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Social Justice – Activism – Politics

We bring you the voices of the 99%, marginalized and oppressed communities worldwide, new shows, and writers from many perspectives. We are proud to have originated as Occupy Boston Radio and support people’s movements worldwide.

Why we do what we do: To decrease human suffering and to promote human values of equality and justice

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2019

6:00 pm Mental Health in the Black Commu... @ Roxbury Innovation Center

Mental Health in the Black Commu... @ Roxbury Innovation Center

Feb 20 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Major depression, ADHD, suicide and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are common mental health disorders among Black Americans. According to the Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health, Black Americans are 20% more likely to experience serious mental health problems than the general population. Although the prevalence of these disorders is higher in the black population, only about 25% of Black Americans seek treatment. Some of these reasons include: lack of information on mental health, faith, inaccessible mental health services and care inequality.Join us for a community conversation to discuss stigma of mental health in the black community, how to break down these barriers and encourage the community to make their mental health a priority. We will be partnering with many organizations that include: MA Department of Mental Health, Bringing Back Boston, What’s on Your Mind, iGotchaPsyched and the Black Men’s Collective!Free admission and refreshments will be served. For questions, please contact the event organizer Olivia Umoren at olivia.umoren@mgh.harvard.edu. This event is sponsored by the MGH Department of Medicine and the MGH Cancer Center.https://www.facebook.com/events/2453821551357327/

6:00 pm Professional Wrestling in Malden... @ Malden Irish American Club

Professional Wrestling in Malden... @ Malden Irish American Club

Feb 20 @ 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm

MALDEN IRISH AMERICAN: 177 West Street, Malden, Ma Wednesday FEBRUARY 20, 2019 (February Vacation)Doors Open at 6pm & Belltime at 7pm$15 at the door! Front row seats are first come first serve. El Mundo Boston ChampionshipMike McCarthy vs Slyck Wagner BrownTodo Loco vs Channing ThomasDan DeMan vs Vern VicalloEl Mundo Boston Tag Team ChampionshipAlec Price & Edgardo Montoya vs Big Bear & Bugsy StoneTest of Strength Wrestling ChampionshipBobby Ocean vs Dan TerryBeau Douglas & Jason rumble vs Middlesex Expressand many more!(PHOTOS by Travis Alex, TICKETS by Dante Luna)https://www.facebook.com/events/296429197724699/

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5:30 pm Third Thursdays: Artist Takeover @ Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Third Thursdays: Artist Takeover @ Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Feb 21 @ 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Selected from our Neighborhood Salon Luminary program, we invite the best of Boston’s artists and culture-makers to take over the Museum. Featuring dancers, playwrights, photographers, community organizers, and graffiti writers, this creative social circle captures the spirit of Isabella’s “salons” to give you a fresh look at the historic collection.https://www.facebook.com/events/388471381716806/

6:30 pm Emergency Noise Demo to Support ... @ Suffolk County House of Correction

Emergency Noise Demo to Support ... @ Suffolk County House of Correction

Feb 21 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Join us for this emergency noise demonstration to support the ICE detainees who are on hunger strike at the Suffolk County House of Correction in Boston, Massachusetts. Since Friday, February 15th, 72 ICE detainees in Unit 8-2 have been refusing to eat food provided by the prison. Detainees are demanding better conditions and an end to inhumane treatment from prison staff.Correctional Officers and lieutenants have retaliated by sending hunger strikers into solitary confinement, cutting off phone privileges, and, in at least one confirmed instance, destroying the personal belongings of one hunger striker. More updates on this demonstration will be coming soon, but please take a moment to invite your friends to this event. ###Read the full list of grievances sent from the detainees at Suffolk County here: http://thefangcollective.org/suffolkletterYou can pledge to take action with FANG and the AMOR RI Community Response Team here: http://bit.ly/ShutDownICE#ShutDownICE #AbolishICE #BostonPrisonStrikehttps://www.facebook.com/events/340102943513113/

6:30 pm Mass Incarceration : A Youth Fil... @ Transformative Culture Project

Mass Incarceration : A Youth Fil... @ Transformative Culture Project

Feb 21 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Join us for a youth film screening and community conversation about mass incarceration in the state of Massachusetts. Joining us is the Emancipation Initiative – Against Life Without Parole , who will be conducting their “Struggle Sessions”. Programming includes:Two youth produced short films/ documentariesA panel conversation on mass incarceration and its impacts.Resources on incarceration in MA, citizen rights and anti-incarceration organizations*Light Refreshments provided!*This is a youth centered event but open to all ages! We want to foster inter-generational community conversation.https://www.facebook.com/events/2173846016198573/

