Working Group Updates
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How Watertown Can Build Community to End Nuclear Weapons – Citizen Petition to City Council
Comments Off on How Watertown Can Build Community to End Nuclear Weapons – Citizen Petition to City CouncilHow Watertown Can Build Community to End Nuclear Weapons – Citizen Petition to the City Council Saturday, May 18, 4:00 PM Belmont/Watertown United Methodist Church 80 Mt. Auburn Street (Across from Starbucks) Music with Tod Gross [...] -
Understanding Palestine and Witnessing Reality
Comments Off on Understanding Palestine and Witnessing Reality“Understanding Palestine and Witnessing Reality” Saturday, May 11 at 2:00 PM, Belmont/Watertown United Methodist Church, 80 Mt. Auburn Street (across from Starbucks) The Peace and Common Security Working Group will present an educational event on [...] -
Summer Life-Friendly Garden Tour
Comments Off on Summer Life-Friendly Garden TourSave that Date! Thanks for your responses to our survey, we plan to hold the next Life-Friendly Garden Tour on Sunday June 23. This was the most popular weekend in the survey, It’s the last [...] -
WCPJE Statements
Comments Off on WCPJE StatementsON ISRAEL/PALESTINE 11/17/2023 We affirm the right of all Israelis and Palestinians to live in peace, security, and justice. We call for an Immediate Ceasefire and End to the Killing as first steps toward this [...] -
View our Latest Newsletter
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Take Action!
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Support Mother’s Day Walk for Peace – Donate, Walk, Ride
Comments Off on Support Mother’s Day Walk for Peace – Donate, Walk, RideA Perfect Way to Honor Your Mom For the tenth consecutive year Watertown residents will once again participate in the annual Mothers’ Day Walk for Peace event where we donate, walk, and ride with Watertown [...] -
Leave the car home? Take our Survey
Comments Off on Leave the car home? Take our Survey5 Quick Questions to help us understand how you get around now and if you usually drive alone, what it would take to persuade you to ditch the car. Watertown Faces Climate Change is looking [...] -
WATERTOWN – WE NEED YOUR SIGNATURE!
Comments Off on WATERTOWN – WE NEED YOUR SIGNATURE!The Peace and Common Security Working Group is on a mission to get Watertown folks to sign three initiatives and help get signatures from friends, neighbors and family members. Petition to Representative Katherine Clark. We [...] -
Weekly Vigil for a Permanent CEASEFIRE in Gaza and Palestine
Comments Off on Weekly Vigil for a Permanent CEASEFIRE in Gaza and PalestineJoin us on Saturdays in Watertown Square from 12 noon to 1:00 PM under the banners – “Let Gaza Live” “Permanent CEASEFIRE in Gaza and Palestine”. Bring a sign or make one when you arrive. [...] -
Your Help Needed to Advocate for Pollinators!
Comments Off on Your Help Needed to Advocate for Pollinators!The Massachusetts Pollinator Network is asking for our help advocating for important reforms in Washington and on Beacon Hill that will protect pollinators and ecosystem health. Through the Action Network they have made it easy to [...]
Working Groups
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Friends of Bees educates about and advocates for native bees, Monarch butterflies, and other pollinators. We usually meet on the last Wednesday of the month from January to October. […]
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The first Chemical-Free Garden Tour took place in 2007. Now, the Life-Friendly Garden Tour, is usually held twice a year. This self-guided tour is free and open to the public. We invite all gardeners in Watertown who do not use chemical fertilizers or pesticides to participate as hosts. […]
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The Watertown Citizens Refugee Support Group was formed in 2014 in response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis. We engage in diverse activities to help refugees from all over the world. […]
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Watertown Faces Climate Change is a node of 350 Mass. We inform and prepare voters and officials to move our town away from greenhouse-gas-producing energy and towards clean(er) fuel. We meet on the first and third Sunday at 5:00 pm. […]
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The Pigsgusset Initiative seeks to increase communication and promote collaboration among Watertown residents to undo the erasure of Indigenous Peoples from the place now called Watertown and to promote inclusive historical narratives. To this end, [...]
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Our mission is to educate and engage Watertown residents in promoting U.S. military and foreign policy that seeks global justice and cooperation, the peaceful resolution of conflict, and human rights. We call for federal budgets [...]