Steering Committee

Robbie Samuels, Co-chair

Bio coming soon.

Matt Meyer, Co-chair

Matt Meyer lives and works in boston as a freelance Percussionist. Originally from Chicago, he came to boston for Music school and after a bit of wondering and adventuring decided to stay, to seek his fortune (or rather, subsistance living) as a musician.

Matt is involved the Unitarian Universalist Church, where he frequently leads Sunday services about the power of music and rhythm to affect our lives and relationships. He is also involved with Unitarian Universalist Men Against Domestic Violence (UUMADV). Matt was involved in the corporate campaign to make Victoria's Secret a responsible Corporate citizen, by not using endangered forests in their catalogues (VictoriasDirtySecret.net) In the past he has worked with the Food Not Bombs, the Boston Area Liberation Medic Squad (BALM Squad), and the campaign to the Close the School of the Americas.

Matt believes strongly in knitting on public transit, singing loudly in the shower, and seeking cultural revolution through a radical revisioning of gender roles, as well as searching out new ways for both friends and strangers to relate to each other in a way that allows us to find our greatest potential as caretakers of the earth and each other.

Jack Kahn, Social Events Coordinator

Jack is an associate professor of psychology at Curry College in Milton, MA and holds a masters degree in marriage and family counseling and a Ph.D. in counseling psychology.

He was the chair of the institutional committee on diversity for the past three years (now is a standing member) and is currently a member of the women's studies committee at Curry. He is on the editorial board for the journal Women and Therapy‚ and a member of the Association for Women in Psychology. He has published articles and presented numerous workshops on topics of diversity and is currently doing research exploring the identity formation of men that embrace feminism. He has been active in social justice issues since his senior year in high school.

Jack was heavily involved in music and in addition to being in a band, he put out a fanzine and record label (called Hippycore) and set up local shows with his college roommate. The shows/fanzine/and record label raised money and awareness on such topics as free speech, environmentalism, oppression, misogyny and animal rights. In his spare time, Jack enjoys independent films, learning to play guitar, old/bad horror movies (particularly those starring Vincent Price), music, reading, and cooking. He and his wife Jackie live with their dog Molly in Boston. Currently there are no antifamily businesses backing him, either.