Upcoming Events

Featuring a 10-minute video produced by Brilliant.org circulated through the Global Campaign for Peace Education This video discusses the true costs of the military-industrial-complex, particularly the impact of militarism on the environment.  It points out the interrelationships between war, militarism, human needs, and ecological security. The video will be followed by facilitated discussion about what MAPA can do to transform our security paradigm and budget priorities from military spending to meeting human needs, and the role of the Green New…

Lift the Sanctions Now - Stop Coronavirus Ko You-kyoung Webinar on how the un-ended Korean war, division, and sanctions impact North and South Korea's efforts against coronavirus. Kee Park Dr. Kee Park - Director, Korea Health Policy Project, Harvard Medical School.  He leads the medical collaboration between physicians of the US and DPRK, and has visited North Korea an average of more than once per year for the past 15 years. Ko You-kyoung - Consultant, Women's International League for Peace &…

Our annual meeting scheduled for March 28, 2020 was cancelled due to coronavirus social distancing requirements.   This special, abbreviated annual meeting will be convened by online conference.  Please register to attend. Nika Elugardo State Rep. Nika Elugardo will present her reflections on the Coronavirus crisis including the state and federal response and what is needed now. Elugardo defeated a powerful incumbent in 2018 to become State Representative from  Jamaica Plain and nearby areas of Boston.  In her first year she…

Move the Nuclear Weapons (and fossil fuel) Money: Cutting nuclear weapons budgets. Ending investments in nuclear weapons & fossil fuels. Reallocating these to public health, climate protection and sustainable development.  International webinar, Tuesday April  21, 2020 Held in conjunction with the Global Days of Action on Military Spending, April 10 – May 5, 2020 Tuesday, April 21, 2020 |     Outline: The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the need for governments and the international community to focus more on human security issues and…

Lift the Sanctions Now - Stop Coronavirus Lee Schlenker Our presenter will be Lee Schlenker, regional organizer with Witness for Peace New England, based in Boston.  Schlenker, a graduate in Latin American Urban Studies from Middlebury College, is a dynamic and bilingual researcher, community organizer and solidarity worker with experience living and working in the United States, Cuba and Mexico. Currently based in Boston as a regional organizer with Witness for Peace New England, he is a strong believer in…

Originally scheduled for March 21- Rescheduled due to Coronavirus.  Rain Date May 30 Walk for Justice is a 2 miles march advocating that the Mass Parole Board act according to law and conduct fair hearings to end the perpetual punishment of community members who have proven to be law abiding citizens.  As a state wide initiative we have been street canvassing to collect signatures and we have an online signature petition "It’s the Law: Massachusetts Parole Board Must Respect the…

Massachusetts Peace Action Benefit Concert Concert starts at 7:30 pm in Meeting House.   Regular price $20, student/low income $10, benefactor $30, sponsor $40.  Proceeds to Massachusetts Peace Action and Friends Meeting at Cambridge. Intermission reception in Friends Room with Cake, Beverages, and Information Tables for Mass Peace Action and John Flynn (and his organization New Beginnings-Next Step, Inc.) John Flynn Information "John Flynn is the real deal. His work follows in the footsteps of Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Kris Kristofferson,…

The Mass Poor People’s Assembly & Moral March on Washington is going digital! On June 20th, we will hold the largest digital and social media gathering of poor and low-wealth people, moral and religious leaders, advocates, and people of conscience in this nation’s history. A global pandemic is exposing even more the already existing crisis of systemic racism, poverty, ecological devastation, the war economy and militarism, and the distorted moral narrative of religious nationalism. On June 20, the 140 million…

If social distancing is over and we are able to hold this event, our speaker this year will be journalist and author Stephen Kinzer!  His latest article, "The Coronavirus Pandemic is a Failure of Imagination", ran in the Boston Globe Ideas section on March 22, and concluded: "This pandemic is a wake-up call from the future. It tells us that we need to re-imagine what we mean by the term “security threat.” The scariest threats to human security no longer…