Indoor Meeting Spaces

2011-12-12T19:40:36Z

Rkerver: Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center

This page is for the Facilitation Working Group (FWG) to use for figuring out potential winter spaces for General Assemblies and FWG meetings.

Please list name of place, address, potential use, hours of availability, #s of people allowed, the place's contact info, and your contact info.

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| St. Paul's Cathedral 
| 138 Tremont Street, Boston, MA (on the Boston Common) 
| REGULAR GA SPACE -- large sanctuary space 
| 6:30-8:30, Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays 
| 200+ 
| Stephanie Spellers, revsteph@gmail.com 
| Katie Gradowski (outreach), katie.gradowski@gmail.com 
| Contingent on a written agreement regarding space usage guidelines, as well as a small donation from OB to cover janitorial services
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| Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center 
| 38 Ash Street, Boston, MA (half mile from Dewey) 
| Working groups and possibly GA 
| Weekdays 6-9 Saturday possible as well although harders 
| 3 rooms; each can hold up to 30 people, 2 of the rooms can be combined into a bigger one 
| http://www.bcnc.net/ 
| Richard Levy richlevyus@yahoo.com 
| It would cost $10/night and could be reserved on an ongoing basis
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| Encuentro 5 
| 33 Harrison Ave., Boston 
| Small group meetings 
| Close around 8 or 9 most nights 
| <20 
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| SEIU 
| 26 West St., Boston 
| Group meetings 
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| ~25 (room), 100 (main) 
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| Reggie Lewis Center 
| 1350 Tremont Street, Roxbury 
| GA meeting 
| Hours 
| Corporations and community organizations have used the Center's resources as a cost-effective alternative to an expensive venue. The Center can provide any business or organization with spaces as large as 70,000 square feet or as small as 500 square feet. 
| 617-541-3535 
| Susan Labandibar 617-571-3757 susan@techboston.com 
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| Church of Christ, Scientist: The Mother Church 
| 210 Massachusetts ave 
| GA Meeting 
| Hours 
| # of people 
| 617-450-2000 
| Susan Labandibar 617-571-3757 susan@techboston.com 
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| Suffolk University 
| 12th floor, 73 Tremont Street
www.suffolk.edu/sustainability Address

| GA Meeting 
| Hours 
| # of people 
| Erica Mattison (emattison@suffolk.edu)
Campus Sustainability Coordinator Facilities Planning 617-973-1145 br/>

