Progressive Democrat Issue 51: MANHATTAN GROUPS AND EVENTS
7000 local Wal-Mart screenings! Find one near you: The grassroots response to the new Wal-Mart documentary has been incredible. Thanks to you and our many partners, "Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Prices" will debut next week in over 7,000 living rooms and community centers across the country—a true groundswell.
MoveOn is co-sponsoring the screenings on Tuesday, November 15th with a focus on legislative solutions. But you can also find a Wal-Mart house party any day next week with different themes, ranging from health care to small businesses, and meet up with folks from many different sectors in your community.
Can you join us at a screening in your neighborhood?
Click here to get your own advance copy of the movie, and support this grassroots effort.
The Media and the '05 Elections: Join The Politicker, Gotham Gazette, and the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy in a conversation about the role of the media in the 2005 New York City elections. Wednesday, November 16 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
The Tank @ chashama; 208 West 37th Street between 7th and 8th Avenues.
Featuring a roundtable discussion with: Patrick Healy (The New York Times), Ben Smith (The Politicker), Evelyn Hernandez (El Diario La Prensa), Jonathan Mandell (Gotham Gazette), Andrea Batista Schlesinger (Drum Major Institute for Public Policy)
To RSVP, please email dmi@drummajorinstitute.org
To get to The Tank by subway take the 1, 9, B, D, F,
V, N, Q, R, W A,C, or E trains to 34th Street.
Supreme Court Phone Banking This Sunday: While Alito’s chances currently appear to be better than Miers’s, the situation in the Senate remains highly fluid. And this is important enough that we want to influence the outcome.
This Sunday, we’ll be phone banking progressives in states with moderate Republican Senators, asking these constituents to demand that their Senators conduct a thorough investigation of Alito’s record.
Where: Offices of People for the American Way – NY
149 Fifth Ave. at 21st St. – 7th Floor
When: Sunday, 11/13
2 PM – 6 PM
RSVP: ACTNewYork@gmail.com
CRITCAL MASS BICYCLE MOVEMENT! Critical Mass is a bicyclist movement (NOT an organized group!) that holds weekly protests all over the world to protest pollution. Rides are the last Friday of every month starting in Union Sq. Park North, 7PM! At a DFNYC meeting attended by Norm Seigel, Norm used Critical Mass as an example of the kind of activism that NYC needs most and the way Bloomberg is trying to squelch our rights and our voices. Critical Mass deserves our help. According to Bloomberg, my inclusion of this in my newsletter is probably illegal. Well, I refuse to let Bloomberg tell me what I can and cannot write in my Newsletter.
http://www.times-up.org/cm.php
And see their NYC calendar for Bike Workshops and other rides (including ones outside Manhattan). http://www.times-up.org/calendar/calendar.php
There is more you can do to support Critical Mass. This comes from a reader in Manhattan:
To help keep people involved in Critical Mass, people who might be sacred off because of renewed aggressiveness by the police, I have started a pledge drive that sponsors arrestees. This is a great way for people to stay involved in Critical Mass, stay on top of the issue, and use the NYPD and Bloomberg's tactics to work for us not against us. I am pledging $2 per arrestee, and the money will go to the Legal Aid Society. Pledges are made on the honor system. The more bicyclists the cops arrest the more money for defending civil rights is raised.
Democracy for America Meetings: CLICK HERE!
New Democratic Majority General Meeting:
Monday, November 14th, at 7:30 PM at the YMCA at 125 West 14th Street, in the Gardener Room.
Our special guest is State Senator Eric Schneiderman, the deputy minority leader, who will be talking to us about how we can retake the Senate next year. It's worth noting that control of the Senate will mean many things, given that we have very good chances of also retaking the governorship; in fact, the Senate is the keystone in our strategy to turn New York finally blue. This will be a lively back and forth, so please come prepared with your questions and suggestions.
Time: Monday, November 14, 2005 - 7:30pm
DRINKING LIBERALLY: An informal, inclusive weekly Democratic drinking club. Raise your spirits while you raise your glass, and share ideas while you share a pitcher. Drinking Liberally gives like-minded, left-leaning individuals a place to talk politics. You don't need to be a policy expert and this isn't a book club - just come and learn from peers, trade jokes, vent frustration and hang out in an environment where it's not taboo to talk politics. Here are our local Manhattan groups:
Upper East Side Last Tuesday of each month, 6:30 pm onward, Doc Watson's, 1490 2nd Avenue (at 77th). In the backyard, weather permitting. Hosted by Matthew Bachiochi, ues (at) drinkingliberally.org
In Manhattan: Thursday, 7:30 pm onward, Rudy's, 627 9th Avenue (between 44th & 45th Streets). Hosted by Justin Krebs and Matthew O'Neill, nyc (at) drinkingliberally.org
Bar Hopping Manhattan: Second Tuesday of each month, 6:00-9:00 pm
A monthly Democratic drinking club at different gay bars around Manhattan. Join the mailing list to receive updates of future venues. Hosted by Dirk McCall, outnyc (at) drinkingliberally.org
East Village: Last Wednesday of each month, 8:00 pm onward, Grassroots Tavern, 20 Saint Mark's Place (between 2nd and 3rd). Hosted by Quinn Raymond, Elena Morin and Abby Cook-Mack, eastvillage (at) drinkingliberally.org
For those who prefer running to biking, you can join RUNNING FOR CHANGE: Building a progressive America through organized runs and other grassroots activities.
