[act-ma] PirateCon 2017, Massachusetts Pirate Party annual conference, Sat., April 29, Boston

[James O'Keefe]

*What:* PirateCon 2017, Massachusetts Pirate Party annual conference

*When:* Saturday, April 29th, 10am-6pm

*Where:* Community Church of Boston, Copley Square at 565 Boylston St #2,
Boston

*Registration:* $10, youth under 18 are free. More information and
registration links at https://masspirates.org/blog/conference/

*Speakers Include:*


   - Grace Ross, 2006 candidate for Governor and anti-foreclosure/social
   justice organizer
   - David Day, founder of the Together Boston music festival
   - JPat Brown, Executive Editor of Muckrock
   - Maya Shaffer, CoFounder of The Bay State Examiner
   - Sevan Chorluyan, Chief of BadMirror Broadcasting
   - Alex Marthews, President of Restore the Fourth, a national privacy
   organization

*Schedule:*
TimeTalk/PanelSpeakers
10:00am Qualifying the integrity of Media Sources Kendra Moyer, Andrea Romig
10:50am Electoral Action Aaron James, Joseph Onoroski, Adam Friedman
11:40am Media & Liberation David Day, Sevan Chorluyan, Thom Dunn
12:30pm Lunch & Key Signing
1:30pm FOIA: Transparency by a Thousand Papercuts JPat Brown, Maya Shaffer
2:20pm Organizing for a Sustainable, Accountable Movement Grace Ross,
Guillermo Hamlin, Jordan Pelovitz
3:10pm Lightning Talks
4:10pm State of Surveillance Alex Marthews, Steven Presser, Steve Revilak
5:00pm Pirate Policy Breakout Groups

*More information:* https://masspirates.org/blog/conference/