| Susan Labandibar 617-571-3757 susan@techboston.com 
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| Contact info (for the location) 
| Susan Labandibar 617-571-3757 susan@techboston.com 
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| Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church 
| 1555 Mass Ave., Cambridge 
| Meetings, movie screenings, dance parties, socials, potlucks, etc. 
| in general 9am thru 10pm m-f, some Saturdays (other groups use spaces, need to check particular days/times) 
| Small room good for up to 20, large room 200, sanctuary seats ~ 300 
| Pastor Lisa Fagerstrom, (617) 354-0837 harvardepworth@verizon.net 
| Marla Marcum 781-475-0996 marla.marcum@gmail.com (I am a member of a congregation that worships here) 
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| Haley House 
| 23 Dartmouth St. 
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| 617-236-8132 (main number). Talk to Kathe McKenna. 
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| Friends Meeting House 
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| First Church of Roxbury 
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| Jubilee Church 
| 1500 Blue Hill Ave., Dorchester 
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| 12th Baptist 
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| Morningstar 
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| Boston Workers Alliance? 
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| Freedom House 
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| Kool Smiles 
| 2181 Washington St. Ste. 101, Roxbury MA 
| Meetings (maybe just for local groups?) 
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| 50 
| Martine D. Russell, Community Relations Specialist mrssell@ncdrllc.com, 617-460-1266 
| Eli Cohen eli.cohen@mail.goucher.edu 
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| Old West United Methodist Church 
| 131 Cambridge Street (between Govt. Center and MGH) 
| Meetings, movie screenings, dance parties, socials, potlucks, etc. 
| in general 9am thru 10pm m-f, some Saturday late afternoon into evening (other groups use spaces, need to check particular days/times) 
| Small room good for up to 15, large open space up to 50 (maybe more depending on fire code: it's in a balcony), sanctuary seats ~ 250 
| Rev. Marion Easterling, (I would like to make this contact myself initially on behalf of any group, then connect WG directly to him, as he is a colleague and friend who has not been involved with occupy) 
| Marla Marcum 781-475-0996 marla.marcum@gmail.com (former member of this congregation, and colleague/friend of pastor. This church has hosted month-long anti-coal student art show in the past and has a program in the arts; sits next to Fed building where John Kerry's MA offices are located) 
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| First Baptist Church, JP 
| 633 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain 
| Meetings, movie screenings, dance parties, socials, potlucks, etc. 
| in general 9am thru 10pm m-f, some Saturdays, some Sunday late afternoon and evening (other groups use spaces, need to check particular days/times) 
| Many spaces, largest good for ~ 150 ppl 
| Rev. Ian Mevorach, (I would like to make this contact myself initially on behalf of any group, then connect WG directly to him, as he is a colleague and friend who has not been involved with occupy) 
| Marla Marcum 781-475-0996 marla.marcum@gmail.com (this church has been active in environmental and climate work and social justice work, have hosted meetings/parties at my request in the past, pastor is a colleague and good friend) 
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| Church on the Hill (Beacon Hill, Boston) 
| 140 Bowdoin Street, Boston 
| Meetings, movie screenings, dance parties, socials, potlucks, etc. (they have a big fellowship hall with a ceiling-mounted projector and wifi, great commercial style kitchen) 
| in general 9am thru 10pm m-f, some Saturdays, some Sunday late afternoon and evening (other groups use spaces, need to check particular days/times) 
| Many spaces, largest good for ~ 200 ppl 
| Mr. Mike Bancewicz 617-523-4575 mbancewicz@churchonthehillboston.org 
| Marla Marcum 781-475-0996 marla.marcum@gmail.com (this church supported student-led climate work at a high level for 2 months in 2009. It sits across Bowdoin Street from the State House) 
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| Union United Methodist Church ( 
| 485 Columbus Avenue, Boston (South End) 
| Meetings, movie screenings, dance parties, socials, potlucks, etc. 
| in general 9am thru 10pm m-f, some Saturdays, some Sunday late afternoon and evening (other groups use spaces, need to check particular days/times) 
| Many spaces, largest good for ~ 400 ppl 
| Rev. LaTrelle Miller-Easterling 
| Marla Marcum 781-475-0996 marla.marcum@gmail.com (this is a queer-friendly historically Black congregation with a long history of social justice work. I would like to make this contact myself initially on behalf of any group, then connect WG directly to her, as she is a colleague and friend who has not been involved with occupy 
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| Lexington United Methodist Church ( 
| 2600 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington (South End) 
| Meetings, movie screenings, dance parties, socials, potlucks, etc. (sanctuary has great a/v system and a 15 foot? drop-down screen with projection from the balcony; also a portable projector for use in smaller rooms) 
| in general 9am thru 10pm m-f, some Saturdays, some Sunday late afternoon and evening (other groups use spaces, need to check particular days/times) 
| Many spaces, from small meeting rooms for 20 people to large fellowship hall (completely flexible space) good for ~ 200 ppl, plus sanctuary seats over 300 ppl in pews 
| Ms. Marla Marcum, Director of Christian Education (that's me) 
| Marla Marcum 781-475-0996 marla.marcum@gmail.com (this is a queer-friendly suburban church that is deeply committed to working on all sorts of justice issues. Obviously most useful for ppl in the burbs, but the facility is available and happy to host meetings. Large parking lot, playground, green space, elevator, nursery, wifi throughout, great kitchen)|} 
 
Boston Chinatown Nighborhood Center 
Ash Street Chinatown 
Can be used for working groups etc 
Weekdays 6-9 Saturday possible as well although harder to access 
3 rooms each can hold up to 30 people, 2 of the room can be combined into a bigger one. All have white board (bring our own markers) and, I believe, one has an overhead projector 
Don't have it offhand 
Richlevyus@yahoo.com 
It would cost $10/night and could be reserved on an ongoing basis. If a local community group pre-empted one of our meetings, another space would be found.

