The Brecht Forum is an independent cultural and educational center of and for the progressive community in New York City. Our mission is to provide educational and cultural programs that can strengthen progressive activism and contribute to the development of a vibrant left culture within the United States. From our facilities in the West Village, we offer a year-round program of classes, forums, seminars, art exhibitions, performances, language classes and popular education workshops based primarily on the work of Paulo Freire and Augusto Boal. Our classes and activities are developed in collaboration with the many social movements and the diverse communities of New York City, and our programs bring together leading intellectuals and activists from New York, across the U.S., and internationally. Massachusetts Global Action is network and membership organization challenging corporate globalization and its impact at the state and global levels. One of its key projects is the organization of “encuentro 5” (e5) as a movement building space in the heart of Boston and Chinatown. The space is home to 10 resident organizations ranging from a neighborhood association to women’s advocacy trade union project. It is also the “HQ” for several city-wide coalitions of mostly grassroots, volunteer-based organizations ranging from Latin America solidarity to pro-immigrant and antiwar organizing. Activities range from purely cultural to martial arts to workshops and training sessions on a year-round basis. For more information, see www.encuentro5.org