Boston Mobilization (Mobe) has been an active part of the Greater-Boston peace and justice movement since its’ inception in 1977 as a local chapter of the nation-wide anti-nuclear organization Mobilization for Survival. Originally formed to promote peace and stop nuclear build-up during the cold war, Boston Mobilization has been a Boston area leader in the fight for social justice for the past 25 years.

Mobe is a largely youth run grassroots organization that educates, empowers, and organizes young people to engage in their communities and find their voice as agents for constructive change through grassroots campaigns for peace, racial equality, economic justice, and genuine democracy. We utilize non-violent actions, education, and local legislative efforts to help improve our local community and our world. Our goal is to produce a systemic change in social values that brings true peace and equality. We use Martin Luther King’s theory of the Triple Evils of racism, militarism, and materialism as our guide.

We develop young leaders through their active roles in grassroots campaigns promoting peace and fundamental social change. We encourage youth to critically examine their relationships to their community, their country, and the world in which they live. We work against apathy and the systemic disempowerment of youth.

Programs:
Youth Empowerment Project (YEP)
YEP creates and presents peer-to-peer anti-racism and anti-violence popular education workshops in Boston area schools. New workshops promote understanding of the interrelationship of Martin Luther King’s theory of the Triple Evils of militarism, racism and materialism.

We create a space for young people to come together and think deeply, critically and constructively on divisive issues such as race, gender, violence and socio-economics. Then we help them examine what they personally can do to address these issues, and empower them to take action. Whether that means speaking out during small, daily life events, or joining larger, organized work, we believe education should lead to action

No Mandate
No Mandate is an umbrella project which works in coalition with various grassroots and community groups on an event-by-event basis on issues related to war and militarism. For the 2006-2007 school year, No Mandate is focusing on the Counter-Recruitment Project. Through work with High School interns we have become aware of the heavy involvement of Junior ROTC in poorer Boston City schools, and how disadvantaged youth have been targeted for enlistment with slick campaigns, misleading incentives and fine print on contracts past their reading levels

The Democracy Center
Boston Mobilization manages an amazing meeting space in Harvard Square, Cambridge available to student and community groups working for progressive social change. The space is used by well over a hundred different groups in the past year.

Grassroots Media
The Grassroots Media Project teaches youth organizers how to get important community issues covered in the local media, and how to be an information resource on complex issues.

Boston Mobilization has internships and volunteer positions available in all of its project areas as well as in non-profit management. We provide an open environment where you can not only participate in established groups, but shape new projects or expand upon the existing ones