Lincoln Witness

Standout at Burlington ICE Office – Justice For All Thursdays
2026-02-26 11:00 - 13:00, 2026-03-05 11:00 - 13:00, 2026-03-12 11:00 - 13:00, 2026-03-19 11:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | ICE Office Burlington, 1000 District Ave, Burlington, MA, 01803, United States
Greater Assabet Indivisible Network (GAIN) invites you to stand in solidarity with immigrants and resistance to ICE and their cruel and lawless detention of our neighbors Thursdays from 11am-1pm. Regardless of any other political views, you are welcome to join us and demand Justice 4 All so long as you do so non-violently.
Our friends at Bearing Witness have been hosting gatherings at this location for many weeks. We are an unaffiliated group, but very much aligned with their values and mission. Our goal is to add to the total number of hours that citizens stand in non-violent opposition to the deplorable detainment conditions at this location. If you have been to Bearing Witness on Wednesdays, we would love to have you at Justice 4 All Thursdays.
Schedule (Starting Thursday, September 4 – more dates to follow)
11:00-11:30 Welcome; music; announcements
11:30-12:30 Stand with signs along District Ave
12:30-1:00 Optional short march down to Mall Rd.
What happens at this ICE office?
ICE personnel depart from District Ave. in unmarked vans with tinted windows on missions to abduct immigrants across New England. Immigrants may also show up at the office for appointments. The facility on District Ave was never intended to be a detention center, yet immigration lawyers and media interviews reveal that people are now being housed here in conditions that have been called “abysmal” and “unsanitary.”
What to expect at Justice 4 All?
We are committed to nonviolence, and we stand peacefully with signs outside the facility. We do not block the entrance, we do not physically approach ICE agents as they walk to/from the parking lot, and we do not block traffic on District Ave.
Signs
This is a very targeted action outside the ICE facility, so it’s not the venue for protesting other causes. Even though we care deeply about other issues, while outside ICE we must remain focused on immigration.

De-ICE Hanscom Standout
2026-02-27 13:30 - 15:00, 2026-03-06 13:30 - 14:30, 2026-03-13 01:30 - 14:30, 2026-03-20 13:30 - 14:30 | Hanscom Rotary, intersection Hanscom Dr. and Old Bedford Rd, Lincoln, MA, 01773, United States
De-ICE Hanscom is a coalition organizing peaceful standouts with the goal of eliminating ICE transport flights from Hanscom Field. ICE is using these flights to swiftly move immigrants out of New England in order to hinder effective legal representation.
The Hanscom rotary is at the intersection of Hanscom Dr. and Old Bedford Rd. in Lincoln, MA. Please park along Old Bedford Road or Hanscom Drive without impeding traffic or blocking bike lanes.

No Fear Street Theater
2026-02-28 11:00 - 12:30, 2026-03-07 11:00 - 12:30, 2026-03-14 11:00 - 12:30, 2026-03-21 11:00 - 12:30
At the corner of Mall road and District Avenue, Burlington

Please continue to publicly standout against ICE in a weekly visibility event on Saturday.
We want shoppers and neighbors to know that an ICE detention center operating to illegally detain tax paying, working immigrants who are arrested without a judicial warrant, or snatched when they voluntarily show up for a requested administrative meeting or a court hearing.

Singing Resistance Community Sing
2026-03-01 14:00 - 16:00 | SEIU 32BJ Union Hall, 26 West Street, Boston, MA, United States
The Minneapolis singing resistance has been rising to Stop ICE, and they are calling for singing actions all across the country the weekend of Feb 28/Mar 1. BVOCAL (Boston Voices of Community and Labor) and Boston Area Singing Circles, along with other local song leaders, are responding to the call with a Singing Resistance Community Sing to learn the new protest songs in community and get ready to take action through song. All are welcome!

Fix ICE Protest
2026-03-02 11:00 - 13:00, 2026-03-03 11:00 - 13:00, 2026-03-09 11:00 - 13:00, 2026-03-10 11:00 - 13:00 | Burlington Mall Road, Burlington Mall Road, Burlington, MA
Come join us Monday and Tuesday 11-1 to protest ICE cruelties.
Where: Burlington, MA: From 11–12 we hold signs on a busy street to communicate our message publicly, and from 12–1 we gather outside the ICE office for a more informal time of signs, speaking out, connection, and visible solidarity with immigrants while making our presence known to ICE.
What to bring: A sign!
Meeting point: Corner of Burlington Mall Road and District Ave, closest to Pressed Cafe.
After: Optionally join us for lunch at Pressed Cafe.

Singing Resistance Lincoln Meeting
2026-03-02 18:00 - 19:30 | St. Anne’s Episcopal Church, Lincoln, 147 Concord Road, Lincoln, MA, 01773, United States
Perhaps you have seen the videos of the good people of Minneapolis singing peacefully in protest against the surge of violence in their city. Across the United States and in countries around the world, people are joining in song. If this is news to you, please see this Anderson Cooper story:
https://youtu.be/t4qXXNnjGHQ?si=hGNFh8Y927gQbvvD

Recently, the Minneapolis organizers have been helping people organize in community groups. There is no cost, no ask. They seek to help those interested in engaging to protest in song.

If you look at singingresistance on Instagram, you can see their “Toolkit” which is an important start. They recommend groups get together to sing and build community before going out to sing in protest.

Check out singingresistancelincolnma on Instagram and come to the first Lincoln community gathering to talk about this movement and sing some songs. All are welcome… all ages, those who sing on pitch and those who find their own notes. Please RSVP to johnandmargit@gmail.com (the organizer plans to provide some pizza and salad since it’s dinner time).

St Anne in the Fields is happy to host in the Flint Room.

