What You Can Do To Save The World: Through Dec. 13

A calendar of protests, discussions and other events that aim to improve the world.

To submit events to the list, email details and links to [email protected]. Note: Event times and places sometimes change. Please follow the links to confirm details. Also we are unable to vet all of these events. And some trolls have been announcing fake events. Be careful.

Wednesday, Dec. 7

8 a.m. “SanctuaryCampusNU Walkout.” Calling on Northeastern administration to declare itself a “sanctuary center of higher education” that protects “members of the Northeastern community from deportation, investigation, and other forms of immigration enforcement.” At Northeastern University, Boston. https://www.facebook.com/events/1840707392812003/

5:30 p.m. “Build Up Sanctuary in Boston.” The Boston New Sanctuary Movement meets to “devise an action plan for our faith response … to resist deportations and offer sanctuary to those who request it.” At Boston Friends House. https://www.facebook.com/events/320020755049710/

5:30 p.m. “StreetTalk 10-in-1.” Ten short presentations on how to improve transportation and “our streets.” At Old South Meeting House in Boston. https://www.facebook.com/events/1805094073045766/

6 p.m. “Real Talk: Environmental Racism & Gentrification.” Latinx Action Group and College Democrats of MA in collaboration with the Latin American Student Organization host workshop on how gentrification and environmental racism overlap. At Latino/a Student Cultural Center at Northeastern University, Boston. https://www.facebook.com/events/220579251712755/

6 p.m. Bikes Not Bombs hosts its “End of Year Celebration.” At Doyle’s Café, Jamaica Plain, Boston. https://www.facebook.com/events/1681934735452724/

6 p.m. “Al Raboteau: Forgiveness and the African American Church.” The Princeton professor “examines this tradition’s legacy of forgiving grievous wrong and events such as Martin Luther King Jr.’s response to the Birmingham church bombing, to cast light on this tumultuous moment in our nation’s history and on the political meaning of love.” At Boston University’s Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground, Boston. https://www.facebook.com/events/1779952172268383/

6 p.m. “Green Line Extension (and Community Path) Public Meeting.” At Somerville High School. https://www.facebook.com/events/340462266310019/

6:30 p.m. “Showing Up For Racial Justice Boston Connect.” To “share our stories, understand opportunities for acting for racial justice locally, and help each other identify our individual next steps.” At Arlington Street Church, Boston. https://www.facebook.com/events/158844867923472/

6:30 p.m. U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera speaks about “Sharing Stories in Diverse Communities.” At Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts. https://www.facebook.com/events/1091549197628770/

6:30 p.m. “OurRevolution: Let’s Get Organized.” Planning Meeting. At Morency Manor Community Room, Salem, Mass. https://go.ourrevolution.com/page/event/detail/volunteeractivityormeeting/gplg35

6:45 p.m. “Next Steps: In Solidarity with Standing Rock.” People from churches across the area meet to “prayerfully discern how to continue deepening our support.” At Grace Episcopal Church, Medford. https://www.facebook.com/events/1772635996320753/

7 p.m. “United Against Trump: Follow Up Meeting.” A meeting to plan next steps after Monday’s Boston march against Trump. At Massachusetts College of Art, Boston. https://www.facebook.com/events/929864913811757/

7 p.m. “Young Friends of Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts Bash.” At Once in Somerville. https://www.facebook.com/events/754754978023481/

Thursday, Dec. 8

7:30 a.m. “Massachusetts Conference for Women 2016.” At Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. https://www.facebook.com/events/631050447060399/

12:30 p.m. “Global Justice Goes Local: The Emergence of Human Rights Citites.” Conference through Dec. 9 at Northeastern University’s Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy in Boston.

https://www.facebook.com/events/112382575910392/

4 p.m. “Reconvening BostonWarm.” Update from faith leaders who came together to support homeless people after the City of Boston closed shelters on Long Island in 2014. At Old South Church, Boston. https://www.facebook.com/events/370429793297586/

4:30 p.m. “Human Rights Day: Ramona Africa (MOVE)/Standing Rock Report Back.” Documentary screening followed by talks by Ramona Africa of Philadelphia’s MOVE from Philadelphia and “members of our community who recently journeyed to Standing Rock who will share back on their experience and how we can support the NoDAPL fight.” At the City School, Dorchester, Boston. https://www.facebook.com/events/1783621891904902/

5 p.m. “Askwith Forums: What is a Good Citizen & How Do You Create One?” Harvard Graduate School of Education in Cambridge hosts this discussion about how civic education can address “diversity, marginalized groups, divided parties, digital democracy, and the pressures for more global perspectives.” https://www.facebook.com/events/1776280042641799/

6 p.m. “Be Hope: Healing as a Community.” Workshop for survivors and others “affected by the amount of sexual violence in the media coverage during the election.” At Family Justice Center, Boston. https://www.facebook.com/events/1828542770703097/

