Grassroots Central Mass

GCM Leadership Group Meeting
2023-10-21 09:30 - 11:00, 2023-09-30 09:30 - 11:00, 2023-08-26 09:30 - 11:00, 2023-07-29 09:30 - 11:00, 2023-06-24 09:30 - 10:30, 2023-04-15 09:30 - 11:00, 2023-03-18 09:30 - 11:00, 2023-02-25 09:30 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual via Zoom
Join us to plan future actions, hear committee reports, and discuss issues of importance to the organization. The Leadership Group meets virtually via Zoom. Please email Jeana, justice@grassrootscentralmass.org, to receive the Zoom link.

$haring Earth's Worth: Environmental Forum
2023-10-01 13:00 - 15:00 UTC | West Brookfield Town Hall, 2 E Main St, West Brookfield, MA, United States
This community-based forum is designed to give you the latest, most trustworthy, information about: 1. renewable energy (wind, solar, geothermal) so that you can better plan to make informed choices about when or whether to choose it; 2. planting and landscaping choices based on the long-term weather predictions; 3. how or even if to prepare for those predicted long-term weather changes; 4. free and/or inexpensive ways to save on heating and electric bills that also reduce the carbon footprint. Learn more.

Gun Violence Prevention Advocacy Day
2023-09-13 10:30 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 138 Tremont St, Boston, MA, 02111, United States
Join the Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, Stop Handgun Violence, Moms Demand Action, and others for an Advocacy Day to show the Legislature how widespread support for gun violence prevention is throughout the Commonwealth.
Assistance in scheduling a meeting with your state senator and state representative in advance will be provided to participants. Meet at the Cathedral where the organizers will distribute advocacy materials, go over details of the day, and answer any questions that folks may have about the day. We will walk to the State House together, and then disperse to go to our meetings. The sponsoring organizations will be in touch with those who RSVPed with more details.

Register for bus trip to NYC for March to End Fossil Fuels
2023-09-09 | Virtual
Organizers are mobilizing tens of thousands of people across the country to participate in the End Fossil Fuels march!
The march will take place on Sunday, Sept 17, in New York City during the UN Climate Ambition Summit. The purpose is to send a clear message to world leaders – especially President Biden – that it’s time to end the era of fossil fuels and invest in a clean and sustainable future for all.
The all day trip will be from 6:30 am – 10:30 pm. To purchase tickets for a bus that departs from and returns to Worcester, use the link below:
www.eventbrite.com/e/march-to-end-fossil-fuels-bus-trip-from-ma-to-nyc-sep-17th-tickets-687300563487?aff=oddtdtcrealtor

Hate Has No Home Standout
2023-09-02 11:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | West Brookfield Common, 12 E Main St, West Brookfield, MA, 01585, United States
In response to the recent dissemination of hate literature in West Brookfield by Goyim, a Neo-Nazi hate group, Brookfields Fight Fear is holding a Hate Has No Home Here standout on the town common.
Park in local parking lots and on side streets, not on Route 9.

Special Program to Honor Brookfield's First Inhabitants
2023-08-27 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Brookfield Congregational Church, 8 Common St, Brookfield, MA, 01506, United States
Brookfield’s longtime resident historian, the late Robert Wilder (1933-2015) spent decades mapping early Brookfield and other towns of the original Quaboag Plantation. To coincide with celebrations of Brookfield’s 350th anniversary, Wilder’s friends and collaborators organized this program to remember his legacy and to continue the conversation of how to recognize Brookfield’s Native American story.
Through live presentations, film clips, maps, and a display of artifacts, the program will focus on Brookfield’s past, present and future through the lens of its first inhabitants, including the Quaboag and Nipmuc peoples. Featured speakers include Donald Duffy, Tom Silver Fox Morse, and Ted Timreck.
The presentation is directed by Dan Hamilton, actor and Emmy winning director who published Wilder’s maps online.
A reception will follow with books and DVDs available for purchase.

Changing the Mass State Flag and Seal
2023-05-25 18:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Merriam-Gilbert Public Lbrary, 3 West Main Street, West Brookfield, MA, 01585, United States
Join us to learn the history of the Massachusetts flag and seal and hear about the effort to create a new flag and seal which will represent peace, justice, equality, and inclusion for the Commonwealth.
For over 40 years, Indigenous leaders have been calling for the flag and seal of Massachusetts to be changed. To many, the imagery of a white arm holding a sword over the head of an Indigenous person, and the Latin motto, “By the Sword She Seeks Peace, but Peace with Liberty,” speaks of a history of violent colonization and conquest.
On January 6th, 2021, the Massachusetts Legislature established a Special Commission on the Official Seal and Motto of the Commonwealth, and invited Native leaders from the Wampanoag, Nipmuc, and Massachusett nations to sit with state legislators, historians, and others to recommend changes to the state symbol. In 2022, the statewide special commission recommended a total revision of the Massachusetts flag and seal.
A resolution on June town meeting warrants in West Brookfield, Brookfield, and Oakham will ask town voters if they are in support of changing the flag and seal of Massachusetts. Come find out more about this important racial justice issue.

Climate Committee Meeting
2023-05-11 16:30 - 17:30 (America/New_York) | Virtual via Zoom
Join local activists to learn about and protect our environment in a multiplicity of innovative ways. At this meeting we’ll review the successful Trees Are Treasures event we hosted last month and then discuss our next projects.
This committee meets virtually; email climate@grassrootscentralmass.org to request the Zoom link.

Racial and Social Justice Committee Meeting
2023-04-30 10:30 - 11:30, 2023-04-02 10:30 - 11:30, 2023-03-05 10:30 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | Virtual via Zoom
Join local activists to engage in advocacy work especially related to immigration, re-imagining policing, and health care disparities.
This committee meets virtually; email justice@grassrootscentralmass.org to request the Zoom link.