If there is interest and enthusiasm, the group will meet every other week, and plan actions on other dates.

Bearing Witness @ Burlington MA ICE Office
2026-03-04 11:00 - 13:00, 2026-03-11 11:00 - 13:00 | ICE Office Burlington, 1000 District Ave, Burlington, MA, 01803, United States
Members of the public are invited to stand in peaceful solidarity outside the ICE Enforcement & Removal Operations Office in Burlington every Wednesday from 11am-1pm. Together, we show love and support for immigrants, express our shame at ICE agents, and bear witness to the cruel and unconstitutional actions of our government. Regardless of your views on any other political issues, if you support immigrants and their constitutional rights and are committed to nonviolence you are welcome to join.

A note about parking: National Development Corp has posted new signs restricting parking in any of the business lots along District Ave and they did in fact tow some people’s vehicles. The Burlington Mall no longer allows people to park in their lots. Attendees are encouraged to be creative. For now, we still have permission to park in the AMC lot, but please note that the sidewalks between AMC and the District may be hazardous. Consider coordinating with friends to rideshare a Lyft or to shuttle each other from AMC over to the site.

Citizens Bank Standout
2026-03-07 10:00 - 11:00 | Citizen’s Bank, Waltham, 716 Main Street, Waltham, MA, United States
This standout is at the Citizens Bank on Main Street in Waltham. Citizens has been financing Core Civic and GEO group which are the largest for-profit private prisons corporations that build and “run” ICE Detention centers including Burlington! We must send a strong message to Boycott Citizens until they stop funding these centers! Please come if you can, share with like minded folks and bring signs relevant to Boycott Citizens because they finance ICE Detention centers! Sponsored by Indivisible Waltham Boycott Citizens team.

De-ICE Citizens Bank
2026-03-07 11:00 - 13:00 | Concord Center
Be part of the National De-Ice Citizens Bank standout in Concord Center (in front of Footstock)
Signage will be provided. Just come dressed warmly, with comfortable boots, ready to “carry the banner” with like-minded neighbors and distribute flyers to passers by.

Objective: alert the general public to Citizens ICE complicity and get customers to challenge/withdraw their support.

Learn more at: https://www.de-icecitizensbank.org/

Singing Resistance Lincoln, MA
2026-03-09 18:00 - 20:00, 2026-03-23 18:00 - 20:00 | St. Anne’s Episcopal Church, Lincoln, 147 Concord Road, Lincoln, MA, 01773, United States
Join in the camaraderie of singing together!

Approximate Schedule:
6 – 6:30: Settle in, have something to eat, and chat
7 – 8: Sing together

If possible bring something for a pot-luck dinner, but if you can’t, please enjoy without worry.

Thanks again to St. Anne’s for providing space.

Fix ICE Protest
2026-03-16 11:00 - 13:00, 2026-03-17 11:00 - 13:00, 2026-03-23 11:00 - 13:00 | Burlington Mall Road, Burlington Mall Road, Burlington, MA
Come join Fix ICE Monday and Tuesday 11-1 to protest ICE cruelties.
Where: Burlington, MA: From 11–12 we hold signs on a busy street to communicate our message publicly, and from 12–1 we gather outside the ICE office for a more informal time of signs, speaking out, connection, and visible solidarity with immigrants while making our presence known to ICE.
What to bring: A sign!
Meeting point: Corner of Burlington Mall Road and District Ave, closest to Pressed Cafe.
After: Optionally join us for lunch at Pressed Cafe.

Bearing Witness @ Burlington MA ICE Office
2026-03-18 11:00 - 13:00 | ICE Office Burlington, 1000 District Ave, Burlington, MA, 01803, United States
Members of the public are invited to stand in peaceful solidarity outside the ICE Enforcement & Removal Operations Office in Burlington every Wednesday from 11am-1pm. Together, we show love and support for immigrants, express our shame at ICE agents, and bear witness to the cruel and unconstitutional actions of our government. Regardless of your views on any other political issues, if you support immigrants and their constitutional rights and are committed to nonviolence you are welcome to join.

Please visit https://bearingwitnessne.org/ for the latest information about parking, as parking around the facility and at the mall is restricted.

ICE Out of Courts Rally in Waltham
2026-03-20 15:30 - 17:00 | Waltham District Courthouse, 38 Linden Street, Waltham, MA, United States
This is a rally at the Waltham court for the ICE out of courts LUCE campaign.

Building Effective Resistance through Citizen Activism
2026-03-22 19:00 | First Parish Wayland, 225 Boston Post Road, Wayland, MA, United States
This is both an in-person event and on Zoom.

The abuses that led to the American Revolution–rule by a king, troops seizing people without a warrant, using office for personal gain, arresting people for what they say–are all being repeated in our time. People who have studied authoritarian takeovers all agree that popular resistance can make the difference between a democracy’s survival or death. Come find out how citizen activism can reverse authoritarian trends, what popular resistance has looked like over the past year, and what we have to prepare for in the next three years. Learn about the impact of ICE activity in Massachusetts, how LUCE has evolved to become a potent force for immigrant justice and equity in the state, and effective actions that people can take now to support at-risk populations.

Speakers:

Toby Sackton has been a lifelong movement activist in the Boston area and has lived in Lexington for 40 years. He was one of the founders of Lexington Alarm on Patriots Day 2025.
Stephen Lewin-Berlin is a long-time activist committed to community building and resisting injustice through nonviolent actions. He is a local hub lead for LUCE–a Massachusetts-wide rapid response network that supports immigrants and opposes ICE activity throughout the state.

Parking: Parking is available at First Parish in Wayland. If overflow parking is needed, we recommend crossing Route 27 at the light and parking in the Town Hall parking lots across the street.

Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/99546813808?pwd=[REDACTED]
