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If We Burn Reading Group Session 2
If We Burn Reading Group Session 2
March 5, 2024 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Online
Join us Tuesday, March 5th, from 7:30 to 9 PM for Session 2 of our Reading Group on Vincent Bevins "If We Burn," covering chapters 3 - 5.
Instructions for accessing the discord will be sent in your RSVP confirmation email.
See you then,
-Boston DSA Political Education Working Group
*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/if-we-burn-reading-group-session-2
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March 2024 Boston Neighborhood Working Group Meeting
March 2024 Boston Neighborhood Working Group Meeting
March 6, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 7:45 pm
Mezzanine Conference Room 2, 700 Boylston St, Boston MA, 02116
Attention DSA members in Boston proper — Join us for a neighborhood group meeting on Wednesday, March 6 from 6:00 to 7:45 pm.
This gathering will be hybrid - we're meeting at the Boston Public Library's Central Library in Copley Square, but a zoom link will also be provided if you RSVP.
At this meeting, we will discuss recent happenings in Boston politics, potential priorities and campaigns for our neighborhood group, and more. We hope to see you there!
*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/march-2024-boston-neighborhood-working-group-meeting
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Labor Working Group March Meeting: 2024 Consensus Resolution Drafting
Labor Working Group March Meeting: 2024 Consensus Resolution Drafting
March 6, 2024 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Democracy Center Nelson Mandela Room, 45 Mt Auburn St. , Cambridge , 02138
Join the Labor Working Group to help draft the Labor Consensus Resolution for Boston DSA's 2024 Chapter Convention coming up April 28th.
In a new process for the Chapter Convention this year, the chapters' working groups are writing consensus resolutions for the general membership to approve, amend or reject. The Consensus Resolution lists the key perspectives on the work of that WG and an overview of the strategic tasks the WG will work on in the coming year. The goal is to 1) For the WGs to take stock of their perspectives and tasks, 2) for the general membership to learn what the WGs do, and 3) for a check and balance on the Working Groups work fitting into the overall work of DSA.
Strong participation from LWG members in the Consensus Resolution's drafting will help make this a useful process and document. Please join us!
Full LWG Consensus Resolution Timeline:
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Tuesday, February 27: CR idea/process introduced to LWG membership
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Tuesday, March 5: LWG Organizing Committee send first draft of CR to LWG membership
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Wednesday, March 6 meeting: Preliminary discussion on 1st draft
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Wednesday, March 13: Final draft with member feedback incorporated sent to LWG membership
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Sunday, March 17: Member proposed amendments due (members can also make amendments on the floor at March 20 meeting)
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Wednesday March 20: Dedicated (zoom) meeting for debate and vote
We'll also be sharing updates and ways to get involved with labor's fight for justice in Palestine, and our LWG's Solidarity, Campaign, and Local EWOC Committees.
If you're interested in getting involved beyond the meeting, you can also fill out our interest form (bit.ly/BDSAlabor), and follow us on X (x.com/BostonDSALabor).
*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/labor-working-group-march-meeting-2024-consensus-resolution-drafting
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March 2024 Cambridge DSA Meeting
March 2024 Cambridge DSA Meeting
March 6, 2024 @ 7:15 pm - 9:15 pm
First Church in Cambridge, Harter Room, 11 Garden St, Cambridge MA, 02138
Join your local DSA comrades for our monthly neighborhood meeting to talk about how we're building working class power in Cambridge. As of now, this month's meeting is planned as in-person only.
*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/march-2024-cambridge-dsa-meeting
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March ecosocialism working group meeting
March ecosocialism working group meeting
March 7, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Democracy Center, 45 Mt Auburn St., Cambridge , 02138
Join us for the monthly meeting of the MA Ecosocialists, held on the first Thursday of each month. This is a hybrid meeting. The in-person meeting will be held at the Democracy Center, 45 Mt. Auburn St. Cambridge, MA. This event space is partially wheelchair accessible, please contact us for accessibility details.
