MTA BESE Rally
2026-06-23 08:15 - 08:45 (America/New_York)
We’ll join the MTA outside the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in solidarity with immigrant students and families calling for stronger protections in MA public schools. The short rally will take place as BESE members arrive, and a delegation of speakers will then deliver public comment at the meeting.
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Abolish ICE event with Friends Meeting of Cambridge
2026-06-27 14:00 - 15:30 | Friends Meeting House, 5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Friends Meeting of Cambridge is co-hosting an Abolish ICE event. The money that is raised will go to support The Welcome Project, an immigrant advocacy organization in Somerville. We will lead the audience in singing a variety of songs to bring to their next street action. This is a way to give back to FMC, which offers us free rehearsal space, as well as support a worthy cause.
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Union women’s leadership organization - WILD training institute
2026-06-27 19:30 - 20:30 | Bridgewater State University, 131 Summer Street, Bridgewater, MA, 02325
The union women’s leadership organization (WILD) has invited BVOCAL to lead singing during their weekend training institute.
The WILD weekend is for women only, so this invitation is limited to BVOCAL women. The institute is attended by rank and file union members as well as members of workers centers. It is taking place at Bridgewater State University which means a one hour drive there and back; we will arrange carpools. Sign up here.

MGB Homecare Clinicians strike
2026-07-14 12:00 - 14:00
BVOCAL will sing with MGB homecare clinicians on strike at MGB.
We’ll join the picket line at MGB headquarters at Assembly Row in Somerville.

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SEIU 509 Rally at MA Association for the Blind
2026-07-15 11:00 - 13:00
Contract negotiations have stalled and community service workers at the MA Association for the Blind will be holding a rally with their union, SEIU 509, on Wednesday, July 15, 11am-1pm at Union Square in Allston.

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250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence
2026-07-19 13:30 - 15:00 | Downtown Boston
BVOCAL and the Good Trouble Brass Band are planning “pop-up concerts” to mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and join a national call for a weekend of action, “Good Trouble Lives On.”

On summer weekends, downtown Boston is busy with tourists visiting historic sites.
Our goal is to reach a broad audience with our message:
The rights enshrined in our country’s founding documents are at risk.

We will perform the 15-minute pop-up concert several times in multiple locations downtown Boston.

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Note: If you signed up for the July 3rd pop-up concerts that were cancelled due to the heat, you must sign up again to get details for this new date.

Singing Resistance Community sing - Cambridge Friends House
2026-08-24 19:00 - 21:00 | Friends Meeting House, 5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
This will be a chance to learn many of the new movement songs that are meeting the moment while in community with other resistance singers. It will be collaboratively led by BVOCAL, Boston Area Singing Circles and other guest song leaders.
Ample free parking available in the U-shaped driveway

Tufts Union Rally - SEIU 32BJ
2026-09-03 15:30 - 16:30
Workers in the Tufts Facilities Department, members of SEIU 32BJ, are holding a rally to demand that the university bargain in good faith.
Despite widespread community support, including a resolution from Medford City Hall and a petition calling for a fair contract signed by over 600 campus community members, contract negotiations have gone nowhere.
This is one more example of how workers are being denied a living wage while in 2025 billionaires got $1.5 trillion richer.
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Boston Labor Day Parade
2026-09-07 10:00 - 12:00
March with BVOCAL in Boston’s second annual Labor Day Parade!

Let’s show our solidarity with our union brothers, sisters, and siblings who are essential partners in the resistance to authoritarianism, and join this planned “kick off” of a season in which we will all be working to protect the right to vote.
We’ll be singing about union pride, immigrant rights, election protection, and more.
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