While some may be celebrating thanksgiving this week, others will recognize the National Day of Mourning, acknowledging thanksgiving day as a reminder of the genocide of Native peoples and the theft of Native lands. For a nuanced conversation about thanksgiving you can check out this podcast episode: ‘ThanksTaking or ThanksGiving?’. You can also check out this article about what thanksgiving means to the Wampanoag community here in Massachusetts. 

I also wanted to take a moment to introduce myself as the new 350 Massachusetts intern! I am originally from the Berkshires and recently graduated from college with degrees in environmental studies and photography. I am passionate about food justice, gardening, protecting rivers, advocating for Indigenous rights, and stopping fossil fuel pipelines. I also love bees! I am really excited for this opportunity to get to know you all and support the work you are doing across the state! 

Julia St.Clair (she/her)
350 Massachusetts Intern

We're Hiring!

The Better Future Project is looking for a dynamic, experienced individual to join our team as our first-ever Deputy Director. Want to apply, or know someone who would be a great fit? Learn more about the position.

Final Results from the Renewable Energy Ballot Question

• Boston    88.15%
• Brookline    83.71%
• Somerville    89.20%
• Cambridge    89.05%
• Newton    77.68%
• Amherst    91.53%
• Gloucetser    70.35%
• Dedham    70.73%
• Winthrop    69.28%
• Belmont    76.00%
• Lowell    71%
• Easthampton    74.86%
• Montague    73.89%
• Bedford    72.96%
• Chelmsford    59.54%
• Watertown    75%

Other 350 Mass News

Key Climate Legislation is Stalling in Committee: Click here for updated background info and for model scripts you can use for calling or emailing your Rep and Senator about pending climate legislation.

Write a Letter to the Editor: There's never been a better time to take part in 350 Mass' Letters to the Editor (LTE) team. Want to join? Email Alan Palm, Director of Organizing, at [email protected] to find out more. Our members have a great success rate in getting letters published! Read some of them here:

• Anna Gooding-Call's letter in the Lowell Sun and Sentinel and Enterprise: In response to: Hurricanes stay stronger longer after landfall than in past
• Marine Krzisch's letter in the Lowell Sun and Sentinel and Enterprise (submitted by Steve Miller): Celebrating the Paris Climate Treaty

Other Climate Movement News

Support the Friends of Melnea Cass Boulevard: A redesign project for this boulevard would see mature trees replaced with saplings. Preservation of an urban tree canopy is important for public health, and the objections of Roxbury residents to this project have been ignored. Send a message to the Committee on Planning, Development & Transportation to demand that the current plan be revised and that Roxbury residents be included.

Webinar—Fix The Grid 101: ISO-NE operates the grid that supplies electricity to New England. States have called for broad reforms to ISO-NE’s operations to stop economically privileging dirty fossil fuels in our electricity system. Join Deb Donovan from Acadia Center and Sierra Club MA Chapter Director Deb Pasternak for a discussion about this reform process and how you can get involved. Learn more and RSVP. Tue, Dec 1, 7 pm.

Mass Peace Action Conference—Where do we go from Here? Preparing our Movements for the Next Four Years: Joe Biden’s election victory is a relief. But it also means that we have to organize like never before. What does that organizing look like? Join Ed Markey, Bill McKibben, and other movement leaders us for a conference to help determine the next steps. Learn more and register. Sat, Dec 5, 9 am to Sun, Dec 6, noon.

Solidarity Opportunities

50th Annual National Day of Mourning: Since 1970, Native Americans and supporters have gathered in Plymouth to commemorate a National Day of Mourning on the Thanksgiving holiday. It's a day of remembrance and spiritual connection, and a reminder of the genocide of Native people and the theft of Native land. See here for information on how to join the march in solidarity with the United American Indians of New England (UAINE), how to experience it virtually, and how to otherwise offer support. Thu, Nov 26, noon, Cole's Hill, Plymouth.

Act on Mass Launches Transparency is Power Campaign: At the start of every two year legislative session, the State House writes its own rule book. A new session begins in January. Act on Mass is organizing constituent power in every corner of the state to demand our legislators change the State House's broken, anti-democratic rules. Learn more and take action.

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