Join us on Saturday, January 31, for our 2026 annual member meeting.
We’ll be focusing on how to build pressure for our legislative priorities, strengthen progressive organizing, and get ready for the suite of 2026 ballot questions. Stay tuned for information about speakers, breakout sessions, and more.
Join us to hone your skills, network with activists from across the state, and get energized for the fights to come.
Progressive Mass 2026 Member Meeting
Saturday, January 31
1 pm to 5 pm
Lasell University, DeWitt Hall
80 Maple Street, Newton
Our Annual Meeting is open to everyone. However, you must be a member to vote for members up for election or re-election to the Board. You also must be a member to nominate yourself or someone else for election.
To nominate yourself or someone else to the Board, submit this form to the Governance Committee at: governance@progressivemass.com. Please submit your nomination by January 3rd. Elections will take place at business portion of our annual meeting. For more information about responsibilities, roles, and terms, please email the Governance Committee.
- Need to check your membership status? You can do so here.
- Not yet a member but want to be one? Join us here!
2026 Annual Meeting Agenda
12:30 – 1:30: Registration & Mini-Activism Fair
1:30 – 2:00: 2025 in Review; What to Expect from 2026; Board Elections
2:00 – 3:00: Interviews with US Senate candidates
- Alex Rikleen: CONFIRMED
- Rep. Seth Moulton: CONFIRMED
- Senator Ed Markey: CONFIRMED
3:00 -3:50: Breakout Sessions #1 — Ballot Questions & Elections
- The Vote Yes for a Safe Massachusetts Campaign: How to Help Protect our Gun Safety Laws
- Keeping Mass Home: The Fight for Rent Control
- A Better Legislature Is on the Ballot: Stipend Reform & Open Records
- The Tech Bros Say: ‘Give Us Millionaires back Our Fair Share Taxes or We’ll Kill the State Budget!’: We Say: ‘Don’t negotiate with Blackmailers!’
- Voter Contact 101
4:00 – 4:50: Breakout Sessions #2 –Knowledge, Skills, & Strategies
- Care Not Cages: Massachusetts Immigrant Justice in 2026
- Budgets and taxes as levers for social change: where things stand and the road ahead
- From Scrolling to Striking: Turning Digital Posts into People Power
- Progressive Mass Chapters: organizing at the community level for statewide change
- Grassroots Lobbying Beyond the Legislature: Putting Pressure on DAs & Sheriffs
