Over half of Americans go to some college and now most of the teachers they have do not have and will never have tenure. What does that mean for what they can and do teach and how they teach it? What does that mean for the political activities that they can afford (literally) to support the students in (like the encampments where we noticed it was all tenured faculty who were out there)? Etc. The lack of tenure has created…

In early 2023, Boston became one of the first U.S. city government to take on the question of reparations head-on. George R. Greenidge, founder of Greatest MINDS and a widely respected community leader, is a member of the City of Boston Task Force on Reparations and will share updates and perspectives on the Task Force's work 1.5 years into a 3-year mandate aiming to study the legacy of slavery in Boston and the impact on descendants as the basis for…

Motivated by rethinking her own history growing up as a white child in Englewood, NJ in the 1960s during a battle for school desegregation, Alice Levine has embarked on an effort to understand as much as she can about segregation and civil rights struggles beyond the South.  In looking at how these topics are taught today, she has found that in many schools, especially those for younger children, the emphasis is still placed on the Civil Rights Movement as exclusively…

Elisabeth Bialosky and youth activists from NH 350 share their local new green deal advocacy from anti-fracking to off-shore wind in the Granite State, as well as the story of powerful grassroots advocacy that led to the announcement in March 2024 that Merrimack Generating Station in Bow, NH -- the last coal-burning plan in New England -- will close by June 2028. 

Without racial justice, democracy fails. Never perfect, or even a true realization of the fundamental ideals of a healthy democracy, the US currently faces challenges that threaten its very existence. Join us for a discussion of a range of menaces across the country that warrant our exploration and action. Presenter: Tanya Greene, Director, US Program, Human Rights Watch

Many people look at the concepts of police and prison abolition as aspirational visions of the future. Instead, Prof. Vitale will lay out how an abolitionist analysis helps us make concrete decisions today to move us in the practical direction of a safer and more just future. In the process, he will lay out specific examples of efforts underway across the US that meet these criteria from civilian mental health crisis response in Denver to community centered violence reduction efforts…

Amy Antonucci of NH Peace Action, together with state-level organizers from Peace Action chapters across the northeastern United States, share recent organizing strategies to push for U.S. policy change to promote peace in Gaza. Amy Antonucci will facilitate in the room while Kevin Martin may join via Zoom. 

Eric Wolfe’s Acres of Clams is a feature-length video history of the Clamshell Alliance’s direct-action campaign against the Seabrook nuclear plant in the 1970s. Acres of Clams combines archival film footage and music with the personal remembrances of the activists themselves to reveal how disciplined nonviolence can have an out-sized impact on the world—when people take action together. This screening will immediately follow and close out the standing Friday evening Fun Night! Separately, on Saturday, July 27, 4-5:30pm, we will hold a Q&A/discussion of the…