What's Happening w/AE
Join us this week or check back, events added regularly!
Saturday
Feb 14
- Brookline, MA
- 2:00 – 3:00pm EDT
- Saturday, Feb 14
Signs of Fascism is a unique visibility event where specific examples of creeping fascism, on signs “Burma Shave-style”, can help illustrate the threat – example signs include “Ignoring Due Process”, “Using Secret Police”, and “Rewriting History.” We have a set of 24 different signs — come hold one with us!
Monday
Feb 23
- Brookline, MA
- 6:45–8:45pm EDT
- Monday, Feb 9
More postcarding and more updates!
Tuesday
March 3
- Coolidge Corner Library
- 7:00-8:30pm EDT
- Saturday, Mar 7
Brookline PAX with Senator Cindy Creem and Representative Tommy Vitolo, including ample opportunity for the public to ask questions. 7:00pm–8:30pm Coolidge Corner Library
Saturday
March 7
- Brookline, MA
- 10:00-11:00am EDT
- Saturday, Mar 7
Money talks and moving money out of Citizens Bank makes a statement. Pledge to move your account to another bank as we walk in together. Outside, our weekly standout will be supporting us and calling on Citizens Bank to stop financing private prison corporations that build and operate ICE detention centers, where immigrants are held in abusive and inhumane conditions.
Sunday
March 8
LUCE’s ICE Observer Training
- TBA
- 3:00-5:00pm EDT
- Sunday, Mar 8
Location sent to registrants. Please note do not share on social media. Email us to sign up.
Sunday
March 15
- Brookline
- 2:30-4:30pm EDT
- Sunday, Mar 15
Led by the Boston Trainers Collective, this workshop will equip participants with skills to stay safe and support each other at protests and other street actions, serve as safety marshals, and de-escalate conflict in nonviolent ways. The facilitator will also give an overview of the weapons used against nonviolent protesters in Minneapolis.
Mondays
Ongoing
Action teams are meeting. If you’d like to work with any of them, email us and we’ll get you connected.
- ICE Breakers
- Supporting Caregivers
- Workplace Outreach Group
- Visibility Brigade
- De-ICE Citizens Bank
AE Recommends
- No Fear Street Theater asked us to broadcast their SOS for more folks to attend the Saturday ICE protest Standout in Burlington, from 11 to 1. Their numbers are small (around 30) and lately they’re facing a MAGA group on a nearby corner who are trying to intimidate with their bullhorns and aggressive ‘interviews’. Increasing numbers and visibility would help a lot.
Bearing Witness at ICE — EVERY WED, THU, SAT
- We invite you to stand in solidarity outside the ICE Enforcement & Removal Operations Office in Burlington. Together, we can show love & support for immigrants, express our shame at ICE, and bear witness to the cruel and unconstitutional actions of our government.
De-ICE Citizens Bank — EVERY WEDNESDAY & SATURDAY
Join us for a peaceful weekly standout calling on Citizens Bank to stop financing private prison corporations that build and operate ICE detention centers, where immigrants are held in abusive and inhumane conditions.
The weekly afternoon standout is on Fridays from 1:30–3:00pm at the Hanscom Rotary (intersection of Hanscom Dr. and Old Bedford Rd. in Lincoln, MA.) Please park along Old Bedford Road or Hanscom Drive without impeding traffic or blocking bike lanes.
Brookline Rally for Democracy — EVERY SATURDAY
Join members of three Brookline pro-democracy groups — indivisible Activist Evenings, Brookline Pax, and Speak Out, Seniors! — for our weekly rally at Coolidge Corner.
Don’t Stream Fascism: Cancel Spotify
- Spotify is running ads recruiting agents for ICE. These ads target vulnerable populations, promise signing bonuses, and normalize fear and intimidation in our neighborhoods. Spotify claims these ads comply with their policy, but the truth is streaming hate is not neutral. It’s a choice! We refuse to fund it. We refuse to ignore it.
Don’t Fund ICE: Close Citizen’s Accounts
- Citizen’s Bank is one of very few banks providing financial services to the two largest corporations that build and run private prisons and detention centers which ICE is using. Close your account and join us in front of the bank in Coolidge Corner on Wednesdays.
You can’t get much more local than this.
Step Up and Step Out
Just outside your front door, meet neighbors at your closest corner for
10 minutes on Saturdays at 8pm.
Talk together about what you can do to support immigrant communities and take one step together for a just and compassionate country.
Then post it on social media.
Do it again next week with even more neighbors!
