Activist Afternoons December 15
Start: Sunday, December 15, 2019• 4:00 PM
End: Sunday, December 15, 2019• 6:00 PM
Activist Afternoons is a way for all members of our community to gather and take action on the issues and elections we care about.
Thank you for being an awesome activist - we're inspiring others to take action!
Confirmed:
- Peacekeeper Marshall Training for the Boston Impeachment Rally.
Spread the calm. Participate in this two-hour training by Veterans for Peace and be a peacekeeper at the Boston Impeachment Rally (most likely on Tuesday night.) Learn to deescalate and prevent provocateurs from inciting incidents to be used as propaganda against progressive activists.
- Data Entry Party for the Massachusetts TPS Committee Join us and help immigrants with TPS (Temporary Protected Status). MA TPS Committee members have been organizing diligently in protecting the 450,000+ current TPS holders and their families, as the fight for a path to permanent residency. They need our help organizing their data and contact lists. From 4-5:45 we will take the sign in sheets letters and other contact information to data entry into a google form. Please bring a laptop. For more information: https://masstps.com and http://nationaltpsalliance.org
- Swing Left Greater Boston will be sending voter registration letters and forms to likely democrats in Colorado and sending get out the vote letters for a special election in Texas come January.
- Swing Left Greater Boston will be entering data for the 1000+ new Democratic and party-unaffiliated voters that the voter registration team has registered in Maine. As with the TPS committee above, bring a laptop. The data will be entered into a Google form.
- CAST will be sending postcards for Michael Schroeder in PA, an environmental activist and history professor running for an open seat in PA's State Senate.
Not Yet Confirmed:
- Environmental Voter Project
- Driving Families Forward Coalition
- Movimiento Cosecha
- Justice Democrats/Sunrise Movement
- Minuteman Indivisible
- Boston Red Cloaks
- Voter Choice Massachusetts
*Might phonebank? Please bring a cellphone, laptop and charger. A headset or pair of earphones is also helpful when calling voters or potential volunteers!*
Want to host your own activity at Activist Afternoons? Get in touch -- we'd love to help!
Activist Afternoons (ActA) creates a space for members of the community to gather and take action on the issues and elections we care about. Each week we provide a menu of causes and actions you can take to help move our politics forward on all levels, from your neighborhood to the White House.