Lincoln Witness

ICE Activity & Local Government: Virtual Panel Discussion & Q&A
2025-10-29 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | MA
The Lincoln Select Board is hosting a panel to share information, offer resources, and respond to community questions about the impact of recent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity. Panel participants will include Select Board Chair, Jennifer Glass; Town Administrator, Tim Higgins; Acting Police Chief, Jon Wentworth; and School Superintendent, Parry Graham. Join the discussion via Zoom. Please see details below:

Bearing Witness @ Burlington MA ICE Office
2025-10-29 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-10-22 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-10-15 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-10-08 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. For more info visit: Bearing Witness @ ICE.
For parking, please use the Macy’s overflow lot (75 Burlington Mall Road, follow signs for Macy’s, see map). For those with mobility challenges, please bear in mind that the lots nearest ICE – the FAA building beside ICE and BAE Systems across the street – are usually blocked off. Note: ICE security guards will direct people to leave the ICE parking lot.

No Fear Street Theater
2025-10-25 11:00 - 12:30, 2025-10-18 11:00 - 12:30, 2025-10-11 11:00 - 12:30, 2025-10-04 11:00 - 12:30, 2025-09-27 11:00 - 12:30, 2025-09-20 11:00 - 12:30 | MA
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.

Standout at Burlington ICE Office – Justice For All Thursdays
2025-10-23 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-10-16 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-10-09 11:00 - 13:00 | 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, starting September 4. 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.
Parking and other tips
For parking, please use the Macy’s overflow lot (75 Burlington Mall Road, follow signs for Macy’s, see map). For those with mobility challenges, please keep in mind that the lots closest to ICE — the FAA lot beside ICE and the BAE Systems lot directly across the street from ICE — have both been blocked off. There are restaurants nearby (Clover, Pressed Cafe, Chipotle) to get food and use the bathroom. Before arriving, please consider your own self-preservation (citizenship status) and self-care (sunscreen, hydration, etc.).

Pramila Jayapal Immigration Justice Resistance Lab Training
2025-10-19 11:00 - 13:00 | MA
About this event:
Are you disturbed by the Trump Administration’s aggressive, supercharged attacks on immigrant communities? As ICE gears up to further escalate their assaults, it’s up to us to stand together and protect our rights. That’s why we’re excited to invite you to our special Immigration Justice Resistance Lab training session. Congresswoman Jayapal, who was an immigrant rights’ organizer before heading to Congress and is currently the top Democrat on the Immigration Subcommittee in Congress, will lead the training along with other experts in the field. We’ll dive into the history of our immigration system, how the administration is using immigration to advance their authoritarian agenda, and where we go from here. We’ll also discuss concrete actions people can take to support immigrant communities and protect our democracy.

Interested in hosting a training with your friends and family on October 19th? We’ll show you how! Simply fill out this form: https://forms.gle/6UydjbHMg8XXGEbX9 . Once submitted, a member of our team will reach out the week of the event with all the tools and resources you need to host a successful training.

No Kings Event
2025-10-18 00:00 - 23:59 | MA
Visit https://www.nokings.org/ to find an event near you.
In June, we did what many claimed was impossible: peacefully mobilized millions of people to take to the streets and declare with one voice: America has No Kings. And it mattered. The world saw the power of the people. President Trump’s birthday parade was drowned out by protests in every state and across the globe. His attempt to turn June 14 into a coronation collapsed, and the story became the strength of a movement rising against his authoritarian power grabs.
Now, President Trump has doubled down. His administration is sending masked agents into our streets, terrorizing our communities. They are targeting immigrant families, profiling, arresting and detaining people without warrants. Threatening to overtake elections. Gutting healthcare, environmental protections, and education when families need them most. Rigging maps to silence voters. Ignoring mass shootings at our schools and in our communities. Driving up the cost of living while handing out massive giveaways to billionaire allies, as families struggle.
The president thinks his rule is absolute. But in America, we don’t have kings and we won’t back down against chaos, corruption, and cruelty.
Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and bigger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan; it is the foundation our nation was built upon. Born in the streets, shouted by millions, carried on posters and chants, it echoes from city blocks to rural town squares, uniting people across this country to fight dictatorship together.
Because this country does not belong to kings, dictators, or tyrants. It belongs to We the People – the people who care, who show up, and the ones who fight for dignity, a life we can afford, and real opportunity. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.

Fuerza Fundraiser
2025-10-15 17:30 - 20:30 | Solea Restaurant & Tapas Bar, 388 Moody Street, Waltham, MA
SOLEA Restaurant & Tapas Bar in Waltham.

Community Safety, Marshaling, and De-escalation for Nonviolent Actions via Zoom
2025-10-12 18:00 - 20:00 | MA
New to marshaling and de-escalation? Looking to refresh your skills? This two-hour workshop will provide principles and techniques for promoting collective care and de-escalating agitated, angry, and aggressive individuals at nonviolent street actions. Scenarios will be drawn from the facilitators’ deep experience as lead safety team coordinators in Greater Boston.
Please register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/GjlfNtp-Q8SeAS9_xaCy8g

Lincoln Witness at the Farmer’s Market
2025-10-11 09:30 - 12:30, 2025-10-04 09:30 - 12:30, 2025-09-27 09:30 - 12:30, 2025-09-20 09:30 - 12:30 | MA

The Forum | Immigration: Meeting the Moment
2025-10-05 11:30 - 23:59 | First Parish Lincoln, Ma
Join the Racial Justice Advocates for a conversation following up on our August 31st panel, and sign up for upcoming opportunities to be in solidarity with those targeted by ICE. In person in the Sanctuary and Livestream.

Standout at Burlington ICE Office - Justice For All Thursdays
2025-10-02 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-09-25 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-09-18 11:00 - 13:00 | ICE Office Burlington, 1000 District Ave, Burlington, MA, 01803, United States

Bearing Witness @ Burlington MA ICE Office
2025-10-01 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-09-24 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-09-17 11:00 - 13:00 | MA

Lincoln Witness Meeting
2025-09-25 19:00 - 20:30 | MA
