Indoor Meeting Spaces

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. } CONFIRMED

Place	Address	Potential Use	Hours	# of people	Contact info (for the location)	Contact info (of an Occupier with a connection to this place)	Notes
Arlington Street Church, Unitarian Universalist	351 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116 (on Public Garden)	Confirmed GA Space on Tuesdays from 6:00-10:00 until further notice Working Group Spaces	Tuesdays 6:00-10:00, Parish Hall (200 people) Variable Times: Clarke Room (approx. 50 people); Chapel (approx. 50 people)	see "Hours"	Rebecca Froom, Ministerial Intern RFroom@ascboston.org	Laura Evonne Steinman, Religious Educator and Artist in Residence les@ascboston.org Rebecca Froom, Ministerial Intern RFroom@ascboston.org	Our Parish Hall has already been reserved for Tuesday GA's from late October through late March (arranged with Eric from the Logistics Team)
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, Dean: The Rev. Jep Streit, Church telephone: 617-482-4826, ext 221. Email: jps@diomass.org		Contingent on a written agreement regarding space usage guidelines, as well as a small donation from OB to cover janitorial services
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 harder	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
Emmanuel Church	15 Newbury Street	GA Confirmed for 12/15 and 12/22	Occupy Boston can meet there this Thursday from 6:30PM to 11PM. Please have someone contact the rector about longer term meetings at the church	# of people	The Rev. Pamela Werntz, 617-536-3355, Email: Werntz.Emmanuel@gmail.com

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Place	Address	Potential Use	Hours	# of people	Contact info (for the location)	Contact info (of an Occupier with a connection to this place)
Encuentro 5	33 Harrison Ave., Boston	Small group meetings	Close around 8 or 9 most nights	<20
SEIU	26 West St., Boston	Group meetings		~25 (room), 100 (main)
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
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
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
Community Church of Boston	Copley Square	Likely to offer space, as per Loie Hayes, MCAN	Hours	Confirmed GA Space on Sunday 12/18	Jason Lydon is the pastor there: info@commchurch.org	Susan Labandibar 617-571-3757 susan@techboston.com
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)
Haley House	23 Dartmouth St.				617-236-8132 (main number). Talk to Kathe McKenna.
Friends Meeting House						John Bach
First Church of Roxbury
Jubilee Church	1500 Blue Hill Ave., Dorchester
12th Baptist
Morningstar
Boston Workers Alliance?
Freedom House
Kool Smiles	2181 Washington St. Ste. 101, Roxbury MA	Meetings (maybe just for local groups?)		50	Martine D. Russell, Community Relations Specialist mrssell@ncdrllc.com, 617-460-1266	Eli Cohen eli.cohen@mail.goucher.edu
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)
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)
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	On 12/15, Greg Murphy left message for Mike Bancewicz  to discuss possibility of GA on Saturday 12/17, and beyond mbancewicz@churchonthehillboston.org 617-523-4575	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)
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
Democracy Center	45 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA 02138	Working group meetings, movie screenings, dancing, craft projects like little tents, and so on	Not obvious but very permissive, seems to be 5am-12am	Rooms range from 20 people to 80 people in capacity	http://democracycenter.org/book-a-room	Douglas Breault, email GenKreton(at_)gmail.com
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)	} 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