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Mass Power Forward Climate Lobby Day

Tuesday January 14th - 10:00am - Tuesday January 14th - 6:00pm

Paulist Center (5 Park St, Boston, MA 02108), then Massachusetts State House Map

Join Mass Power Forward for a Climate Advocacy Day at the State House! Whether you're brand new to legislative work or you've done this 1,000 times, we want you to join us! This is part of a coalition wide effort to follow up weekly group visits to every legislator's office to keep up the pressure about our priority outcomes: Environmental Justice, 100% Renewable Energy for all, and Equitable Investment!

RSVP HERE to stay updated!
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There is one step into the Paulist building where we will meet in the morning, and if this is not accessible for anyone who would like to join, or if you would like to talk further about accessibility for the day, please reach out to Tali Smookler at tsmookler@uumassaction.org. The State House is wheelchair accessible.

Don’t forget to eat! Bring snacks and water

LOCATIONS:
10:30 - 11:30AM Welcome, Training, Logistics at Paulist Center (5 Park. Ave, Boston, MA)

12:00 - 2:00 PM Homebase Room 437 in the Statehouse
12:00 - 12:30 PM Outside Governor Baker's Office on the 3rd Floor

1:00 PM Housing/Rent Control Rally on Statehouse Front Steps Outside
1:00 PM Carbon Pricing Hearing - Room B2

10:30 - 3:30 PM Housing/Rent Control Solidarity - A1 and A2
5:30 Solidarity with GreenRoots against the Eversource Substation: www.facebook.com/events/774231336391160/

Resource Folks from the Planning Team here today
· Claire Miller Toxics Action Center
· Vick Mohanka Clean Water Action
· Alan Palm 350Mass for a Better Future
· Carol Oldham Massachusetts Climate Action Network
· Cathy Kristofferson StopNED and PLAN NE
· Jacob Stern Sierra Club
· Laura Wagner UU Mass Action
· Ben Hellerstein Environment MA... See MoreSee Less

Climate Strike

Friday December 6th - 12:00pm - Friday December 6th - 2:00pm

Springfield city hall

On December 6th, we strike. In Springfield, at City hall, we will hold a rally, followed by a march and an action at the office of congressman Richard Neal. We demand that he endorse the Green New Deal and sign the No Fossil Fuel Money Pledge, the only federal representative in Massachusetts who hasn't done so. Join us on Friday, December 6. Sign up for more information at bit.ly/ClimateStrikeWMAss.

In September, many politicians shared nice words of encouragement. But, we didn't walk out of school and work to earn their praise. We joined the climate strike because our lives depend on elected leaders treating this crisis like the emergency it is.

We are taking things into our own hands because our generation is destined to not only survive but bring in a new Era of the Green New Deal that is more just and equitable for everyone. We are #GenGND.... See MoreSee Less

Western Mass Climate Strike 12/6

Friday December 6th - 12:00pm - Friday December 6th - 2:00pm

Springfield city hall

On December 6th, we strike. In Springfield, at City hall, we will hold a rally, followed by a march and an action at the office of congressman Richard Neal. We demand that he endorse the Green New Deal and sign the No Fossil Fuel Money Pledge, the only federal representative in Massachusetts who hasn't done so. Join us on Friday, December 6.

Sign up for more information at bit.ly/ClimateStrikeWMass. Join a carpool at bit.ly/Dec6cpool.

Sign up for buses from Northampton at bit.ly/northamptonbus and Amherst at bit.ly/amherstbus.

Donate to help support the strike at secure.actblue.com/donate/sunrisenorthampton. See the full list of helpful links by visiting linktr.ee/dec.strike.wmass.

In September, many politicians shared nice words of encouragement. But, we didn't walk out of school and work to earn their praise. We joined the climate strike because our lives depend on elected leaders treating this crisis like the emergency it is.

We are taking things into our own hands because our generation is destined to not only survive but bring in a new Era of the Green New Deal that is more just and equitable for everyone. We are #GenGND!... See MoreSee Less

Facing the Future: Historical Perspectives on a Green New Deal

Tuesday December 3rd - 5:30pm - Tuesday December 3rd - 7:00pm

650 N Pleasant St, Amherst, MA, ILC Room S231 Map

With California on fire and Louisiana underwater, mass climate action is necessary - but what form should that take? Join an interdisciplinary roundtable of UMass professors as they reflect on the debate around the Green New Deal and respond to the question of what history can teach us about finding a sustainable path forward.

Featuring: Dr. Brian Sargent (Sociology), Dr. Eve Vogel (Geosciences), Dr. Kevin Young (History), Dr. David Glassberg (History), Dr. Shouvik Chakraborty (PERI)

This event is free and open to the public. The space is wheelchair accessible, and children’s activities will be provided. Other accommodations available by request.
Co-sponsored by the Graduate History Association. Contact: dtking@umass.edu... See MoreSee Less

November Climate Action Now Monthly Gathering

Monday November 25th - 7:00pm - Monday November 25th - 9:00pm

Unitarian Universalist Society of Amherst (UUSA)

Monday, November 25, 7-9 PM in Amherst
Last monthly gathering of 2019.
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We'll hear from Sunrise Springfield about the international strike action on Dec 6. The regional action is set to concentrate in Springfield (SAVE THE DATE: Dec 6)

More details about this gathering to follow.

Feel the warmth of community and the strength of collective action as we move forward together at this critical moment in history.

