Friends,
If you're like me, you've been feeling hopeless and heartbroken about
the treatment of asylum seekers. We need to fight for them—and today's the day to do
it, with big protests starting at noon. See our Solidarity
section below to learn more.
The connections between immigration and the climate crisis are
undeniable. As climate change worsens, we will confront a
migration crisis unlike anything we've seen before. When the
road gets rocky, we need to keep a tight grip on our humanity and
never, ever let it go.
In solidarity,
Rosemary Mosco
Newsletter Volunteer
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TODAY: Online Meeting with Updates on the Sept 20 Global
Climate Strike
School
strikers are calling on everyone—young people, parents, workers, and all
concerned citizens—to join massive climate strikes and a
week of actions starting on September 20. Take the pledge to attend here and join the open call tonight at 7 pm with other 350 Mass
members to learn more!
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Other 350 Mass News
Horribles Parades: Come join 350 Mass-North
Shore at the Horribles parades in Gloucester (Wed, Jul 3, 6
pm), Beverly Farms (Thu, Jul 4, 8:30 am) and/or Rockport
(Thu, Jul 4, 6 pm) to ask your neighbors, "Which world do you
want?" Silly climate-related costumes and signs encouraged! Or just
come amble with your favorite environmental activists.
Breaking Down the Walls—Panel on the Intersectionality of
Climate, Migration, Housing, and Peace: Massachusetts Peace
Action, Better Future Project, Boston Mayday Coalition, Encuentro 5,
City Mission, and Biodiversity for a Livable Climate are cosponsoring
and will present their perspectives. Thu, Jul 18,
6:30-8:30 pm, Encuentro 5, 9 Hamilton Pl, Boston.
Sign the Petition to Bring Green Energy to Lowell:
Let’s bring green energy to Lowell through Community Choice
Aggregation! Lowell hires a bulk buyer of electricity for all
residents and businesses. This is the energy supplier we see on our
National Grid bill, unless we opt out. Right now it’s all dirty energy
except for the minimum the State requires (just 14%). We can do
better! Tell the City Council: Lowell’s electricity should be green!
Sign the petition here.
Write a Letter to the Editor: 350 Mass members write
lots of letters to the editor, many of which get published! Here are
some recent letters:
Want to join
the team? Email Vignesh Ramachandran to find out more!
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Other Climate Movement News
Weekly
Protest Against The Weymouth Compressor Station: Members of
Occupy Hingham, a long-time supporter of FRRACS, hold signs every
Wednesday afternoon in North Weymouth to help spread the word about
the compressor station. They need more sign holders! Signs are
provided. Learn more here. Wed, Jul 3, 3-4 pm (special time
prior to Weymouth fireworks), at the foot of the Fore River Bridge on
the Weymouth side (55 Bridge St, Weymouth).
Petition to Holyoke Gas & Electric—Stop the Pipeline: Holyoke Gas
& Electric has been a clean energy leader, but they've also
entered into agreements on two natural gas pipelines. They have an
upcoming opportunity to terminate these agreements with no financial
penalty, and they need to hear from their ratepayers that business as
usual is not acceptable! Learn more and sign the petition here.
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Solidarity Opportunities
TODAY—Attend #CloseTheCamps Protest:
We've all seen the horrific images coming out of child detention
centers. While members of Congress are home for the Fourth of July
holiday, we will gather at their local offices in protest. Learn more here. Tue, Jul 2, noon, Senator
Elizabeth Warren's Office, JFK Federal Building, 15 Sudbury St,
Boston.
TODAY—Never Again Para Nadie—Jews Against ICE
Boston: Join Jews, immigrants, and people from all
backgrounds for an action in Boston to demand an end to ICE’s
violence. WEAR WHITE! Program at 4 pm, march at 5:30 pm. See the Facebook event. Tue, Jul 2, 4-7 pm, New
England Holocaust Memorial, Congress St at Hanover St,
Boston.
TODAY—Circle on Self Determination:
Centering the multidimensional aspect of poverty in the
United States, this workshop will introduce language to help
articulate the lived experiences of Native Americans in New England,
then discuss local solutions implemented by communities. See the Facebook event. Tue, Jul 2, 6-8:30 pm,
North American Indian Center Of Boston, 105 South Huntington Ave,
Jamaica Plain.
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