To find your nearest Manhattan Democratic club, please CLICK HERE.
MoveOn is co-sponsoring the screenings on Tuesday, November 15th with a focus on legislative solutions. But you can also find a Wal-Mart house party any day next week with different themes, ranging from health care to small businesses, and meet up with folks from many different sectors in your community.
Can you join us at a screening in your neighborhood?
Click here to get your own advance copy of the movie, and support this grassroots effort.
The Media and the '05 Elections: Join The Politicker, Gotham Gazette, and the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy in a conversation about the role of the media in the 2005 New York City elections. Wednesday, November 16 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
The Tank @ chashama; 208 West 37th Street between 7th and 8th Avenues.
Featuring a roundtable discussion with: Patrick Healy (The New York Times), Ben Smith (The Politicker), Evelyn Hernandez (El Diario La Prensa), Jonathan Mandell (Gotham Gazette), Andrea Batista Schlesinger (Drum Major Institute for Public Policy)
To RSVP, please email dmi@drummajorinstitute.org
To get to The Tank by subway take the 1, 9, B, D, F,
V, N, Q, R, W A,C, or E trains to 34th Street.
Supreme Court Phone Banking This Sunday: While Alito’s chances currently appear to be better than Miers’s, the situation in the Senate remains highly fluid. And this is important enough that we want to influence the outcome.
This Sunday, we’ll be phone banking progressives in states with moderate Republican Senators, asking these constituents to demand that their Senators conduct a thorough investigation of Alito’s record.
Where: Offices of People for the American Way – NY
149 Fifth Ave. at 21st St. – 7th Floor
When: Sunday, 11/13
2 PM – 6 PM
RSVP: ACTNewYork@gmail.com
CRITCAL MASS BICYCLE MOVEMENT! Critical Mass is a bicyclist movement (NOT an organized group!) that holds weekly protests all over the world to protest pollution. Rides are the last Friday of every month starting in Union Sq. Park North, 7PM! At a DFNYC meeting attended by Norm Seigel, Norm used Critical Mass as an example of the kind of activism that NYC needs most and the way Bloomberg is trying to squelch our rights and our voices. Critical Mass deserves our help. According to Bloomberg, my inclusion of this in my newsletter is probably illegal. Well, I refuse to let Bloomberg tell me what I can and cannot write in my Newsletter.
http://www.times-up.org/cm.php
And see their NYC calendar for Bike Workshops and other rides (including ones outside Manhattan). http://www.times-up.org/calendar/calendar.php
There is more you can do to support Critical Mass. This comes from a reader in Manhattan:
To help keep people involved in Critical Mass, people who might be sacred off because of renewed aggressiveness by the police, I have started a pledge drive that sponsors arrestees. This is a great way for people to stay involved in Critical Mass, stay on top of the issue, and use the NYPD and Bloomberg's tactics to work for us not against us. I am pledging $2 per arrestee, and the money will go to the Legal Aid Society. Pledges are made on the honor system. The more bicyclists the cops arrest the more money for defending civil rights is raised.
Democracy for America Meetings: CLICK HERE!
New Democratic Majority General Meeting:
Monday, November 14th, at 7:30 PM at the YMCA at 125 West 14th Street, in the Gardener Room.
Our special guest is State Senator Eric Schneiderman, the deputy minority leader, who will be talking to us about how we can retake the Senate next year. It's worth noting that control of the Senate will mean many things, given that we have very good chances of also retaking the governorship; in fact, the Senate is the keystone in our strategy to turn New York finally blue. This will be a lively back and forth, so please come prepared with your questions and suggestions.
Time: Monday, November 14, 2005 - 7:30pm
DRINKING LIBERALLY: An informal, inclusive weekly Democratic drinking club. Raise your spirits while you raise your glass, and share ideas while you share a pitcher. Drinking Liberally gives like-minded, left-leaning individuals a place to talk politics. You don't need to be a policy expert and this isn't a book club - just come and learn from peers, trade jokes, vent frustration and hang out in an environment where it's not taboo to talk politics. Here are our local Manhattan groups:
Upper East Side Last Tuesday of each month, 6:30 pm onward, Doc Watson's, 1490 2nd Avenue (at 77th). In the backyard, weather permitting. Hosted by Matthew Bachiochi, ues (at) drinkingliberally.org
In Manhattan: Thursday, 7:30 pm onward, Rudy's, 627 9th Avenue (between 44th & 45th Streets). Hosted by Justin Krebs and Matthew O'Neill, nyc (at) drinkingliberally.org
Bar Hopping Manhattan: Second Tuesday of each month, 6:00-9:00 pm
A monthly Democratic drinking club at different gay bars around Manhattan. Join the mailing list to receive updates of future venues. Hosted by Dirk McCall, outnyc (at) drinkingliberally.org
East Village: Last Wednesday of each month, 8:00 pm onward, Grassroots Tavern, 20 Saint Mark's Place (between 2nd and 3rd). Hosted by Quinn Raymond, Elena Morin and Abby Cook-Mack, eastvillage (at) drinkingliberally.org
For those who prefer running to biking, you can join RUNNING FOR CHANGE: Building a progressive America through organized runs and other grassroots activities.
To find your nearest Manhattan Democratic club, please CLICK HERE.
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