Join us for our Winter 2025 conference tomorrow, January 19th! It will be at the ROOTED Armory Caf\u00e9, 191 Highland Ave., Somerville. The conference starts by 10am and ends by 4pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ROOTED Armory Caf\u00e9 is wheelchair accessible, has free parking in the back, is on the Route 88 and 90 bus lines and walking distance from the Gilman and Magoun Squares MBTA Green Line stations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The conference is free, but we request participants register in advance<\/a>. We encourage attendees to mask to protect everyone\u2019s health. We will have masks and COVID tests for attendees as well as air purifiers. We will live stream it<\/a> for people who cannot attend in person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The schedule is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Conference Sessions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n How to navigate your local government<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Steve Revilak, a Pirate town meeting member in Arlington and our First Officer, discusses how town government works and how you can bring change to yours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Protect your privacy<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n We will go over tips, techniques and apps you can use to protect your privacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Planning for after January 20th<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n An open planning discussion for building a Pirate future in the face of Trump 2.0. What threats do we face and how we can deal with them to build our party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n How to help make Massachusetts more transparent<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Maya Shaffer will share her years of experience navigating Massachusetts public records law. She will walkthrough the public records law using the example of her request for a recording by the Quincy council on aging director made using some of the thousands of dollars the director is accused of stealing from Quincy<\/a>. She will show how she worked around impediments to the public records law and demonstrate ways you can deal with pitfalls to accessing public records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Running for local office<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Town elections are starting soon and city elections will finish in November. Now is the time to learn what offices you can run for and how to get elected.<\/p>\n\n\n\nTime<\/strong><\/td> Session<\/strong><\/td> Speaker<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> 9:00am-10:00am<\/td> Setup<\/td> <\/td><\/tr> 10:00am-10:15am<\/td> Opening Address<\/td> <\/td><\/tr> 10:15am-11:00am<\/td> How to navigate your local government<\/td> Steve Revilak<\/td><\/tr> 11:00am-noon<\/td> Protect your privacy<\/td> <\/td><\/tr> noon-12:30pm<\/td> Lunch<\/td> <\/td><\/tr> 12:30pm-1:30pm<\/td> Planning for after January 20th<\/td> <\/td><\/tr> 1:30pm-2:30pm<\/td> How to help make Massachusetts more transparent<\/td> Maya Shaffer<\/td><\/tr> 2:30pm-3:30pm<\/td> Running for local office<\/td> <\/td><\/tr> 3:30pm-4:00pm<\/td> Closing Address<\/td> <\/td><\/tr> 4:00pm-5:00pm<\/td> Clean up<\/td> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n