6:30 pm Media Matchmakers for a New World @ The People's Forum

Media Matchmakers for a New World @ The People's Forum

Feb 21 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

“Our task is to make thinkers out of fighters and fighters out of thinkers.”—General Gordon Baker, revolutionary educatorTrue stories of social change movements are essential for us to move forward as a united people. But these stories will not be told in mainstream media: they are either ignored, truncated or distorted. At the same time media makers and visual storytellers find it harder and harder to use our skills and resources to make serious social contributions. We are rich in skills, resources and will, so what is holding us back?MEDIA MATCHMAKERS FOR A NEW WORLD will be an ongoing effort to develop and cultivate relationships between socially conscious media makers and communicators of all stripes, with local leaders and activists in a vibrant social movement, the NYS Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. Using screenings, discussions and a collaborative media project the workshop will present and explore potential partnerships between activists and media makers. We will identify obstacles that may prevent us from working well together, and by getting to know and trust one another we will try to bridge those gulfs. Workshop facilitators will ensure that the workshop contains a mix of media makers/digital communicators and social activists. We welcome local leaders and activists as well as all types of media workers.In this first session we will meet one another, learn a little bit about the Poor People’s Campaign, watch selected short films, and talk together about the problems facing us as media makers and social[...]

7:00 pm 3rdThursdays @ Haley House Bakery Cafe

3rdThursdays @ Haley House Bakery Cafe

Feb 21 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

coming soon…https://www.facebook.com/events/328647841208009/

7:00 pm Fundraiser to Support Erica Scot...

Fundraiser to Support Erica Scot...

Feb 21 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Erica Scott-Pacheco has been a long time friend, and she is currently running for Mayor of Fall River to represent working families and elders. Help support her election! She is a longtime community advocate who works in nonprofit fundraising and financial management at the nonprofit Legal Services in Fall River. Let’s help get her elected! Fall River is 50 miles south of Boston, near Providence, RI. The 10th largest city in MA, Fall River has NEVER had a woman mayor. Erica will be the first!This is a fundraiser for her election held in the private home of Ed Rocha and Brian Holliday in Malden. Please make your donation directly to her website www.erica4fallriver.com or bring a personal check (no corporate checks, please).This is invite only, so please contact Ed at rocha.edward@gmail.com if you have someone who would like to make a donation and attend the event. Donation levels:Student – $25Activist – $50Donor – $125Super Supporter – $500-$1000There will be wine, cheese, and light refreshments. https://www.facebook.com/events/2300152603561056/

8:00 pm Afterglow at Oberon: Desiree Bur... @ OBERON

Afterglow at Oberon: Desiree Bur... @ OBERON

Feb 21 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm

AN EVENING OF RAW AND RAUCOUS COMEDY AND STORYTELLINGRecounting anecdotes from her past as a virgin professional dominatrix in NYC with unashamed detail and intelligent commentary that centers on race, sex and capitalism, virtuoso storyteller and comedian Desiree Burch lays out a roadmap for escaping the cycle of silence and self-loathing that comes from always being taken for a ride. From dealing with sex in the workplace, to adventures in sex work, Desiree investigates the drives women have to stop sex from becoming work.Called “a comedian deservedly on the rise” by The Guardian, Burch is the winner of the 2015 Funny Women Stage Award and host of the upcoming Netflix gameshow “Flinch.”ALL TICKETS $257:30PM Doors8PM ShowPart of the 2018/19 Afterglow @ OBERON series which also includes: Tori Scott, Dan Fishback, Taja Lindley, The Bearded Ladies, and Sven RatzkeABOUT DESIREE BURCHDesiree Burch is a comedian, writer, solo performer, actor and NY-to-London transplant. She has been seen on ‘Frankie Boyle’s American Autopsy’ (BBC), ‘8 Out of 10 Cats’ (Channel 4) and ‘Before the Morning After’ (NBC/SeeSo). She’s been heard as the voice of Pamela Winchell on #1 international hit podcast ‘Welcome to Night Vale’, as well as on podcasts like ‘The Guilty Feminist’, ‘Made of Human’, ‘Dumb White Guy’, ‘Friends Like Us’ and ‘Writing Excuses’.Desiree was the 2015 Funny Women Stage Award-winner. Her solo show “Tar Baby” was the winner of a 2015 Scotsman’s Fringe First Award, a 2016 Vault Festival Pick-of-the-Week and was Shortlisted (High-Commendation) for the 2015 Amnesty International Freedom[...]

8:00 pm Golf Weapons, Muddler, Abraham @ Club Bohemia

Golf Weapons, Muddler, Abraham @ Club Bohemia

Feb 21 @ 8:00 pm – Feb 22 @ 12:00 am

Doors 8pm // Music 8:30pm // 21+ // Cash Only~ Abraham~ Muddler~ Golf WeaponsClub Bohemia738 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139https://www.facebook.com/events/653340465083047/

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