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SUMMARY:2026 National Conference - 20 Years a Pirate!
DESCRIPTION:Join us in Boston for the 2026 National Party Conference from Saturday\, June 6th to Sunday\, June 7th!  It is our 20th anniversary! \nThe first day will include a visit to the USS Constitution and talks on a variety of topics of interest to Pirates. Conference talks will be held in the Minehan Meeting Room\, 2-6pm at the Residence Inn by Marriott Boston Harbor on Tudor Wharf\, 34-44 Charles River Ave\, Boston\, MA 02129. \nThe second day will include activities in Boston learning about Boston’s past and ongoing fight for freedom as well as family-friendly activities. \nRegister as an attendee or volunteer. Find out more at the United States Pirate Party’s 2026 National Conference page. \nSchedule\nSaturday\, June 6th\n\n10-10:30am: Gather outside the USS Constitution\n10:30-11am: Kick off speech outside the USS Constitution\n11am-noon: Visit the USS Constitution\nnoon-1:45pm: Lunch\n2pm-6pm: Talks\n\nSunday\, June 7th \nFreedom Trail Track \n\n10am-noon: Walk the Freedom Trail mapping surveillance cameras\nnoon-2pm: lunch near the Aquarium\n2pm-4pm: Walk the Freedom Trail mapping surveillance cameras\n\nFamily Friendly Track \n\n10am-noon: Duckboat tour at the Aquarium\nnoon-2pm: lunch\n2pm+: Visit Aquarium
URL:https://masspirates.org/blog/event/2026-national-conference/
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ORGANIZER;CN="James O'Keefe":MAILTO:jokeefe@jamesokeefe.org
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SUMMARY:Meetup @ Boston Anarchist Bookfair
DESCRIPTION:We will hold a Pirate Meetup at the Boston Anarchist Book Fair on November 1-2 at the Cambridge Community Center. We will start at noon on both days and want you to join us! \nWe will meet at the 5 Callender Street entrance to the Cambridge Community Center. As part of the meetup\, we will divide up the area around the Community Center and go searching for Ring and other cameras to add to our Surveillance Camera Map. We mapped some of the cameras in the area and expect there will be more. \nFill out our form to tell us you will be there. \nThe Cambridge Community Center is an eleven minute walk from the Central Square\, Cambridge. Central Square is accessible by the Red Line MBTA stop and multiple bus routes.
URL:https://masspirates.org/blog/event/boston-anarchist-bookfair/
LOCATION:Cambridge Community Center\, 5 Callender Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="James O'Keefe":MAILTO:jokeefe@jamesokeefe.org
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SUMMARY:Abolition and Alternatives Conference (AAC) 2025
DESCRIPTION:We are proud to sponsor The Abolition and Alternatives Conference (AAC) on October 3–5. The conference is organized and hosted by The Black Response at their offices at 245 Main Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02142. We encourage all Pirates to attend and support this conference\, especially\, but not exclusively\, the ShotSpotter and Police Surveillance track. If you can not attend\, or even if you can\, please consider giving a donation to The Black Response or print out their poster and put it up in your neighborhood. See you in less than two weeks! \n\n\n\nDetails on the conference are reproduced below. Edits are only for clarity: \n\n\n\nThis free\, in-person event will bring together community members\, organizers\, and advocates for a weekend of in-depth learning and discussion focused on alternative public safety and community care\, housing justice\, and the impacts of surveillance technologies like ShotSpotter. It will include keynote addresses from Fatema Ahmad (Muslim Justice League)\, Stephanie Guirand (The Black Response)\, and Spencer Piston (Boston University). \n\n\n\nFood will be provided\, childcare will be available\, and we encourage attendees to share any additional access needs via the conference interest form. TBR will be reaching out to invite participation as speakers and facilitators. For questions\, please contact Stephanie at general@theblackresponsecambridge.com. \n\n\n\nThroughout the conference\, participants will have the opportunity to choose from panels in four tracks: \n\n\n\nHousing Justice \n\n\n\nThis track features panels led by the Cambridge Housing Justice Coalition (CHJC). CHJC is a coalition of activist groups and concerned Cambridge residents who believe housing is a basic human right. The panels and workshops on this track will focus on housing justice and its intersections with the prison industrial complex. \n\n\n\nShotSpotter and Police Surveillance \n\n\n\nThis track will be led by the #StopShotSpotter Coalition Camberville. In this track\, coalition members will provide an introduction to ShotSpotter\, the audio-surveillance technology. We will examine its impact in Cambridge\, the national landscape\, and broader conversations about surveillance tech. \n\n\n\nAlternatives and Community Care \n\n\n\nThis track will be led by members of the Massachusetts Community Care Network (MCCN). This track will include panels of responders\, program directors\, and organizers working to make alternatives to policing real. It includes a panel on the movement with Daanika Gordon\, Spencer Piston\, and Minali Aggarwal. \n\n\n\nCommunity Concerns (Anti-Racism\, Immigration Justice\, Justice for Palestine\, and Black Lives Matter) \n\n\n\nThis track will discuss concerns that come directly from the communities we serve and work with. These concerns also intersect with the movement for abolition and alternatives. They include Justice for Palestine\, Immigration Justice\, and Anti-Racism. In this tract we intend to learn from organizers leading these movements in Massachusetts.
URL:https://masspirates.org/blog/event/abolition-and-alternatives-conference-aac-2025/
LOCATION:The Black Response\, 245 Main Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02142\, United States
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