Event Calendar

	April 2025
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		1 Administrative Committee Working Meeting - April Administrative Committee Working Meeting - April April 1, 2025 @ 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-working-meeting-april See more details •	2	3 General Meeting Planning Team Call - April General Meeting Planning Team Call - April April 3, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Online Please join us for Boston DSA's General Meeting Planning Call for the month of April on Thursday, April 3rd from 6 to 7 PM. Zoom details can be found in the agenda which will be emailed to those who register closer to the day of the call. Topics for this meeting will include: -The April Digital General Meeting For Endorsements -Chapter Convention Planning and Prep We hope to see you there -The Ad Comm General Meeting Planning Team Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork: https://actionnetwork.org/events/general-meeting-planning-team-call-april See more details April Ecosocialism Working Group Meeting April Ecosocialism Working Group Meeting April 3, 2025 @ 6:45 pm - 8:00 pm Online Join us for the monthly meeting of the Ecosocialism Working Group, on the first Thursday of the month at 6:45 pm. This meeting will be hybrid - in person at the Foundry Yellow Multi Room (101 Rogers St Cambridge, MA 02142) and on Zoom. Hope to see you there! Email ecosocialism@bostondsa.org for any accessibility questions. Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork: https://actionnetwork.org/events/april-ecosocialism-working-group-meeting-2 See more details • •	4	5
6 April General Meeting April General Meeting April 6, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm Online Join Boston DSA virtually on April 6th from 12-2pm on Zoom for a special General Meeting to consider chapter endorsements for two electoral campaigns: Willie Burnley Jr. for Mayor of Somerville and Let Cambridge Choose. Additional items may also be considered and voted upon. This GM will be Zoom-only. Zoom call-in information will be sent upon RSVPing to this event. Both electoral campaigns have successfully advanced through the initial steps of the endorsement process and earned unanimous recommendations from the Electoral Working Group. EWG’s process includes a detailed questionnaire, an open candidate forum, and a live vote of the working group. Comrades are strongly encouraged to review the questionnaires and recorded forums shared by email. To be eligible to speak and vote, you must be a member-in-good-standing, i.e. have paid dues within the year prior to the meeting. To check the status of your dues, you can email coordinators@bostondsa.org, or search your official email to check the date of your most recent "dues payment receipt". We will also send an email shortly before the meeting to any members whose dues have recently expired. Live voting will happen on OpenSlides; if current on your dues, you will receive an invitation to create an account (or to login via an existing account) prior to the meeting. All of Boston DSA’s general meetings are open to the public, so if you are not yet a member but are curious about our organizing work (or about socialism more generally), you are most welcome to attend. If you have any accessibility-related questions or concerns, please email our Accessibility Coordinator at accessibility@bostondsa.org. Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork: https://actionnetwork.org/events/april-general-meeting-24 See more details Marxist Reading Group Marxist Reading Group April 6, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Online We will be discussing Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork: https://actionnetwork.org/events/marxist-reading-group-9 See more details • •	7 Local Convention Planning Meeting Local Convention Planning Meeting April 7, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Online We will finalize the agenda, check-in our action items, and continue to fill out roles for the early May convention. Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork: https://actionnetwork.org/events/local-convention-planning-meeting-3 See more details Internationalism and Immigration Working Group Monthly Meeting Internationalism and Immigration Working Group Monthly Meeting April 7, 2025 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Community Church of Boston, 565 Boylston Street, 2nd floor, Boston MA, 02116 The time to protect our neighbors is now! Join the Immigration and Internationalism Working Group for its monthly meeting! We will be running a gallery walk to plan our campaign: Organizing for a Legislative Strategic Pressure Campaign Labor Organizing for Sanctuary Unions and Immigrants Rights in the Workplace Developing a Rapid Response/Community Support Network We will also be discussing Co-Chair elections for our Working Group. This event will be IN-PERSON ONLY. If you need accommodations we can help! Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork: https://actionnetwork.org/events/internationalism-and-immigration-working-group-monthly-meeting-3 See more details • •	8 April 8th Coordinating Committee Meeting April 8th Coordinating Committee Meeting April 8, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Online 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. Meetings are typically on Zoom. 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. Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork: https://actionnetwork.org/events/april-8th-coordinating-committee-meeting See more details Palestine Working Group Meeting Palestine Working Group Meeting April 8, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm The Community Church of Boston, 565 Boylston St, Boston MA, 02116 Join the Palestine Working Group to support organizing across the city for a free Palestine! We host fundraisers, teach-ins, organizer trainings, canvass the public, and much more. Currently, we are planning how to support campuses in their free speech and sanctuary fight against Trump and ICE. Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork: https://actionnetwork.org/events/palestine-working-group-meeting-65 See more details • •	9	10 Transit Oriented Public Restrooms Campaign Meeting Transit Oriented Public Restrooms Campaign Meeting April 10, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Online Join us to discuss the Boston DSA Ecosocialism Working Group's campaign to get free, publicly accessible restrooms built around major transit hubs throughout the Boston area! This meeting will be held virtually over Zoom. RSVP for the link to attend! Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork: https://actionnetwork.org/events/transit-oriented-public-restrooms-campaign-meeting See more details •	11 Arlington Neighborhood Social Arlington Neighborhood Social April 11, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Online Join us to organize locally. This is an in-person event. Address will be disclosed upon registration. Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork: https://actionnetwork.org/events/arlington-dsa-coffee-2 See more details •	12 BDSA North Shore Meeting 4.12.25 BDSA North Shore Meeting 4.12.25 April 12, 2025 @ 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm Shoe Bones, 28 Boston St, Salem MA, 01970 Join Boston DSA's North Shore Neighborhood Group as we get to know each other better and strategize around our next moves and new priorities on the North Shore, including a potential challenge to Seth Moulton. If you can, bring a dish or snack to pass! If you can't make it in person, feel free to call in--RSVP for the Zoom link. Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork: https://actionnetwork.org/events/bdsa-north-shore-meeting-41225 See more details •
13 Chapter Orientation - Sunday, April 13 Chapter Orientation - Sunday, April 13 April 13, 2025 @ 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 Onboarding & Membership Team will walk you through the chapter's mission and 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 for a better world. Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork: https://actionnetwork.org/events/chapter-orientation-sunday-april-13 See more details Somerville DSA April Monthly Meeting Somerville DSA April Monthly Meeting April 13, 2025 @ 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm CrossFit Somerville, 35 Prospect Street, Somerville MA, 02143 Join us for our monthly neighborhood group meeting! This will be a hybrid meeting using zoom. Accommodations available on request (reach out to somerville@bostondsa.org or accessibility@bostondsa.org). Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork: https://actionnetwork.org/events/somerville-dsa-april-monthly-meeting See more details Merrimack Valley Reading Group Meeting - Communist Manifesto Merrimack Valley Reading Group Meeting - Communist Manifesto April 13, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm O'Leary Library, 61 Wilder St, Lowell MA, 01854 MVDSA invites you to our first Socialist Night School session. To kick us off, we'll be diving into The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Whether you're new to the text or have read it before, this will be a great space for discussion, analysis, and shared learning. Details: What: Reading group for The Communist Manifesto Where: O'Leary Library @ UMass Lowell (Room # TBD) When: April 13th, 7pm Format: Casual discussion with reading completed before the session This is an open and welcoming space, so feel free to bring friends or anyone interested in exploring these ideas together. RSVP if you’re interested to get any additional details! Looking forward to the discussion! Solidarity, Edward & Nate, Merrimack Valley DSA Co-Chairs Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork: https://actionnetwork.org/events/merrimack-valley-reading-group-meeting-communist-manifesto-2 See more details • • •	14	15 Nafis Hasan with Calvin Wu: Metastasis Nafis Hasan with Calvin Wu: Metastasis April 15, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard St, Brookline MA, 02446 RSVP @ Brookline Booksmith! (No need to RSVP on Action network, but feel free to do so to receive reminders) According to the Brookline Booksmith there may be a livestream of the event, which you can access through their webiste for free.Celebrate the release of Metastasis with DSA member and author Nafis Hasan, in conversation with Calvin Wu. This event is cosponsored by Science for the People and Boston DSA. Metastasis: The Rise of the Cancer-Industrial Complex and the Horizons of Care “Cancer isn't just nature—as Metastasis shows, it’s a deeply social and historical disease, and one that our unequal and predatory social systems leave us ill-equipped to overcome.” —Gabriel Winant, author of The Next Shift: The Fall of Industry and the Rise of Health Care in Rust Belt America A bold rethinking of cancer as a biological phenomenon, an indictment of science that serves capitalism, and a radical vision of liberated health and well-being. More than fifty years after the declaration of the War on Cancer, we are nowhere closer to victory. The problem lies in the way cancer is understood and the “cancer-industrial complex” that has been established to address it. The cancer-industrial complex arises from the symbiosis of private corporations, nonprofit organizations such as universities and foundations, and public governmental regulatory bodies in the post-genomic era. This network profits off a vulnerable population who exist in a market that is structurally rigged against them given their physical and socioeconomic conditions. Under the auspices of scientific research and technological progress, much of which is well-meaning, a critical extortion takes place. Metastasis brings the cancer-industrial complex to the fore of our understanding of what cancer is, the chronic nature of