Rev. Fred Small
@revfredsmall.bsky.social
Minister for Climate Justice, Arlington Street Church, singer-songwriter, author @nosycrowus.bsky.social, Cambridge, MA (Massachusett land). He/him. Info & events: https://linktr.ee/revfredsmall
Beloved Salem MA community leader Blanca Martinez has again been ordered to report to #ICE HQ in Burlington, where she risks immediate detention. A polio survivor, Blanca could die if denied treatment in custody. Please join me in prayer, song & vigil for Blanca 7am Tues. 9/16!
bit.ly/BlancaUpdates
bit.ly/BlancaUpdates
September 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Beloved Salem MA community leader Blanca Martinez has again been ordered to report to #ICE HQ in Burlington, where she risks immediate detention. A polio survivor, Blanca could die if denied treatment in custody. Please join me in prayer, song & vigil for Blanca 7am Tues. 9/16!
bit.ly/BlancaUpdates
bit.ly/BlancaUpdates
On Labor Day, Prayers for Liberty, an interfaith group dedicated to democracy, due process & human rights, will walk from Lexington to Boston to bear witness against growing authoritarianism. Join us for any portion of the walk or at stops along the way! #DefendDemocracy
www.prayersforliberty.org
www.prayersforliberty.org
August 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
On Labor Day, Prayers for Liberty, an interfaith group dedicated to democracy, due process & human rights, will walk from Lexington to Boston to bear witness against growing authoritarianism. Join us for any portion of the walk or at stops along the way! #DefendDemocracy
www.prayersforliberty.org
www.prayersforliberty.org
Dear friends in the Boston area:
Wondering what any of us in a blue state can do to resist the tidal wave of willful cruelty?
Please wake up early and join me in Burlington tomorrow morning.
#LoveThyNeighbor.
P.S. Everyone is thy neighbor.--God
Wondering what any of us in a blue state can do to resist the tidal wave of willful cruelty?
Please wake up early and join me in Burlington tomorrow morning.
#LoveThyNeighbor.
P.S. Everyone is thy neighbor.--God
August 14, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Dear friends in the Boston area:
Wondering what any of us in a blue state can do to resist the tidal wave of willful cruelty?
Please wake up early and join me in Burlington tomorrow morning.
#LoveThyNeighbor.
P.S. Everyone is thy neighbor.--God
Wondering what any of us in a blue state can do to resist the tidal wave of willful cruelty?
Please wake up early and join me in Burlington tomorrow morning.
#LoveThyNeighbor.
P.S. Everyone is thy neighbor.--God
"When we lose our fear, they lose their power."
--Kenyan human rights activist Wanjira Wanjiru, quoted by Bob Forrant at #NOKINGS Lowell, June 14, 2025 #NoKingsDay
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@maindivisible.bsky.social @indivisible.org @50501movement.bsky.social
--Kenyan human rights activist Wanjira Wanjiru, quoted by Bob Forrant at #NOKINGS Lowell, June 14, 2025 #NoKingsDay
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@maindivisible.bsky.social @indivisible.org @50501movement.bsky.social
June 19, 2025 at 1:29 AM
"When we lose our fear, they lose their power."
--Kenyan human rights activist Wanjira Wanjiru, quoted by Bob Forrant at #NOKINGS Lowell, June 14, 2025 #NoKingsDay
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@maindivisible.bsky.social @indivisible.org @50501movement.bsky.social
--Kenyan human rights activist Wanjira Wanjiru, quoted by Bob Forrant at #NOKINGS Lowell, June 14, 2025 #NoKingsDay
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@maindivisible.bsky.social @indivisible.org @50501movement.bsky.social
Stay classy, Mr. President.
June 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Stay classy, Mr. President.
Afterward I thanked @aclum.bsky.social ED Carol Rose for defending #RumeysaOzturk & other victims of ICE abuse. Who should join our conversation but Lewis Hyde, author of "The Gift" and one of the foremost public intellectuals in the US? The brainpower in this photo is off the charts!
@aclu.org
@aclu.org
June 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Afterward I thanked @aclum.bsky.social ED Carol Rose for defending #RumeysaOzturk & other victims of ICE abuse. Who should join our conversation but Lewis Hyde, author of "The Gift" and one of the foremost public intellectuals in the US? The brainpower in this photo is off the charts!
@aclu.org
@aclu.org
Terrific rally in Boston today to #freedavidhuerta & #endICEraids. 300 people, mostly union, inspiring speakers, rousing chants like "Come for one--face us all!"
@mikeconnollyma.bsky.social liked my sign.
#goodtrouble, friends.
@seiu.org @32bjseiu.bsky.social @seiu509.bsky.social
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@mikeconnollyma.bsky.social liked my sign.
#goodtrouble, friends.
@seiu.org @32bjseiu.bsky.social @seiu509.bsky.social
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June 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Terrific rally in Boston today to #freedavidhuerta & #endICEraids. 300 people, mostly union, inspiring speakers, rousing chants like "Come for one--face us all!"
@mikeconnollyma.bsky.social liked my sign.
#goodtrouble, friends.
@seiu.org @32bjseiu.bsky.social @seiu509.bsky.social
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@mikeconnollyma.bsky.social liked my sign.
#goodtrouble, friends.
@seiu.org @32bjseiu.bsky.social @seiu509.bsky.social
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@revmariama.bsky.social White-Hammond addresses nearly 200 people gathered @embraceboston.org, many of whom walked 12 miles from Lexington to pray for democracy & bear witness to our government's assault on human rights, civil liberties & due process of law.
#PrayersForLiberty @reveverett.com
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#PrayersForLiberty @reveverett.com
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May 31, 2025 at 1:49 AM
@revmariama.bsky.social White-Hammond addresses nearly 200 people gathered @embraceboston.org, many of whom walked 12 miles from Lexington to pray for democracy & bear witness to our government's assault on human rights, civil liberties & due process of law.
#PrayersForLiberty @reveverett.com
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#PrayersForLiberty @reveverett.com
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This Friday, May 30, clergy of many faiths will walk from Lexington to Boston praying for democracy and bearing witness to threats to vulnerable communities, civil liberties and due process. Please join or support us!
#PrayersForLiberty @reveverett.com
www.masscouncilofchurches.org/wp-content/u...
#PrayersForLiberty @reveverett.com
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May 27, 2025 at 9:49 AM
This Friday, May 30, clergy of many faiths will walk from Lexington to Boston praying for democracy and bearing witness to threats to vulnerable communities, civil liberties and due process. Please join or support us!
#PrayersForLiberty @reveverett.com
www.masscouncilofchurches.org/wp-content/u...
#PrayersForLiberty @reveverett.com
www.masscouncilofchurches.org/wp-content/u...
Signs of the times in historic Concord, Massachusetts, celebrating the 250th anniversary of the "the shot heard round the world."
#NoKings #DefendDemocracy
@indivisible.org @50501movement.bsky.social @trahan.house.gov @senatormikebarrett.bsky.social
@billmckibben.bsky.social
#NoKings #DefendDemocracy
@indivisible.org @50501movement.bsky.social @trahan.house.gov @senatormikebarrett.bsky.social
@billmckibben.bsky.social
May 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Signs of the times in historic Concord, Massachusetts, celebrating the 250th anniversary of the "the shot heard round the world."
#NoKings #DefendDemocracy
@indivisible.org @50501movement.bsky.social @trahan.house.gov @senatormikebarrett.bsky.social
@billmckibben.bsky.social
#NoKings #DefendDemocracy
@indivisible.org @50501movement.bsky.social @trahan.house.gov @senatormikebarrett.bsky.social
@billmckibben.bsky.social
Join @billmckibben.bsky.social @revyearwood.bsky.social @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social @antoniquesmith.bsky.social 6:30pm this Sat 4/26 Boston's Old North Church for "Green Light for #ClimateJustice" multifaith service of celebration & resolve. @greenfaith.bsky.social
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April 21, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Join @billmckibben.bsky.social @revyearwood.bsky.social @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social @antoniquesmith.bsky.social 6:30pm this Sat 4/26 Boston's Old North Church for "Green Light for #ClimateJustice" multifaith service of celebration & resolve. @greenfaith.bsky.social
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actionnetwork.org/events/green...
Rumeysa has been unlawfully confined for more than 2 weeks in a private prison in Louisiana cut off from friends & loved ones. I pray for her daily.
But Rumeysa deserves more than prayers. She deserves her freedom. #FreeRumeysaÖztürk
@aclu.org @aclum.bsky.social
@premthakker.bsky.social
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But Rumeysa deserves more than prayers. She deserves her freedom. #FreeRumeysaÖztürk
@aclu.org @aclum.bsky.social
@premthakker.bsky.social
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April 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Rumeysa has been unlawfully confined for more than 2 weeks in a private prison in Louisiana cut off from friends & loved ones. I pray for her daily.
But Rumeysa deserves more than prayers. She deserves her freedom. #FreeRumeysaÖztürk
@aclu.org @aclum.bsky.social
@premthakker.bsky.social
5/5
But Rumeysa deserves more than prayers. She deserves her freedom. #FreeRumeysaÖztürk
@aclu.org @aclum.bsky.social
@premthakker.bsky.social
5/5
"Rumeysa reminds us daily of the importance of protecting children, cultivating joy, and connecting to our own deeper humanity. We are not the same without her steady, gentle presence."
#FreeRumeysaÖztürk
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#FreeRumeysaÖztürk
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April 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
"Rumeysa reminds us daily of the importance of protecting children, cultivating joy, and connecting to our own deeper humanity. We are not the same without her steady, gentle presence."
#FreeRumeysaÖztürk
4/5
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#FreeRumeysaÖztürk
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"She is on the wall with her byline in an article about refugee representation in children's television and in a colorful Istanbul postcard; she is in the red swivel chair that she always sits in. . . ."
#FreeRumeysaÖztürk
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#FreeRumeysaÖztürk
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April 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
"She is on the wall with her byline in an article about refugee representation in children's television and in a colorful Istanbul postcard; she is in the red swivel chair that she always sits in. . . ."
#FreeRumeysaÖztürk
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#FreeRumeysaÖztürk
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“Today, she is still everywhere with us. She is in the Turkish tea we brewed this morning; she is at the top of our inboxes, planning the pastries she would bring to our iftar tomorrow evening . . ."
#FreeRumeysaÖztürk
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#FreeRumeysaÖztürk
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April 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
“Today, she is still everywhere with us. She is in the Turkish tea we brewed this morning; she is at the top of our inboxes, planning the pastries she would bring to our iftar tomorrow evening . . ."
#FreeRumeysaÖztürk
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#FreeRumeysaÖztürk
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16 days ago #RumeysaÖztürk was abducted a mile from my house by masked ICE agents.
Rumeysa is a Fulbright scholar and PhD candidate @TuftsUniversity described by her colleagues as "a kind, gentle, and service-minded person."
More about Rumeysa . . .
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Rumeysa is a Fulbright scholar and PhD candidate @TuftsUniversity described by her colleagues as "a kind, gentle, and service-minded person."
More about Rumeysa . . .
1/5
as.tufts.edu/epcshd/news-...
April 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
16 days ago #RumeysaÖztürk was abducted a mile from my house by masked ICE agents.
Rumeysa is a Fulbright scholar and PhD candidate @TuftsUniversity described by her colleagues as "a kind, gentle, and service-minded person."
More about Rumeysa . . .
1/5
as.tufts.edu/epcshd/news-...
Rumeysa is a Fulbright scholar and PhD candidate @TuftsUniversity described by her colleagues as "a kind, gentle, and service-minded person."
More about Rumeysa . . .
1/5
as.tufts.edu/epcshd/news-...
Know any Vermonters looking for uplift in these troubled times? This Sun 10am I'll preach my best traveling sermon "The Peace of Trees" at Champlain Valley UU in Middlebury & 12:30pm lead my workshop "Give Light: Spiritual Support for Climate Engagement." @billmckibben.bsky.social @350vt.bsky.social
March 31, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Know any Vermonters looking for uplift in these troubled times? This Sun 10am I'll preach my best traveling sermon "The Peace of Trees" at Champlain Valley UU in Middlebury & 12:30pm lead my workshop "Give Light: Spiritual Support for Climate Engagement." @billmckibben.bsky.social @350vt.bsky.social
When I called my dentist just now, an AI receptionist answered. I wonder if they've already laid off the human being "she" replaced. This is not the future most of us want, just the future billionaires want.
I don't know if we can stop them, but I know we have to try.
mobilize.us/s/oNePd8
I don't know if we can stop them, but I know we have to try.
mobilize.us/s/oNePd8
March 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
When I called my dentist just now, an AI receptionist answered. I wonder if they've already laid off the human being "she" replaced. This is not the future most of us want, just the future billionaires want.
I don't know if we can stop them, but I know we have to try.
mobilize.us/s/oNePd8
I don't know if we can stop them, but I know we have to try.
mobilize.us/s/oNePd8
"Boorish people do boorish things. Isn't it yourself you should reproach--for not anticipating they'd act this way? And now you're astonished that he's gone and done it. It was you who did the wrong. By assuming that someone with those traits deserved your trust."
Marcus Aurelius, 2d century C.E.
Marcus Aurelius, 2d century C.E.
February 28, 2025 at 12:49 PM
"Boorish people do boorish things. Isn't it yourself you should reproach--for not anticipating they'd act this way? And now you're astonished that he's gone and done it. It was you who did the wrong. By assuming that someone with those traits deserved your trust."
