Afternoons: 5/4

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.

Indivisible Progressive Mass Cambridge Potluck
2025-05-02 18:00 - 20:00 | 175 Richdale Avenue, 175 Richdale Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02140
Indivisible Progressive Mass Cambridge Potluck
Join us for a community potluck on Friday, May 2nd! We will be gathering at Cambridge Cohousing (175 Richdale Avenue) beginning at 6:00pm. Space is limited, so please RSVP below. When we reach 50 RSVPs we will update this page accordingly and begin adding new RSVPs to a waitlist – we will likely be able to add more people if there is good weather and we can expand to the outdoor seating area. Please bring a dish to share with the group!

Children are welcome – there is indoor and outdoor play space at Cambridge Cohousing. If you have dietary restrictions or particularly if you have serious food allergies, please let us know below. If you are able to bring your own reusable place setting (cup/plate/utensils), that would be very helpful, although we do have some available if not.

Boston May Day 2025: Workers Should Have Power, Not The Billionaires!
2025-05-01 17:30 - 19:30 | Boston Common Bandstand, 139 Tremont Street, Boston, MA, 021111, United States
Boston May Day 2025: Workers Should Have Power, Not The Billionaires!

Across the country—from fruit fields in California to classrooms in Chicago, from kitchens in Queens to loading docks in Atlanta—working people are rising up. We are demanding a country that puts our families over their fortunes—public schools over private profits, healthcare over hedge funds, housing over homelessness.
Musk, Trump and their fellow profiteers are trying to create a race to the bottom—on wages, on benefits, on dignity itself. They want to erase labor rights, break our unions, and silence immigrant voices.
May Day 2025 we are standing united. We’re organizing for a world where every family has housing, healthcare, fair wages, union protection, and safety—regardless of race, zip code, or immigration status.
They’re defunding our schools, privatizing public services, attacking unions, and targeting immigrant families with fear and violence. This is a war on working people—and we will not stand down.
This May Day, we will turn the page. This is the beginning of a new era—one where working families lead, immigrants are protected, and no one is left behind. This is not charity. This is not a request. We are reclaiming our power from corporate elites, and we will not be intimidated by Trump, Musk, or their billionaire backers. They’ve ruled for too long. Their time is up.
STOP THE BILLIONAIRE TAKEOVER. WE ARE THE MANY. THEY ARE THE FEW. THIS IS MAY DAY. JOIN US.

Progressive WRox/Roz Community Meeting
2025-04-30 18:30 - 20:00 | Roche Commuity Center, 1716 Centre St, Boston, MA, 02132
Progressive WRox/Roz Community Meeting
April 30, meeting starts at 6:30 pm; arrive at 6:15 to chat
Roche Community Center, 1716 Centre St, West Roxbury
Meet each other; build our local movement
Review PM’s legislative agenda to get ready to lobby our legislators
Ways to get active; chance to sign up for actions and action teams

RSVP if possible

Common Start Advocacy Day
2025-04-29 11:00 - 13:00 | State House, Room 428, 24 Beacon St, Boston, 02133, United States
Common Start Advocacy Day
Please join Common Start at the Massachusetts State House on April 29 to advocate directly to State Senators about the Senate budget proposal, and to uplift the Common Start asks for the FY26 budget.
Important events like this allow us to talk in-person with legislators and legislative staff about our FY26 budget priorities, including expanding C3 grants, increasing child care financial assistance to ensure families can access child care, continuing to increase funding for providers and early educators, and increasing support for Head Start, a key program for low-income families that’s at risk from the federal government.
If you are new to advocacy days or advocating directly at the State House – no worries! We will have materials and training provided for everyone who joins, and this is a great opportunity to learn first-hand how everyone in the Commonwealth can advocate for Common Start to their legislators.
Common Start Advocacy Day
Time: Tuesday, April 29, at 11:00 AM
Location: State House Cafe, 4th floor of the Massachusetts State House (24 Beacon St, Boston, MA 02133)
RSVP: https://forms.gle/rjK2ETzraE4xkCtw8

Progressive Mass Virtual Awards Night 2025
2025-04-27 19:00 - 20:30
Progressive Mass Virtual Awards Night 2025
Sunday, April 27th
7-8:30pm
(Zoom link upon RSVP)
Come celebrate the great achievements and contributions of progressive leaders from across the state and be inspired for the work ahead as we all push the progressive movement forward.
We are thrilled to present our Progressive Leadership Award to these dedicated leaders:

African American Coalition Committee (AACC)
Emily Anesta, Bay State Birth Coalition
Tanya Neslusan, MassEquality
Kelly Turley, Mass Coalition for the Homeless, and Andrea Park, MLRI
Mass Power Forward Coalition

Tickets are $35.
Join the Host Committee! Levels begin at $250.

