The Greater Lowell Area Skeptics Society (GLASS) was started to help foster a healthy community of critical thinkers who gather to talk, eat, drink, game, and whatever else we do to be fun and social. We hold up the candle of science to shine light on the darkness of all things pseudo-scientific. If you've ever questioned the evidence for psychics, ghosts, creationism, or the efficacy of alternative medicines, then you might be a skeptic. Join us.

What is a bright? * A bright is a person who has a naturalistic worldview * A bright's worldview is free of supernatural and mystical elements * The ethics and actions of a bright are based on a naturalistic worldview Is Your Worldview Naturalistic? Think about your own worldview to decide if it is free of supernatural or mystical deities, forces, and entities. If you decide that you fit the description above, then you are, by definition, a bright! Join with other brights from all over the wor …

The Gurdjieff Society of Massachusetts is an affiliate of the Gurdjieff Foundation of New York. The Society is nonsectarian and nondenominational, and its membership is composed of individuals of diverse backgrounds. The aims of the Society are: to preserve the ideas and methods of the noted spiritual teacher George Ivanovich Gurdjieff, to explore what their practice requires in today's world, to maintain a community of seekers that welcomes new members who share these interests, and to contribu …

Tech Recruiter Society's Boston Chapter is devoted to creating and furthering a community of technical recruiters for purposes of networking, exchanging best practices, professional development and mentoring, and promoting the field of technical recruiting. We will encourage software engineers to attend our events for insight and feedback as to what they want out of a technical recruiting experience. Our agenda includes job fairs, seminars, and paid training events. This is THE group to join if …

Secular Performing Arts & Entertainment Meet Up group is specifically designed to help promote the works of secular humanist, atheist, and free thinking artists of all walks of life, including secular LGBT communities. We believe that performing arts & entertainment is a major tool to help create a more secular society and strengthen the bonds of secular communities throughout Massachusetts.

The Allan Kardec Spiritist Society of Massachusetts is a non-profit organization that has been dedicated to the dissemination and practice of Spiritism in Somerville, MA since 1990. Study Groups. A Spiritism study group meets every Tuesday at 7:30pm, followed by spiritual passes therapy. These meetings are open to the general public. MeetUps. Periodically we will select a topic of general interest to develop under the light of Spiritism. The goal is to meet like minded people, study Spiritism …

The Socialist Party is a democratic socialist, feminist, anti-racist party that strives to establish a radical democracy that places people's lives under their own control. Socialism is not mere government ownership; it is not a welfare state; it is not a repressive bureaucracy. Socialism is a new social and economic order in which workers and consumers control production and community residents control their neighborhoods, homes, and schools. The production of society is used for the b …

The mission of the Boston Vegan Collective is: To provide an inclusive, non-hierarchical, collectively run community space for vegans where we can respectfully challenge each other’s views and enrich each other’s lives, To advocate for the end of the use and exploitation of animals in our society, To recognize and dismantle the institutional barriers that prevent members of marginalized groups from fully participating in our community, and To connect veganism into a broader social justice frame …

Boston Thoughtful World-Transforming Vegan Movers and Shakers Activist Vegan If you are anything else, you should join the Boston Vegetarian Meetup Vegan If you are a vegan, activist or otherwise, you should join the Boston Vegan Meetup If you seek to transform the public world as a vegan mover and shaker AND if you have a proven track record of engaging the public or doing serious research on any of a range of sociological, political, economic, or psychological topics related to such world tr …

Do you want to reduce your consumer impact on the earth, humans, and animals? Are you concerned about the wastefulness of our consumer society? This new meetup group will soon have its first event. What kind of things can we do together? Dumpster dive to find useable goods, share skills on repairing bikes, clothing, computers, etc. We can also organize movie nights, reading groups, dinners-- whatever we like! We need a "co-organizer" (really the real organizer there in Boston) who can set meetin …

The Zeitgeist Movement is an explicitly non-violent, global sustainability advocacy group currently working in over 1000 Regional Chapters across 70 countries. The basic structure of The Movement consists of Chapters, Teams, Projects & Events. Overall, the Chapters are essentially what define the Movement and each Chapter works to not only spread awareness about the roots of our social problems today but also to express the logical, scientific solutions and methods we have at our disposal to upd …

Welcome to The Boston Cryonics Group! The Boston Cryonics Group is intended to provide a medium for those interested in cryonics or other recovery, regenerative and longevity technologies to connect, share information, and coordinate geographic socials or working groups of like-minded individuals. This group includes but is not limited to people enrolled in cryonics programs. This group is open to anyone interested in cryonics - its appearance and use in fiction, its social and environmental a …

What is the meet up about? The human body is a healing miracle. Given the right foods and tools it can heal itself. This is nothing new. Our ancestors practiced many of the same modalities that we now call "new age". Let's get real, we are just going back the old ways of actually listening to our own bodies rather than listening to someone telling us how we should feel. You know why? Not because it is cheaper, not because the health care industry in dying a slow death and not because it is the n …

This group is for people who want to explore the body, mind and spirit connection through the context of the Shift and 2012 paradigm. Through creative educational experiences that awaken the finest in the human spirit, The Emergence Project provides a positive platform within the context of the shift for growth and change for both individuals and society. www.theemergenceproject.net

Are you a Wayseer? You see the world in a different way than most You are a highly creative problem solver You often use your intuition to guide you through difficult situations You are ambitious and industrious You have tons of energy You love being the hero in emergencies Wayseers are the change engines of society. Wayseers are the one's who know first, who sense earliest the disturbances in the fabric of human affairs - the trends, the patterns, the fashions, the revolutions that are …

The Sequitoria: The Synthesis of Culture and Nature ... ... and the only hope for this planet. The relationship between humankind and the natural world has been fractured. In some places, there is no relationship in evidence at all. Every problem facing mankind*: from inter-personal conflict to international conflict; from social isolation to economic inequality to climate change; from social justice issues to environmental challenges - all have been exacerbated by this growing bifurcation. T …