Chapter Events

	November 2022
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		1 Mental Health Working Group Monthly Meeting Mental Health Working Group Monthly Meeting November 1, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm The Mental Health Working Group aims to investigate, discuss, and confront the deleterious effects of capitalism on mental health. We address the material and emotional needs and respect and support the autonomy of neurodivergent individuals and those who struggle with substance use disorders. The Mental Health Working Group's current projects include: * The Comrade Rosie Project, comrade-rosie.org, a creative, collaborative, mental health support network, by and for the working class of Greater Boston. * Monthly Peer Support Sessions, on the 2nd Tuesday of every month, a space where leftists can help each other process life under COVID and under capitalism * Red Roses Writing Workshop, bit.ly/RedRosesWriting, a low-key creative workshop on the fourth Friday of every month. Comrades are encouraged to bring 1 poem or 2 pages of prose writing to share. * Chill With Comrades, a social hangout on the 4th Tuesday of every month. Though hangin' on Zoom is not the same as socializing with socialists in person, this provides some unstructured time to get to know your comrades and remember that we are all just people, not organizing machines. * The MHWG Google site, https://sites.google.com/view/wg-mentalhealth, to facilitate long-form writing, in homage to the historical "committees of correspondence" * The Epoch of Incredulity, https://anchor.fm/epoch-of-incredulity, the working group's least safe for work side project. Since we cannot go to cheap dive bars after meetings anymore, the MHWG has attempted to recreate the experience via podcast. We serve as a resource for other Boston DSA members as much as we serve the larger community. Thus, people need not be reserved about their struggles or hesitant to ask for help. The Mental Health Working Group meets monthly on the first Tuesday of every month from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have moved all our meetings to Zoom. If you have any questions or for a copy of the agenda, check out the #wg-mentalhealth channel on the BDSA Slack, or email us at mentalhealth@bostondsa.org. Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYvdOivrDgiEtXNW5YkZGkpjyAFaCmjYi0- https://www.facebook.com/604077214138250 See more details •	2 Labor Working Group Labor Working Group November 2, 2022 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Zoom The Boston DSA Labor Working Group meets twice each month - on the first and third Wednesdays of each month. New, old, and potential DSA members are all welcome! Come for a discussion on local labor updates and a wide variety of projects, including new worker organizing, labor solidarity campaigns, events and panels, as well as our blog, Working Mass (working-mass.com). ***Please email us at labor@bostondsa.org for the Zoom link, and to get on the mailing list. If you're interested in getting involved, you can also fill out our interest form (bit.ly/BDSAlabor), and follow us on Twitter (twitter.com/BDSA_Labor). See less https://www.facebook.com/976780666595299 See more details •	3 Boston DSA Ecosocialism Working Group Boston DSA Ecosocialism Working Group November 3, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Boston Democratic Socialists of America Boston MA United States 02205 This is the monthly meeting of Boston DSA's Eco-Socialism working group. We will discuss updates to our campaigns and work with other groups, and we will have in a political reading discussion. Please register or join our mailing list at bdsa.us/Eco. You'll receive the agenda and zoom details after RSVPing. This will be a Zoom-only event. We will use the recurring number from past meetings, and will send out an agenda with details prior to the meeting if you RSVPed above or if you're on our mailing list. If you have any questions or would like to be added to our mailing list, please contact ecosocialism@bostondsa.org. https://www.facebook.com/1034017020509551 See more details •	4	5 Yes on 4 Canvass Yes on 4 Canvass November 5, 2022 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am 18 Charles St. Dorchester, MA 02122 US Voting has already begun in Massachusetts and right-wing forces have proposed a ballot initiative meant to increase turnout for their Republican candidates with a xenophobic fear-mongering campaign against minorities and immigrants. It is vital that here in Dorchester we push back against this narrative and stand together with all members of our community. In that effort, we are launching 2 canvasses at the Field's Corner T-Stop to support YES on 4! We will also be grabbing lunch afterwards at the Blarney Stone to catch up! Please email egeorge1215@gmail.com if you have any questions and I hope to see you all there. https://www.facebook.com/806286894039804 See more details •