Climate Action Now Monthly Gathering
Monday, November 25, 7-9 PM in Amherst
Unitarian Universalist Society of Amherst
121 N Pleasant Street, Amherst, Mass
Handicap accessible and on a bus line

We come together once a month to meet each other, plan, and imagine how to contribute, in our corner of the world, to the urgent fight against climate change . We love to meet newcomers, whether you are brand new to activism or have been working for change for a long time. We do not have a membership or dues. People give of their time and talent when they see fit. You are welcome to join us!... See MoreSee Less

October - CAN monthly gathering in Northampton

Monday October 28th - 7:00pm - Monday October 28th - 9:00pm

First Churches of Northampton, Massachusetts129 Main StNorthampton, MA01060 Map

Climate Action Now Gathering this Monday

October 28th from 7-9 pm
First Churches of Northampton

Featuring Extinction Rebellion!

Plus working groups on legislative action; forests, farms & food systems; welcome newcomers; racism, white supremacy & climate justice & more!

Everyone is welcome-everyone is needed!

Building accessible and on a bus line
Please join us. Everyone is warmly welcomed!

Feel the warmth of community and the strength of collective action as we move forward together at this critical moment in history.

All Welcome.

Climate Action Now Monthly Gathering
Monday, October 28 , 2019
7 to 9 PM
Accessible/on bus line
Location: First Churches, Main St, Northampton... See MoreSee Less

Divest Smith Rally

Friday October 18th - 11:45am - Friday October 18th - 1:00pm

Smith College10 Elm StNorthampton, MA01063 Map

This week the Trustees of Smith College will make a statement on whether they will divest the $100 million currently invested in the fossil fuel industry.

Divest Smith College invites students, five college groups, Extinction Rebellion Western Massachusetts, and community members across the Pioneer Valley to join them Friday, October 18th for a march and rally on the Smith campus calling for divestment from fossil fuels in recognition of the current state of climate emergency and the urgent need for action. Wear black and orange, bring signs! We’ll gather at the Campus Center at 11:45 and leave at noon for a march across campus to the rally.

A response from the Trustees is expected Friday evening – actions may continue into Saturday to celebrate or escalate in response to the Trustees’ decision!... See MoreSee Less

Escalating Resistance: Training and Book Signing of Shut It Down

Monday September 30th - 6:00pm - Monday September 30th - 9:00pm

33 Hawley St, Northampton Ma Map

Come learn strategies and tactics to impact power holders and create social disruption at increasingly larger scales

About this Event

Lisa Fithian is an anti-racist organizer who has worked for justice since the 1970s. Using creative, strategic, nonviolent direct action and civil disobedience, she has won many battles and trained tens of thousands of people while participating in a range of movements and mobilizations, including Occupy Wall Street, Hurricane Katrina, the uprisings at Standing Rock and in Ferguson and corporate globalization protests all over the world, the climate justice movement, and more.

As part of her tour to support the release of her new book, "Shut It Down: Stories from a Fierce, Loving Resistance," Lisa will be offering training to hone our strategies and tactics to impact power holders and create social disruption at increasingly larger scales. This organizing requires attention to how we build collective power that heals and liberates us from our socialization in the dominant culture of colonialism and superiority that privileges white, male, Christian and rich people.

In addition to this exploration of power and healing we will look at: power mapping of people, economic centers, and geographies to increase impact within strategic terrains, creating calendars of engagement, organizing our people, developing solidarity response networks and how artful "props" can bolster our uprisings.

One of the goals of this training is to build a foundation for an alliance of movements with thousands of people for a coordinated mass disruption nationwide that goes beyond what we have done before.

We cannot just tear it all down, without replacing systems of oppression with systems of liberation. This is our challenge. Organizing courageous, joyful and bold rebellions rooted in solidarity with a beautiful, loving insistence that another world is possible and we are creating her every day.

You can also learn more about Lisa and her work at her Trainers Website: organizingforpower.org/about/about-lisa/

Let’s do this, friends!

More about the book:

A veteran activist’s guide to direct action and strategic civil disobedience as the most radical and rapid means to social change.

For decades, Lisa Fithian’s work as an advocate for civil disobedience and nonviolent direct action has put her on the frontlines of change. Described by Mother Jones as “the nation’s best-known protest consultant,” Fithian has supported countless movements including the Battle of Seattle in 1999, rebuilding and defending communities following Hurricane Katrina, Occupy Wall Street, and the uprisings at Standing Rock and in Ferguson. For anyone who wants to become more active in resistance or is just feeling overwhelmed or hopeless, Shut It Down offers strategies and actions you can take right now to promote justice and incite change in your own community.

In Shut It Down Fithian shares historic, behind-the-scenes stories from some of the most important people-powered movements of the past several decades. She shows how movements that embrace direct action have always been, and continue to be, the most radical and rapid means for transforming the ills of our society. Shut It Down is filled with instructions and inspiration for how movements can evolve as the struggle for social justice continues in the Trump era and beyond.... See MoreSee Less

Critical Mass Bicycle Ride

Friday September 27th - 5:30pm - Friday September 27th - 6:30pm

Northampton High School30 Elm StreetNorthampton, MA01060 Map

What better way to end Climate Week then by riding through the streets of downtown Northampton in support of the planet! Come dressed up and dress up your bike too!

Rebellion Begins

Friday September 27th - 11:00am - Friday September 27th - 12:30pm

UMass AmherstAmherst, MA Map

The Rebellion has landed in Western Massachusetts.

Beginning with UMass, we call on the five colleges to declare a climate emergency and take immediate action. Join us 9/27 for a funeral for our futures. Wear black, the more theatrical the better.

11:00 - Funeral processions begin at
North Campus Traffic Circle
Computer Science Building/Engineering Quad
Franklin Dining, Central Residential Area
Hampshire Dining Area, Southwest Residential
Kendrick Park, Amherst
Robsham Visitor’s Center, University Drive

11:30 Funeral processions gather at the south pond, behind the Fine Arts Center

12:00 Die-in Begins in front of the Fine Arts Center... See MoreSee Less