Solidarity Lowell General Meeting
2025-04-27 17:30 - 19:00 | CCU Dracut, 10 Arlington St, Dracut
Solidarity Lowell General Meeting
This meeting will be hybrid. In person meeting will be at CCU Dracut, 10 Arlington St. in Dracut. There will be refreshments.
Remote link: TBA
Topics: SLCC elections and featured speaker from Democracy Behind Bars: Ending Prison and Jail-Based Disenfranchisement

JP Progressives Presents Democracy Noir
2025-04-25 18:30 - 20:00 | Zoom
JP Progressives Presents Democracy Noir
JPP, along with Indivisible Boston, is excited to announce a screening of Democracy Noir, a documentary film that provides a sweeping account of one of the most consequential regimes of this century, on Friday, April 25 at 6:30 pm. It paints an incisive portrait of how Viktor Orbán used a free and democratic election to install authoritarian rule in Hungary, enjoying widespread approval from Hungarian nationalists as well as global conservative neighbors inclined to his illiberal views. He changed the constitution, took over the courts, dismantled the rule of law, and took over the media. Revered by Donald Trump and the Heritage Foundation, Orban’s influence helped shape Project 2025 and the current policies of the Republican party.
We are incredibly fortunate that Academy Award–nominated and Emmy-winning director/producer Connie Field will be there to present the film and answer questions. You can watch the trailer here.
Registration is required for this event. Please register at tinyurl.com/JPPDemocracyNoir.

Make Polluters Pay Grassroots Campaign April Meeting
2025-04-21 14:00 - 15:00 | Zoom
Make Polluters Pay Grassroots Campaign April Meeting
Want to fight for polluter accountability and a thriving future? Want to make big oil and gas companies pay for climate damages? Not sure where to start?
This is your space! Join the MPP virtual Grassroots Campaign meeting to get into the details of action planning. We’ll discuss tabling, passing municipal resolutions, creative actions, and more! All are welcome, no prior experience needed.

"MA Fights Back Organizing Fair": Dorchester
2025-04-17 18:30 - 20:30 | Boston Teachers Union, 180 Mount Vernon Street, Boston, MA, 02125
“MA Fights Back Organizing Fair”: Dorchester

Residents across the Commonwealth are feeling angry and anxious about the never-ending barrage of horrors from the Trump-Musk administration, and many of them want to take action – and at every level of government. But the question facing every person wanting to take action is a simple one: How?
Come learn from groups on the ground about how YOU can plug in.

Education Justice Advocacy Day
2025-04-16 09:30 - 14:30 | State House, Room 428, 24 Beacon St, Boston, 02133, United States
Education Justice Advocacy Day
This is a critical time for students, parents/caregivers, educators, and community members to come together and amplify key priorities that support and protect our public schools and students.
First time at an advocacy day? We’ll provide the educational materials and training to help prepare you to meet with legislators.
Sign up now to get more information about the day!
Link to registration: bit.ly/edjusticeday25
And, please feel free to share about this important event with your friends and circles.