6	7	8 General Election Watch Party! General Election Watch Party! November 8, 2022 @ 7:30 pm - 11:00 pm Democracy Brewing 35 Temple pl. Boston MA United States 02111 Why scroll twitter alone when you can do it with friends?! Join us at Democracy Brewing to watch the results of the general election. Meet like minded volunteers and organizers in Boston. There will be FREE APPETIZERS starting at 8pm. They normally close at 9pm but will stay open late just for the watch party! Feel free to invite friends. Good vibes and good people only! https://www.facebook.com/8584313061609609 See more details •	9 Coordinating Committee Meeting Coordinating Committee Meeting November 9, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Boston Democratic Socialists of America The Boston DSA Coordinating Committee meets semimonthly, usually on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month. We use these meetings to brainstorm and address administrative issues in the chapter. The Zoom link and CC meeting notes are 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. All CC meetings are open to the general membership, but not to the general public. 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. https://www.facebook.com/770564307649930 See more details How US Militarism Worsens the Climate Crisis How US Militarism Worsens the Climate Crisis November 9, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Did you know that the US military is the world’s single largest institutional consumer of fossil fuels? And that it is also the single largest institutional emitter of greenhouse gases? The military’s contribution to the climate crisis is often overlooked in discussions about the current climate emergency. In this Zoom event, co-hosted by Boston DSA's Ecosocialism and Internationalism working groups, we will hear from Gary Butterfield of Veterans for Peace about climate change and US militarism. Speakers from Boston DSA will link Butterfield's analysis to the on-the-ground organizing we are doing here in Massachusetts. Register here for the Zoom link: https://actionnetwork.org/events/how-us-militarism-worsens-the-climate-crisis https://www.facebook.com/463166085646707 See more details Peer Support session (by Mental Health Working Group) Peer Support session (by Mental Health Working Group) November 9, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Hey Comrade, Living under capitalism is hard. We want a better world, but for the mean time, those of us with burdens are really struggling. This is a safe space to decompress, and share struggles and successes so we keep going. Self-care is important, and sometimes it works better together. Register in advance for this meeting: bdsa.us/PeerSupport After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. https://www.facebook.com/487278409665672 See more details • • •	10 Electoral Working Group Monthly Meeting Electoral Working Group Monthly Meeting November 10, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Virtual Join us for the monthly meeting of Boston DSA's Electoral Working Group. We'll be organizing to elect democratic socialists during the 2022 state level elections and beyond. Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYpdu-oqD8iE9x30ksdMokQKnuGIa1ak1Ds Please email electoral@bostondsa.org if you have any questions or concerns. https://www.facebook.com/238173175114133 See more details •	11	12
13 Boston DSA Chapter Orientation Boston DSA Chapter Orientation November 13, 2022 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm 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. https://www.facebook.com/1444187532722529 See more details Transformative Justice Committee Transformative Justice Committee November 13, 2022 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Boston, MA The regular meeting of the BDSA Transformative Justice Committee. Open to all members. Please join the cmt-transformativejustice channel on Slack or sign up for the email list here to get more info and access to the Zoom link: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/tjc-signup https://www.facebook.com/602332411687752 See more details Transformative Justice Committee Transformative Justice Committee November 13, 2022 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Boston, MA The regular meeting of the BDSA Transformative Justice Committee. Open to all members. Please join the cmt-transformativejustice channel on Slack or sign up for the email list here to get more info and access to the Zoom link: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/tjc-signup https://www.facebook.com/602332411687752 See more details • • •	14 Care Work Reading Group Care Work Reading Group November 14, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Boston, MA Join the accessibility committee for a biweekly reading group. We will be reading Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna- Samarasinha. In this collection of essays, “longtime disability justice activist and performance artist Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha explores the politics and realities of disability justice, a movement that centres the lives and leadership of sick and disabled queer, trans, Black, and brown people, with knowledge and gifts for all.” Our first meeting will be on November 14th at 6pm. Please rsvp at the below link through Action Network. Please read the preface before the first meeting. If you need help accessing the book please email mookocho@gmail.com https://actionnetwork.org/events/care-work-reading-group https://www.facebook.com/3302991066623972 See more details •	15 Membership Committee Monthly Meeting Membership Committee Monthly Meeting November 15, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Join us for our monthly Membership Committee meeting, where we'll discuss ways to mobilize and engage our Chapter's membership. This meeting will happen on Zoom. Register here to attend here and receive the meeting link: https://bdsa.us/MemComm https://www.facebook.com/487696466502346 See more details •	16 Labor Working Group Labor Working Group November 16, 2022 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Zoom The Boston DSA Labor Working Group meets twice each month - on the first and third Wednesdays of each month. New, old, and potential DSA members are all welcome! Come for a discussion on local labor updates and a wide variety of projects, including new worker organizing, labor