Wellington Common, 4:00 pm—-

Hosted by FIRE – Fight for Im/migrants and Refugees 

On Saturday, June 30th, we will shut down South Bay County Jail and Detention Center to demand an end to any and all cooperation with ICE. Sign up here –> https://goo.gl/forms/vRKjZJ9Q9ejg5y5Y2

At the border, we have seen the real face of hate. Children are being lost and abused, parents are committing suicide and through all this the perpetrators are bragging about their atrocities. Families being ripped apart has been the only reality that the undocumented people have known. For many years undocumented people have had to endure all the different forms of separation, all because of the sentiment that somehow we are lesser people, or not people according to Trump.

In many ways, Massachusetts claims to be supportive of undocumented people, but they are nothing but empty words. In Massachusetts,
– We still have 287g contract which allow cops to work highly with Immigration Customs Enforcement.
– We have secure communities act
– Still there is heavy tracking/surveilling/criminalizing immigrant and other communities of color
– Recently there was shared information between schools and ICE

We owe it to our children and families to confront the inhumane system which has detained, deported, and degraded immigrants for years and is now using our families and wellbeing as political pawns.

We need you to be on the right side of history and fight with us. On Saturday, June 30th, we will shut down South Bay County Jail and Detention Center to demand an end to any and all cooperation with ICE. We will meet at 4pm at Wellington Common Park across from the Mass Ave. T Station to march to South Bay. Join us. Sign up here –> https://goo.gl/forms/vRKjZJ9Q9ejg5y5Y2

Centro Presente VIGIL to condemn human rights violations at the US border.

This vigil is Friday, June 29th at 6:00 PM in front of the Massachussets State House, 24 Beacon Street, Boston

https://www.facebook.com/events/1786183004795031

The Boston Mayday Committee invites you to attend

Sat. June 30th
Meeting at Boston City Hall at 11 a.m. and marching to Boston Common
Rally will start on the Common at 12:30 p.m

From the border to Boston and all over the country, families are being torn apart by a government that criminalizes, detains, and deports them. Recently, the Trump administration escalated its racist attacks on immigrants by separating children from their parents at the border and putting them in cages. After public outcry, their “solution” was to keep families together… in detention centers. Jailing families is not a solution.

We know that families belong together and free, but this administration isn’t stopping there. Trump is also keeping people from majority Muslim countries from being reunited with their families in the United States. He is still fighting to keep the Muslim Ban in place. The Supreme Court is expected to rule on the ban this week, and we need to let them know they have to overturn it once and for all.

This goes beyond Trump. Deportation is part of a system that targets and profits off of immigrants and people of color. Now is the time to be clear: this is about putting an end to criminalization, detention, and deportations in our communities. NO ONE should be kept from the place they choose to call home and the people they choose to call family.

Here in Massachusetts, we’re calling on elected officials to protect community members by passing basic protections included in our state budget: YES to due process for detained immigrants, NO to local police acting as ICE agents and asking about immigration status.

Join us on June 30th to stand against family separation.

Let us know if your group or organization would like to co-sponsor and support on this action!

Hosted by March Forward Massachusetts and Cosponsors include: ACLU Massachusetts, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), AFT Massachusetts (American Federation of Teachers), ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism), Anti Racism Collaborative, Asian American Resource Workshop (AARW), Boston Interpreters Collective, Boston Mayday Committee, Boston Teachers Union (BTU), Boston Workmen’s Circle, Brazilian Women’s Group, Brazilian Worker Center, Cambridge Area Stronger Together, Chelsea Collaborative, Chelsea Uniting Against the War, EBECC, Grassroots International, Indivisible Massachusetts, International Socialist Organization (ISO), Justice4siham, La Comunidad, March for our Lives, March Forward Massachusetts, Mass Peace Action, Massachusetts Interfaith Worker Justice, Massachusetts Jobs with Justice, Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA), Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA), Massachusetts TPS Coalition, MataHari Women’s Worker Center, MIRA Coalition, Muslim Justice League, NARAL Pro Choice Massachusetts, New Bedford Worker Center/ centro comunitario de trabajadores, Our Revolution- Massachusetts, PHENOM (Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts), Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA), Pioneer Valley Worker Center, Queer South Asian Collective, Revere Youth in Action (RIYA), SEIU 32BJ, Student Immigrant Movement (SIM), Unite Here Local 26, UU Mass Action, Watertown Citizens for Peace, Justice and the Environment, Young Democrats of Boston

https://www.facebook.com/events/249291692492398

According to US Census Data, virtually every high income Cambridge household has access to the Internet, while only 50% of our low income neighbors do. This leaves 5,000 households struggling to take part in our thriving economy. Upgrade Cambridge invites you to learn more and join the discussion about whaat you can do about it.

Join Upgrade Cambridge at a screening of “Dividing Lines: Why is Internet Access Still a Luxury in America?” on June 21st, 7:30 PM, at the Central Square Branch of the Cambridge Public Library. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion involving the filmmaker and local digital equity advocates.

Please RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dividing-lines-why-is-internet-access-still-a-luxury-in-america-tickets-46918082247

Maria Smith, an affiliate of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society and Harvard Law School, created Dividing Lines to highlight the stark divides, uncover the complex web of political and economic forces behind them, and challenge audiences to imagine a future in which quality internet access is as ubiquitous as electricity. In Cambridge, census data show the reality of these stark divides. While virtually every high income household reports having broadband at home, only 50% of low income households say they have broadband. This leaves approximately 5000 of Cambridge’s poorest households cut off from what has become a necessity of modern life.

Panelists will include:

Dr. Colin Rhinesmith, an assistant professor in the School of Library and Information Science at Simmons and a faculty associate with the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. Colin’s research and teaching interests are focused on the social, community, and policy aspects of information and communication technology, particularly in areas related to digital equity and community technology.

Anne Schwieger, the City of Boston’s Broadband & Digital Equity Advocate. Anne works with people across Boston to figure out how they can make broadband work better for everyone. Anne also has served on the City of Cambridge’s Broadband Task Force.

Please join the Boston May Day Coalition in supporting the upcoming mobilization in Washington DC on June 23 organized by the Poor Peoples’ Campaign. For more information and to purchase bus tickets, please access the following link:

https://actionnetwork.org/ticketed_events/come-to-washington-dc-for-the-poor-peoples-campaign-march-rally