*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/march-ecosocialism-working-group-meeting
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PEWG Monthly Meeting
PEWG Monthly Meeting
March 7, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
zoom, zoom, Boston , 02134
It’s in making decisions that we learn to decide." - Paolo Friere, Pedagogy of Freedom
Boston DSA's Political Education Working Group meets on the last Thursday of every month at 7 pm, unless we have to move it for a holiday, which happens more often than you'd think.
PEWG's goal is to provide our members with the theoretical knowledge and practical skills to organize effectively and strategically, and to educate the wider public on DSA's vision for a socialist future and the often-erased leftist movements of the past. PEWG hosts a number of ongoing projects, such as the chapter's political education blog (bostonpewg.org), our Socialist Night School series, and periodic New Member Reading Groups (abcsofsocialism@gmail.com).
We also run one-time (or a-few-times) events such as reading groups, lectures, and panel discussions; and work with other working groups in the chapter to run political education events related to their areas of organization.
Working group meetings and events are held over Zoom. You can find our meeting's Zoom link or join the working group's mailing list at https://actionnetwork.org/forms/join-the-political-education-working-group?source=direct_link&
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email us at education@bostondsa.org.
*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/pewg-monthly-meeting-8
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Coordinating Committee - Sunday, March 10
Coordinating Committee - Sunday, March 10
March 10, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Online
The Boston DSA Coordinating Committee meets semimonthly, usually on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month.
We use these meetings to brainstorm and address administrative issues in the chapter.
Meetings are typically hybrid. The Zoom link and in-person location if applicable will be posted in the #ask-cc channel in the chapter Slack.
All CC meetings are open to the general membership, but not to the general public.
The CC meeting notes are also posted in the #ask-cc channel in the chapter Slack. In addition, you can email the CC at boston-dsa-coordinating-committee at googlegroups dot com.
On specific occasions where the CC is handling sensitive information, it may go into executive session for a portion of the meeting; this will be made known beforehand.
*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/coordinating-committee-sunday-march-10
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Palestine Working Group Monthly Meeting
Palestine Working Group Monthly Meeting
March 12, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
The Community Church of Boston, 565 Boylston St, Boston MA, 02116
Please join us for the Palestine Working Group Monthly Meeting! The meeting will be held from 7-9pm at the Community Church of Boston.
*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/palestine-working-group-monthly-meeting
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Somerville DSA Meeting [March]
Somerville DSA Meeting [March]
March 13, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Somerville Public Library (Auditorium room), 79 Highland Ave, Somerville MA, 02143
Attention Boston DSA comrades in Somerville — your city's Neighborhood Group will have its next meeting on Wednesday, March 13 from 6 to 8:30 pm.
To attend in-person, come to the Central Somerville Public Library's Auditorium room. If you wish to attend virtually, RSVP here to grab the Zoom link. The meeting proper (and Zoom) likely won’t start until closer to 6:40 pm, as the first forty minutes will be for socializing.
At this meeting we plan to have discussions about and open voting for who members wish to see fill the leadership roles we envision for our Neighborhood Group. Additionally, we will be considering priority proposals from members as to what we, as a group, should work on over the next 12 months.
We will also discuss Boston DSA’s Green New Deal for Somerville Public Schools campaign; Palestine solidarity organizing; how to support the Somerville Municipal Employees Association (SMEA); the city’s upcoming budget process; and planning an April social.
We hope to see you there. (Not yet a member of DSA? Join here! https://act.dsausa.org/donate/membership/ )
*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/somerville-dsa-meeting-march
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BUGWU Strike Solidarity Planning Meeting
BUGWU Strike Solidarity Planning Meeting
March 13, 2024 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
The Democracy Center, 45 Mt Auburn St, Cambridge MA, 02138
Graduate students at Boston University are preparing to (potentially) go on strike. Join us at the Democracy Center at 7:30 on Wednesday, March 13 for a meeting to discuss how DSA can help grads on the picket line. We will discuss fundraising and picket line support strategy.