solidarity campaigns, events and panels, as well as our blog, Working Mass (working-mass.com). ***Please email us at labor@bostondsa.org for the Zoom link, and to get on the mailing list. If you're interested in getting involved, you can also fill out our interest form (bit.ly/BDSAlabor), and follow us on Twitter (twitter.com/BDSA_Labor). See less https://www.facebook.com/976780676595298 See more details •	17 Communications Committee Communications Committee November 17, 2022 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Boston, MA Do you love socialism and posting? Do you have skills in email-writing, newsletter-laying-out, social media, and other officey stuff from your corporate job that you'd like to use to smash capitalism instead? Do you hate canvassing and would prefer to just draft emails for the revolution? Are you good at graphic design? Then the Boston DSA Communications Committee wants YOU! World War II recruitment poster pointing This Committee is open to all members in good standing, but is only open to DSA members. If you are not a member but are Comms-Committee-curious, you are still welcome to call in, or you can DM us and someone from the Comms Committee will be happy to chat with you about what kind of stuff we do. Register for the Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88234472082?pwd=aUhQZmxHYnIwejl6ZGw0Zzg2S1o0dz09 https://www.facebook.com/1314917359268140 See more details Communications Committee Communications Committee November 17, 2022 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Boston, MA Do you love socialism and posting? Do you have skills in email-writing, newsletter-laying-out, social media, and other officey stuff from your corporate job that you'd like to use to smash capitalism instead? Do you hate canvassing and would prefer to just draft emails for the revolution? Are you good at graphic design? Then the Boston DSA Communications Committee wants YOU! World War II recruitment poster pointing This Committee is open to all members in good standing, but is only open to DSA members. If you are not a member but are Comms-Committee-curious, you are still welcome to call in, or you can DM us and someone from the Comms Committee will be happy to chat with you about what kind of stuff we do. Register for the Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88234472082?pwd=aUhQZmxHYnIwejl6ZGw0Zzg2S1o0dz09 https://www.facebook.com/1314917359268140 See more details Boston DSA Internationalism Working Group Monthly Meeting Boston DSA Internationalism Working Group Monthly Meeting November 17, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88390083533?pwd=WTByZVg3UkROdVlNL1hTc0FWQVFldz09 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. Meeting Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88390083533?pwd=WTByZVg3UkROdVlNL1hTc0FWQVFldz09 Email internationalism@bostondsa.org with questions. https://www.facebook.com/288527290039780 See more details • • •	18	19
20	21 Housing Working Group Monthly Meeting Housing Working Group Monthly Meeting November 21, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm The Democracy Center 45 Mount Auburn St Cambridge MA United States 02138 Join us for the Housing Working Group's monthly meeting! Learn how to get involved in the struggle for tenants' rights and meet other housing organizers in the Boston area. RSVP here if you'd prefer to join us virtually: https://actionnetwork.org/events/june-2022-hwg-meeting-2 https://www.facebook.com/531565071838179 See more details •	22 Priorities Brainstorming Session Priorities Brainstorming Session November 22, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Boston, MA - location TBD Soon Boston DSA is going to be selecting a new set of chapter priorities for 2023. As part of the priorities process we are hosting a Priorities Brainstorming Session. Do you have a good idea for a chapter priority? Do you need guidance for how to come up with the proposal or help with putting it together? Do you have skills that could apply to writing proposals or making goofy science fair exhibits? Do you have an idea for a priority but worry that someone else might have a similar one? Perhaps you can combine your efforts. We need your help too! The Boston DSA Coordinating Committee invites everyone interested in the process to join us for our Priorities Brainstorming Session. We will go over the requirements for submitting a chapter priority (the priority itself, and materials for the priorities science fair we’re going to hold in December). This will be followed by a discussion of the priorities we’re working on and what we need help with. Location pending, November 22nd 7-9PM https://www.facebook.com/528794169092340 See more details Priorities Brainstorming Session Priorities Brainstorming Session November 22, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Cambridge Community Center 5 Callender St Cambridge MA United States 02139 Soon Boston DSA is going to be selecting a new set of chapter priorities for 2023. As part of the priorities process we are hosting a Priorities Brainstorming Session. Do you have a good idea for a chapter priority? Do you need guidance for how to come up with the proposal or help with putting it together? Do you have skills that could apply to writing proposals or making goofy science fair exhibits? Do you have an idea for a priority but worry that someone else might have a similar one? Perhaps you can combine your efforts. We need your help too! The Boston DSA Coordinating Committee invites everyone interested in the process to join us for our Priorities Brainstorming Session. We will go over the requirements for submitting a chapter priority (the priority itself, and materials for the priorities science fair we’re going to hold in December). This will be followed by a discussion of the priorities we’re working on and what we need help with. At the Cambridge Community Center, November 22nd 7-9PM https://www.facebook.com/528794169092340 See more details • •	23	24	25	26
