BEYOND EXCLUSION: REDLINING IN THE SUBURBS
Building a working knowledge of the law requires understanding the historical underpinnings of the structures of the present. To this end, BU HOMES and ASPIRE welcomes Professor Michael Glass to campus to discuss redlining and racial inequality in housing. Professor Glass is a political and urban historian at Boston College and the author of Cracked Foundations: Debt and Inequality in Suburban America. If you have an interest in housing justice or want to gain insight into the context of the current housing landscape, please register for the event and join us on Monday, October 27 in Room 204 from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm. Pizza will be available! Click here for more information.

RAPPAPORT CENTER LECTURES
"On Tues., Oct. 28, 2025, at 12:15 pm, the Rappaport Center hosts Senior Fellow, Carol Rose, for a Community Address on 'The Role of Law and Lawyers in Defending Democracy.' For the last 23 years, Carol Rose has served as the Executive Director of the ACLU of Massachusetts." Register here! 

"On Weds., Oct. 29, 2025, at 12:15 pm, the Rappaport Center presents a panel on Responding to the Executive Branch's Targeted Enforcement: How Lawyers Protect Civil Rights. From the border to the classroom, the Executive Branch’s recent enforcement choices have raised questions about whether it is targeting certain groups or ideas for selective or punitive treatment. This panel explores how such uses of executive authority intersect with constitutional principles — including the First Amendment and due process — and how civil rights lawyers are responding in defense of the freedom to think, teach, and belong in a constitutional democracy. Moderated by Rappaport Senior Fellow Carol Rose, Executive Director, ACLU of MA, this panel features Jessie Rossman, Legal Director, ACLU of MA; Naomi Shatz, Partner, Zalkind Duncan & Bernstein LLP; David Zimmer, Partner, Zimmer, Citron & Clarke, LLP." Register here!

MIRA LEARNING FOR ACTION: VOLUNTEER TRAINING
"Join MIRA's volunteer community in our sixth series of trainings. Learn more about the 'Safe Communities Act' with MIRA's Director, State Government Affairs, Amy Grunder. Sign up for our upcoming training!" The next virtual trainings are Tuesday, October 28th @ 7pm and Friday, October 31st @ 1 pm. Click here for more information!

VIRTUAL BOOK RELEASE: READ THIS WHEN THINGS FALL APART
Join the Boston Anarchist Book Fair for a virtual book release with the editor of the forthcoming Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis (AK Press, 2025) on Zoom, Wednesday, October 29th at 7:00pm. "Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis is a book of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times, edited by Let This Radicalize You co-author Kelly Hayes. Join Kelly for a virtual book release event as part of the programming of this year's Boston Anarchist Bookfair.

In social movements, some heartbreaks are all but inevitable. Campaigns will be lost. Mental health crises will occur. Social ills, like gender-based violence, will manifest themselves in movement spaces. People will experience profound personal losses. Grief, alienation, and despair can grind us under. Sometimes, we need accompaniment. Sometimes, we need to be met where we’re at by a caring voice of experience. Read This When Things Fall Apart is a care package for activists and organizers building power under fascistic, demoralizing conditions. It’s an outstretched hand, offering history lessons, personal anecdotes, and practical advice about how to navigate the woes of justice work. A survival guide for the heart, this is a book for activists to keep close, and to share with co-strugglers in need.

Personal, reflective, and hopeful, Read This When Things Fall Apart harnesses the writers' individual moments of despair into living, breathing wisdom that chips away at the supposed inevitability of fascist life. Restorative like a letter from a trusted friend and invigorating like a story from a mentor, the book is an indispensable companion for all of us navigating challenging times. Featuring letters from Mariame Kaba, Ashon Crawley, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Eman Abdelhadi, Brian Merchant, and more."

BOSTON ANARCHIST BOOK FAIR
"The Boston Anarchist Bookfair is back on Nov 1-2 at the Cambridge Community Center, where we’re hosting a bookfair celebrating anarchism and it’s many forms. Authors, publishers, organizers, punks, queers, abolitionists, and accomplices of all kinds — come through for one of the longest-running anarchist bookfairs on the East Coast." Click here for more information and details on book fair workshops!

DAY OF THE DEAD: NATIONAL DAYS OF ACTION
Save the date November 1-2! Join Detention Watch and our members and partners across the country in honoring lives lost to immigration detention. Immigration detention is deadly and inherently inhumane — what we’re seeing now is heightened cruelty under the Trump administration. There have been at least 22 deaths in ICE custody since Trump’s inauguration, a record number of deaths within a calendar year since DWN began tracking in 2006.  Take action as we collectively honor, remember, and grieve lives lost in ICE custody." Click here for more information!

FILM SCREENING: A COLLECTIVE FUTURE
"A Collective Future is a documentary that shows what it means to organize and win community control in Boston and Cambridge! Follow the stories of 3 residents who organized against evictions, against an exploitative workplace, and to defund the Boston Police, leveraging that organizing to build towards community-owned housing, worker-owned cooperatives, and participatory budgeting. Join the film premiere on Sunday, November 2nd, from 2pm to 4pm (doors open at 1:30pm) at the Strand Theatre in Dorchester, MA, for a powerful multi-media event featuring the world premiere of the documentary film! This bold new film, directed by @stephaniehouten and executively produced by @center4econdem, @citylife.vidaurbana, and @aarw.boston, follows three Boston-area organizers who share a powerful “resist and build” practice!

The film premiere will also feature:
- An art gallery exhibition and día de los muertos altar
- A panel discussion with local organizers and activists
- The launch of a new zine on Economic Solidarity
- Campaigns to get involved with — and more!
 Get your ticket today at the link here: bit.ly/acollectivefuture. You won’t want to miss this!" Find out more here!

PHONEBANK FOR PALESTINE
"If you haven’t had a chance to support the Yes on 3 / Somerville boycott for Palestine solidarity ballot question, you have chances ANY DAY UNTIL 11/4 to help us out! No experience necessary. We do in-person doorknocking in pairs for safety, so please bring a neighbor, partner, friend, or housemate—or we will pair you up for your shift! We also need a lot of help calling our neighbors, so please help us out, virtually or in person. Thanks for your help, and Free Palestine! You can sign up for doorknocking here: tinyurl.com/Canvass4s4p. You can sign up for phonebanking here: tinyurl.com/phoneyeson3." Click here for more information!

LEXIS IS SELLING YOUR INFORMATION TO ICE
For more information, check out the linked Zine by the End the Contract Coalition, which is pushing LEXIS+ parent company RELX to cut its ties with ICE.