6 p.m. “Beyond the Vote, Where do we stand now? What are the next steps?” MOVE (Making Opportunities Visualizing Empowerment) hosts this community forum at Boston Public Library’s Hyde Park Branch. https://www.facebook.com/events/687650964734164/

6:30 p.m. “Stand Up: Women You Should Know.” A Gertrude’s Artists Salon conversation with local artists Silvi Naçi and Dell M. Hamilton about “photography, performance and persona in relationship to identity, class and gender roles in contemporary art.” At the Boston Center for the Arts’ Mills Gallery. https://www.facebook.com/events/1533231880036938/

7 p.m. “Vision for Black Lives: Community Control.” One of a series of workshops discussing the policy platform released by The Movement For Black Lives in August. Hosted by The Democracy Center, Black Lives Matter Cambridge, Anti-Racism Collaborative, Knapsack Anti-Racists, Make GE Pay and SEIU 32BJ. At Democracy Center, Cambridge. https://www.facebook.com/events/1299436523423055/

7:15 p.m. “Renewables for All in Boston campaign launch.” Presentations about “expanding access to renewable power for every household in Boston.” At First Baptist Church, Jamaica Plain, Boston. https://www.facebook.com/events/604166176429910/

8 p.m. Downtown Boys, the political punk band from Providence, perform at the Middle East Upstairs, Cambridge. https://www.facebook.com/events/570263019826135/

Friday, Dec. 9

Noon. “7th Annual Women’s Center Symposium on Gender and Culture.” At Tufts University’s Sophia Gordon Hall, Somerville. https://www.facebook.com/events/1340690575974550/

4 p.m. “Protect our White House – from racism, sexism, bigotry, and hate.” Candelight rally to present President-Elect Donald Trump’s appointments. At Massachusetts State House, Boston. https://www.facebook.com/events/201763013612158/

5:30 p.m. “Artists for Democracy meeting.” To plan “progressive public participatory political art of all kinds in the Boston area.” At Encuentro5, Boston. https://www.facebook.com/events/1678867205758803/

7 p.m. “’Earth in Human Hands: Shaping Our Planet’s Future’ Book Signing.” David Grinspoon talks about his new book at Harvard Bookstore, Cambridge. http://www.harvard.com/event/david_grinspoon/

7:15 p.m. “We Dance for Haiti!” Dance Fitness with Nicole D hosts this event “to raise funds towards their efforts to rebuild, help slow the outbreak of cholera and prepare for colder months” for those affected by Hurricane Matthew. At Thomas Menino YMCA in Boston. https://www.facebook.com/events/600702936806657/

Saturday, Dec. 10

9:30 a.m. “American Perspectives: 2016 Election Community Conversation.” “A non-partisan, civil and constructive community conversation on the 2016 Election.”At Pollard Memorial Library, Lowell. https://www.facebook.com/events/1561944640499139/

10 a.m. “Conciousness Raising: Women’s Labor in the Home.” Boston Feminists for Liberation host this discussion of “unpaid domestic and emotional labour that women are required to perform.” At Cambridge Women’s Center in Cambridge. https://www.facebook.com/events/1363966573627631/

10 a.m. “Entrenamiento masivo regional del noreste / Northeast regional mass training.” Movimiento Cosecha hosts mass regional trainings to support its boycott in support of rights for undocumented workers. In Boston. https://www.facebook.com/events/222876668147315/

10 a.m. “Reviving Federal Investment in Public Transit.” A forum featuring

former Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis; Fred Salvucci, former Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation; and others. At MIT Stata Center, Cambridge. https://www.facebook.com/events/376393759374422/

11 a.m. “Resisting Surveillance: Community Preparedness in Post-Obama USA.” A community forum to “share and process concerns and develop strategies for resisting oppression and state violence under a Trump administration.” At First Church in Roxbury, Boston. https://www.facebook.com/events/639890999526502/

Noon. “Resist Trump! – Inauguration Day Protest Organizing Meeting.” Planning meeting for “a mass demonstration in Boston on the day of Trump’s inauguration as part of a national day of action in major cities across the country.” At 26 West St., Boston. https://www.facebook.com/events/1255303404540152/

Noon. “OurRevolution Continues: Meet up, growth and actions.” Planning meeting. At Democracy Center, Cambridge. https://go.ourrevolution.com/page/event/detail/gplg2r

2 p.m. “Socialism 101.” Boston Democratic Socialists of America hosts this meeting to introduce people to socialism and offer training “on how to verbally de-escalate street harassment.” At Encuentro 5, Boston. https://www.facebook.com/events/1678878025758033/

3 p.m. “Resist Hate RI’s Second Community Meeting.” Planning and organizing meeting. At Hope High School in Providence. https://www.facebook.com/events/369567103391596/

5 p.m. “Standing Rock Water Protectors Benefit.” In observance of Human Rights Day, Nuestras Raices and the United Congregational Church of Holyoke hosts a lecture by Jennifer Weston, a researcher, writer, and producer from the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in the Dakotas, and benefit dinner. https://www.facebook.com/events/1157991350903566/

