Progressive Democrat Issue 54: MANHATTAN GROUPS AND EVENTS

PHONE BANKING AGAINST ALITO:

Phone banking: PFAW and ACT NY are both hosting phone banks, the former on Thursdays, the latter on Sundays.

Thursday, 6-9 PM, 149 Fifth Avenue, 7th Floor. Call or email Tony Simone at 212-420-0440 x13 or tsimone@pfaw.org to volunteer.

Sunday, time and location TBA, with ACT NY. To learn more, please email actnewyork@gmail.com.


Barbara Boxer at Barnes & Nobles: Fri, 12/09/2005 - 7:30pm. Barbara Boxer will be doing a book-signing at the Lincoln Triangle Barnes & Nobles, located at 66th & Broadway; (212) 595-6859.

Housing Forum - Will Washington Heights Be Displaced ? Wed, 12/07/2005 - 6:30pm The Honorable Adriano Espaillat
New York State Assemblymember
Invites you to attend a Town Hall Meeting
Will Washington Heights and Inwood Be Displaced?
Discuss the issue that affect you!
RENT! RENT! RENT!
Panelists: Ken Rosenfeld, Director Legal Services, Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation; Adrienne Holder, Director, Legal Aid Society; Bertha Lewis, ACORN, Fix It Now Campaign, Carlos Ramos Vargas, Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College; Vicki Been, Director, Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy NYU School of Law (Invited), David R Shuffer, Jr, Director of Organizing Training – INCO, Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development (Invited)
Date: Wednesday, December 7, 2005
Time: 6:30 P.M.
Place: St. Elizabeth Auditorium
612 West 187th St (Bet Wadsworth and St. Nicholas Ave)
Co-sponsored by: NYS Senator Eric Schneiderman, NYC Councilman Miguel Martínez, Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation, Legal Aid Society, Hunter College (Puerto Rican Studies), Washington Heights/Inwood Coalition, CUNY School of Law, Community Board #12, Dominican Studies Institute, West Harlem Coalition, St. Elizabeth Church, Community Preservation Corporation, West 162nd Street Block Association, Post Ave. Block Association, St. Elizabeth Church, Union Comunal, Parent Association P.S. 173, Latinas en Acción, Yeshiva University
For more information please contact Aneiry Batista at 212-544-2278 or email ANEIRYB-at-YAHOO.COM (replace -at- with @).

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!

Upper West Side, 420 Bar and Lounge, 420 Amsterdam Avenue @ 80th, with host Merle McEldowney

Upper East Side, Manhattan Lounge, 1720 2nd Ave. (btwn. 89th & 90th) with hosts Lewis Cohen and David Kogelman

West Village, Kettle of Fish, 59 Christopher St. (near 7th Ave.) with hosts Dana Northcraft & Nicole Shore

East Village, Raven, 194 Avenue A (@ 12th St.) with hosts Josh Skaller



New Democratic Majority General Meeting:
CLICK HERE.

The next general meeting is scheduled for Monday, December 12th, at The Tank, 217 East 42, between 2nd and 3rd. We'll be talking about Samuel Alito, the right-wing extremist nominated to the Supreme Court. Speakers will be announced soon. We urge you to attend this meeting, since it will be the baseline point for our engagement in the battle to defeat Samuel Alito.




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.