2025 Chapter Strategy Discussion Part 2

This is part 2 of the 2025 Chapter Strategy Discussion. We will finalize the proposed roadmap we discussed on December 18 and create and implementation plan This event will run for 2.5 hours. There will be snacks and light refreshments.

Since the chapter's inception nearly five years ago, XR Boston has seen powerful successes: our direct actions have raised awareness, disrupted the powerful, and spotlighted the climate and ecological emergency. Crucially, however, our chapter is not yet the mass movement that it set out to become. To achieve the system change we need, we must grow from a small organization to a mass movement that can mobilize tens of thousands into the streets and disrupt “business as usual.”

After reviewing insights and points of consensus which emerged during the previous strategy session held on December 18, the organizing team will present a revised framework for building toward mass mobilization—a draft which we’ll collectively review, refine as necessary, and, we hope, adopt as XR Boston's roadmap for the months to come. In addition, we'll create a draft implementation plan that identifies the concrete steps the chapter will take to achieve the goals set out in the roadmap. In early February, we will meet again to review the draft action plan, refine it as necessary, and, we hope, reach consensus on its implementation.

• Part 2: Finalize the Proposal and Create an Implementation Plan (Saturday January 11th at 2 pm)
• Part 3: Finalize Implementation Plan (early February, to be announced)

Together, we’ll continue to push toward XR’s guiding principle of mobilizing 3.5% of the population to achieve system change. Bring your ideas, your energy, and your commitment as we take the next step toward a resilient, mobilized future.

To help ensure this session’s effectiveness, we ask that participants have attended at least one XR Boston protest or community event in the past.

NOTE: The Connolly Branch of the Boston Public Library is conveniently located one block from the 39 Bus route from Copley Square and a 5-7 minute walk from the Stony Brook T stop on the Orange Line. On-street parking is also available.

Snow date will be Saturday 1/25 at 2 pm