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 |
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| Arlington Street Church, Unitarian Universalist |
351 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116 (on Public Garden) |
Confirmed GA Space on Tuesdays from 7:00-10:00 until further notice Working Group Spaces
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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
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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 Thursday 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) |
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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 |
~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 |
| 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. |
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| Friends Meeting House |
John Bach | |||||
| 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?) |
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) |
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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 |