Events

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/december-2023-chapter-orientation-2

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-december-10

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

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Monthly meeting for Boston Socialist in Office Committee

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Everyone new to socialist activism and/or Boston DSA is invited to a four session intro reading group on the basics of socialism, based on Jacobin's pamphlet, “The ABC’s of Socialism”.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82545105696?pwd=NnJWdEpJV3ZxYW5iSExwdkZvekwwUT09

https://s3.jacobinmag.com/issues/jacobin-abcs.pdf

*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/new-member-reading-group-session-3

Join us for this special edition of Strike Ready where we will be working on internal structure and the future direction of the group as we formalize ourselves into the Solidarity Committee under the Labor Working Group.
We welcome any and all folks who have been a part of Strike Ready in the past, have been interested in Strike Ready but haven't been able to participate, and those who would simply like to give their input on its structuring/direction.

For those who are unable to physically join us, we will have a hybrid option as well. RSVP to get the zoom link.

*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/strike-ready-retreat

This is the meeting for planning our campaign for a Green New Deal for Somerville Public Schools. We meet on zoom every other Thursday at 7 pm.

*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/green-new-deal-for-schools-campaign-meeting-2

Everyone new to socialist activism and/or Boston DSA is invited to a four session intro reading group on the basics of socialism, based on Jacobin's pamphlet, “The ABC’s of Socialism”.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82545105696?pwd=NnJWdEpJV3ZxYW5iSExwdkZvekwwUT09

https://s3.jacobinmag.com/issues/jacobin-abcs.pdf

*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/new-member-reading-group-session-4

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

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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/82402976188?pwd=QlJFTlFwU0dkWW45OXRjMjBES2VPUT09

Email internationalism@bostondsa.org with questions.

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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.

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