Gov. Charlie Baker wants Bay Staters to do something nice next Tuesday. Well, 24 nice things, to be exact.

The Massachusetts governor will declare Nov. 22 as “Massachusetts Day of Civility,” according to the National Civility Foundation, a nonprofit that encourages small acts of kindness. Baker will issue the proclamation Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the State House with Judith Bowman, the foundation’s executive director.

In a statement, Bowman said the Day of Civility is designated for performing 24 random acts of kindness in one 24-hour period. She added that it was “fitting” for the day to fall the Tuesday before Thanksgiving.


“This is a time of the year that families come together; they feel good, and they do good,” Bowman said.

That said, she also admitted another reason for the call for increased civility this season.

“A National Day of Civility is especially needed this year with the anger that so many people are expressing after the presidential race,” Bowman said. “Our Massachusetts Day of Civility can be the start of the healing that’s needed.”

For those in need of prompting, the National Civility Foundation lists 24 examples of random acts of kindness on its website. The acts range from paying forward a coffee to offering someone your seat to simply consciously deciding not to engage in road rage or stress out during a traffic jam—which could be key on Tuesday.