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SUMMARY:Safe Communities\, Stronger Together
DESCRIPTION:In these times\, it is more important than ever to stay well-informed and strategize together in community.\n\n\nJoin us for Safe Communities\, Stronger Together – a community event with Boston immigration attorney Matt Cameron\, co-host of the Opening Arguments podcast.\nLearn about immigrant rights\, how to recognize and respond to ICE activity\, and how we can support immigrant solidarity in our neighborhoods.\n\n\nWhen: Tuesday\, Sept 9\, 7–9pm\nWhere: Great Road Church\, Acton\nRegister here: https://bit.ly/4mHPeN9\n\n\nTogether\, we can build stronger\, safer communities.
URL:https://thepeacemakersnetwork.com/event/safe-communities-stronger-together/
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SUMMARY:Stage for Change - No Kings Just Bangers Youth Rally
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URL:https://thepeacemakersnetwork.com/event/stage-for-change-no-kings-just-bangers-youth-rally/
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SUMMARY:People of Welcome Immigration Rally
DESCRIPTION:Lowell is a City of Immigrants. Join us for a gathering of Solidarity for Immigration Justice. Stand out with your signs and visit tables for resources by hosts: The Peacemakers Network\, Lowell Alliance\, Solidarity Lowell\, Chelmsford Connected\, Latinx Community Center for Empowerment\, and Indivisible Lowell.
URL:https://thepeacemakersnetwork.com/event/people-of-welcome-immigration-rally/
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SUMMARY:Exclusive Talk with Fired Immigration Judge George Pappas
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an exclusive talk with Judge George Pappas\, recently fired from the Chelmsford Immigration Court\, as he speaks openly about what he witnessed inside the system.\n“Our institutions are under attack.”\nThis is about more than immigration. It’s about justice\, power\, and what happens when due process disappears.\nSunday\, August 3rd at 3 PM\nChelmsford Center for the Arts\, 1A North Rd\, Chelmsford\, MA\nDon’t miss this. Share widely.\nSpace is limited RSVP here:\nhttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/\n1FAIpQLScAnj9gaRsxOQdA9p0953ZfdZIQS_-\nNihWoPIPXw33ZUtfC9A/viewform
URL:https://thepeacemakersnetwork.com/event/exclusive-talk-with-fired-immigration-judge-george-pappas/
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SUMMARY:Birthright Citizenship & The 14th Ammendment
DESCRIPTION:Confused by the latest headlines about birthright citizenship and the 14th Amendment?\nWondering what the Supreme Court’s recent decision means for our rights and democracy?\nJoin Dr. Bob Forrant on July 31 at 6:30 PM at the Chelmsford Center for the Arts for an urgent community talk on the legal history\, current rulings\, and what’s at stake.\nThis is a time to gather\, learn\, and push back against misinformation. Bring your questions and your neighbors.\nFree and open to all.\nSPACE IS LIMITED. PLESE RSVP using form below:\nhttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/\n1FA|pQLSd5HnhKtBvt2CsducRPrwCzxy2iALb9xBW9yx9wav\nwFtgoaJQ/viewform
URL:https://thepeacemakersnetwork.com/event/birthright-citizenship-the-14th-ammendment/
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SUMMARY:Rock Painting for Gaza
DESCRIPTION:July 19th\, 2:30PM\, Rideout Park Concord MA!\nJoin The Peacemakers Network in partnership with Concord for Palestine for our 2nd rock painting event of the summer! Rocks will be painted with statements and artwork that reflect Palestinian resistance. all art supplies and rocks will be provided\, food and drinks provided!
