Progressive Democrat Issue 67: BROOKLYN/QUEENS GROUPS AND EVENTS
ALL NYC:
Lobby for Quality Education
Tue, 03/14/2006 - 6:00am
Parents and others concerned about public school education may want to join PTAs, Education Advocacy Groups, the United Federation of Teachers and others lobbying our elected legislators in Albany, NY on Tuesday, March 14, 2006.
Free buses will leave from all five boroughs early in the morning for this all-day effort.
The United Parents Associations has voted to join the Chancellor's Parent Advisory Council, Class Size Matters classsizematters.org, the Alliance for Quality Education aqeny.org, Presidents Councils from Districts 1, 2, 3, 30 and HS Region 6. (Presidents' councils are the organization of PTA presidents in a NYC school district) and other groups, in the first ever independent (not sponsored by NYC) Lobby Day.
Reserve a seat on the bus by emailing your name, school, district; region; borough; & phone number to cpac.lobbyday-at-yahoo.com (replace -at- with @). Also please copy Class Size Matters at leonie-at-att.net (replace -at- with @). Flyers as well as position papers will be available soon, on issues ranging from high-stakes testing, charter schools, and governance reform, to CFE and accountability, and class size!
Those interested who cannot attend can participate by lobbying their Assembly members and State Senators in their district offices.
Men of Color: Sexual Health & HIV Conference: Thu, 03/30/2006 - 9:30am
Men of Color: Your Sexual Health & HIV Today
Men Sharing about Sexuality, HIV Prevention & their Overall Well-Being
THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 2006
9:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Black Veterans for Social Justice
665 Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn
[Between Throop and Marcus Garvey Avenues; Nearest subway trains: "G" & "J"]
Conference attendees will receive METROCARDS
Co-Sponsors: HIV Arts Network, Black Veterans for Social Justice
Keynote Speakers: Professor Darrell Wheeler (CUNY Hunter College/i), Eddie Rivera (NYC HIV/AIDS P.P.G./i)
Panelists & Discussants: Julius Powell, Von’Michael Hanton, Edward
Shaw, Jonathan Santos-Ramos, Yves-Michel Fontaine, Matt Ignacio,
Michael Batshaw, Mark Colter John, Doneley Meris & more...
Program includes: keynote speeches; panel discussion on the state of affairs for men of color and HIV prevention; small group discussions about stigma and discrimination, immigration, mental health, homelessness, substance use/abuse and harm reduction, male sexuality – identity, behaviors and practices, religion, spirituality and family systems, and male well-being
Co-Sponsoring Institutions (in formation):
• Project Hospitality
• Callen-Lorde Community Health Center
• Community Health Action of Staten Island, Inc.
• Hispanic AIDS Forum
• The Institute of Gay Men’s Health – Gay Men’s Health Crisis
• Brooklyn AIDS Task Force
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.
And see their worldwide calendar for Bike Workshops and other locations.
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:
NEW! NEW! NEW!New Democratic Majority in Brooklyn: March 23rd will be the inaugural meeting of the New Democratic Majority’s Brooklyn group. This will join NDM’s Brooklyn membership with Marjorie’s Ozzie’s meetup and may include other progressive organizations as well (remains to be confirmed). I will be a co-host of this meeting. Will meet the 4th Thursday of every month at the 5th Ave. Ozzie’s in Park Slope, 249 5th Ave (intersection of 5th and Garfield) at 7 PM.
Democracy for America Meetings: CLICK HERE!
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.
Lobby for Quality Education
Tue, 03/14/2006 - 6:00am
Parents and others concerned about public school education may want to join PTAs, Education Advocacy Groups, the United Federation of Teachers and others lobbying our elected legislators in Albany, NY on Tuesday, March 14, 2006.
Free buses will leave from all five boroughs early in the morning for this all-day effort.
The United Parents Associations has voted to join the Chancellor's Parent Advisory Council, Class Size Matters classsizematters.org, the Alliance for Quality Education aqeny.org, Presidents Councils from Districts 1, 2, 3, 30 and HS Region 6. (Presidents' councils are the organization of PTA presidents in a NYC school district) and other groups, in the first ever independent (not sponsored by NYC) Lobby Day.
Reserve a seat on the bus by emailing your name, school, district; region; borough; & phone number to cpac.lobbyday-at-yahoo.com (replace -at- with @). Also please copy Class Size Matters at leonie-at-att.net (replace -at- with @). Flyers as well as position papers will be available soon, on issues ranging from high-stakes testing, charter schools, and governance reform, to CFE and accountability, and class size!
Those interested who cannot attend can participate by lobbying their Assembly members and State Senators in their district offices.
Men of Color: Sexual Health & HIV Conference: Thu, 03/30/2006 - 9:30am
Men of Color: Your Sexual Health & HIV Today
Men Sharing about Sexuality, HIV Prevention & their Overall Well-Being
THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 2006
9:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Black Veterans for Social Justice
665 Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn
[Between Throop and Marcus Garvey Avenues; Nearest subway trains: "G" & "J"]
Conference attendees will receive METROCARDS
Co-Sponsors: HIV Arts Network, Black Veterans for Social Justice
Keynote Speakers: Professor Darrell Wheeler (CUNY Hunter College/i), Eddie Rivera (NYC HIV/AIDS P.P.G./i)
Panelists & Discussants: Julius Powell, Von’Michael Hanton, Edward
Shaw, Jonathan Santos-Ramos, Yves-Michel Fontaine, Matt Ignacio,
Michael Batshaw, Mark Colter John, Doneley Meris & more...
Program includes: keynote speeches; panel discussion on the state of affairs for men of color and HIV prevention; small group discussions about stigma and discrimination, immigration, mental health, homelessness, substance use/abuse and harm reduction, male sexuality – identity, behaviors and practices, religion, spirituality and family systems, and male well-being
Co-Sponsoring Institutions (in formation):
• Project Hospitality
• Callen-Lorde Community Health Center
• Community Health Action of Staten Island, Inc.
• Hispanic AIDS Forum
• The Institute of Gay Men’s Health – Gay Men’s Health Crisis
• Brooklyn AIDS Task Force
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.
And see their worldwide calendar for Bike Workshops and other locations.
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:
NEW! NEW! NEW!New Democratic Majority in Brooklyn: March 23rd will be the inaugural meeting of the New Democratic Majority’s Brooklyn group. This will join NDM’s Brooklyn membership with Marjorie’s Ozzie’s meetup and may include other progressive organizations as well (remains to be confirmed). I will be a co-host of this meeting. Will meet the 4th Thursday of every month at the 5th Ave. Ozzie’s in Park Slope, 249 5th Ave (intersection of 5th and Garfield) at 7 PM.
Democracy for America Meetings: CLICK HERE!
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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