Progressive Democrat Issue 62: BROOKLYN/QUEENS GROUPS AND EVENTS
ALL NYC:
Rally for the Charge or Release Bill, Tue, 01/31/2006 - 12:30pm
Where: Steps of City Hall
Directions: R/W to City Hall; 2/3 to Park Pl; A/C to Chambers; J/M/Z Chambers; 4/5/6 to Brooklyn Bridge/City Hall
Join Democracy for NYC, political leaders, lawyers, activists and community members on the steps of City Hall as they call on the New York City Council to pass the Charge or Release Bill. This essential civil rights legislation would make sure that anyone arrested in New York City is arraigned within 24 hours of arrest. But it will not pass without your support!
Tell the City Council it’s time to protect the due process rights of all New Yorkers!
Benefit for the Victims of the Earthquake in Pakistan & India
Tue, 01/31/2006 - 6:30pm
Our Voices, Our World presents
A Benefit for the Victims of the Earthquake in
Pakistan and India
Featuring performances by members of the Original Cast of HAIR as well as other musical and cultural performances.
Tuesday January 31, 2006
doors @ 6:30PM
CODA CLUB
34 East 34th St
New York City, NY
Members of the Original Broadway Cast of the "American Tribal-Love Rock Musical" HAIR singing Aquarius, Hair, Easy To Be Hard, Let the Sunshine In and other hits from the show that changed America.
Advance tickets available online.
For more information CLICK HERE>.
LAUGHING LIBERALLY AT TOWN HALL
Sat, 02/04/2006 - 8:00pm
When: Saturday, February 4, 8:00 pm
Where: The Town Hall, 123 W 43rd St, NYC
Tickets: $15, $25, and $50. Go to laughingliberally.com, click "Buy Tickets" and use code DFNYC.
Important! If you use the code DFNYC and purchase either the $25 or $50 price tickets, Democracy for NYC will receive a portion of the proceeds.
FEATURING:
Rick Overton (Dennis Miller Live),
Jim David (Tough Crowd), Julie Goldman (VH-1),
Dean Obeidallah (SNL Weekend Update),
With Katie Halper & Baratunde Thurston
Videos by DNEXT.com and MoveOn.org
(program subject to change)
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.
BROOKLYN EVENTS:
11th Congressional District Candidates Forum: Lambda Independent Democrats will kick off the new year with a forum featuring the candidates for the hotly contested 11th congressional district seat being vacated by Major Owens on Thursday, January 26, 2006 at the Montauk Club, 25 8th Avenue at Lincoln Place. This is the first time in a decade that there will be an open congressional seat in Brooklyn, so join us in hearing from candidates Carl Andrews, Yvette Clarke, Chris Owens, Nick Perry and David Yassky.
I want to add my personal comment on this race. Many Progressives love to complain about the weaknesses of the Democratic Party. Well, hotly contested primaries like this one are YOUR CHANCE to influence the Democratic Party. This race pits candidates linked to the corrupt machine against progressives and semi-progressives. People who complain about the party but fail to get involved on this level should just keep their mouths shut. Come help reform politics in Brooklyn by attending this forum and questioning these candidates yourself. Then support the candidate YOU like. Otherwise, I don't want to hear you complain.
Democracy for America Meetings: CLICK HERE!
MARJORIE'S OZZIE’S MEETUP: I also recommend joining Marjorie's meetups and getting Marjorie’s very informative newsletter which you can get by contacting her at: johnkerry57@covad.net
Independent Neighborhood Democrats: Contact me or Devin Cohen: devincohen@msn.com if you are interested. http://www.indbrooklyn.org/
Central Brooklyn Independent Democrats (CBID) (mostly covers Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, and Kensington. http://www.cbidems.org/
Lambda Independent Democrats (Brooklyn’s gay and lesbian organization) for meeting info contact LID@LIDBrooklyn.org.
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 Brooklyn groups:
Park Slope: First Wednesday of each month, 7:00 pm onward, Commonwealth, 497 5th Ave (at 12th Street). Hosted by Emily Farris and Peter Wohlsen, parkslope (at) drinkingliberally.org
Williamsburg: Every Tuesday, 8:00 pm onward the Levee, 212 Berry St. (corner of N. 3rd). Hosted by Elana Levin and Michael Freedman-Schnapp, williamsburg (at) drinkingliberally.org
To find your nearest Brooklyn Democratic club, please CLICK HERE.
QUEENS:
Democracy for America Meetings: CLICK HERE!
Queens Jefferson Democratic Club: Our meetings are normally held the first Thursday of every month, @ 8:00 p.m. (the doors open @ 7:30 P.M.) except for July, August, and months in which a holiday falls on the First Thursday. Meetings are held at the Auburndale American Legion Hall, 198-09 33rd Ave Flushing, New York 11358 (just off Francis Lewis Blvd. near 33rd Avenue).
Queens County Young Democrats: for information CLICK HERE.
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 Queens groups:
ASTORIA: Third Wednesday of each month, 7:30 pm onward. Cassidy's, 34-16 Broadway (at 35th Street). Hosted by Bob Chamerda, astoria (at) drinkingliberally.org
To find your nearest Queens Democratic club, please CLICK HERE.