URL:https://thepeacemakersnetwork.com/event/rock-painting-for-gaza/
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SUMMARY:The Peacemakers Network Monthly Virtual Meeting is back this Tuesday\, July 1st at 7PM
DESCRIPTION:What’s next for TPN?\nJoin us as we step into a new chapter together. The Peacemakers Network Monthly Virtual Meeting is back this Tuesday\, July 1st at 7PM. \nWe’ll hear about Luma’s transition\, the evolving direction of the organization\, and a very special announcement from Lorena. \nYou won’t want to miss it. \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/81902923088?pwd=oV7hwya7qrWCwzFed59I2umeTvCzbF.1\nMeeting ID: 819 0292 3088\nPasscode: 47Tt1F
URL:https://thepeacemakersnetwork.com/event/the-peacemakers-network-monthly-virtual-meeting-is-back-this-tuesday-july-1st-at-7pm/
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SUMMARY:Rock Painting Party – Freedom Rocks for Gaza
DESCRIPTION:Join The Peacemakers Network and the Concord Coalition for Palestine for a creative and meaningful community event. \nEvent: Rock Painting Party – Freedom Rocks Project: Rocks for GazaDate: Saturday\, June 22Time: 2:30 PMLocation: Rideout Park\, Concord\, MA – under the blue canopy \nWhat to Expect: \n\n\nPaint rocks \n\n\nHave fun \n\n\nPlace your rocks along the trail as part of a community display for peace and solidarity \n\n\nSupplies Provided: No need to bring anything. All materials will be provided.
URL:https://thepeacemakersnetwork.com/event/rock-painting-party-freedom-rocks-for-gaza/
LOCATION:Rideout Park\, Concord\, MA – under the blue canopy\, Rideout Park\, Concord\, MA – under the blue canopy\, Concord\, United States
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SUMMARY:Juneteenth Celebration in Chelmsford!
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a free\, family-friendly event to commemorate Juneteenth – a celebration of freedom and unity. \nDate: Saturday\, June 28Time: 11:00 am to 3:00 pmLocation: Chelmsford CommonRain Location: Chelmsford Senior Center \nHighlights Include: \n\n\nKeynote speakers Pastor Karina Fontanez and Jennifer Turner from the Robbins House Museum \n\n\nDelicious food from Constance Catering \n\n\nStorytime with Marjorie \n\n\nLiturgical dance by Nadege Esperance \n\n\nDJ Tony with celebratory music \n\n\nVendors\, CPL Pop Up Library\, and more \n\n\nPresented by: Chelmsford Cultural CouncilIn collaboration with: The Peacemakers Network and Lorena Betts \nContact and Info:Chelmsford Diversity\, Equity and Inclusion Committeehttps://www.chelmsfordma.gov/854/Diversity-Equity-and-Inclusion-CommitteeCarly Connor Reim – cconnorreim@gmail.com
URL:https://thepeacemakersnetwork.com/event/juneteenth-celebration-in-chelmsford/
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SUMMARY:TPN Community Gathering – You're Invited!
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, April 12 | 2:30 PM – 7:00 PM\nLocation: 257 Great Road Acton MA \nCome build power with us at TPN’s Community Gathering—an afternoon of learning\, connection\, and action! \nWhether you’re a seasoned advocate or just getting started\, this event is for you. We’ll gather for an inspiring and energizing day featuring: \n\nA Special Guest Speaker sharing her powerful story\nLegislative Advocacy 101 – a hands-on training with seasoned advocates to give you the tools to take action\nA delicious Potluck – right after the training (bring a dish to share!)\nA Movie Screening to end the day with reflection and inspiration\n\nThis is more than just an event—it’s a space to come together\, grow the movement\, and support each other in the fight for justice. \nBring food\, bring friends\, and bring your voice. We can’t wait to see you there!
URL:https://thepeacemakersnetwork.com/event/tpn-community-gathering-youre-invited/
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SUMMARY:📚💬 Virtual Book Discussion: How to Stand Up to a Dictator by Maria Ressa ✊🏽
DESCRIPTION:What will you sacrifice for the truth? \nJoin us for a powerful discussion on Maria Ressa’s groundbreaking book\, How to Stand Up to a Dictator. A Nobel Peace Prize winner (2021) and fearless journalist\, Ressa has spent decades exposing disinformation networks and speaking truth to power—at great personal risk. \nHer story is a warning: Democracy doesn’t die overnight—it’s eroded bit by bit\, fueled by digital warfare\, political lies\, and public manipulation. From Duterte’s drug wars to U.S. elections\, Brexit\, and cyber warfare\, this book uncovers the global disinformation web shaping our world today. \n📅 Date: March 6⏰ Time: 7:00PM-8:30PM📍 Registration Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/LqVkJNOhSb2wkNcokaBYXg \nLet’s explore what it means to “hold the line” in the fight for democracy and truth. Your voice matters. Your presence matters. Join the conversation!
