2018 Event Calendar

Q1

• 1/1, Pirate Parties 11th Anniversary
• 1/3, 6pm – 9pm, Community WorcNite #16, The WorcShop, 243 Stafford St, Worcester, MA 01603. Registration
• 1/12, Boston Rad Ref Meeting, 7pm, Boston Women's Fund at 14 Beacon Street, Suite 805, Boston, MA 02108
• 1/13-16, Arisia Science Fiction Convention
• 1/15, 1-4pm, Portland Cryptoparty, Urban Farm Fermentory, 200 Anderson St, Portland, Maine 04101
• 1/21, 2-4pm, Democracy/IT meeting, Arlington. Email info@masspirates.org for the location
• 1/25, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty, The Sprouts, 339R Summer Street, Somerville
• 1/25-2/3, 5pm+, Activism, Organizing, and Social Movements IAP Class, Room 144 (The Gordon Engineering Leadership Lab), MIT Stata Center (Building 32), 32 Vassar St., Cambridge
• 1/25, 6-9pm, Truth, Fact, and the Future of Journalism, Workbar Cambridge, 45 Prospect St, Central Square, Cambridge
• 1/26, 5pm+, Digital security and anti-surveillance, Room 144 (The Gordon Engineering Leadership Lab), MIT Stata Center (Building 32), 32 Vassar St., Cambridge
• 1/28, 10.30am-12.30pm, Wayland Free Public Library Cryptoparty, 5 Concord Road
• 1/29, 1-3pm, Boston Protest Against Muslim Ban and Anti-Immigration Orders, Copley Square, 560 Boylston St, Boston. You can find us by looking for the our banner or flags.
• 2/2, 7:30-9pm, Free Discussion on Revised Public Records Law, J.J. Foley’s, 117 E. Berkeley St, Boston's South End
• 2/3, 7pm-10pm, Security Skill Share, The Humanist Hub, 30 JFK Street, 4th Floor, Cambridge. RSVP required. email shawmutda@riseup.net
• 2/5, 1-3pm, Digital Privacy 101 workshop, Somerville Public Library, Central Branch, 79 Highland Ave., Somerville
• 2/6, 1pm, Legal Community Rally in Support of the Resistance, Two locations: 1 Pemberton Sq (between Park St T & Govt Center T), Boston & 64 State Street (between Juvenile Court & the Hall of Justice), Springfield
• 2/13, 7-9pm, Belmont Cryptoparty (private) - Rescheduling
• 2/15, 6-8pm, BPCAT Body Camera Community Forum, Grove Hall Community Center, 51 Geneva Ave., Dorchester (Boston)
• 2/18, 2-4pm, Democracy/IT meeting, Arlington. Email info@masspirates.org for the location
• 2/18, noon-4pm, MAAPL/MAPP Anti-foreclosure clinic, Somerville Public Library, Central Branch, 79 Highland Ave., Somerville
• 2/18, 1 – 4pm, CryptoParty Digital Safety Workshop, East Boston Branch of the Boston Public Library, 365 Bremen Street, East Boston, MA 02128
• 2/21, 5-7pm, IETF-Hub-Boston: Internet technology and privacy, EMC or Akamai (Broadway, in Kendall Square), Cambridge - Registration
• 2/22, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty, The Sprouts, 339R Summer Street, Somerville
• 2/23, Deadline to file to challenge home foreclosure for years prior to 2016?
• 2/25, 11:00am-2:30pm, Campaign Workshop, Holyoke Public Library Community Room, 250 Chestnut St, Holyoke - Rescheduled to 4/25
• 3/1, BPCAT Body Camera Community Forum, Hyde Park Community Center, 1179 River Street, Hyde Park (Boston)
• 3/2, 10am+, Dorchester Cryptoparty, Fields Corner BPL Branch, 1520 Dorchester Avenue
• 3/4, 9am-5:30pm, MassAlliance Getting Ready to Run workshop, Boston Teachers Union, 180 Mount Vernon St., Boston
• 3/9, 6pm, Boston Meshnet Meetup, Dockwa.com Offices, 1035 Cambridge Street, Suite 30, Cambridge, MA 02141
• 3/10-12, PAX East, Convention Center, Boston
• 3/15, 6:30-8pm, BPCAT Body Camera Community Forum, Temple Israel of Boston, 477 Longwood Ave., Boston
• 3/19, 1:30-4:30pm, Rhode Island Cryptoparty, Providence Public Library, 150 Empire Street, Providence, RI 02903
• 3/20, 6:30-8pm, BPCAT Body Camera Community Forum, Central Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston Street, Boston
• 3/24, 3-5pm, Annoying Legislators for Freedom: A talk with Alex Marthews, National Director of Restore the 4th, Encuentro 5, 9A Hamilton Place, Boston
• 3/24, 11:30am-5:30am, Privacy & Security Skillshare, Bocoup, 201 South Street #102, Boston
• 3/25-26, 9am-5:30pm, MassAlliance Grassroots Campaign Training, Greater Boston
• 3/25-26, LibrePlanet 2017, MIT, Cambridge
• 3/27, 6-8pm, Privacy at the Border workshop - for International Students, Harvard Univ, Longwood Campus, Boston, Facebook event
• 3/29, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty, The Sprouts, 339R Summer Street, Somerville
• 3/31, 6-8pm, Privacy at the Border workshop - for International Students, Lamont Forum Room, Lamont Library in Harvard Yard (the corner of Quincy & Harvard St), Cambridge, Facebook event
• Fundraiser

