[act-ma] March 4 panel on Whither Occupy? Plus LOTS of exciting Boston DSA Events in March

[David O. Knuttunen]

Boston DSA - Calendar of Upcoming Events

Date	 Event	
Sun
Mar 4	 
Boston DSA Members' Meeting
After Dewey Sq: Where is The Occupy Movement Going in MA?

Panelists:
Chris Faraone, The Boston Phoenix
Katie Gradowski, Occupy Boston
Betsy Boggia, Occupy Natick/Occupy the 'Burbs
Moderator:  David Knuttunen, Occupy Newton, Occupy Boston's Free School
University, and Boston DSA 

Chris Faraone began his writing career by free-lancing Hip Hop reviews for
such publications as Yellow Rat Bastard, The Source, the Weekly Dig and the
Boston Herald  before becoming a staff reporter for the Boston Phoenix,
where his coverage of the Occupy movement on both coasts resulted in his
debut book---99 Nights With The 99%.  Katie Gradowski is an organizer with
Occupy Boston, where she focuses on outreach and anti-foreclosure work as
well as the Occupy The T campaign. Her "real job" is in Somerville, where
she helps run a kid's community science workshop and "spends time making
things, tinkering, and taking stuff apart". Betsy Boggia has helped
establish Occupy Natick. She also  has long experience with  grassroots
organizations, political campaigns, local non-profits  (most recently with
Girl's LEAP Self-Defense),  has  been a legislative aide for State Senator
Cheryl Jacques, and a co-founder of the Greater Boston Chapter of the
Million Mom March for sensible gun control.

1:30-3:30 PM
The Democracy Center
45 Mt Auburn St (Harvard Sq.), Cambridge

Free and open to the public. Non-members are welcome. There will be a brief
business meeting before the panel discussion during which Boston DSA members
will elect a new Executive Board. 

Thurs
Mar 8	 Boston DSA Executive Board & Activist Meetings
2nd Thursday of (almost) every month
7:00 to 8:00 pm Business meeting (Exec. Brd mtg - members welcome)
8:00 to 9:00 pm Activist meeting
at Harvest Food Coop Community Room
581 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge (Central Sq. T stop)
All the way to the rear of the store, behind the display case and up the
stairs. 	
Tues
Mar 13	 
Boston DSA Reading Group Sponsors a
Meet The Authors Book Event

Authors:
Grace Ross:  Main Street $marts - Who got us into this economic mess and
<http://mainstreetsmarts.com/> how we get through it? 
Dan Connell:  Rethinking Revolution: New Strategies for Democracy and
<http://www.danconnell.net/books/rethinking-revolution> Social Justice - The
Experiences of Eritrea, South Africa, Palestine & Nicaragua 
John Maher:  Learning from the Sixties: Memoir of an
<http://www.learningfromthesixties.com/> Organizer 

6:30-8:30 pm
111 Perkins Street, apt. #200 (20th floor), Jamaicaway Tower 
Corner of Perkins and Jamaicaway in Jamaica Plain (with a lovely view). 
All are welcome. Books will be available for purchase. 

Sat
Mar 24	 
The Other America - 50th Anniversary
with Maurice Isserman, Michael Harrington's biographer, and author of the
introduction to the 50th anniversary edition of Mike's classic book on
poverty in America. 

Time and Location to be announced.
Also to be announced:  "The Other America, Part 2", a panel discussion on
how poverty is still very much with us. 

Thurs
April 12	 Boston DSA Executive Board & Activist Meetings
2nd Thursday of (almost) every month
7:00 to 8:00 pm Business meeting (Exec. Brd mtg - members welcome)
8:00 to 9:00 pm Activist meeting
at Harvest Food Coop Community Room
581 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge (Central Sq. T stop)
All the way to the rear of the store, behind the display case and up the
stairs. 	
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