Africa Next Door is for U.S. nonprofits, NGO's, advocates and community groups engaged in work in Sub-Saharan Africa. Join us to share ideas, ask questions, exchange knowledge and create collaborations. We will run meet ups in the New England region but invite our members everywhere to add other regional meetings and events to the calendar.

Founded in 1989 by Anthony Kennedy Shriver, Best Buddies is a vibrant, international organization that has grown from one original chapter to almost 1,500 middle school, high school, and college chapters worldwide. Best Buddies programs engage participants in each of the 50 United States, and in 50 countries around the world. Best Buddies® is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated …

There are thousands of people who work in the Longwood Medical Area - nurses, researchers, doctors, social workers, admins, fundraisers, grad students, and many more - and those people rarely have the opportunity to mix and mingle, other than on the T or in elevators. This group aims to bring professionals who work in the Longwood area together to socialize outside of work.

This is a group for yogis from Boston and beyond to connect at yoga festivals, fundraisers and other special events and classes. Feel free to email us suggestions for meetups/special events at massyoga@yahoo.com Namaste!

Hands-on filmmaking workshops. Workshops include crash courses in: Premier Final Cut Pro After Effects Camera operation Screenwriting Budgeting & Fundraising and other topics related to filmmaking This group is ideal for indie filmmakers, or anyone new to the field of filmmaking.

How can we do the most good in the world? What are the best charities? Which causes are most important? How can we best use our money and time to make a difference? And how do we do that without going nuts? Let's get together and talk about that.

Play2Help.org is a Social Enterprise that donates to Schools, Colleges & Sports Clubs/Organizations to help promote Sports for Health, Fun & Friendship. _____________________ Through the Play2Help - Tenacity + Somerville Tennis Group, we will to donate to www.Tenacity.org whose Mission is....."to improve the scholastic, character and physical development of urban youth by combining tennis instruction and academic support with a focus on life skills." We will also donate to help maintain the t …

We work with a few charities in the area and are constantly outside donating our time, money, food, clothes, or spirit to those in need. Our primary focus may be donating time here in USA to fix broken communities here at home We have great ideas on how to raise LOVE and are happy to have more. Come to our events, or help us to come up with more ideas.

You. A VC. Entrepreneurial peers. A free-flow discussion on raising funding and growing your tech./life-sciences company. Open and inclusive. At Voltage Coffee in Cambridge. We call it “Coffee Connect with a VC.” Brought to you by the New England Venture Capital Association.

Meet other local surfers to share stories, help out new people to the sport, talk waves, and plan outings and surf. This is a group of local surfers looking to meet one another and be social. This is a very social group. It is very difficult to 'plan surf' here in New England, as the surf can be very sporadic. We plan surfing events when possible, but many of our events will be of the social nature including beach clean ups, surfrider fundraiser events, after work cocktail hours, and other even …

Beantown Cornhole .....Are you done laughing? Haha. Yes...If you are not aware of this game, we admit that the name seems odd...BUT, it is the real name for the most exciting, fun, and competitive indoor/outdoor game that men and women are falling in love all over the country and beyond! In other states, Cornhole is known as Baggo, Bags, and Tailgate Toss. Cornhole was born in Western Ohio. The origin of the name is simple: 6" Bags filled with corn, that you throw into a hole. Sounds easy right? …

I have to admit that through the last few years (ahem too many really) its been difficult to explain to folks what EXACTLY it is I go through on a regular basis. We lead a normal life with inconveniences and interruptions. Sometimes its nice to be around others with similar issues and just be able to not be closeted.  I would like to propose that we meet up to relax, discuss events or just have a nice time together over a meal or something without flashing lights. ;) I REALLY love the fact that …

Are you planning/in the middle of/launched a Kickstarter, Indiegogo, crowdsourcing, crowdfunding or social entrepreneurship project? If yes, then come to this Meet Up. Let's share ideas, research and build a tribe of cutting edge thinkers and doers.

The Wellness Warriors is a dragon boat paddling team for cancer survivors and caregivers in the Boston area (we train and race on the Charles River). We offer men and women ages 30 to 80 the chance to improve their quality of life through our paddling support group. Some of us are through our treatments but are still struggling with the cancer experience. Others are receiving chemotherapy, radiation or other cancer-fighting strategies. It is this inner strength, our love of the dragon boat sport …

Bunch of fun, out going, socially friendly people who like to have a good time and also care about community and other charitable causes. We like to dance, we like beer, we like to talk, we to compete, we love to laugh... Come join us and help raise FUNds for Charity!