Rally for the Charge or Release Bill, Tue, 01/31/2006 - 12:30pm
Where: Steps of City Hall
Directions: R/W to City Hall; 2/3 to Park Pl; A/C to Chambers; J/M/Z Chambers; 4/5/6 to Brooklyn Bridge/City Hall
Join Democracy for NYC, political leaders, lawyers, activists and community members on the steps of City Hall as they call on the New York City Council to pass the Charge or Release Bill. This essential civil rights legislation would make sure that anyone arrested in New York City is arraigned within 24 hours of arrest. But it will not pass without your support!
Tell the City Council it’s time to protect the due process rights of all New Yorkers!
Benefit for the Victims of the Earthquake in Pakistan & India
Tue, 01/31/2006 - 6:30pm
Our Voices, Our World presents
A Benefit for the Victims of the Earthquake in
Pakistan and India
Featuring performances by members of the Original Cast of HAIR as well as other musical and cultural performances.
Tuesday January 31, 2006
doors @ 6:30PM
CODA CLUB
34 East 34th St
New York City, NY
Members of the Original Broadway Cast of the "American Tribal-Love Rock Musical" HAIR singing Aquarius, Hair, Easy To Be Hard, Let the Sunshine In and other hits from the show that changed America.
Advance tickets available online.
For more information CLICK HERE>.
LAUGHING LIBERALLY AT TOWN HALL
Sat, 02/04/2006 - 8:00pm
When: Saturday, February 4, 8:00 pm
Where: The Town Hall, 123 W 43rd St, NYC
Tickets: $15, $25, and $50. Go to laughingliberally.com, click "Buy Tickets" and use code DFNYC.
Important! If you use the code DFNYC and purchase either the $25 or $50 price tickets, Democracy for NYC will receive a portion of the proceeds.
FEATURING:
Rick Overton (Dennis Miller Live),
Jim David (Tough Crowd), Julie Goldman (VH-1),
Dean Obeidallah (SNL Weekend Update),
With Katie Halper & Baratunde Thurston
Videos by DNEXT.com and MoveOn.org
(program subject to change)
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.
BROOKLYN EVENTS:
11th Congressional District Candidates Forum: Lambda Independent Democrats will kick off the new year with a forum featuring the candidates for the hotly contested 11th congressional district seat being vacated by Major Owens on Thursday, January 26, 2006 at the Montauk Club, 25 8th Avenue at Lincoln Place. This is the first time in a decade that there will be an open congressional seat in Brooklyn, so join us in hearing from candidates Carl Andrews, Yvette Clarke, Chris Owens, Nick Perry and David Yassky.
I want to add my personal comment on this race. Many Progressives love to complain about the weaknesses of the Democratic Party. Well, hotly contested primaries like this one are YOUR CHANCE to influence the Democratic Party. This race pits candidates linked to the corrupt machine against progressives and semi-progressives. People who complain about the party but fail to get involved on this level should just keep their mouths shut. Come help reform politics in Brooklyn by attending this forum and questioning these candidates yourself. Then support the candidate YOU like. Otherwise, I don't want to hear you complain.
Democracy for America Meetings: CLICK HERE!
MARJORIE'S OZZIE’S MEETUP: I also recommend joining Marjorie's meetups and getting Marjorie’s very informative newsletter which you can get by contacting her at: johnkerry57@covad.net
Independent Neighborhood Democrats: Contact me or Devin Cohen: devincohen@msn.com if you are interested. http://www.indbrooklyn.org/
Central Brooklyn Independent Democrats (CBID) (mostly covers Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, and Kensington. http://www.cbidems.org/
Lambda Independent Democrats (Brooklyn’s gay and lesbian organization) for meeting info contact LID@LIDBrooklyn.org.
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 Brooklyn groups:
Park Slope: First Wednesday of each month, 7:00 pm onward, Commonwealth, 497 5th Ave (at 12th Street). Hosted by Emily Farris and Peter Wohlsen, parkslope (at) drinkingliberally.org
Williamsburg: Every Tuesday, 8:00 pm onward the Levee, 212 Berry St. (corner of N. 3rd). Hosted by Elana Levin and Michael Freedman-Schnapp, williamsburg (at) drinkingliberally.org
To find your nearest Brooklyn Democratic club, please CLICK HERE.
QUEENS:
Democracy for America Meetings: CLICK HERE!
Queens Jefferson Democratic Club: Our meetings are normally held the first Thursday of every month, @ 8:00 p.m. (the doors open @ 7:30 P.M.) except for July, August, and months in which a holiday falls on the First Thursday. Meetings are held at the Auburndale American Legion Hall, 198-09 33rd Ave Flushing, New York 11358 (just off Francis Lewis Blvd. near 33rd Avenue).
Queens County Young Democrats: for information CLICK HERE.
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 Queens groups:
ASTORIA: Third Wednesday of each month, 7:30 pm onward. Cassidy's, 34-16 Broadway (at 35th Street). Hosted by Bob Chamerda, astoria (at) drinkingliberally.org
To find your nearest Queens Democratic club, please CLICK HERE.
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