The Massachusetts Community Care Network (MCCN) is a coalition of individuals and organizations committed to fostering innovative, compassionate approaches to care and community organizing across the state.
Following the success of our first convening at Boston University in September 2023, we are thrilled to announce our second gathering:
Title: Weaving Ecosystems of Anti-Carceral Care
Location: Holyoke Media, 1 Court Plaza, Holyoke, MA (and hybrid)
Time: Breakfast starts at 10:00 am, and closing remarks at 5:30 pm
Transportation: Available upon request (question in form shared below)
Register your interest & share your ideas: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc8BYJ1yl81zv7LMoHCwJqknWNbFjHd1Z-vVRIX37kMvfXSWw/viewform?usp=header
For those unable to attend in person, a hybrid option will be available.
The Black Response (TBR) will coordinate transportation from Cambridge. If you’re interested, simply complete the registration form and select the transportation option to reserve your spot.
Tentative Agenda:
Opening (introduction, land acknowledgment, community guidelines, intention-setting through ceremony)
Panel: Organizing Across Massachusetts
Introduction to The Community Responder Game (by TBR)
Lunch
Gallery Walk Activity + Audio Recording
Panel: Funding Alternative Public Safety & Community Care
Connection Time + Creative Activity (facilitated by Defund Somerville)
Report-Out: Gallery Walk & Creative Activity
Closing Reflections
We are excited to share that our Funder Panel will include representatives from:
Borealis Philanthropy’s Communities Transforming Policing Fund (CTPF)
New England War Tax Resistance
The Massachusetts Emergency Alternative Public Safety (EAPS) Bill
Join us! This convening is more than an event—it’s an opportunity to deepen relationships, share insights, build skills, and collectively reimagine care in our communities.
The gathering is open to all who identify as non-carceral or anti-carceral healers, practitioners, advocates, and researchers. It will be a day of connection, healing, learning, skill-building, and breaking bread together in the spirit of community care.
For questions, please contact Sean at communitycare@theblackresponsecambridge.com.
We can’t wait to see you there!