You can help change the Massachusetts flag and seal.

The Campaign to Change the Mass Flag and Seal
On January 6th, 2021, the Massachusetts Legislature approved a bill to establish a Special Commission Relative to the Seal and Motto of the Commonwealth, and to invite Native leaders from the Wampanoag, Nipmuc, and Massachusett nations to sit with state legislators, historians, and other appointees on this 19-member panel. The Special Commission is charged with making recommendations for changes to the Massachusetts flag and seal, and also with making recommendations for an educational program on the history and meaning of the flag and seal.
Our voices in support of this historic process are needed now! The time has come to change the Massachusetts flag and seal.
The imagery of the Massachusetts Flag and Seal – a white hand holding a Colonial sword over the head of an Indigenous person, above a Latin motto that translates: “She Seeks by the Sword a Quiet Peace under Liberty” – is seen by many as a symbol of violence against Indigenous people, and a memorial to the violent colonization of their homelands. Finally, Native leaders of the area are being consulted about a new design for a flag and seal that may better express the ideals of peace, justice, and equality for all the people who now call the Commonwealth their home.
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Contact your state legislators and urge them to support the work of the Special Commission, to change the flag and seal of Massachusetts.
Follow this link to find out who your state legislators are.
Support other Indigenous-backed legislation pending in the state legislature, including bills to ban the use of Native mascots in public schools in the Commonwealth, to Celebrate and Teach Native Culture and History in public schools, to Protect Native Heritage, and to Recognize the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples Day in Massachusetts. Send an automated letter here.
If your city or town has not yet voted to support changing the Massachusetts flag and seal, view the map below and contact us. We will let you know the steps you can take to add your city or town to that growing list.
If not, contact us and let’s work together to make that happen. Select a highlighted town or city on the map below to learn more.
Voted in favor: 2019
Government type: Open Town Meeting
Voted in favor: 2019
Government type: City Council
Voted against: 2019
Government type: Open Town Meeting
Voted in Favor: April 25th, 2022
Government type: Representative Town Meeting
Voted in Favor: 221 to 20 on May 9th, 2022
Government type: Open Town Meeting
Voted in Favor: May 2nd, 2022
Government type: Open Town Meeting
Voted in Favor: 48 - 20 on May 7th, 2022
Upcoming action: Resolution on warrant
Government type: Open Town Meeting
Date of town meeting: June 6th, 6pm / June 9th, 6pm
Upcoming action: Resolution on warrant
Government type: Open Town Meeting
Date of town meeting: June 13th, 2022
Help Needed: Contacting More Supporters
Upcoming action: Resolution on warrant
Government type: Open Town Meeting
Date of town meeting: June 14th, 2022, 6:30 pm
Help Needed: contacting more supporters
Upcoming action: Resolution on warrant
Government type: Open Town Meeting
Date of town meeting: June 6th
Government type: Open Town Meeting
Voted in Favor: May 16th, 2022, 43- 29
Government type: City Council
Help Needed: Reaching out to councilors
Government type: City Council
Help Needed: Gathering Signatures
Government type: Open Town Meeting
Voted in Favor: May 16th, 2022 - unanimously!
Government type: Open Town Meeting
Date of town meeting: June 6th
Upcoming action: Resolution on warrant
Government type: Open Town Meeting
Date of town meeting: June 6th
Help Needed: Contacting More Supporters
Government type: City Council
Help Needed: to reach out to City Councilors
Government type: Open Town Meeting
Help Needed: Gathering Signatures for Fall Town Meeting
Voted against: 2019
Voted in favor: 2019
Government type: Open Town Meeting
Voted in favor: 2019
Government type: Town Meeting
Voted in favor: 2019
Government type: Representative Town Meeting
Voted in favor: 2019
Government type: Open Town Meeting
Voted in favor: 2019
Government type: City Council
Voted in favor: 2019
Government type: Town Meeting
Voted in favor: 2019
Government type: Open Town Meeting
Voted in favor: 2019
Government type: Open Town Meeting
Voted in favor: 2019
Government type: Open Town Meeting
Voted in favor: 2020
Government type: Town Meeting
Voted in favor: 2019
Government type: Town Meeting
Voted in favor: 2019
Government type: Open Town Meeting
Voted in favor: 2018
Government type: Open Town Meeting
Voted in favor: 2019
Government type: Town Council
Voted in favor: 2019
Government type: Town Meeting
Voted in favor: 2019
Government type: Open Town Meeting
Voted in favor: 2019
Government type: Open Town Meeting
Voted in favor: 2019
Government type: Open Town Meeting
Voted in favor: 2019
Government type: Town Meeting
Voted in favor: 2019
Government type: Representative Town Meeting
Voted in favor: 2018
Government type: Open Town Meeting
Voted in favor: 2019
Government type: City Council
Voted in favor: 2019
Government type: Open Town Meeting
Voted in favor: 2019
Government type: Open Town Meeting
Voted in favor: 2019
Government type: Town Meeting
Voted in favor: 2019
Government type: Open Town Meeting
Voted in favor: 2019
Government type: Open Town Meeting
Voted in favor: 2019
Government type: Open Town Meeting
Voted in favor: 2019
Government type: Open Town Meeting
Voted in favor: 2019
Government type: Open Town Meeting
Voted in favor: 2019
Government type: Open Town Meeting
Voted in favor: 2019
Government type: Open Town Meeting
Voted in favor: 2019
Government type: Open Town Meeting
Voted in favor: 2021
Government type: Town Meeting
Voted in favor: 2019
Government type: Open Town Meeting
Voted in favor: 2020
Government type: Open Town Meeting
Voted in favor: 2018
Government type: Open Town Meeting
Voted in favor: 2019
Government type: Open Town Meeting
Voted in favor: 2019
Government type: Open Town Meeting
Government type: City Council
Help Needed: Reaching out to Councilors
Government Type: Open Town Meeting
Voted in Favor: 2019
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