Moms Demand Action-MA Chapter April Meeting
2023-04-25 19:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Virtual via Zoom
Join via Zoom for the monthly statewide meeting, where the chapter will discuss how we can engage Massachusetts companies to address gun violence prevention.
Register for this event online; go to https://momsdemandaction.org/about/chapters/ and click on the link “Apr 25 MA-Chapter-April Membership Meeting”.

IMC Feminist Action Team State Wide Call
2023-04-25 19:15 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Virtual via Zoom
The Feminist Action Team will host the next IMC State Wide Call with State Senator Becca Rausch to discuss the harmful presence of Anti-Abortion Centers (otherwise known as Crisis Pregnancy Centers) here in MA and what can be done about them.
Register for the call using bit.ly/IMCcall4-25

Mass Dems Rural Affairs Committee Round Table
2023-04-25 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual via Zoom
Meet virtually with friends and neighbors to discuss issues affecting rural communities in Massachusetts. New Mass Dems Chair will be in attendance.
To register for the event, use this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErfu6tqzIpEtCRQImRGpDyP3sbNrmv7X_H
If you’d like more information about the Committee, please email Lee Harrison, original chair of the Rural Affairs Committee, at lights.on@twc.com. All are welcome to join the Round Table discussion!

Regional DTC Meeting
2023-04-23 12:30 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Lake Street, 34 Lake Street, West Brookfield, MA, 01585, United States
Come join the DTC chairs from towns in Western Central Massachusetts. Meet fellow activists and plan to increase participation in Democratic Party initiatives in our region! Items on the agenda for this meeting include finding candidates to run against State Senator Ryan Fattman, gun safety legislation, and a Climate Change Forum event planned for later this year. The meeting will be held at 34 Lake Street in West Brookfield. All are welcome.

Trees Are Treasures Earth Day Celebration
2023-04-22 11:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Wells State Park, 159 Walker Pond Rd, Sturbridge, MA, 01566, United States
Grassroots Central Mass (GCM) will continue its tradition of celebrating Earth Day with its third “Trees Are Treasures” event on Saturday, April 22nd from 11 a.m.-4:00 p.m., at Wells State Park in Sturbridge.
Take a family-friendly stroll along the Mill Pond Trail and meet a reformed, tree-loving logger and the Lady of the Wetlands. Walk through the park and hear a naturalist describe its history from the Ice Age to the building of the stone walls which are ubiquitous in our area.
Enjoy children’s crafts, entertainment, and a tree seedling giveaway under the pavilion. Please check back with us to confirm the details of this celebration of our natural heritage.
GCM, a local affiliate of Indivisibles, is co-sponsoring this year’s event with Brookfields Fight Fear (BFF). Both GCM and BFF are local groups dedicated to serving the communities we live in, through finding and supporting solutions to issues in our communities, our state, and our nation.

Candidates Night in West Brookfield
2023-04-20 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | West Brookfield Town Hall, 2 E Main St, West Brookfield, MA, United States
Each candidate will introduce themselves and will include a statement about who they are, why they are running, and what they will do to help improve town government in West Brookfield.
Then there will be an opportunity for the audience to ask questions. Each candidate will take turns answering each question. In the interest of fairness, candidates will alternate who responds first. There will also be a few informative questions prepared by members of the town government and chosen for the purpose of further informing you.
Knowledge is power: be informed! Your life is directly affected by decisions made by elected officials.

Climate Committee Meeting
2023-03-23 16:30 - 17:30, 2023-03-09 16:30 - 17:30 (America/New_York) | Virtual via Zoom
Join local activists to learn about and protect our environment in a multiplicity of innovative ways. Currently in the planning stages is our annual Trees Are Treasures event, one of our most visible actions to support our communities and champion the environment. We could really use some enthusiastic volunteers to make this a successful event once again.
This committee meets virtually; email climate@grassrootscentralmass.org to request the Zoom link.

Stop Dirty Banks Rally
2023-03-21 12:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | Bank of America, 29 West Boylston St, Worcester, MA, 01605, United States
Join the National Day of Action: demand that banks stop funding climate chaos. Rally in front of Bank of America on West Boylston Street and march to Chase Bank on Gold Star Boulevard.
To avoid climate chaos, no new fossil fuel projects should be built. But Wall Street banks continue to funnel trillions into fossil financing. The Filthiest Four are Chase, Citibank, Wells Fargo, and Bank of America. If these banks refuse to defund fossil fuels, we will refuse to do business with them. Support local banks and credit unions instead.
This rally is sponsored by 350 Central Massachusetts. All are welcome to join this action to protest planet destroying businesses.

Regional DTC Meeting
2023-02-26 13:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | Ye Olde Tavern, 7 E Main St, West Brookfield, 01585, United States
Come join the DTC chairs from towns in Western Central Massachusetts. Meet fellow activists and plan to increase participation in Democratic Party initiatives in our region! The meeting will be held at Ye Olde Tavern in West Brookfield. All are welcome.

Climate Committee Meeting
2023-02-23 16:30 - 17:30 (America/New_York) | Virtual via Zoom
Join local activists to learn about and protect our environment in a multiplicity of innovative ways.
We are currently planning our annual “Trees Are Treasures” event which will be celebrated on Earth Day, Saturday April 22, 2023. We welcome your ideas and your energy that will make this event a success.
This committee meets virtually; email climate@grassrootscentralmass.org to request the Zoom link.

Climate Committee Meeting
2023-02-09 09:00 - 10:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual via Zoom
Join local activists to learn about and protect our environment in a multiplicity of innovative ways. This committee meets virtually; email climate@grassrootscentralmass.org to request the Zoom link.
