For the 11th year in a row, more than one thousand high school and
college students from across the Northeast travelled to New York to
protest human rights abuses across the world as part of "Get On the
Bus", Amnesty's largest entirely volunteer-led event, organized by a
local group from Somerville, MA. The demonstrations targeted human rights
violations in Sudan, Ethiopia, Guatemala, and China.
Revolving along a one-mile stretch on the banks of the Charles River,
the 27th annual Cambridge River Festival will celebrate the city's
cultural diversity through music, dance, and the arts. Captivating
people of all ages and backgrounds, nationally recognized musicians
and visual artists will entertain at this lively outdoor celebration.
Looking Back in Time - The African American Experience in Cambridge
The Cambridge African American Heritage Trail committee, and the
Cambridge Historical Society, collaborated to bring the African
American Experience to the Hooper Lee Nichols House, in Harvard
Square, a proper setting to look back in time, and explore slavery and
abolition activities that took place, here in Cambridge.
On May 19th, the Central Square Business
Association and the City of Cambridge hosted the annual central square
clean-up. Despite heavy rain in the early morning, several dedicated
volunteers showed up to help out.
Community media awareness and activism organizations around the
country declared a national "Day of Out(R)age" to build support for a
group of media related issues, including preserving network neutrality,
local control of local resources, and provisions in the
telecommunication act that supports public access stations. ACME Boston
hosted the local media event at the statehouse, and producer and local
air personality Jeffery Manzelli (FreemanZ) covered the event for "You
Are Here".