Zoom link here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85916396823?pwd=Y1hRZVZjOGFkcVloVlNHb1pRZlVwQT09
See you there!
*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/bugwu-strike-solidarity-planning-meeting
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Electoral WG Monthly Meeting
Electoral WG Monthly Meeting
March 14, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Online
Boston DSA's Electoral Working Group (EWG) organizes to grow the socialist presence in our politics, communities, and city halls. We're building shared power for working people in Massachusetts and doing it together.
Join our monthly meeting here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82416064898
*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/electoral-wg-monthly-meeting-3
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Green New Deal for Schools campaign meeting
Green New Deal for Schools campaign meeting
March 14, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Online
This is the meeting for planning our campaign for a Green New Deal for Somerville Public Schools. We meet on zoom every second and fourth Thursday of the month at 7 pm.
*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/green-new-deal-for-schools-campaign-meeting-8
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Capital Reading Group
Capital Reading Group
March 17, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Come read Capital with comrades! Boston DSA's Political Education Working Group is hosting a Capital Reading Group, open to all DSA members. We will be meeting monthly on Zoom and reading Ben Fowkes' translation (please reach out for an e-copy!).
If you are interested in attending, please reach out to education@bostondsa.org
The dates for the reading group are:
5/21/23 - 1-3pm
6/11/23 - 1-3pm
7/16/23 - 1-3pm
8/13/23 - 1-3pm
9/17/23 - 1-3pm
10/1/23 - 1-3pm
11/5/23 - 1-3pm
12/10/23 - 1-3pm
1/14/24 - 1-3pm
2/11/24 - 1-3pm
3/17/24 - 1-3pm
4/14/24 - 1-3pm
https://www.facebook.com/1966084063729795
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Administrative Committee - March
Administrative Committee - March
March 19, 2024 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Online
The Administrative Committee is responsible for handling our chapter’s routine administrative functions such as chapter communications, technology infrastructure, membership data maintenance, and new member onboarding. The Administrative Committee is chaired by the Communications Coordinator and the Membership Coordinators of the Coordinating Committee.
Want to do socialism from a computer while in your pajamas? Register to attend an upcoming meeting and chip in: https://bdsa.us/AdComm
*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/administrative-committee-march
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If We Burn Reading Group Session 3
If We Burn Reading Group Session 3
March 19, 2024 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Online
Join us this Tuesday, March 19th from 7:30 to 9 PM for Session 3 of Vincent Bevins If We Burn Reading Group. We'll be covering chapters 6 - 8.
This event will be held via the Boston DSA chapter Discord Server. Please RSVP below and details will be sent to you in advance of the meeting.
See you there,
-The Political Education Working Group
*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/if-we-burn-reading-group-session-3
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Convention Planning Committee Meeting
Convention Planning Committee Meeting
March 20, 2024 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Online
The Convention Planning Committee will be discussing plans for the Annual Convention in April. The meeting is open to all members.
*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/convention-planning-committee-meeting
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Healthcare Worker Happy Hour
Healthcare Worker Happy Hour
March 21, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
The Squealing Pig , 134 Smith St, Boston MA, 02120
Come and get together with other Boston DSA healthcare workers for happy hour! Let's talk organizing our hospitals and build camaraderie over some drinks!
*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/healthcare-worker-happy-hour
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Volunteer Recruitment Training
Volunteer Recruitment Training
March 21, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Online
Join the Boston DSA Electoral Working Group and expert campaign manager Owen Elrifi for a training on how to recruit volunteers for canvasses! Not sure how to get people to show up for a DSA event? This training is for you! Topic covered will include initial volunteer recruitment, pre-canvass follow-up, and re-shifting. While this training will focus on electoral work, skills are applicable to any DSA events that involve recruiting attendees.
*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/volunteer-recruitment-training-2
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Internationalism Working Group Monthly Meeting
Internationalism Working Group Monthly Meeting
March 21, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Online
Join the Internationalism Working Group for its monthly meeting! The Internationalism Working Group aims to build global solidarity for global liberation. We oppose globalized capitalism, imperialism, militarism, settler colonialism, and all forms of oppression wherever they occur.
