Progressive Democrat Issue 82: BROOKLYN/QUEENS GROUPS AND EVENTS

ALL NYC:

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:

Giant Rally for Brooklyn!
Sunday, July 16th, 2 PM at Grand Army Plaza (Union and Prospect Park West).

Entertainment, fun and rabble rousing for your community.

Come join Reverend Billy, the Stop Shopping Gospel Choir, Lava and Circus Amok and many more in a Rally to support a community-based vision for Brooklyn and against overdevelopment.

Invited speakers include Councilwoman Letitia James, Assembly members Joan Millman and James Brennan, State Senator Velmanette Montgomery and candidates from Congressional, Assembly, State Senate and Attorney General races.

Event co-sponsored by Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn, Art Without Walls, Atlantic Avenue Betterment Assn, Bears Garden, Brooklyn Vision, Dean St. Block Assn, East Pacific Block Assn, Fifth Ave. