STAND for PEOPLE, PLANET, and DEMOCRACY.

We’re Concord-area progressives
determined to save our democracy and rights.

Join us.

Show up, stand out, be heard!

Saturday, April 5, 11am–2pm | Hands Off! rally, Boston Common.
Finally, the big demonstration you’ve been waiting for!

  • CI has decided to support the rally in Boston to swell the numbers there rather than host a smaller rally in Concord. It starts at the Parkman Bandstand on the Common at 11, proceeding to City Hall Plaza at 11:25. Details are here.  
  • We plan to take the 8:46am train together from West Concord/ 8:50am from Concord Center. 
  • If you can’t make it to Boston, find other rallies here.
  • Ideas for signs include: “Hands Off Medicaid!,” “Hands Off Clean Energy,” etc.

April 12 | Pre-Patriots Day Huddle

  • Harvey Wheeler Community Center, 2–4pm. 
  • Make signs and pick up buttons and stickers for the April 19 and 21 events.
  • Sign-making materials provided.
  • Postcard packets will also be available: Write to constituents of a vulnerable GOP Rep. in California. Signup link coming soon.

April 19 | Concord250, Concord’s celebration of the 250th anniversary of the birth of democracy that was started here

  • We encourage you to peacefully make your voice heard in response to the current destruction of our democracy. 
  • Big crowds expected. Visit the official site for the program and logistics. 
  • Bring a sign, walk​ peacefully through the crowds, and hand out buttons and stickers. (See April 12 Huddle, above) 
  • Meet after the parade, likely around 1:30, at the Wright Tavern beer garden.

Monday, April 21 | Patriots Day Rally: We the People Dissent — Stop Tyranny Now!

  • First Parish Church (20 Lexington Road) in Concord, Mass., 11am-Noon
  • On this historic Patriot’s day — and on the historic ground of Concord, Massachusetts, where the fight for liberty and justice for all began — join Concord Indivisible, Indivisible Mass Coalition, First Parish Reclaim Our Democracy, Indivisible Acton Area, and Indivisible LAB to oppose the Trump/Musk authoritarian takeover.
  • Speakers will include Leah Greenberg, co-founder and co-executive director of Indivisible. Stay tuned for updates.
  • Bring your signs and buttons.

One of the most important things we can do to resist authoritarian intimidation is to show up — to demonstrate to others that ordinary people like them understand that things are not normal, not okay, and not acceptable. This “social proof” gives more folks — inside and outside the government — the courage to resist.

“Now is not the time to sit and ask what’s going to happen; now is the time to create what’s going to happen. And we might have a very different future if all of us do that.”

Heather Cox Richardson

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