6 p.m. “Revolutionary women of Syria and Rojava: Film and Dinner Night.” The new organization Boston Friends of Rojava and Syria host a night of food and films highlighting Syrian and Kurdish revolutionary women’s movements. At Egleston Square, Roxbury, Boston. https://www.facebook.com/events/343366232692517/

6:30 p.m. East Boston Community Soup Kitchen hosts a fundrasing night at Our Savior Lutheran Chuch in East Boston. https://www.facebook.com/events/1839398619680633/

7 p.m. “Militant Antifascism: a discussion with Daryle Lamont Jenkins.” Providence IWW General Defense Committee Local 16 hosts “Jenkins, a founder of One Peoples Project, as he lays the groundwork for building up anti-fascist structures in New England for the defense of the working class.” At Local 16 in Providence. https://www.facebook.com/events/1425251220837244/

Sunday, Dec. 11

1 p.m. “Massachusetts Sixth District organizing meeting.” Congressman Seth Moulton hosts “a meeting to bring everyone together, brainstorm, and organize a plan of action.” At Peabody Veterans Memorial High School in Peabody. https://www.facebook.com/events/1196672260401788/

2 p.m. “Linking Hands Peace Sign Cambridge.” Organizers write, “Come together to create a human peace sign.” At Danehy Park, Cambridge. https://www.facebook.com/events/230777637356737/

3 p.m. “Black&Pink Downtown Volunteer Drop-In.” Black & Pink—“an open family of LGBTQ prisoners and ‘free world’ allies who support each other” and “work toward the abolition of the prison industrial complex”—writes correspondence to “our incarcerated family.” At Encuentro 5, Boston. https://www.facebook.com/events/1705665676372088/

4 p.m. “Whistle-Blower: a public gathering and discussion.” In conjunction with the Dirt Palace’s storefront window exhibition by Glenna Van Nostrand, a discussion of “what to do in the aftermath of situations of rape and sexual assault, reflections on misogyny and the silencing of victims, particularly in the context of calling out those in positions of power.” At Dirt Palace, Providence. https://www.facebook.com/events/373552426322049/

4 p.m. “What’s Ahead for The War on Syria.” The Syrian American Forum and Hands Off Syria Coalition present a talk by Eva Bartlett, a Canadian journalist and activist. At St. Matthew’s Syrian Orthodox Church, West Roxbury, Boston. https://www.facebook.com/events/530601503813652/

4:30 p.m. “Muslim Ally Workshop.” At AS220 in Providence. https://www.facebook.com/events/270093786720707/

6 p.m. “Out of Many, One: An Interfaith Call for Dignity & Diligence.” A special evening service will “feature testimonies from local residents, prayers from Boston’s interfaith leaders, and a non-partisan call to Senator Elizabeth Warren and Mayor Walsh for dignity and diligence in this time of heightened social tension and political transition.” At Islamic Society of Boston. https://www.facebook.com/events/955798111231602/

Monday, Dec. 12

11 a.m. “Hearing on Coops.” Boston City Council holds a hearing on cooperative workplaces and residences. At Boston City Hall. https://www.facebook.com/events/1630407257264694/

6 p.m. “Oppose Mass Deportations / Muslim Registry.” Massachusetts Human Rights Commission holds a discussion on ways to oppose mass deportation and Muslim registry. At YMCA in Worcester. https://www.facebook.com/pg/Massachusetts-Human-Rights-Commission-340010456133305/about/?ref=page_internal

7 p.m. “Let’s Progress!” Community leaders and advisors discuss “effective and peaceful ways to raise your voice, reach out to your representatives, and elevate your community and your country” in response to “discriminatory, disrespectful, and dangerous rhetoric we’ve heard from President-Elect Donald Trump, his chosen advisors, and some of his supporters.” At Somerville Theater, Somerville, but note the event is “currently sold out” but a live-stream is planned. https://www.facebook.com/events/201769866899540/

Tuesday, Dec. 13

5 p.m. “Hearing on Harvard Square Development.” Held by the city of Cambridge’s Economic Development and University Relations Committee. At Cambridge City Hall. https://www.facebook.com/events/1084134235018996/

6 p.m. “Providence Citywide Conversation.” Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza hosts a “conversation about how we can work together to benefit our city.” At Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School, Providence. https://www.facebook.com/events/649252275234599/

7 p.m. “Just Checking In.” As part of Survivors of Homicide Victims Awareness Month, men “experiencing the loss of a loved one, and are taking time to care for the needs of others and have neglected your own needs, please come and join us as we seek difference resources that will help us on our journey to wellness.” At Dudley Café, Boston.

https://www.facebook.com/events/688001761349648/

7 p.m. “Tzedek Salon: Post Election Analysis.” The Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action presents a talk by Alan Solomont, dean of the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts, on “Youth Voting and its Impact on the Election.” At Lir, Boston. https://www.facebook.com/events/354855051550805/

Pictured at top: Boston Against The Trump Agenda rally in Harvard Square on Nov. 30, 2016. Copyright 2016 Greg Cook.