Q2

• 4/1, 2-4pm, Democracy/IT meeting, Arlington. Email info@masspirates.org for the location
• 4/10, 4:30pm – 6:30pm, Youth Know-Your Rights Training, GreenRoots/ACLU, 227 Marginal Street, Suite 1, Chelsea
• 4/14-15, BSides Boston, Harvard University - Science Center, 1 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138. Call for Papers is open.
• 4/22, March for Science, Boston
• 4/25, 5-8pm, Campaign Workshop, Holyoke Public Library Community Room, 250 Chestnut St, Holyoke
• 4/26, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty, The Sprouts, 339R Summer Street, Somerville
• 4/29, 10am-6pm, PirateCon, Community Church of Boston. Copley Square, 565 Boylston St #2, Boston
• 4/29-30, 9am-5:30pm, MassAlliance Grassroots Campaign Training, Western Massachusetts
• May/Jun, Domestic Violence Survivor Cryptoparty
• May, 2-4pm, Democracy/IT meeting, Arlington. Email info@masspirates.org for the location
• 5/5, 5-7pm, LGBT-focused Cryptoparty, Make Shift Boston, 549 Columbus Ave, Boston
• 5/6 (first Sat. in May), Wake Up The Earth Festival, Jamaica Plain
• 5/6-7, 9am-5:30pm, MassAlliance Grassroots Campaign Training, Greater Boston
• 5/6, 2-5pm, Boston DSA: Digital Security for Socialists - History and Practice, Encuentro 5, 9 Hamilton Pl Suite 2a, Boston, MA 02108
• 5/9, Massachusetts Pirate Party 7th Anniversary
• 5/14-21, Together Boston, Cambridge
• 5/17, Chelsea Manning's Release Date
• 5/20, 10am-4pm, March Against Monsanto
• 5/31, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty, The Sprouts, 339R Summer Street, Somerville
• 6/2-4, Left Forum, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, The City University of New York, NYC
• 6/3, 5-7pm, LGBT-focused Cryptoparty, Make Shift Boston, 549 Columbus Ave, Boston - Postponed
• 6/10, Boston Pride Parade, Boston
• 6/20, 6:30pm+, Dorchester Cryptoparty, Fields Corner BPL Branch, 1520 Dorchester Avenue
• 6/21, Edward Snowden's Birthday
• 6/24, 11am-1pm, South Boston Cryptoparty, South Boston BPL Branch, 646 East Broadway
• 6/28, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty, The Sprouts, 339R Summer Street, Somerville

Q3

• 7/26, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty, The Sprouts, 339R Summer Street, Somerville
• 8/19, noon-3:30pm, Surveillance Camera Mapping Pirate Picnic, Parkman Bandstand, Boston Common
• 8/30, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty, The Sprouts, 339R Summer Street, Somerville
• 9/10, Cambridge Carnival & Parade
• 9/15-17, Freedom Rally, Sign Up Form
• 9/19, International Talk Like a Pirate Day
• 9/27, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty, The Sprouts, 339R Summer Street, Somerville

Q4

• 10/4, Wikileaks' 10th Birthday
• 10/7-9, HonkFest, Somerville
• 10/20, Last day to register to vote
• 10/25, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty, The Sprouts, 339R Summer Street, Somerville
• 11/4, 11am-2pm, South Boston Cryptoparty, South Boston BPL Branch, 646 East Broadway
• 11/6, 11:15am-1pm, Privacy Default(s) by Design? Personal Data in Cybersecurity Information Sharing, Paula Kift of Palantir is speaking, Lunch provided; RSVP required to RSVP, Harvard STS, Room 100F, Pierce Hall, Harvard University, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge
• 11/7, City Election Day
• 11/8, 4-5:30pm, Trumping Trump: New Waves and Directions for Resistance, Old South Church, 645 Boylston St, Boston
• 11/11-12, Boston Anarchist Bookfair, Boston University George Sherman Union, 775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston (We will table at it)
• 11/11, 11am - 12:30pm, Alex Marthews Talk: Mass Surveillance: How Cops Spy On You And What You Can Do, Boston Anarchist Bookfair, Third floor, Room 321, Boston University George Sherman Union, 775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
• 11/11, 5-6:30pm, Digital Security 101 Workshop, Boston Anarchist Bookfair, Third floor, Room 322, Boston University George Sherman Union, 775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
• 11/18, 1-4pm, Town Government Workshop/How to run for local office, Milford Public Library, 80 Spruce St, Milford
• 11/18, 10:15am-2:15pm, Green-Rainbow Party Campaign School, Make Shift, 549 Columbus Ave., Boston
• 11/29, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty, The Sprouts, 339R Summer Street, Somerville
• 12/6, 6pm – 9pm, Community WorcNite #15', The WorcShop, 243 Stafford St, Worcester, MA 01603. Registration
• 12/7, Net Neutrality Protests
• 12/9, noon-3pm, How to Run for Office, Conference Board Room, Holyoke Public Library, 250 Chestnut St, Holyoke. Register
• 12/17, Chelsea Manning's Birthday
• 12/27, 6-9pm, Somerville Cryptoparty, Blue Shirt Cafe in Davis Square, 424 Highland Ave, Somerville