Note: I've turned this into a table, and listed a bunch of churches and orgs that were suggested to me at last night's Outreach meeting. I don't know much about any of them, but it was suggested that they might all be receptive to hosting town hall meetings and such.  -Eli Cohen          To print use landscape (sideways) and it'll print ok, eden

OccupyToSustain

2011-12-05T06:29:35Z

Rkerver:

== Mission of the Climate Action, Sustainability and Environmental Justice Working Group ==
<blockquote>"''This primal cry for democracy sprang from young people who could no longer ignore the angst in their gut — the premonition that their future does not compute, that their entire lives will be lived in the apocalyptic shadow of climate-change tipping points, species die-offs, a deadening commercialized culture, a political system perverted by money, precarious employment, a struggle to pay off crippling student loans, and no chance of ever owning a home or living in comfort like their parents <and> that unless they stood up and fought nonviolently for a different kind of future, they would have no future at all.''" Kalle Lasn and Micah White</blockquote>
Two hundred species die each day. Ninety percent of the large fish in the ocean are gone. Climate change causes 150,000 deaths each year. The energy industry, backed by the financial services industry, resorts to wholesale clearing of native forests and the obliteration of entire mountain ranges in search of dwindling energy reserves needed to power an economy that works only for the elite 1 percent, leaving behind a land base that will never again support life. In the process of clearing the land, cultural diversity is wiped out. Our food, health care and transportation systems are based on unsustainable consumption patterns, the fragility of which will soon be revealed as energy reserves are exhausted.

The Occupy Boston Climate Action, Sustainability and Environmental Justice Working Group seeks to provide a space where members of the Occupy/99% Movement and their allies can come together to help create a more just and sustainable world, locally and globally.  We will accomplish this goal by:

*'''Educating '''ourselves and our communities about climate change and the environmental issues and solutions before us;
*'''Building Coalitions''' within and beyond the Occupy/99% Movement, without regard for ideology or tactical preferences, to increase our collective power; and
*'''Taking Direct Action''' to confront the social, economic and political forces causing environmental injustice and highlight a new paradigm for life on earth, both human and non-human.

OccupyToSustain

2011-12-05T06:28:14Z

Rkerver: creating page

== Mission Statement ==

Mission at Groups.OccupyBoston.Org Climate Action, Sustainability and Environmental Justice (1)
<blockquote>
"''This primal cry for democracy sprang from young people who could no longer ignore the angst in their gut — the premonition that their future does not compute, that their entire lives will be lived in the apocalyptic shadow of climate-change tipping points, species die-offs, a deadening commercialized culture, a political system perverted by money, precarious employment, a struggle to pay off crippling student loans, and no chance of ever owning a home or living in comfort like their parents <and> that unless they stood up and fought nonviolently for a different kind of future, they would have no future at all.''" Kalle Lasn and Micah White
</blockquote>
Two hundred species die each day. Ninety percent of the large fish in the ocean are gone. Climate change causes 150,000 deaths each year. The energy industry, backed by the financial services industry, resorts to wholesale clearing of native forests and the obliteration of entire mountain ranges in search of dwindling energy reserves needed to power an economy that works only for the elite 1 percent, leaving behind a land base that will never again support life. In the process of clearing the land, cultural diversity is wiped out. Our food, health care and transportation systems are based on unsustainable consumption patterns, the fragility of which will soon be revealed as energy reserves are exhausted.

The Occupy Boston Climate Action, Sustainability and Environmental Justice Working Group seeks to provide a space where members of the Occupy/99% Movement and their allies can come together to help create a more just and sustainable world, locally and globally.  We will accomplish this goal by:

*'''Educating '''ourselves and our communities about climate change and the environmental issues and solutions before us;
*'''Building Coalitions''' within and beyond the Occupy/99% Movement, without regard for ideology or tactical preferences, to increase our collective power; and
*'''Taking Direct Action''' to confront the social, economic and political forces causing environmental injustice and highlight a new paradigm for life on earth, both human and non-human.

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