Events
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Start: 10:00 am
Join us for the Boston region's Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) meeting!
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Starts at 10:00 a.m.
MPO Conference Room
Transportation Building
10 Park Plaza, Suite 2150
398 reads – more info
Start: 2:00 pm
End: 3:00 pm
Join us for a conversation about organizing and leadership development with Ana Justo from Brazil’s Landless Workers Movement (Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra - MST). This event is co-sponsored by Grassroots International
411 reads – more info
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Join Mike Prokosch for a discussion of the economic crisis: Who caused it? Why are we still in it? Why are some people blaming government and public workers? Is capitalism sustainable?
Part of the Radical Organizing Conference's Summer Institute.
291 reads – more info
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
This weekend is the National Governors' Association annual meeting in Boston. ANSWER coalition is sponsoring a protest specifically directed at Arizona governor Jan Brewer and her passage of the anti-immigrant bill SB1070.
385 reads – more info
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:30 pm
A historical overview of racism, migration, and the current political landscape for immigration reform and organizing.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
3353 Washington Street
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
298 reads – more info
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Hear activists from tenant, youth, transportation, workplace,
immigrant, and environmental justice struggles as they report back from the U.S. Social Forum and connect forward with the struggles going on in the streets of Boston.
347 reads – more info
Start: 9:30 pm
Join REEP for our 14th Annual EJ Youth Summit!
Friday, August 6, 2010
9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Northeastern Curry Student Center
360 Huntington Ave.,
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
Please RSVP to Carlos for freedom, free food, and social change.
332 reads – more info
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
This workshop, part of Radical Organizing Conference's Summer Institute, will focus on techniques for effective public speaking and offer a chance to actually practice public speaking with feedback from the group. It will be facilitated by Tim Dean, education director for SEIU 1199.
371 reads – more info
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Join Mike Prokosch for a discussion of the economic crisis: Who caused it? Why are we still in it? Why are some people blaming government and public workers? Is capitalism sustainable?
Part of the Radical Organizing Conference's Summer Institute.
302 reads – more info
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
Join REEP in welcoming our new members!
Thursday, July 15, 2010
5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at ACE.
For more information, please contact 338 reads – more info
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
We will look at what makes a radical organizing method by examining winnability, strategy/tactics, coalitions, spirituality, building a majority movement, the role of political education, and the effectiveness of well-known organizing methods such as one-on-ones, story-telling, and relationship-building. The format will be group discussion.
355 reads – more info
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Get involved and learn about transportation justice!
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
5:30 to 8:00 p.m. at ACE.
Join members as they continue to prepare for TRU's campaign for better bus service.
324 reads – more info
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:30 pm
Right wing ideology vs. the public sector: How have conservatives tried to demonize the public sector and the idea of government? How do we build support for using the state to address social and economic inequality?
318 reads – more info
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Join the Radical Organizing Conference's Summer Institute for a panel discussion on housing justice featuring Mel King and Maria Guardado. This workshop will provide current and historical analysis of the housing crisis and the activist response.
268 reads – more info
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Join Mike Prokosch for a discussion of the economic crisis: Who caused it? Why are we still in it? Why are some people blaming government and public workers? Is capitalism sustainable?
Part of the Radical Organizing Conference's Summer Institute.
317 reads – more info
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Start: 9:00 am
End: 3:00 pm
Join us for the 7th Annual Chelsea River Revel and Environmental Justice Bike Tour! The Revel includes live performances, food, free bike tune-ups, kayaking, and much more! Before the Revel, there will be an EJ Bike Tour of East Boston, starting and ending at the Meridian Street Bridge.
537 reads – more info
Monday, July 26, 2010
Start: 11:00 am
Join us to celebrate the opening of the Boston Staffing Alliance!
Monday July 26th, 2010
Starts at 11:00 a.m.
Grove Hall
411 Blue Hill Avenue
Dorchester, MA 02121
Music and light refreshments provided!