*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/internationalism-working-group-monthly-meeting-9
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Anti-Zionist Resolution - Open Forum
Anti-Zionist Resolution - Open Forum
March 21, 2024 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Online
Members are invited to join for a discussion around the Anti-Zionist Resolution that was distributed at the January General Meeting and has been revised since based on member feedback. This is the final opportunity to ask questions, and make suggestions, before the resolution is submitted to a chapter-wide vote at the Annual Convention.
*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/anti-zionist-resolution-open-forum
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March 2024 Chapter Orientation
March 2024 Chapter Orientation
March 24, 2024 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Online
New to Boston DSA? Not sure how to get started? Not a member yet, but looking to dip your toe in? Or maybe you're a not-so-new member, but haven't been active in a while? Welcome! Join us via Zoom for a Chapter Orientation.
Comrades from our Membership Committee will walk you through the chapter's structure, answer questions, facilitate discussion about socialist organizing in Boston, discuss our Chapter's current priorities and projects, and help you get plugged in and involved in fighting back locally against capitalism.
*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/march-2024-chapter-orientation
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Coordinating Committee - Sunday, March 24
Coordinating Committee - Sunday, March 24
March 24, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Online
The Boston DSA Coordinating Committee meets semimonthly, usually on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month.
We use these meetings to brainstorm and address administrative issues in the chapter.
Meetings are typically hybrid. The Zoom link and in-person location if applicable will be posted in the #ask-cc channel in the chapter Slack.
All CC meetings are open to the general membership, but not to the general public.
The CC meeting notes are also posted in the #ask-cc channel in the chapter Slack. In addition, you can email the CC at boston-dsa-coordinating-committee at googlegroups dot com.
On specific occasions where the CC is handling sensitive information, it may go into executive session for a portion of the meeting; this will be made known beforehand.
*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/coordinating-committee-sunday-march-24
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Turnout Phonebank for Field Launch (Tuesday)
Turnout Phonebank for Field Launch (Tuesday)
March 26, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Join the Boston DSA Electoral Working Group for a turnout phonebank ahead of our canvass launch in support of endorsed candidate Evan MacKay! We will meet at 6 pm on Zoom - a link will be emailed to you once you RSVP. After a quick training, we will call our comrades to make sure they know about Saturday's fun event, including the social at Tanjore (old People's Republik!)
Never phonebanked before or it's been a while? No worries! We'll have experienced comrades there to train you and get you feeling comfortable before starting. We also need help with backend roles, so come on through even if you aren't comfortable making calls yourself
*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/field-launch-turnout-phonebank
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Palestine WG New Campaign Proposal
Palestine WG New Campaign Proposal
March 26, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Online
Please join us for a New Campaign Proposal meeting this upcoming Tuesday the 26th from 7-9pm. This meeting will be held virtually on Zoom. We will be voting to adjust the campaign proposal (new version in Discord) and whether to send the proposal to coalition partners. If you haven't had a chance to review the new campaign proposal, then please take a moment to review it here before the meeting.
*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/palestine-wg-new-campaign-proposal
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Turnout Phonebank for Field Launch (Wednesday)
Turnout Phonebank for Field Launch (Wednesday)
March 27, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Join the Boston DSA Electoral Working Group for a turnout phonebank ahead of our canvass launch in support of endorsed candidate Evan MacKay! We will meet at 6 pm on Zoom - a link will be emailed to you once you RSVP. After a quick training, we will call our comrades to make sure they know about Saturday's fun event, including the social at Tanjore (old People's Republik!)
