I am from Massachusetts but am new to Cambridge as of this summer. I am also new at following social issues more closely and would like to get more involved with ameliorating them.
(Your "introduction" will be visible on the homepage.) Use this space to provide links or more info: What social justice issues do you care deeply about? Do you work with any organizations or specific communities? What do you do for FUN? Thanks!
I am interested in learning more and contributing towards equal rights (gender, race, class, sexual orientation, religion...), policy activism, green markets, and helping underprivileged families get more resources and opportunity. I would like to learn about volunteering services and see what local non-profits there are. I would like to meet like-minded people who I can discuss important topics with more openly and build a network for myself both professionally and socially.
How did you hear about Socializing for Justice? Please be specific so we know which websites, listserves or people to thank.
I searched meetup for "grassroots" groups
What Megan Blomberg is saying about this Meetup Group
I felt very welcome at my first event with SoJust. Everyone was very friendly and I enjoyed meeting them. I'm looking forward to the next one.
Hi Megan, I just joined this group. Welcome back. I also moved back from California pretty recently, been back a year and a half. I was in SF for 4 years and Manhattan Beach for a year. I have not attended any meetups yet. Have you found this group helpful? Matt
Socializing for Justice (SoJust) is all about building a cross-cultural, cross-issue progressive community, network and movement in Boston based on the Philosophy of Abundance. We're doing it by putting the SOCIAL back in SOCIAL JUSTICE. We host events twice a month to meet each other and make connections. No Program. No Speaker. Just Us. Newcomers always welcomed!
**You must be a member to RSVP or post an event on the message board. Not a member?
It's free to join - share as much or as little as you'd like about your connection to social justice.
We may seem like just another liberal social group but get involved to find outwhat we can create together!
Join us if you want to CROSS-PROMOTE your events and campaigns, are NEW TO THE AREA and looking for groups to get involved in, or you've been looking for LIKE-MINDED PROGRESSIVES to hang with in Boston. Join us if you are ready to go BEYOND ALLIES and build a CROSS-ISSUE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT.
YES, WE MEAN YOU. We've got members of all ages, races, genders, sexual orientations, levels of activism, and professions - born in Boston to just moved here. We hope you see someone like yourself and meet someone you otherwise wouldn't have.
Want to know about PROGRESSIVE EVENTS in Boston? We CROSS-POST events we hear about on the SoJust CALENDAR - see what's going on this week.
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