Published using Google Docs
JVP Boston Structure & Meetings <for membership>
Updated automatically every 5 minutes

Get involved/connected with JVPB!
Updated January 2025

You can always reach out via <jvpboston@gmail.com>!

Ways for JVP Boston members to plug into our work:

Regular JVPB gatherings:

Open to all members always!

How to hear about what’s going on

Fill in our new member form!

bit.ly/JVPB-memberinfo

Public rallies, events & actions

Calendar of public Palestine solidarity events (not just ours)

Follow us on social media: Instagram, Twitter, Facebook 

Sign up to join our email list (bit.ly/JVPBemailsu)

Join the Palestine Events in MA group chat on Signal  

Interested in organizing an activity?

See the JVP Boston activity proposal process!

Monthly JVPB Chapter Gatherings  

JVP Boston will gather as a whole chapter (everyone invited!) at least once a month, in person or virtually. These gatherings will be hosted on a rotating basis by different working groups and/or the JVPB Chapter Council - details will always be shared via email list and JVPB Events & Actions signal group.

JVP National power half hour call: Daily at 3:00pm EST  

Join at bit.ly/jvppowerhourgaza

Become an official member of JVP!

Join JVP as a dues paying member here 

Working Groups:

Open to all members always!

JVPB Lead(s) – Reach out via <jvpboston@gmail.com> unless otherwise noted below

Book Club

Susan

Letters to the Editor

Mark

Legislative Advocacy:

Congressional Districts

Legislative Teams:

CD4/Rep. Auchincloss:

CD5/Rep. Clark (on strategic pause): Contact via <bit.ly/Ceasefire-CD5>

CD8/Rep. Lynch

Legislative Advocacy:

City & statewide work

Dedicated focus areas:

Boston

Newton

Southeastern MA area

Art/Visual strategy

Emma

Political Education

Stephanie & Alex <jvpb-pol-ed@googlegroups.com>

Campus Organizing

Kork & Leah

Media & Comms

Therese, Sarah, Mariele <bit.ly/jvpb-comms-wg>

(Anti-Zionist) Jewish Ritual  

Bird <bit.ly/JVPB-ritualWG>  

Kids & Families

Julia <jvp-boston-family-events@googlegroups.com>

Our internal leadership meetings are Mondays at 6pm

Reach out to one or more of the folks below or jvpboston@gmail.com with questions/suggestions

JVPB Chapter Council is made up of 16 individuals who are active in the fight in Boston for Palestinian rights. Members are active in local advocacy groups that focus on Palestinian freedom, racial equity, and housing justice, environmental justice and the Boston Jewish activist community.

JVPB Chapter Council

Amanda (she/her)

Bird (they/them)

E.M. (she/her)

Eli (they/them)

Elsa (she/her)

Emma (any/all) 

Jeffrey (he/him)

Jill (she/her)

Julia (she/her)

Kork (they/them)

Leah (she/they)

Mariele (she/her)

Sarah (she/her)

Stephanie (she/her)

Susan (she/her)

Therese (she/her)

Operations committees/roles - 

not currently recruiting new members

JVPB Lead(s) - Reach out via <jvpboston@gmail.com> unless otherwise noted below

Accessibility

Amanda, Emma, Julia

Coalition/Interfaith

  • Jewish-led orgs: Kork, Leah
  • Boston Coalition for Palestine (BCFP): Therese, Eli
  • Together for an Inclusive Massachusetts (TIM): Elsa
  • Joint Advocacy Group (JAG): Elsa, Jill, Susan
  • Not Another Bomb: Jeffrey

Contact via <jvpb-coalitions@googlegroups.com>

Core

Bird, E.M., Eli, Elsa, Jill, Kork, Susan, Therese

Fundraising and Finances

Elsa, Barbara

Internal communications

  • Structure: E.M., Jill, Mariele,
  • New members: Leah, Jill, Kork

External communications

Mariele, Therese, Sarah

  • Social media: Elsa, Therese, Eli  
  • Checking gmail account & triaging: Elsa  
  • Bi-weekly events/newsletter email: Mariele
  • Signal management/moderation: Bird, E.M., Eli, Jill, Kork, Mariele, Therese
  • Statements, press releases, action alerts: Sarah, Therese, Mariele