Never phonebanked before or it's been a while? No worries! We'll have experienced comrades there to train you and get you feeling comfortable before starting. We also need help with backend roles, so come on through even if you aren't comfortable making calls yourself
*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/327-turnout-phonebank-for-field-launch
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Labor: BUGWU Strike Solidarity and Consensus Resolution Updates Meeting
Labor: BUGWU Strike Solidarity and Consensus Resolution Updates Meeting
March 27, 2024 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
The Democracy Center, 45 Mt Auburn St, Cambridge MA, 02138
Join us for back to back Solidarity Committee and Labor Working Group discussions at the Democracy Center at 7:30 on Wednesday, March 27! We will be discussing how DSA can help BU grad workers (BUGWU) on the picket line. We will discuss fundraising and picket line support strategy. Then, the Labor WG as a whole will make final revisions to our 2024 Consensus Resolution.
See you there!
*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/bugwu-strike-solidarity-and-consensus-resolution-updates-meeting
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Green New Deal for Schools campaign meeting
Green New Deal for Schools campaign meeting
March 28, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Online
This is the meeting for planning our campaign for a Green New Deal for Somerville Public Schools. We meet on zoom every second and fourth Thursday of the month at 7 pm.
*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/green-new-deal-for-schools-campaign-meeting-9
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PEWG Monthly Meeting
PEWG Monthly Meeting
March 28, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
zoom, zoom, Boston , 02134
It’s in making decisions that we learn to decide." - Paolo Friere, Pedagogy of Freedom
Boston DSA's Political Education Working Group meets on the last Thursday of every month at 7 pm, unless we have to move it for a holiday, which happens more often than you'd think.
PEWG's goal is to provide our members with the theoretical knowledge and practical skills to organize effectively and strategically, and to educate the wider public on DSA's vision for a socialist future and the often-erased leftist movements of the past. PEWG hosts a number of ongoing projects, such as the chapter's political education blog (bostonpewg.org), our Socialist Night School series, and periodic New Member Reading Groups (abcsofsocialism@gmail.com).
We also run one-time (or a-few-times) events such as reading groups, lectures, and panel discussions; and work with other working groups in the chapter to run political education events related to their areas of organization.
Working group meetings and events are held over Zoom. You can find our meeting's Zoom link or join the working group's mailing list at https://actionnetwork.org/forms/join-the-political-education-working-group?source=direct_link&
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email us at education@bostondsa.org.
https://www.facebook.com/455727293429882
*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/pewg-monthly-meeting-9
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Field Launch for Evan MacKay!
Field Launch for Evan MacKay!
March 30, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
McElroy Park, 20 Pleasant St. , Cambridge MA, 02139
Join the Boston DSA Electoral Working Group for the launch of our field campaign and our first canvass in support of endorsed candidate Evan MacKay! We will meet at 12 pm at McElroy Park near the Central Square T stop. The field launch will start with a quick introduction and training on canvassing, we'll go out and talk to some voters, and we'll put the social in socialism by finishing with a social at Tanjore Bar and Restaurant! Join us for a fun afternoon of organizing and community building!
Never canvassed before or it's been a while? No worries! We'll have experienced canvassers there to train you and get you feeling comfortable before hitting the doors. Or you can always canvass with a more experienced buddy!
*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/field-launch-for-evan-mackay
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Protest Health and Safety Training
Protest Health and Safety Training
March 30, 2024 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Democracy Center, 45 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge MA, 02138
This training comprises safety tips for attending protests of all type. We will cover a wide swath of information; protest jargon, best practices for dealing with different types of opposing groups, getting to and front a protest without getting hassled, information security, and extremely basic personal care (such as eye flushes).
*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/protest-health-and-safety-training
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Somerville DSA Administrative Meeting
Somerville DSA Administrative Meeting
March 31, 2024 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Online
Attention Somerville DSA members --- April is set to be a busy month for Neighborhood Group and the city as a whole.
Accordingly, we are to have a dedicated administrative meeting so as to plan the contents and promotion of upcoming socials and member meetings. This will be a great opportunity for newer members to plug into work that helps keep the Neighborhood Group and larger chapter humming along.
This meeting will be virtual and this Sunday, March 31 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. RSVP on this page to grab the Zoom link we will be using. We hope to see you there!
*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/somerville-dsa-administrative-meeting
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