Important Sunday Event Reminders!

Just 2 days away til our Progressive Mass kick-off, and the response has been incredible! We will have a large crowd on Sunday. DOORS WILL OPEN AT 1:30 AND WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO ARRIVE EARLY. To expedite check-in, please print out and bring your Eventbrite ticket, which can be scanned at the door for quick registration. If you have any questions about the event, please contact us atprogressive.mass@gmail.com.  Following the meeting, we will have a light reception for attendees; please stay afterwards to recharge and connect further with fellow progressives! Maps and lots of information about transportation, orientation and parking are reprinted below and are located at the blog. See you Sunday! --the Progressive Mass. Organizing Team      ORIENTATION, TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING:  Orientation Take a minute to check out the layout of the campus and orient yourself.  We have annotated maps of the general area and of the campus, to help you navigate your way from parking or the T to DeWitt Hall.  If you misplace this email and its links, be advised that all this information and other updates are posted at our blog, and any new information will be updated there, as well as on the "NEWS" section of the Eventbrite listing. Location We're meeting at DeWitt Hall, Winslow Academic Center at Lasell College (#13 on the Campus Map; bring one with you)   Parking Parking will be on campus at Central Parking (P1 on campus map), which is Northeast of DeWitt Hall (across the soccer field, click here to see on annotated map).  Campus police and volunteers will be assisting with directing people to the right locations.  * Do not drive directly to DeWitt Hall; there are no spots available to us there. *     Driving Directions Directions to the Central Parking Lot from North, South, East and West are below. The T - "D" Train - Riverside Stop Lasell is about a mile from the Riverside stop.  Walking directions:  -Come up to the street (Grove Street) and walk to the left. -Take a right onto Woodland Road. -Take a left on Maple Road. DeWitt Auditorium / Wilson will be on the right.    (See also the annotated map)   DRIVING DIRECTIONS From the WEST: Take the Massachusetts Turnpike (Route 90) to exit 14 (Route 128, I-95 North/South). Take the "Route 128 North 30" ramp and bear right to exit 24 East (Route 30/Commonwealth Ave.) Travel east on Route 30 for 1.4 miles to the sign for Lasell College on the right. Central Street parking lot is off of Route 30, just before our sign. From the SOUTH: Take Route 95 (also Route 128) to exit 24 (Route 30/Mass Pike). Follow sign to Route 30. Take exit 24 (Route 30, Newton/Wayland). Turn right on Route 30 East - Newton/Boston. You will be on Route 30 (Commonwealth Avenue). Travel 1.4 miles to the Lasell College sign. Central Street parking lot is off of Route 30, just before our sign. From the NORTH: Take Route 95 (also Route 128) South to exit 24. At the exit ramp take Route 30 East (Commonwealth Avenue). Travel 1.4 miles to the Lasell College sign. Central Street parking lot is off of Route 30, just before our sign. From the EAST:Take the Massachusetts Turnpike (Route 90) to the Route 16 Exit (Newton/Wellesley). Bear right (Route 16 West) off the ramp onto Washington Street. Go .5 miles and turn right onto Commonwealth Ave. Travel to the Lasell College sign on your left. Central Street parking lot is off of Route 30, just after our sign.   Progressive Massachusetts Kick-Off Sunday, October 2, 2011 2-6 PM, with Reception following We believe that to create meaningful changes in public policy, progressives in every corner of the state must work together to hold elected officials accountable to progressive values and  to elect progressive candidates.  Progressive Mass. will make that vision a reality with effective, statewide organizing.  We are open to anyone in Massachusetts who wants to see their progressive values turned into action, and will work closely with existing progressive organizations to ensure the success of our efforts.