Fight for the Public Good!

Day of Action on November 9th

Defend Public Services and the Public Sector!

Action to Save Our Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid at 11 AM

Action to Give Anti-Teacher Michelle Rhee an "F" at 7 PM

Take Two Pro-Immigrant Actions

Support Our Immigrant Brothers and Sisters!

Say NO to the anti-immigrant, anti-community "Secure Communities" Program

Send a message to White House official Cecilia Munoz and ask her to denounce this harmful program.

Take Action now!

Stop the Deportation of DREAMer Shamir

Shamir Amirali Ali is a young man who is facing eminent deportation. He has lived in the U.S. since he was 7 years old and he is eligble for the DREAM Act.

Tell ICE to stop teh deportation of Shamir and all DREAMers.

Take Action now!

New Occupy Boston Website

Check out the new Occupy Boston website!

www.occupyboston.org

The new website offers a calendar of events, translation, volutneer opportunities, a live stream from Dewey Square, and much much more!

Right to the City!

3,000 MARCH! 24 ARRESTED!  

Last weekend, we decided enough was enough. We took back Boston.  

 
"I'm getting arrested for a good cause," said Presley Obasohan, who is fighting foreclosure by Bank of America.  "So many people have been thrown out of their homes needlessly, because of mistakes the banks made.  I'm getting arrested to make sure my neighbors, and me, can stay in our homes.  We need principal reduction!"

On Friday, September 30th, 3,000 Right to the City members, union workers, community organizers, Boston residents and students took to the streets to make a visible stand against corporate greed. We carried colorful banners and signs, banged drums and chanted together in the streets: "The banks got bailed out. We got sold out!" and "Bank of America, Bad for America!"

Led by Boston families carrying signs that told their stories of predatory lending and foreclosure, the march made its way through downtown Boston, stopping at Hyatt and Verizon to support workers' demands for securing living-wage jobs, at Fidelity to lift up the youth led struggle for investing in jobs for young people and we protested the NSTAR Corporation supporting residents' demands for green jobs and affordable home weatherization.  

We ended at the Massachusetts headquarters of Bank of America to confront the nation's largest lender for their role in the economic crisis. There, 24 of our sisters and brothers blocked all the entrances to the corporate building-some even made it inside to occupy the lobby-and were arrested as they stood up for themselves, their families, their friends and their neighbors facing foreclosure.  This action was pulled together as part of a broader national effort being spearheaded by New Bottom Line www.newbottomline.org, a national coalition of community organizations, congregations, labor unions, and individuals that includes Right to the City Alliance.

Check out a quick video from the event here: