Medway Democratic Town Committee
Medway hosted 180 protesters for No Kings 3 (at 9 a.m.). With events around the region all day long, some of us went to multiple protests.
The No Kings website listed thousands of protests across the nation, and there were more events all over the world.
Here are the Medway photos:
We held the annual caucus on February 28 and elected delegates to the convention (May 29 and 30 in Worcester). If you couldn’t make it, or now wish to be a delegate, you may apply as an Add-On in one of the following categories: LGBTQ, Youth (18-35), Disabled or Veteran. Please contact us for more information.
Before the voting, candidates and candidate representatives spoke about the Democrats running for office.
Ex-Officio delegates who do not need to be elected
Male Delegates elected:
Female delegates elected:
Elected alternates:
Photos from the Caucus:
People from several towns joined us for a vigil on February 16, 2026 to remember the over 45 people who have lost their lives at the hands of ICE since the start of 2025.
Paula from Ashland kindly lent us her signs. She made 45 signs with the names and dates of each person who has died because of ICE.
Bearing Withness New England – Sign up for their email. They have a weekly protest at the ICE facility in Burlington from 11-1 on Wednesdays.
Sue went to the December 31 protest and joined 2-300 extremely peaceful protesters. Congresswoman Katherine Clark spoke.
Speaking up matters. Building community matters. Showing up matters. Congratulations Medway!
Tonight at Town Meeting, the petitioner of the article to change Indigenous People’s Day back to Columbus Day withdrew her petition, praising Columbus but stating that she believed we could not have a civil debate so the petitioners no longer wanted to vote on their article.
What followed was a complicated and confusing discussion about whether to vote on passing over the article and what that meant exactly. In the end, after a recount, the majority of voters chose to pass over the article and not vote on it.
This is a win!
There was no indication in the meeting that the debate would not be civil. There was not even a long line of people waiting to speak at the mic. It appeared to those of us present that the organized effort against this article, as well as the larger than usual crowd that showed up to vote, proved that the popular opinion in Medway is that Indigenous People’s Day should remain. Those in favor of going backwards and reinstating Columbus Day did not want to vote because they knew they would lose.
We won tonight by working together. We will win next time by working together!
The people of Medway switched to Indigenous People’s Day in 2023 with an overwhelming 144 to 88 vote at Town Meeting. Since then, our annual Indigenous People’s Day celebration has grown tremendously; and there has been little public pushback to the name change.
With an estimated 7 million protesters, No Kings Day was an unprecedented success.
Going forward, the No Kings organization will be updating their website every Wednesday with a rapid response weekly action. This is also where you sign up for the large No Kings rallies, and it’s a great source for information about your rights.
We were happy to see such a large turnout for No Kings Day in Medway. The official count was 250. Many DTC members participated, and some went to other standouts and rallies after Medway or while traveling!
People lined Route 109 at Choate Park holding signs protesting Trump and his policies. Thank you to everyone who showed up – YOU ROCK.
Several Medwegians also protested in Boston. The Boston crowd is estimated to be between 100,000 and 125,000.
Due to a wedding, one local person was in Maine. Indigenous people spoke at this protest.
The annual convention was held on September 13 in Springfield. 2025 was a platform convention, where attendees vote on a new state platform for the next 4 years. A platform committee crafted a 2025 Party Platform draft.
Most attendees were not pleased with the drafted version, feeling that too many important articles were left out. Delegates voted to stick with the 2021 People’s Platform.
A Messy MassDems Convention from Politico.com will give you an idea of the drama.
I was one of the Medway delegates to the Democratic State Convention on September 13th in Springfield. As usual, it was a day full of networking, learning, and excitement.
Festivities actually began the night before with a welcome party, where delegates were seen taking selfies with some of our favorite lawmakers and changemakers. Then, on Saturday, prior to the start of the convention, there were several breakfasts where attendees could chat with Dems from all around Massachusetts and hear from speakers such as Senator Ed Markey. These were followed by 2 workshop options where we could learn strategies for better campaigning. Throughout the day, there were tables set up for us to talk to representatives from campaigns and organizations of interest to the Dems around our Commonwealth.
Chair Steve Kerrigan called the Convention to order at around 10am. We spent the next several hours hearing from local, state, and national Democratic leaders and organizers who shared both what they are doing and what we can and should be doing to stop the national slide into authoritarianism while also advancing equity, justice, and progress. We even heard from a New Jersey gubernatorial candidate and someone from the Maine Democratic Committee.
The most noteworthy part of the 2025 convention was our vote on the state party platform, which we update every 4 years. The platform committee of the Democratic State Committee presented delegates with a draft of the proposed platform prior to the convention. This draft was written after receiving oral and written testimony from the public over the summer. Several amendments to the proposed platform were presented through a process that included obtaining 500 delegate signatures before the start of the convention. The most consequential amendment was one that replaced the text of the proposed 2025 platform with the text of the 2021 platform.
While, I believe nearly everyone was happy to see new additions to the platform this year in the areas of science, AI, and housing; the majority of delegates were disappointed that the proposed platform was much less strong in its explicit support of issues including reproductive rights, transgender acceptance, LGBTQ+ rights in general, women’s rights, worker’s rights, voter’s rights, disability rights, discrimination, and immigration. It was not that these were completely absent, but there was fierce opposition to being less emphatic in our support during a time when these issues are under constant attack.
After a great deal of procedural confusion, and a period of passionate debate, delegates overwhelmingly voted against the platform proposed by the state committee and strongly in favor of continuing with the 2021 platform in order to unequivocally express our commitment to the aforementioned issues. .
In my opinion, one thing that gets in our way as Democrats is that we don’t always agree on our exact direction. We tend to see several different ways to attack the same problem and a thousand different ways to order our priorities. Honestly, though, I also see that as one of our greatest strengths. We disagree because our tent holds so many different types of people with so many different lived experiences, and we consider so many different pieces of our societal machine at the same time. We don’t focus on conformity, uniformity, and tradition. We know that things can always get better. And we are never complacent. At the end of the day, despite our disagreements, Dems can unite around the idea that we are all equal and deserving of rights and justice, and that progress is worth fighting for.
We had at least 50 people from Medway and neighboring towns at the July 17 protest at Choate Park. Thanks to Mendy for organizing!
For the 4th year in a row, Medway has raised 8 Pride flags along Main Street / Route 109. Every year the celebration gets better, and this year did not disappoint. Medway Marches and the Pride Flag Committee run the celebration.
Mendy and Dave set up a Dems booth to support the LGBTQ+ community, and to join the celebration.
There were activities, speeches, food, face painting and more.
Some MDTC members as well as neighboring towns joined the recent protest against ICE in Milford. 2 days before his high school graduation, a Milford student was kidnapped by ICE. He has been released. Read the WBUR story from June 5. It’s unclear what will happen to him next.
