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Page last updated: June 23, 2025
Note: many of the actions below, and more, can be found on our most recent Action Hour Guide!
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.
submit testimony to Ban Racist Mascots
One of our MA Indigenous Legislative Agenda bills (S.312/H.575) calls for Massachusetts to prohibit the use of Native American mascots in Massachusetts public schools. About 25 schools in the Commonwealth currently use such mascots. Academic research reveals that Native American mascots create a hostile climate for Native Americans and increase bias among non-Native people, which is clearly not educationally sound. In particular, for Native American students, exposure to these mascots decreases self-esteem and capacity to imagine future achievement, and increases negative feelings. You can find these research findings here.
This bill just had its hearing, and the deadline for submitting comments is TOMORROW, June 24. Here's how you can take action:
Use this guide to submit written comment. This version takes longer but will be more effective.
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!
Support the Prison Moratorium Campaign
Take action with Families for Justice as Healing and The National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls to end the incarceration of women and girls.
Please join us on Tuesday, June 17th at 1pm at the State House for the hearing on the MA Survivors Act. Here is our toolkit: tinyurl.com/survivorsact.
Other ways to get involved:
Take 10 minutes to call and email the Chairs of the State Administration and Regulatory Oversight Committee. Thank them for reporting the bill out favorably last session and ask them to do it again: bit.ly/FreeHerMA
Sign up for a phone bank or canvass to help us contact constituents in key districts to move the Moratorium out of committee: bit.ly/nonewprisonvolunteer
We have in-person events planned in key districts, virtual events, and campaign work that we can plug you into. Sign up for an event here!
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.