URL:https://thepeacemakersnetwork.com/event/%f0%9f%93%9a%f0%9f%92%ac-virtual-book-discussion-how-to-stand-up-to-a-dictator-by-maria-ressa-%e2%9c%8a%f0%9f%8f%bd/
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SUMMARY:📢 Community Updates Monthly Meeting: Stay Connected\, Stay Engaged!
DESCRIPTION:Dear Community\, \nJoin us for our Community Updates Monthly Meeting\, where we come together to share important updates\, discuss ongoing initiatives\, and strengthen our collective efforts for peace and justice. This is a space to stay informed\, get involved\, and build connections with like-minded changemakers. \n📅 Date:March 4⏰ Time: 8:00 PM📍 Registration Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Ziv6yHpEQhuAAaFdNikrAA \nYour voice and presence matter. Let’s continue building a stronger\, more connected community—together! 💛🌍 \n 
URL:https://thepeacemakersnetwork.com/event/%f0%9f%93%a2-community-updates-monthly-meeting-stay-connected-stay-engaged/
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DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Easter:20250222T203000
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SUMMARY:🌿✨ Peacemakers Network Community Care Gathering ✨🌿
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening of connection\, healing\, and peacebuilding at our monthly Community Care Gathering! Enjoy a shared dinner\, meaningful conversations\, and the opportunity to build relationships in a welcoming space. \nFor those interested\, we will also host an optional Peacemaking Circle\, creating space for reflection\, dialogue\, and collective healing. \n📍Email us at: thepeacemakersnetwork@gmail.com to RSVP and we will share the location.📅 Saturday Feb. 22 at 6:00 PM \nCome as you are—everyone is welcome! 💛
URL:https://thepeacemakersnetwork.com/event/%f0%9f%8c%bf%e2%9c%a8-peacemakers-network-community-care-gathering-%e2%9c%a8%f0%9f%8c%bf/
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SUMMARY:📣 Community Action Brainstorm: Turning Ideas into Change! ✊🏽✨
DESCRIPTION:Dear Community \, \nChange doesn’t start from the top—it begins with us\, in our communities\, in our actions\, and in our voices. We are calling on you—our beautifully diverse community—to come together for a brainstorming session where we will share ideas\, explore solutions\, and take action toward real change. \nThis is not just another meeting. This is an opportunity to shape the movement for human rights and social justice in a way that truly reflects the needs and aspirations of our communities. Your voice matters. Your ideas matter. And together\, we can turn them into action. \n📅 Dates: February 13\, 20\, 27 & March 13\n⏰ Time: 8PM – 9:30 PM\n📍 Register Here: //us06web.zoom.us/j/81551358173?pwd=JTFCk8IK8deQmAkatkHJcYO4o1c2EQ.1 \nLet’s move beyond talk and into action. Join us in the good fight—because the future we want starts with the steps we take today. \nIn solidarity!
