Your weekly guide to taking action in New Hampshire May 6-10, 2026

A weekly roundup of New Hampshire political events, protests, advocacy opportunities, and ways to take action statewide from May 6-10.

Lily Jackson

May 5, 2026

Protesters from the Planned Parenthood NH Action Fund outside the State House in Concord. (Photo by John Blanding/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Protests and rallies:

📅 Wednesday (May 6)

New Hampshire Peace Action: Vigil for Permanent Ceasefire Now! (Dover, 2 p.m.)

New Hampshire Peace Action: Ceasefire Now! (Hanover, 4-5 p.m.)

603Forward: North Country Power Hour (Gorham, 6 p.m.)

📅 Thursday (May 7)

New Hampshire Peace Action: Ceasefire Vigil (Concord, 12-1:30 p.m.)

American Friends Service Committee: Meeting for Worship with Attention to Peace (Virtually, 7:30 p.m.)

Brookline Democrats: Gerrymandering in NH (Brookline Historical Society, 6:30 p.m.)

📅 Friday (May 8)

American Friends Service Committee: Action Hour for Palestine (Virtual, 12 p.m.)

Indivisible: Nashua Bridge Brigade (Nashua, 2-4 p.m.)

New Hampshire Public Radio: By Degrees Climate Summit Community Resilience (Manchester, 12 p.m.)

Rochester Dems: Dance for Democracy (Rochester Performing & Arts Center, 6 p.m.)

📅 Saturday (May 9)

NH Peace Action: Standing against authoritarian actions (Kingston, 11 a.m.- 2 p.m.)

New Hampshire Democratic Party: Pro-Democracy Weekly Visibility (Derry, 12 p.m)

📅 Sunday (May 10)

Occupy Seacoast: Civil Rights Sunday (Portsmouth, 12-4 p.m.)

First Unitarian Universalist Society of Exeter: Bridge Brigade (Exeter, 5-5:30 p.m.)

Have an event to add? Email Lily Jackson, lily@couriernewsroom.com with details (please send details at least one week before the event).

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