27	28 Care Work Reading Group Care Work Reading Group November 28, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Boston, MA Join the accessibility committee for a biweekly reading group. We will be reading Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna- Samarasinha. In this collection of essays, “longtime disability justice activist and performance artist Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha explores the politics and realities of disability justice, a movement that centres the lives and leadership of sick and disabled queer, trans, Black, and brown people, with knowledge and gifts for all.” Please rsvp at the below link through Action Network: https://actionnetwork.org/campaigns/care-work-reading-group/ - November 28th: Read Section 1 before this meeting. - December 12th: Read Section 2 before this meeting. If you need help accessing the book please email mookocho@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/3302991053290640 See more details Healthcare Working Group Meeting Healthcare Working Group Meeting November 28, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Attend a monthly meeting of the BDSA Healthcare Working Group. We'll be discussing our current projects, including our organizing around Medicare for All. Register to attend via Zoom here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUsc-qgrT8vHtdXl8ADFBJyYNo9jFYZicsC?fbclid=IwAR3sCvHCunQgXvSDvAi4EFiALyvGeZ-naouK9bDC-4YsoOXWhdvpRdpVS2c https://www.facebook.com/2341085916041342 See more details • •	29 Chill With Comrades Chill With Comrades November 29, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm 45 Day St, Somerville, MA 02144-2823, United States Comrades! We're doing an IN-PERSON chill with comrades at American Flatbread in Somerville, we hope to see you there! Let's put the social back in Socialism! Everyone knows that nothing compares to hanging out and socializing with comrades in-person, but since that's not possible due to Covid, this is the next best thing! Take the opportunity to socialize with members of the chapter, as well as cope with the social isolation imposed by the pandemic. There's no meeting agenda for this event, no readings to do in advance, just show up and have a good time! If you have any questions at all, feel free to email us at, mentalhealth@bostondsa.org. We hope to see you there! Register in advance for this event: http://bdsa.us/chillwithcomrades https://www.facebook.com/282477470655722 See more details •	30 Coordinating Committee Coordinating Committee November 30, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Boston, MA Due to the holiday, the 11/23 Coordinating Committee meeting was rescheduled for 11/30. We use these meetings to brainstorm and address administrative issues in the chapter. The Zoom link and CC meeting notes are 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. All CC meetings are open to the general membership, but not to the general public. 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. https://www.facebook.com/871181310571250 See more details Coordinating Committee Coordinating Committee November 30, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Boston, MA Due to the holiday, the 11/23 Coordinating Committee meeting was rescheduled for 11/30. We use these meetings to brainstorm and address administrative issues in the chapter. The Zoom link and CC meeting notes are 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. All CC meetings are open to the general membership, but not to the general public. 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. https://www.facebook.com/871181310571250 See more details Somerville Charter Review Somerville Charter Review November 30, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm We would like to invite you to a meeting on November 30th at 7pm to discuss strategy around public comment for the next Somerville Charter Review public hearing. This will be a focused, one hour zoom meeting that will result in some priorities and talking points for people dialing into the public hearing on December 7th. Anyone interested in advocating for a city charter that works better for the people of Somerville is welcome to join. We will run through a background of what the Charter Review process is and where we are in it for those who are just tuning in. We have digested the proposed charter and have some suggestions on the following topics and more: - include financial powers for the council that are similar to Boston's - move 4 year mayoral term back to 2 year - support voter expansions: 16-17 years olds and non-citizen voting - Chief Administrative Officer, department head, and appointments - Multi-Member Bodies (Commissions) - moving to full time city councilor If you have thoughts on any of these issues, join this zoom on November 30th at 7pm. If you can't join this meeting, watch your email for talking points and log into the public hearing on December 7th at 6pm. November 30th 7pm zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83102220116?pwd=eE5BYlVDSmNRc1BHdmFLekx4cmtRZz09 December 7th 6pm public hearing: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6294202019409171984 Final Charter Review Committee report: https://www.somervillema.gov/departments/charter-review-committee https://www.facebook.com/1552701278538422 See more details • • •

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