Working Groups

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

Working groups are volunteer-driven.  They had typically met monthly but many have started to meet more frequently during social distancing.  All are currently meeting by Zoom.

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 September 2019)

Nuclear Disarmament

Alternate Sundays except July and August, 4pm.

• Jonathan King, jaking@mit.edu

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

• Paul Shannon, pshannon@afsc.org.
  

Palestine/Israel 

• Jeff Klein,  pi@masspeaceaction.org

Latin America / Caribbean / Immigrant Rights

• John Ratliff, jmr@riseup.net

Fund Healthcare, Not Warfare

Alternate Fridays at noon.

• Jonathan King, jaking@mit.edu

Climate and Peace

This group meets once a month

• Rosalie Anders, rosalie.h.anders@gmail.com 
• John MacDougall, john_macdougall@uml.edu
  
• Nick Rabb, nick.rabb2@gmail.com

Racial Justice

• Rosemary Kean, rosemarykean510@gmail.com
• Claire Gosselin, claireg53@gmail.com

Authoritarianism Study/Action Group

• Joseph Gerson, jgerson80@gmail.com

Organization

Legislative/ Political: Every second or third Tuesday at 5pm.

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

Program Committee: Connects the work of the various working groups.  Cole Harrison

Music: Eva Moseley, esmoseley@mindspring.com.

Communications: Cole Harrison or Jackie King

Campus Organizing: Brian Garvey, brian@masspeaceaction.org. Learn about becoming a student organizer.

Board of Directors:  Elected by the members at each annual meeting.

• Jonathan King and Rosemary Kean, co-chairs