Help collect signatures for rent control! Less than 2 weeks left!

Click here to sign up to help win rent control! There are lots of ways to help – let us know how you'd like to be involved. No experience needed! We will be collecting signatures here in Lynn and at Boston LGBTQ+ Pride events this Friday and Saturday. Join us!

Rally to get immigrant legal defense funds in the city budget

Join us (and many allied groups working on this!) on Tuesday, June 9 at 5:00 pm at Lynn City Hall

News: possible compromise deal on rent control

News article here and more info soon. This potential deal is ONLY possible because of the tremendous grassroots effort to put rent control on the ballot. For now: we need to keep collecting signatures and moving toward the ballot, since we do not know if this deal will come through in time.

News, photos: Lynn city council votes to support rent control!

Read about the details, see photos, and like and share the news on Facebook and on Instagram.

Call your State Rep. & State Senator to strengthen the PROTECT Act (immigrant rights legislation)

* Contact your State Rep AND State Senator! Lynn residents: call Senator Crighton at 617-722-1350 AND Representative Cahill at 617-722-2020. Others: find your the names & phone numbers for your area at https://www.bit.ly/maleginfo

* Calls and voicemails are the most effective! But emails are helpful, too.

* Sample message:

Hi, I'd like to leave a message for [name of Rep or Senator]. My name is [your full name] and I'm from [your address and city/town].

I want our state to do more to protect immigrants! I hope you'll push for the PROTECT Act to include the stronger language in the Senate version of the bill to keep ICE away from our schools, hospitals, and areas next to courts; to protect immigrants who are victims of crimes; and to ban local collaboration with ICE.

We also need to make sure the final law includes the language from the House version of the bill to protect the rights of immigrants detained in the Plymouth prison. Thank you!

Photos from the rent control rally on April 7

Help spread the word: like and share the posts -- click here for photos on facebook and click here for photos on instagram

Resource: CALM unarmed crisis response

Call the Lynn CALM team at 781-905-2256 for unarmed crisis response. Call CALM if you have an urgent situation related to Mental Health challenges; assistance for Unhoused Persons; Mediation between neighbors (for example, noise complaints) families, or youth; connection to detox and other recovery services; and other Non-violent Conflicts and Concerns.

CALM team is an unarmed response program that responds independently (NOT with police). Click here for current hours of operation. More information on the program: www.lynncalmteam.org

Photos from Jan 23 protest for immigrant rights

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Immigrant rights information

Check out www.lynnunited.org/immigrantrights for information on immigrant rights and related resources.

Resource: request inspection if you have bad conditions

* Call the Inspectional Services Department (ISD) at City Hall, (781) 586-6820
* OR fill out the complaint form online, https://ci-lynn-ma.smartgovcommunity.com/CodeEnforcement/ComplaintEntry
* OR visit in person, Inspection Services Department, 3 City Hall Square Room 401, Lynn, MA 01901

Resource: see ICE? Call LUCE hotline!

Think You SEE ICE? CALL the hotline: 617-370-5023 (Massachusetts Immigrant Justice Network)

The hotline operates from 5am - 9pm every day of the week across multiple languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Haitian Creole, and more to be added!

Photos from Jan 14 vigil for immigrant rights

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Good news about My Brother's Table soup kitchen

Photo: Lynn United for Change and allies at Lynn City Hall, December 16, 2025 after the City Council vote to approve an amended RFP.

Input and participation from Lynn United for Change and other community groups has helped win great progress in protecting My Brother's Table for the long term. Thank you to everyone who signed a petition, came out to one of the city hall hearings, or took other action to make this possible.

The RFP (request for proposals) that will set the rules for the sale of the building that now houses the My Brother's Table soup kitchen and for the sale of the nearby parking lot has been amended. The Mayor's Office and City Council agreed to some important changes and it now includes permanent protection to keep the new housing that will get built on the parking deeply affordable. And it includes protection to keep a soup kitchen (My Brother's Table) in the building for 99 years instead of only 30!

More progress on rent control!

• Great story in the Lynn Item about moving forward toward a rent control ballot question.
• It's official: as of today (Thursday, December 18) the Keep Mass Home campaign has officially cleared the first and biggest hurdle on the way to putting rent control on the ballot in 2026. This step is thanks to amazing work from grassroots organizations and volunteers across the state, including a huge push from Lynn United for Change. Onwards! Details here.