Tuesday, April 18, MIT and broader local community took pause in everyday activities and devoted the day to engage in political, economic, environmental, and social challenges facing us today. It was called the Day of Action. It’s the second time that the MIT Community undertook organizing such an extraordinary event. The first time they did this was one year ago, in response to the Trump election. There were workshops and presentations throughout the day and evening, including The Science of Fake News, Who Are We Talking To? Humanities, the Public and the Streets, and one of several that I attended, Understanding and Resisting the Attack on Immigrants. During the question period of that session, an attendee asked about the sense of urgency immigrants are facing under the current administration. Two of the 3 presenters responded: First, Avi Chomsky, who aside from having an acclaimed father, is an historian, author, and activist in her own right. and Patricia Montes, Executive Director of Centro Presente, an Immigrants Rights organization in East Boston. First Avi Chomsky Avi Chomksy act Patricia Montes act Patricia Montes of Centro Presente. Another presentation was on the environment, and hosted by MIT Professor Kenneth Stzepek. It was called Policy Change in Your Backyard: Access to Scientific Data to be a Climate Change Advocate in Your Community KS act This day long event was an inspiration for those who organized and those who attended. Visiting prof act Stephanie act That was Stephanie Toews Moeling, who works for the Sociotechnical Systems Research Center at MIT. She helped organize this most unusual day at the Institute. Other activists from the greater Cambridge community were out with their own agendas taking advantage of the gatherings. George act League of Women act Returning now to the sessions at the MIT Day of Action, here is an excerpt from Perils for Democracy hosted by MIT economist Daron Acemoğlu (Es-em-mo-glu) and Harvard political scientist Daniel Ziblatt. During the question period, they were asked about potential regulation of Social Media as a way of preventing what happened in the 2016 election. Professor Acemoglu responded. Organizers of the MIT Day of Action felt they were in complete guide lines of MIT’s own mission statement, which reads in part, “to bring knowledge to bear on the world’s great challenges.” From MIT, I am Chuck Rosina