Lobby Day for Human Rights and Freedom
2025-04-15 13:00 - 16:30 | Massachusetts State House
Lobby Day for Human Rights and Freedom
A lobby day is a day when advocates and community members come to the State House and visit legislative offices to try to speak with legislators and legislative aides about why particular bills are important to them. This lobby day is cohosted by: Families for Justice as Healing, Prisoners’ Legal Services of MA, Keeping Families Connected Coalition, Massachusetts Against Solitary Confinement, Progressive MA, The Campaign to End Life Without Parole, and Drop LWOP New England.
People who are in prison and jail need meaningful pathways to release, conditions of confinement that support personal growth and prepare them for re-entry, and to strengthen their connections with family and community. We hope that the lobby day will help illustrate these needs to legislators.
If you are interested in joining us, please fill out this form ASAP and ideally before Monday, March 31st so that we can identify which volunteers will visit which legislative offices. If you have never participated in a lobby day, don’t worry – we will be providing training on lobby day logistics, how to speak to legislators and staffers, and talking points on each bill. You can find factsheets on these bills on the PLS website at https://plsma.org/legislation.

Life as a Federal Worker: A Chat with Katherine Royce
2025-04-14 18:00 - 19:00 | Zoom
Life as a Federal Worker: A Chat with Katherine Royce
Join JPP and Katherine Royce on Monday, April 14 at 6:00 pm via Zoom for a talk about what it’s like to be a federal employee in Washington, DC in these uncertain times.
Katherine says: I am a recent law school grad and just started my first legal job at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in September 2024. I was fired illegally on 2/13 and un-fired on 2/20, possibly because I revealed live on national news that I was scared I would lose the health insurance to pay for an MRI to make sure the brain tumor that almost killed me in 2023 has not returned. Since then, I have been on administrative leave, with only a few tasks starting to trickle back in as court orders change.
We look forward to seeing you on the Zoom next week and to getting an inside look at life in DC right now from Katherine Royce.
Register here!

Rally for Social Security, Medicare, & Medicaid!
2025-04-14 16:30 - 18:00 | Adams Park, Cummins Hwy & Washington St, Roslindale, MA, 02131
Rally for Social Security, Medicare, & Medicaid!
Monday, April 14, 4:30-6:00
Adams Park on the Washington St. side, Roslindale, facing the SSA offices
Let’s raise awareness & keep up the pressure!

Stand Up Harvard: Saturday, April 12
2025-04-12 12:00 - 14:00 | Cambridge Common, Cambridge, MA
Stand Up Harvard Rally: Saturday, April 12

Understanding Single-Payer Health Care for Massachusetts
2025-04-10 19:00 - 20:30 | American Legion Nonantum, 259 California Street, Newton, MA
Understanding Single-Payer Health Care for Massachusetts
Come learn and speak out about the state of healthcare in Massachusetts, opportunities, challenges, solutions, along with the Medicare for All bills at the State House.

Mill City Messaging
2025-04-10 18:00 - 20:00 | lala books lowell, 189 Market St., Lowell, MA
Mill City Messaging
Join us at our next postcarding event, hosted by our friends at Lala Books. Come join fellow activists, as we write postcards. Bring your own refreshments, favorite pen, and good conversation!
For April’s campaign, we will make sure our local representatives are signed on to the Location Shield Act and then remind Floridians to renew their Vote By Mail enrollment.
For questions or to RSVP, please email amy@solidaritylowell.com so we can be sure to have enough materials on hand.

"Kill the Cuts" Day of Action
2025-04-08 17:00 - 18:00 | JFK Federal Building, 15 Sudbury Street, Boston, MA, United States
“Kill the Cuts” Day of Action
The Trump administration has launched an all out attack on students and workers by cutting funds to lifesaving research and medical care, targeting students for their political speech, and holding universities like Columbia hostage to force through their right-wing agenda.
TODAY, Tuesday, April 8, workers across the country are standing up and demanding an end to these attacks on universities, educators, research, and healthcare. NO cuts to education and life-saving research, and hands off our universities!
Students, academic workers, educators, and healthcare workers will be coming together from across the Boston area TODAY at the JFK Federal Building (15 Sudbury St) at 5:00 pm to fight back against these attacks!
Learn more and register here.

Progressive Mass Activist Afternoons: 4/6
2025-04-06 14:00 - 16:00 | Zoom
Progressive Mass Activist Afternoons: 4/6

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.