414 reads – more info
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Start: 12:30 pm
End: 3:00 pm
CORI Reform has passed the House and Senate, but is in gridlock in Conference Committee as the final signing deadline approaches. If a bill is not signed by the Governor by July 31st, the reform process will be forced to start over next year.
358 reads – more info
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:30 pm
Globalization: What impact has globalization had on Americans as producers and consumers? What impact has globalization had on developing countries and their populations?
Session leader: Alexandra Pineros Shields, Irish Immigration Center.
332 reads – more info
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Know how to make your events press-worthy. Understand how to localize the impact of regional and national issues. Understand the internal dynamics of the modern newsroom. This workshop will focus on generating media coverage for progressive causes and how to build stronger connections with reporters, editors, columnists, and producers.
309 reads – more info
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Know how to make your events press-worthy. Understand how to localize the impact of regional and national issues. Understand the internal dynamics of the modern newsroom. This workshop will focus on generating media coverage for progressive causes and how to build stronger connections with reporters, editors, columnists, and producers.
263 reads – more info
Thursday, July 29, 2010
(all day)
Start: 07/29/2010 - 10:00am
End: 08/01/2010 - 5:00pm
Our mission is to support diverse filmmakers and provide an opportunity for audiences to view the works of these filmmakers, and experience stories often overlooked in mainstream media.
The Roxbury International Film Festival takes place over 4 days, with workshops and film screenings taking place at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Massachusetts College of Art, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Roxbury Center for the Arts at Hibernian Hall, and other locations throughout Boston.
464 reads – more info
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 7:30 pm
This workshop is for those of us who are working to take on the system and change it! We will talk about how to hold on to what is important for ourselves by organizing others. This is part of the Radical Organizing Conference's Summer Institute.
294 reads – more info
Friday, July 30, 2010
(all day)
Start: 07/29/2010 - 10:00am
End: 08/01/2010 - 5:00pm
Our mission is to support diverse filmmakers and provide an opportunity for audiences to view the works of these filmmakers, and experience stories often overlooked in mainstream media.
The Roxbury International Film Festival takes place over 4 days, with workshops and film screenings taking place at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Massachusetts College of Art, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Roxbury Center for the Arts at Hibernian Hall, and other locations throughout Boston.
464 reads – more info
Saturday, July 31, 2010
(all day)
Start: 07/29/2010 - 10:00am
End: 08/01/2010 - 5:00pm
Our mission is to support diverse filmmakers and provide an opportunity for audiences to view the works of these filmmakers, and experience stories often overlooked in mainstream media.
The Roxbury International Film Festival takes place over 4 days, with workshops and film screenings taking place at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Massachusetts College of Art, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Roxbury Center for the Arts at Hibernian Hall, and other locations throughout Boston.
464 reads – more info
Sunday, August 1, 2010
End: 5:00 pm
Start: 07/29/2010 - 10:00am
End: 08/01/2010 - 5:00pm
Our mission is to support diverse filmmakers and provide an opportunity for audiences to view the works of these filmmakers, and experience stories often overlooked in mainstream media.
The Roxbury International Film Festival takes place over 4 days, with workshops and film screenings taking place at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Massachusetts College of Art, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Roxbury Center for the Arts at Hibernian Hall, and other locations throughout Boston.
464 reads – more info
Monday, August 2, 2010
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
The Dudley Square Organizing Project is holding a meeting to re-group and focus on outreach campaigns for the coming months. All DSOP members are invited.
Monday, August 2, 2010
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
343 reads – more info
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:30 pm
Crisis in the Black Community: how have the economic crisis and past economic and social policies affected African-American communities?
Session leader: Horace Small, Executive Director, Union of Minority Neighborhoods.
332 reads – more info
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Join TRU Members to discuss transit issues and our upcoming campaigns.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at ACE.
For more informati
370 reads – more info
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Resistance to the effects of the economic crisis is everywhere in Boston. We are not alone. People across the globe are feeling the effects and mounting inspirational struggles for justice and alternatives to the current system. We will look at examples from four continents to see how people are winning and where opportunities exist to unite our struggles.
325 reads – more info
Friday, August 6, 2010



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