the disease, its unmistakable parallels to capitalism, its inextricable link to the neoliberal model of economic development, and its disproportionate burden on nonwhite and poor populations—and what it will really take to rid ourselves of the gravest dangers to our individual and collective well-being. Trained as a cancer scientist, Nafis Hasan offers a critical and clinical reading of current narratives of cancer research and the conditions that put the onus on the individual rather than our collective efforts to prevent cancer incidence and deaths. He offers a visionary alternative theory about carcinogenesis—one countering the dominant neoliberal idea of mutations causing cancer—and centers a dialectical approach to understanding the biology and sociology of cancer. Hasan states, “If we must fight the longest war, then it should be the war against capitalism, whose growth has metastasized in every aspect of our society and ourselves.” Nafis Hasan is a labor organizer and writer based in Philadelphia, and an Associate Faculty at the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research. Calvin Wu is a neuroscientist based in Cambridge, current secretary of Science for the People (SftP) and former publisher of the SftP magazine. Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork: https://actionnetwork.org/events/nafis-hasan-metastasis See more details •	16 Labor WG Meeting Labor WG Meeting April 16, 2025 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Lucy Parsons Center, 358 Centre St A, Jamaica Plain MA, 02130 Join us at our Labor Working Group meeting at the Lucy Parsons Center! Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork: https://actionnetwork.org/events/labor-wg-meeting-5 See more details •	17 Allston/Brighton Social Allston/Brighton Social April 17, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Model Cafe, 7 North Beacon St, Boston MA, 02134 Join your neighbors in Allston/Brighton for a social at Model Cafe across from the Twin Donuts! Got a friend or roommate who's not in DSA yet? Bring them too! Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork: https://actionnetwork.org/events/allstonbrighton-social-2 See more details Somerville for Palestine - Ballot Question Forum Somerville for Palestine - Ballot Question Forum April 17, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Online Join us for Somerville for Palestine's ballot question forum! Please submit any questions you have in this google form: https://forms.gle/ErR4eWHkvrqVxtmD6 Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork: https://actionnetwork.org/events/somerville-for-palestine-ballot-question-forum See more details South Shore DSA Monthly Meeting South Shore DSA Monthly Meeting April 17, 2025 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Online Join us every third Thursday of the month at 7:30PM is the general meeting of South Shore Democratic Socialists of America. This month we will be voting to elect new co-chairs to take advantage of the new energy and engagement with socialism on the south shore. If you are interested, check the co-chair section of the chapter bylaws for it's duties and we will have a vote on Thursday. As usual, we will also catch up on our continued struggle fighting for renters fighting for better conditions in Randolph, hear about South Shore Medicare for All battle to bring single payer healthcare to Massachusetts, and discuss more about future social events and expanding South Shore DSA's reach around the area. Stick around after for casual conversations with other like minded comrades! Get involved, a better world is possible! Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork: https://actionnetwork.org/events/south-shore-dsa-monthly-meeting-5 See more details • • •	18 Bringing Down A Dictator Screening + Discussion Bringing Down A Dictator Screening + Discussion April 18, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm The Community Church of Boston, 565 Boylston St, Boston MA, 02134 Bringing Down A Dictator is a 56-minute documentary film by Steve York about the nonviolent defeat of Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic. It focuses on the contributions of the student-led Otpor! movement. The film originally aired on national PBS in March 2002. It was narrated by Martin Sheen and won the George Foster Peabody Award. Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork: https://actionnetwork.org/events/bringing-down-a-dictator-screening-discussion See more details •	19 Fight Back Town Hall Fight Back Town Hall April 19, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm TBD, TBD, Boston MA, TBD Hear from federal workers, campus activists, and immigrant organizers about how we can build a mass movement for free speech, labor rights, and an end to the mass deportations! Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork: https://actionnetwork.org/events/fight-back-town-hall See more details •
20	21 Local Convention Planning Meeting Local Convention Planning Meeting April 21, 2025 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Online We will make final plans for the early May convention. Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork: https://actionnetwork.org/events/local-convention-planning-meeting-4 See more details •	22 Boston DSA Housing WG April Meeting Boston DSA Housing WG April Meeting April 22, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Lucy Parson Center, 358A Centre St, Boston MA, 02130 Join Boston DSA's Housing Working Group for our April meeting! Please join us at the Lucy Parson Center or on Zoom. RSVP for the Zoom link. Solidarity, Kelly Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork: https://actionnetwork.org/events/boston-dsa-housing-wg-april-meeting See more details Transit Oriented Public Restrooms Campaign Meeting Transit Oriented Public Restrooms Campaign Meeting April 22, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Online Join us to discuss the Boston DSA Ecosocialism Working Group's campaign to get free, publicly accessible restrooms built around major transit hubs throughout the Boston area! This meeting will be held virtually over Zoom. RSVP for the link to attend! Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork: https://actionnetwork.org/events/transit-oriented-public-restrooms-campaign-meeting-2 See more details • •	23	24 PEWG April Meeting & Social PEWG April Meeting & Social April 24, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm zoom, zoom, 02138 Location: zoom + Harvard Square Boston DSA's Political Education Working Group meets on the fourth or last Thursday of every other 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). For members who want to be more involved in putting on political education programming, please email education@bostondsa.org to attend our monthly Kitchen Cabinet meeting. We have a lot of events planned for 2025 but need many more hands to make them happen! 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 always have a zoom option if you cant make it in person. 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-april-meeting See more details Electoral WG April Meeting Electoral WG April Meeting April 24, 2025 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Online Join Boston DSA's Electoral Working Group (EWG) for our monthly meeting virtually! Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork: https://actionnetwork.org/events/electoral-wg-april-meeting See more details • •	25 Arlington Neighborhood Social Arlington Neighborhood Social April 25, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Online Join us to organize locally. This is an in-person event. Address will be disclosed the week of the event. Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork: https://actionnetwork.org/events/arlington-dsa-coffee-3 See more details Potty Trot Potty Trot April 25, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Back Bay Station, 145 Dartmouth Street, Boston MA, 02116 Join the Boston DSA Ecosocialism Working Group on our quest to learn more about the public potty offerings of Boston and beyond! We're embarking on a campaign for free, publicly accessible restrooms built around major transit hubs throughout the Boston area and are starting by scoping out the existing offerings. We'll start with the restrooms in the Back Bay station, amble up to the Common (stopping by a fire station along the way), and take the red line to Central Square to check out the Portland Loo. After, we'll pass around some hand sanitizer and go out for drinks in the Central Square area. Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork: https://actionnetwork.org/events/potty-trot See more details • •	26
27 Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Group Meeting Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Group Meeting April 27, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Farnsworth House, 90 South Street, Jamaica Pain MA, 02130 Join us on Sunday, April 27th from 2-4pm at the Farnsworth House in Jamaica Plain for our next Jamaica Plain DSA Neighborhood Group meeting! Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork: https://actionnetwork.org/events/jamaica-plain-neighborhood-group-meeting-3 See more details April South Shore DSA Social April South Shore DSA Social April 27, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Panethnic Pourovers, 186 West Squantum St, Quincy MA, 02170 Come hang with South Shore DSA comrades! Join us at Panethnic Pourover’s Community Space for a potluck/board game night style get together on April 27 at 6pm and meet some of your fellow (or future!) South Shore DSA comrades, hear about current DSA campaigns, and share what excites you about community organizing. This is an informal gathering for building relationships in the area and building connections with each other. Also bring any games you'd like to share with about an hour or less playtimes, so we can play a game or two while we gather! We will have access to the cafe microwave and utensils, but the cafe itself will not be formally open for customers. Please RSVP, and look for a link on the instructions page to an optional sign up sheet for things to bring! Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork: https://actionnetwork.org/events/april-south-shore-dsa-social-2 See more details • •	28 Local Convention Planning Meeting Local Convention Planning Meeting April 28, 2025 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Online We will make final plans for the early May convention. Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork: https://actionnetwork.org/events/local-convention-planning-meeting-5 See more details Healthcare Working Group Meeting Healthcare Working Group Meeting April 28, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Online Attend a monthly meeting of the BDSA Healthcare Working Group. We'll be discussing our current projects, including our organizing around Medicare for All. Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork: https://actionnetwork.org/events/healthcare-working-group-meeting-47 See more details • •	29 DADS Digital Security Training April 2025 DADS Digital Security Training April 2025 April 29, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Online We are in an era of increasing authoritarianism and we can't be sure who is watching, and with what resources. State actors? Angry individuals? Or are you just leaking personal information like a sieve? The DADS Digital Security Training will assist comrades in analyzing potential threats, producing models to understand how they endanger us, how to mitigate these threats and how they can prevent the leaking of sensitive personal information. Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork: https://actionnetwork.org/events/dads-digital-security-training-april-2025 See more details •	30

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