GCM Leadership Group Meeting
2026-01-03 09:30 - 11:00, 2026-01-24 09:30 - 11:00, 2026-02-14 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.

Film Screening: Part Three of "Regenerating Life"
2026-01-10 15:00 - 16:30 | Joshua Hyde Library, 306 Main Street, Sturbridge, MA, 01566, United States
Are you concerned about the future of our planet? Come to learn how we can help our beautiful home heal itself.
Regenerating Life: How to Cool the Planet, Feed the World, and Live Happily Ever After, a movie by John Feldman, is presented in three parts.
Part One, scheduled for November 8, 2025, introduces concepts of our ecological situation, providing a solid understanding of the social and environmental crises that confront us.
Part Two, scheduled for December 6, 2025, continues the examination of the climate change dilemma.
Part Three, scheduled for January 10, 2026, also at 3:00 pm, continues the examination of the prevailing climate change story and offers new, attainable solutions.
The film covers our understanding of how life regulates the climate through photosynthesis, the carbon cycle, the water cycle, the dung cycle, and the interconnected soil network of fungi, microorganisms and plant roots. The photography is beautiful, the information is clear, and the information presented welcomes us to rethink everything we do.
A discussion will follow each presentation and light refreshments will be served.
If you would prefer to join virtually, please contact Sherry at sherryzitter@icloud.com for details. Preview the movie.
This presentation is sponsored by the Climate Committee of Grassroots Central Mass.

Racial and Social Justice Committee Meeting
2026-01-11 10:00 - 11:00 | Virtual via Zoom
Join local activists to engage in advocacy work especially related to immigration, re-imagining policing, LGBTQIA issues, disability rights, and health care disparities. This committee meets virtually; email justice@grassrootscentralmass.org to request the Zoom link.

Climate Committee Meeting
2026-01-14 09:00 - 10:00 | Virtual
Join local activists to learn about and protect our environment in a multiplicity of innovative ways. At this meeting we’ll discuss the environmental film series we sponsored and also begin planning our annual “Trees Are Treasures” event.
This committee meets virtually; email climate@grassrootscentralmass.org to request the Zoom link.

Racial and Social Justice Committee Meeting
2026-02-01 10:00 - 11:00 | Virtual via Zoom
Join local activists to engage in advocacy work especially related to immigration, LQBTQIA+ issues, and disability rights. This committee meets virtually; email justice@grassrootscentralmass.org to request the Zoom link.

Climate Committee Meeting
2026-02-01 13:00 - 14:00 | Virtual via Zoom
The Climate Committee will host an online discussion on Zoom on February 1st at 1:00 pm as a follow-up to our film series, Regenerating Life. Ideas on how we can help address climate concerns in our own lives will be the focus. Contact Sherry Zitter if you want to attend; her email address is sherryzitter@icloud.com.

Climate Committee Meeting
2026-02-19 09:00 - 10:00 | Virtual via Zoom
Join local activists to learn about and protect our environment in a multiplicity of innovative ways. At this meeting, the Committee will focus on environmental bills currently filed in our State legislature, recycling issues, battery storage siting, and the status of our annual Trees Are Treasures event.
This committee meets virtually; email climate@grassrootscentralmass.org to request the Zoom link.

Book Discussion at Charlton Library
2026-03-31 18:00 - 19:30 | Charlton Public Library, 40 Main St, Charlton, MA, 01507, United States
Come join a community of fellow readers to discuss the book Burned by Billionaires by local author Chuck Colllins. The book is available to borrow with your card at local libraries through C/W MARS and is also available for purchase at local bookstores and online. You are encouraged to register for this event on the library website (https://charltonlibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/book-discussion-burned-by-billionaires/).
Chuck Collins is an American author and a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, DC, where he directs the Program on Inequality and the Common Good. He is also co-founder of Wealth for Common Good. He is an expert on economic inequality in the US, and has pioneered efforts to bring together investors and business leaders to speak out publicly against corporate practices and economic policies that increase economic inequality.
Collins is the great-grandson of Oscar F. Mayer, the founder of the Oscar Mayer meat processing brand.
