Event Calendar

Join us for the monthly meeting of the Ecosocialism Working Group, on the first Thursday of the month at 7:30 pm. This meeting will be hybrid - in person and on Zoom. The event will be hosted at the Community Church of Boston, 565 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02116. Hope to see you there! Email ecosocialism@bostondsa.org for any accessibility questions.

*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/may-ecosocialism-working-group-meeting-3

Join Boston DSA for a live virtual question and answer session for candidates running for elected position before the convention! Come and find out more about who's running for coordinating committee (CC) and Harassment and Grievance Officer (HGO) positions, and ask questions to the candidates about their vision for Boston DSA! Open to all current members of the chapter

*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/cc-and-hgo-candidates-virtual-qa

-Please arrive and mingle between 11:30am-12pm.

-The agenda will begin promptly at 12pm.

-Lunch will be served mid-afternoon.

-You must be a member-in-good-standing to vote on convention business. All DSA constitutional members can attend.

Stay tuned for more details!

*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/boston-dsa-local-convention-2

Join us after the Boston DSA Local Convention for a social gathering! Right after the Convention we will be hanging around to socialize and build solidarity. We will have food and a chance to chat with candidates for leadership and convention delegates!

*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/post-convention-social-5

THIS EVENT IS 7:30 PM TO 9:30 PM EST.

Join the Immigration and Internationalism Working Group for its monthly meeting! We will be continuing our group discussion on how we can consolidate our campaigns and we will be breaking out in groups to work on our initial organizing activities.

This event will be hybrid, but the group discussion will be in-person only to encourage better discussion. Hybrid members will not be able to participate but can listen in. If you need accommodations we can help!

*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/internationalism-and-immigration-working-group-monthly-meeting-5

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-3

Join us Tuesday evening for our listwork and outreach on behalf of our endorsed campaigns, Willie Burnley Jr for Mayor of Somerville, Let Cambridge Choose, and Somerville for Palestine.

*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/ewg-campaign-listworkoutreach-4

Join Boston DSA's Electoral Working Group (EWG) for our monthly meeting virtually! Due to just holding a meeting in late April, we'd like to use this as extra time for phonebanking!

Never phone banked before? Our experienced comrades are happy to teach you and have a script prepared to guide you. Calling people sounds scary? Don't worry! You will only be reaching out to DSA Members In Good Standing (MIGS). These are DSA members who pay dues and are often also your friends you see at working group meetings or at canvasses.

*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/electoral-wg-may-meeting-phone-bank

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-3

While we might still all be coming down from the excitement of convention, we need to start planning ahead for the next General Meeting in June. Join us Thursday, May 8th from 8 to 9 PM for the General Meeting Planning Call for the month of May.

The meeting will be held over Zoom, with the Zoom info linked in the meeting agenda. The agenda will be made available via Discord and email prior to the meeting.

*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/general-meeting-planning-team-call-may

This is an in-person event. Address will be disclosed upon registration.

*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/arlington-dsa-coffee

We're reading the first 3 chapters of The Wretched of the Earth

*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/marxist-classics-reading-group-2

Join us Tuesday evening for our listwork and outreach on behalf of our endorsed campaigns, Willie Burnley Jr for Mayor of Somerville, Let Cambridge Choose, and Somerville for Palestine.

*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/ewg-campaign-listworkoutreach-5

We'll deliberate and vote on a proposed new leadership structure for the WG. We'll also finalize a Cambridge-specific supplement to the Electoral Working Group questionnaire for chapter-endorsed candidates. No matter your connection to Cambridge - come through, we'd love to have you!

*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/cambridge-working-group-monthly-meeting-2

Join the Labor Working Group meeting on May 16 at The Foundry! We will be meeting in Shop 6 | Red Multi Room.

*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/labor-working-group-meeting-may

The Boston DSA Coordinating Committee meets semimonthly, usually on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month.

*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/may-14-coordinating-committee-handoff-meeting

Join us every third Thursday of the month at 7:30PM is the general meeting of South Shore Democratic Socialists of America.

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-6

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-saturday-may-17

Join us on Saturday May 17th for a canvassing training and launch for all of our currently endorsed campaigns! We will start with a brief training for those interested on door-to-door and street canvassing best practices, then canvass for any campaign of your choosing.

Feel free to meet back up in Porter with us after the event to hang out and share learnings from the day at a local bar or restaurant (not sponsored by BDSA).

*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/boston-dsa-may-canvass

Join us for a picnic at Jamaica Pond on Sunday 5/18. We'll meet at the boat house and find a place to sit and eat. Please sign up to bring something and share your dietary restrictions on this spreadsheet.

*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/ecosocialism-may-social-picnic-at-jamaica-pond

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-may-monthly-meeting

Individual conversations are the building blocks of our movement. We talk to one another to inspire each other to action, to have a sense of agency in a world where we otherwise feel powerless, and to take care of one another. One-on-one conversations are essential to labor and tenant organizing as well as onboarding and activation in any volunteer-run space. In this training, you will learn and practice how to structure and have these conversations!

This in person training will focus on how to ask individuals to get more involved in our work and take on roles of responsibility. All members are welcome, though anyone interested in helping grow our chapter by talking to new members is highly encouraged to attend.

*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/structured-organizing-conversations-training-5-18

Join Boston DSA's Housing Working Group for our May meeting!

RSVP for the Zoom link.

Solidarity,

Kelly

*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/boston-dsa-housing-wg-may-meeting

Join the Immigration and Internationalism Working Group for a Special Meeting to Choose Our Strategic Campaign! In this formal debate, we will hear the final campaign proposals submitted by members as well as speakers for and against. After, we will vote on what strategic campaign to adopt as a working group.

This event will be online to ensure as many members as possible can participate in this critical decision-making process.

*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/internationalism-immigration-working-group-special-meeting-to-choose-our-strategic-campaign

Join us Tuesday evening for our listwork and outreach on behalf of our endorsed campaigns, Willie Burnley Jr for Mayor of Somerville, Let Cambridge Choose, and Somerville for Palestine.

*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/ewg-campaign-listworkoutreach-6

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-discussion-meeting-may

The Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD) reform caucus
voted narrowly in April to dissolve itself, but the validity of that
vote is now being challenged by some in the group.

*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/forum-on-the-uawd-dissolution-dispute

Meet your neighbors, make friends, and build DSA in Allston/Brighton!

*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/allstonbrighton-social-3

The Boston DSA Coordinating Committee meets semimonthly, usually on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month.

*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/may-22nd-coordinating-committee-meeting

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-4