URL:https://thepeacemakersnetwork.com/event/community-brainstorming-session/
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SUMMARY:📣 Community Action Brainstorm: Turning Ideas into Change! ✊🏽✨
DESCRIPTION:Change doesn’t start from the top—it begins with us\, in our communities\, in our actions\, and in our voices. ✊🏽✨ We invite you—our beautifully diverse community—to join us for a brainstorming session where we will share ideas\, explore solutions\, and take action toward real change. \n🔹 This is not just another meeting. This is a space to shape the movement for human rights and social justice in a way that reflects the needs and aspirations of our communities. Your voice matters. Your ideas matter. And together\, we can turn them into action. \n📅 Dates: February 13\, 20\, 27 & March 13⏰ Time: 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM📍 Registration Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/cekM5x5MRY61oMIPgHxQRQ
URL:https://thepeacemakersnetwork.com/event/%f0%9f%93%a3-community-action-brainstorm-turning-ideas-into-change-%e2%9c%8a%f0%9f%8f%bd%e2%9c%a8/
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SUMMARY:Movie Screening: Israelism
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \n  \n  \nFriday\, January 24 – 5:30PM69 Main St\, Maynard\, MADonation of $15Bring Chair and Snacks!\n\n\n\n  \nIsraelism is a 2023 documentary film that explores the relationship between American Jews and Israel\, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat it’s about\n\nThe film follows two young American Jews\, Simone and Eitan\, who are raised to support Israel unconditionally. After witnessing Israel’s treatment of Palestinians\, they join a movement to redefine Judaism’s relationship with Israel. The film also includes interviews with academics and political activists.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat it explores\n\n\n\n\n\nHow the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has created a generational divide in the American Jewish community \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe role of American Jewish institutions in educating about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe influence of the narrative that young American Jews are fed\, which erases the existence of Palestinians \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe consequences of Israel becoming the cornerstone of American Judaism \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWho made it\nIsraelism was directed by Erin Axelman and Sam Eilertsen. Axelman is a queer Jewish filmmaker based in Somerville\, MA. 
URL:https://thepeacemakersnetwork.com/event/movie-screening-israelism/
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SUMMARY:Rally Together We Rise: Standing Strong for Kindness and Equality
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Sunday\, November 24th at 2:00 PM at Chelmsford Town Common (across the street from Chelmsford Center for the Arts) for a gathering of solidarity and support. In times of division and hardship\, we come together to stand with marginalized communities\, raise our voices against hate\, and build a future rooted in dignity and inclusion for all. \nLet’s unite as one community\, celebrate our diversity\, and advocate for a world where everyone is treated with respect and compassion. \nBring your friends\, family\, and neighbors. All are welcome to join in this peaceful rally as we work together to create change\, foster understanding\, and make our voices heard. \nTogether We Rise. Together\, we make a difference.
URL:https://thepeacemakersnetwork.com/event/rally-together-we-rise-standing-strong-for-kindness-and-equality/
LOCATION:Chelmsford Town Common\, 4 North Rd\, Chelmsford MA 01824\, Chelmsford\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Peacemakers Network":MAILTO:thepeacemakersnetwork@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Virtual Book Discussion of The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates
DESCRIPTION:You are invited to participate in what will surely be a thought-provoking discussion of the book\, The Message\, written by the great Ta-Nehisi Coates.\nFrom the author’s website:The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Between the World and Me journeys to three resonant sites of conflict to explore how the stories we tell—and the ones we don’t—shape our realities.\nTa-Nehisi Coates originally set out to write a book about writing\, in the tradition of Orwell’s classic “Politics and the English Language\,” but found himself grappling with deeper questions about how our stories—our reporting and imaginative narratives and mythmaking—expose and distort our realities.\nIn the first of the book’s three intertwining essays\, Coates\, on his first trip to Africa\, finds himself in two places at once: in Dakar\, a modern city in Senegal\, and in a mythic kingdom in his mind. Then he takes readers along with him to Columbia\, South Carolina\, where he reports on his own book’s banning\, but also explores the larger backlash to the nation’s recent reckoning with history and the deeply rooted American mythology so visible in that city—a capital of the Confederacy with statues of segregationists looming over its public squares. Finally\, in the book’s longest section\, Coates travels to Palestine\, where he sees with devastating clarity how easily we are misled by nationalist narratives\, and the tragedy that lies in the clash between the stories we tell and the reality of life on the ground.\nWritten at a dramatic moment in American and global life\, this work from one of the country’s most important writers is about the urgent need to untangle ourselves from the destructive myths that shape our world—and our own souls—and embrace the liberating power of even the most difficult truths.\n\nJoin the live discussion on November 18 using the following Google Link:(It is highly recommended that you test out the link well before the discussion start time.) Hope to see you there!
URL:https://thepeacemakersnetwork.com/event/virtual-book-discussion-of-the-message-by-ta-nehisi-coates/
LOCATION:Online
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