Closed doors at the Cambridge Birth Center were not why a couple of hundred protesters rallied Wednesday in Harvard Square, trying to yell loud enough so health executives could hear them. The problem is now on the North Shore, at a health care system with Cambridge offices.

The overturning of Roe v. Wade last month adds an element of urgency to events planned for Aug. 20: a parade and “conclave” celebrating women’s suffrage for which marchers are urged to “Gather! Unite! Rejoice! Revolt!”

A report identifying what each recreational field in Cambridge is used for and how they’re equipped to do it is expected to reveal that girls’ sports are still undervalued – proving what seems known universally.

Female athletes themselves are the best advocates for equity in sports. Let’s support them! Ask them what they need. Progress is possible – just look at U.S. Soccer’s new, fairer contract policies, brought on by generations of talented young women demanding change.

The new Glacken Field is fantastic, while the girls’ softball field of Danehy 3 – which some nickname “the frozen tundra” – is poorly thought out and bad for weather, drop-off and physically challenged family members. It’s still a man’s world, and our sports facilities are a place where young boys and girls learn that lesson very early.

Although George Washington and his contemporaries in military and political leadership are widely recognized and lauded for their accomplishments, it was the vast legions of ordinary people, women and Blacks chief among them, who fueled the engine of Revolution in Cambridge and beyond.

With its second year shaped by the Covid-19 pandemic, the MetroHacks EmpowHer competition helped teens interact over science, technology, engineering and math topics while school was remote and they weren’t seeing peers face-to-face.

These looks at what’s on the big screen in the coming week include three works by or about groundbreaking women, including Ida Lupino, Harvard alum Jennifer Brea and Jamie Babbitt, as well as repertory fare from The Brattle and Somerville Theatre and reviews of “Fresh,” “Compartment Number 6” and “The Adam Project.”

Public meetings this week look at getting bike lane advice and finding solutions for homelessness; the aftermath of a student protest and appointing a permanent superintendent; and the future of Cambridge Street; and getting town-gown reports from Harvard, Hult, Lesley and MIT.

Christine Elow, who has been acting police commissioner since Aug. 21, was sworn in as permanent commissioner Monday in a private ceremony at the Cambridge Police Department, City Manager Louis A. DePasquale said.