Working Group Updates

  • How to Pass a Back from the Brink Resolution in Watertown

    Please view this wonderful recording of the Watertown Citizens’ February Monthly Meeting where activists shared their stories of how they passed a Back from the Brink Resolution in their city or town and what we [...]
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    Summer Life-Friendly Garden Tour

    Save 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

    ON 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

    February Events here January Events  here November newsletter here. LOTS OF OCTOBER EVENTS 2023   link    
  • WATCH THE VIDEO – The Climate Crisis and Militarism Project

    This was a great meeting, packed with information that makes the connections between the climate crisis and militarism.  View the video here https://youtu.be/Tnh4S5WfJ04   A Special Presentation by  Veterans for Peace Wednesday, September 20 at 7:00 [...]

Take Action!

  • Charles River Cleanup- Watertown

    Celebrate Earth Day Planet vs Plastics.  Let’s get all the plastics and debris that collected  over the winter picked up before it finds its way into the Charles River. SATURDAY   APRIL 20  10 to NOON [...]
  • 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

    Join 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.  [...]
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    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

  • 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. […]

  • Image of a banner, with a circle of hands meeting on another at the center, and blue text that reads: Watertown Citizens Refugee Support Group: a working group of Watertown Citizens for Peace, Justice and the Environment

    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. […]

  • 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. […]

  • 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, [...]
  • 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 [...]

Events

23Mar2024

Weekly Vigil - "Let Gaza Live" "Permanent CEASEFIRE in Gaza and Palestine"

Weekly Vigil Calling for a Permanent CEASEFIRE in Gaza and Palestine

From 12 Noon until 1:00 PM

At Watertown Square

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30Mar2024

Weekly Vigil - "Let Gaza Live" "Permanent CEASEFIRE in Gaza and Palestine"

Weekly Vigil Calling for a Permanent CEASEFIRE in Gaza and Palestine

From 12 Noon until 1:00 PM

At Watertown Square

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07Apr2024
11Apr2024

Stonebreakers - Documentary & Discussion

Stonebreakers chronicles the conflicts aroundmonuments that arose in the United States duringthe George Floyd protests and the 2020 presidential election.

From 6"30 PM

At Watertown Free Public Library

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11Apr2024
14Apr2024

Monthly Meeting of the Peace and Common Security Working Group

From 7:00 PM until 8:30 PM

At Zoom Meeting at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89860460176?pwd=ZjR3ejhVdi93N2pGeitMWE8vMlErdz09

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09May2024
12May2024

Monthly Meeting of the Peace and Common Security Working Group

From 7:00 PM until 8:30 PM

At Zoom Meeting at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89860460176?pwd=ZjR3ejhVdi93N2pGeitMWE8vMlErdz09

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09Jun2024

Monthly Meeting of the Peace and Common Security Working Group

From 7:00 PM until 8:30 PM

At Zoom Meeting at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89860460176?pwd=ZjR3ejhVdi93N2pGeitMWE8vMlErdz09

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