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Page last updated: July 14, 2025
Note: many of the actions below, and more, can be found on our most recent Action Hour Guide!
Support the Prison Moratorium Campaign
Update from our partners at Families for Justice as Healing: With no notice or warning, last week we found out that the state is not trying to build a $50 million women's prison as we had thought- they are actually trying to build a $360 million women's prison complex.
For years, we have asked for transparency and accountability. We have demanded to be engaged in the process. We were ignored, silenced, maligned - including our incarcerated sisters who have spoken up with great courage and at immense personal risk to oppose new prison construction. And now the plan is even worse than we thought.
We come to you with outrage as well as with immense gratitude for everything you have done to delay this project for 5 years so far. Let's keep going, united in resistance, in service of a future without new cages for our children and grandchildren.
Check out our statement on the $360 million women's prison and these excellent letters to the editor about alternatives to prison construction.
Immediate Action to Take:
Please sign and SHARE the petition to stop the $360 million women's prison!
As soon as possible, please use this form to email your opposition to the $360 million women's prison - and please ask for a response as a tax payer and community member. You can highlight the extreme expense, the false claim that this is to "invest in people" the impossibility of a trauma informed prison, the total lack of engagement of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women and completely secretive process, etc.
Blast the Governor's Constituent hotline and leave vocal opposition. Uplift what else could be done for women with $360 million dollars: (617) 725-4005
Contact your own legislators immediately and share the announcement. Tell them you fully oppose the use of taxpayer dollars for massive prison construction that incarcerated women oppose and ask them to express their vocal opposition to the Healey administration.
If you are part of an organization, please write a letter opposing this project to the Healey administration as soon as possible. Please contact mhanora@justiceashealing.org for support.
TELL MASSACHUSETTS LAWMAKERS: SUPPORT PRIVACY AND DIGNITY, NOT SURVEILLANCE AND DEPORTATIONS
The ACLU of Massachusetts supports two priority bills that will help the Commonwealth protect its people and assert our values in the face of Trump and his cruel agenda: the Location Shield Act (HD2965/SD501) and the Dignity Not Deportations Act (HD3596/SD1107).
The Location Shield Act would ban the sale and trade of cellphone location data, while the Dignity Not Deportations Act would prohibit immigration detention in Massachusetts state and local facilities and end the voluntary donation of local resources for federal immigration enforcement.
Urge your state legislators to pass bills that will protect Bay Staters and assert Massachusetts values!
New ICE Hotline & Fundraisers
Last week, we saw ICE in several communities across our state. As we work to keep each other safe, if you suspect ICE is in your community, please call this hotline: 617 - 370 - 5023
We also invite you to contribute to:
Emergency Fundraisers for Families Affected by ICE Enforcement,
Fundraiser to support a much beloved BIJAN community member has just lost his asylum case
We will continue to show up for each other and side with love. If you are interested in leading a hub, becoming a verifier, or being a hotline answerer (multilingual requirement), please email Tali for more info.
Opportunities to Stop Private Jet Expansion
Expanding private jet emissions will be devastating to our climate. See below for opportunities to take action!
Resolution: We are calling on Unitarian Universalist congregations in MA to adopt a Resolution urging Gov. Healey to stop private jet expansion at Hanscom Field airport or anywhere. Learn more here! For questions, contact: faith@stopprivatejetexpansion.org In the meantime, please take action as an individual by signing this petition to the Governor.
Youth Involvement: SPJE (Stop Private Jet Expansion) (SPJE.org) is launching a campaign by and for youth, where they can engage in climate activism. There are a variety of ways that youth can get involved, including joining the Youth Campaign Advisory Board, tabling at events, planning actions, and more. For questions, contact: faith@stopprivatejetexpansion.org.
Petition: Sign this petition to the Governor!
Medical Aid in Dying
Legislation has once again been filed to support Medical Aid in Dying. This bill would allow a terminally ill mentally competent adult to get a prescription from their doctor that would allow them to take a medication at the end of their life to ensure a peaceful dearth. This bill contains many safe guards to ensure that only people with a prognosis of less than six months as agreed upon by two doctors can obtain these medications, and that no one is coerced into using this option against their will.
This bill is called The End of Life Options act (H 2505 and S 1486) and a hearing were held at the State House on April 2nd. This is much earlier than in previous sessions and is considered a very hopeful sign. The committee now has until June 1st to vote for or against the bill for or to extend it. Please use this link to find your legislator if you would like to contact them in support of this bill.
There will be a lobby day on Tuesday June 3rd at the state house sponsored by Compassion & Choices, Death with Dignity, and several other organizations. There are speeches by sponsors then visits to our senators and House representatives. Please use this link for more information.