US PIRG, a non-profit that works on the Right to Repair is planning on hosting a trio of repair cafes on International Repair Day on October 18th! They are focusing on updating donated computers with supported software, as part of their campaign about the end of Windows 10. 
 There are Three Fix-a-thons happening around Massachusetts:
Event locations and Orginizers
WORCESTER- Technocopia, 44 Portland Street Fl 6, Worcester MA 01608
Organizer: Jack Frimet (jack.frimet@publicinterestnetwork.org)
CAMBRIDGE- The Foundry, 101 Rogers St, Cambridge, MA 02142
Organizers: Ali Bichanga, Rory Erlich (ali.bichanga@publicinterestnetwork.org ,
rory.erlich@publicinterestnetwork.org)
EAST BOSTON- Maverick Landing Community Services, 31 Liverpool St. East Boston, MA 02128.
Organizer: Henry Welch (henry.welch@publicinterestnetwork.org)
Volunteer Opportunity:
Calling all tech savvy Volunteers: US Prig is currently looking for people familiar with downloading software such as Ubuntu and Linux, as well as other volunteers to help with the event.  It would be great to get high school volunteers or anybody else that visits Fabville in on this event! We are aiming to rally our volunteers to the Foundry on the 18th, but encourage folks to go to the closest event they can. 
To RSVP or Volunteer follow this link to their sign up.