Hands Off Rally
2025-04-05 11:00 - 14:00 | Boston Common Bandstand, 139 Tremont Street, Boston, MA, 021111, United States
Hands Off Rally
Tom Homan wants to bring “Hell” to Boston?! Hell no! Don’t make us laugh!
STAY HOME HOMAN! You can’t handle Boston!
Hands Off Boston! Hands Off Massachusetts! Hands Off America!
President Musk and the Trump-Puppet think this country belongs to them. Boston and ALL of Massachusetts are fighting back!
Senator Ed Markey has called on us to get 100,000 people on Boston Common. Let’s show the world what we can do! Now is the time to unite! We are stronger together and we are ready.
A core principle behind all events is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with any who may disagree with our values.

Mass Alliance Grassroots Campaign Training
2025-04-05 09:00 - 2025-04-06 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
We will review your application and contact you within a week with payment instructions upon submitting this form. Location will be provided upon registration.
Please e-mail contact@massalliance.org for additional information.

Make Polluters Pay Municipal Resolution Webinar
2025-04-03 18:00 - 19:00 | Zoom
Make Polluters Pay Municipal Resolution Webinar

Join the Make Polluters Pay campaign to learn how to build community and pass a Municipal Resolution in your community!
Municipal Resolutions are a core local tactic for this campaign. They are a formal statement of support from your city or town for the Make Polluters Pay/Climate Superfund Bill, H.1014/S.588.
The campaign has successfully passed resolutions in Boston, Cambridge, Medford, and Malden, and has a resolution underway in Brookline. If your city is listed, you can still come to the webinar! There are still ways to get involved.

Transformational Prison Project Legislative Briefing
2025-04-03 10:00 - 12:00 | Massachusetts State House
Transformational Prison Project Legislative Briefing
Thank you for your interest in the Transformational Prison Project (TPP)! We are an organization of and for formerly incarcerated citizens. Our vision is to transform the legal system through restorative justice and compassion and to transform prisons from places of harm to places of healing. We are working to pass state legislation to end lifetime parole for juveniles and emerging adults.
We are delighted that you can participate in TPP’s in-person event at the State House* in Boston. The legislative briefing will be on the 3rd Floor in the Members Lounge. It will begin at 10am and end around Noon with brunch provided.
Please complete the form below and if you have questions about the event, please contact:
– Paul Bamberger (TPP Policy Coordinator): bamberger59@gmail.com, (518) 860-9378
– Noble Williams (TPP Senior Director of Programs): noble@transformprison.org, (347) 264-8398

DC Attacks, MA Fights Back: Defending Science and Our Health
2025-04-02 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom
DC Attacks, MA Fights Back: Defending Science and Our Health
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?

Testimony Writing Workshop: Location Shield Act
2025-04-01 18:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
Testimony Writing Workshop: Location Shield Act
We anticipate that the Advanced IT Committee, a committee made up of state legislators, will hold a public hearing soon on a variety of data privacy bills, including the Location Shield Act. The Location Shield Act will ban the sale of cellphone location information.
At this upcoming workshop we will review best practices for preparing written and oral testimony in advance of the hearing and set aside time for you to workshop your own testimony. This workshop will be offered in a hybrid format. Food will be provided for those attending in person.
Please RSVP to receive the in-person address or Zoom details. This will be hosted in Downtown Boston, accessible via the MBTA.

Fully Fund Our Schools: Education Budget Advocacy Workshop
2025-04-01 18:00 - 19:30 | Zoom
Fully Fund Our Schools: Education Budget Advocacy Workshop

Our students and schools deserve the resources and funds to succeed and thrive! Let’s unpack the state budget and how we can bring more funds and resources to support our students.

2025 Medicare for All Lobby Day
2025-04-01 10:00 - 15:00 | Massachusetts State House
2025 M4A Lobby Day
Time to let Beacon Hill know there is anther health care option, Medicare for All! We are going to the Statehouse to be heard. Please sign up to help plan this event and/or be there with boots on the ground!

Election Modernization Coalition: Voting Access Campaign Network
2025-04-01 09:30 - 10:30 | Zoom
Election Modernization Coalition: Voting Access Campaign Network
Join the Election Modernization Coalition steering committee for a briefing on the Voting Access Campaign, priority legislation, and campaign strategy. This is for organizations who have endorsed the EMC’s Voting Access Campaign legislative platform, and groups who are interested in learning more.
Learn more at www.votingrightsma.org. RSVP here.
