Working Groups

Massachusetts Peace Action does much of its work through several working groups.

Working groups are volunteer-driven.  They typically meet monthly; members can often dial-in by phone if they are far from our Cambridge office.

Attend a working group meeting, or contact the people listed below to talk about how you can get involved.

If your issue is not listed here, start a new group — we’ll help!

Current working groups (as of March 2019)

Nuclear Disarmament

First Sunday of every month except July and August, 3pm, Harvard-Epworth Methodist Church, 1555 Mass. Ave., Cambridge.  Come to side door and ring bell for basement.

• Jonathan King, jaking@mit.edu

Middle East (covers Iran, Iraq and Syria, Saudi Arabia and Yemen):

This group meets about once a month, Wednesday evenings at Mass Peace Action’s Cambridge office.

• Brian Garvey, Brian@masspeaceaction.org
• Prasannan Parthasarathi, prasannan.parthasarathi@bc.edu
  

Palestine/Israel 

This group meets once a quarter, usually on Sundays, at the house of a group member who lives in Cambridge.  

• Jeff Klein,  pi@masspeaceaction.org

Venezuela / Latin America

• This new group is just getting started.  Contact Richard Krushnic, latin-america@masspeaceaction.org to get involved.

Economic and Social Justice

This workgroup brings together our coalition work on the People’s Budget / Move the Money, RaiseUp Massachusetts, and investing in the MBTA.

• John Ratliff,  jmr@riseup.net
• Cole Harrison, cole@masspeaceaction.org

Climate and Peace

This group meets once a month at Mass Peace Action’s Cambridge Office or a private home.

• Rosalie Anders, rosalie.h.anders@gmail.com 
• John MacDougall, john_macdougall@uml.edu
  

Racial Justice

Meets about once a month at a private home in the Central Square area.  

• Rosemary Kean, rosemarykean@yahoo.com
  

Boston Downwinders

This group addresses problems of nuclear power safety and meets irregularly.

• Guntram Mueller, guntrammueller1@gmail.com

Organization

Legislative/ Political: Meets the second Tuesday of the month, usually at 5pm.

• Andrea Burns, burnsand@gmail.com
• Carol Coakley, carol@masspeaceaction.org. 
  

NextGen: MAPA’s millennials activist group

• Brian Garvey: brian@masspeaceaction.org

Music: Eva Moseley, esmoseley@mindspring.com.

Fundraising: Jonathan King

Communications: Cole Harrison

Campus Organizing: Caitlin Forbes, caitlin@masspeaceaction.org.  Learn about becoming a student organizer.