Marcus Aurelius, 2d century C.E.
Marcus Aurelius, 2d century C.E.
Sometimes a #coup is a military junta with tanks in the streets. Sometimes it's a billionaire tech bro with a passcode & a mean streak. Please join me at noon this Friday #ValentinesDay at the Bandstand on Boston Common to protect democracy & our vulnerable neighbors. #LoveIsResistance #StopTheCoup
February 13, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Sometimes a #coup is a military junta with tanks in the streets. Sometimes it's a billionaire tech bro with a passcode & a mean streak. Please join me at noon this Friday #ValentinesDay at the Bandstand on Boston Common to protect democracy & our vulnerable neighbors. #LoveIsResistance #StopTheCoup
"Don't be anxious. Concentrate on what you have to do. Remind yourself that your task is to be a good human being. Then do it, and speak the truth as you see it. But with kindness. With humility. Without hypocrisy."
--Marcus Aurelius, 2nd century C.E.
Photo: Matheo JBT courtesy of @unsplash.com
--Marcus Aurelius, 2nd century C.E.
Photo: Matheo JBT courtesy of @unsplash.com
February 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
"Don't be anxious. Concentrate on what you have to do. Remind yourself that your task is to be a good human being. Then do it, and speak the truth as you see it. But with kindness. With humility. Without hypocrisy."
--Marcus Aurelius, 2nd century C.E.
Photo: Matheo JBT courtesy of @unsplash.com
--Marcus Aurelius, 2nd century C.E.
Photo: Matheo JBT courtesy of @unsplash.com
Evil: the same old thing.
No matter what happens, keep this in mind. It's the same old thing, from one end of the world to the other. It fills the history books, ancient and modern, and the cities, and the houses too. Nothing new at all.
Familiar, transient.
--Marcus Aurelius, 2nd century C.E.
No matter what happens, keep this in mind. It's the same old thing, from one end of the world to the other. It fills the history books, ancient and modern, and the cities, and the houses too. Nothing new at all.
Familiar, transient.
--Marcus Aurelius, 2nd century C.E.
February 4, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Evil: the same old thing.
No matter what happens, keep this in mind. It's the same old thing, from one end of the world to the other. It fills the history books, ancient and modern, and the cities, and the houses too. Nothing new at all.
Familiar, transient.
--Marcus Aurelius, 2nd century C.E.
No matter what happens, keep this in mind. It's the same old thing, from one end of the world to the other. It fills the history books, ancient and modern, and the cities, and the houses too. Nothing new at all.
Familiar, transient.
--Marcus Aurelius, 2nd century C.E.
Alarmed by Trump's plans to kill renewable energy & trash the planet to enrich the broligarchs? Find out how we can stop them at @sierraclub.bsky.social's first-ever Virtual Climate Action Hour next Wednesday 1/29 4pm ET:
sierraclub.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#environmentaljustice #thefutureisours
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#environmentaljustice #thefutureisours
January 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Alarmed by Trump's plans to kill renewable energy & trash the planet to enrich the broligarchs? Find out how we can stop them at @sierraclub.bsky.social's first-ever Virtual Climate Action Hour next Wednesday 1/29 4pm ET:
sierraclub.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#environmentaljustice #thefutureisours
sierraclub.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#environmentaljustice #thefutureisours
In these unsettled and unsettling times, music in community can heal. Please join Betsy Rose and me this Tuesday evening for "Sing On! A Post-Election Evening of Song, Spirit, and Community." Info at mailchi.mp/betsyrosemus.... Register to receive the Zoom link at www.betsyrosemusic.org/contact/.
November 29, 2024 at 3:38 PM
In these unsettled and unsettling times, music in community can heal. Please join Betsy Rose and me this Tuesday evening for "Sing On! A Post-Election Evening of Song, Spirit, and Community." Info at mailchi.mp/betsyrosemus.... Register to receive the Zoom link at www.betsyrosemusic.org/contact/.
This Sunday will mark a first for me--leading worship and performing a concert the same day! At 10 am I'll preach on "The Peace of Trees" at uusaratoga.org. At 7 pm I'll be at legendary folk venue Caffe Lena. Join me at either or both--live or livestreamed! www.eventbrite.com/e/fred-small...
November 26, 2024 at 8:50 PM
This Sunday will mark a first for me--leading worship and performing a concert the same day! At 10 am I'll preach on "The Peace of Trees" at uusaratoga.org. At 7 pm I'll be at legendary folk venue Caffe Lena. Join me at either or both--live or livestreamed! www.eventbrite.com/e/fred-small...