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Rally for Women’s Rights and Against War
Join us Saturday May 7th at 11:00am Against War and for Women’s Rights Greenfield Town Common Tuesday’s revelation that the Supreme Court is ready to decide to overturn Roe v Wade and allow the states to restrict and prohibit the right to an abortion is a horrendous outcome of years of chipping away…
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Join Baystate Franklin Nurses
Virtual Community Forum on Wednesday, March 9 at 6:00pm Greenfield City Council President Sheila Gilmour and the Western Mass Area Labor Federation The forum will feature nurses and community advocates and is open to participation from the public. It will provide an opportunity for transparent discussion about the needs of Baystate Franklin Medical Center frontline…
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Russia out of Ukraine, U.S. out of Europe!
Yesterday at noon, roughly 80 people gathered on the Town Common in Greenfield to protest Russian’s invasion of Ukraine and the role that NATO has played over the past 70 years in dividing Europe, threatening the security of Russia, and furthering the goals of US imperialism. Thanks to local musicians Ben Grosscup and Annie Hassett…
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A Statement on the Ukraine Crisis
Initiated by CodePink and RootsAction FCCPR has signed onto this statement. As organizations representing millions of people in the United States, we call upon President Biden to end the U.S. role in escalating the extremely dangerous tensions with Russia over Ukraine. It is gravely irresponsible for the president to participate in brinkmanship between two nations…
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Reluctantly, due to the bad weather coming, we are postponing the Voting Rights Rally scheduled for Monday Jan. 17th on the Greenfield Common. We will be in touch with other national groups that are organizing around voting rights to plan when we will reschedule the rally. Please be sure to contact our Senators and urge…
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Let Us Honor Dr. Martin Luther King by Standing Out for Voting Rights
Monday January 17th 10:30 to 11:30 am Greenfield Town Common In 2021, 52 restrictive voter laws were passed in various states across the country, limiting options to vote and undermining local elections officials’ ability to mind elections. Georgia’s law, SB 202, criminalized handing out water to voters standing in long lines. Texas’ SB.1 would have…
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No Room At The Inn: Urgent Need for Emergency Shelter Beds in Franklin County
On Friday afternoon, December 24th, Christmas Eve, from 2 – 3 PM, concerned citizens gathered in front of the former Farren Hospital in Montague. With winter upon us, and not enough shelter beds in Franklin County to meet the needs of people who are unhoused, many community members face this emergency by sleeping out in…
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“Stand Out for Peace”
Saturday, November 13, 2021 Greenfield Town Common, 11 am – noon November 11, 2021, is Remembrance /Armistice Day — 103 years since World War I ended in Europe. This year, the Traprock Center for Peace & Justice and Franklin County Continuing the Political Revolution Peace Task Force will mark the anniversary during their weekly vigil…
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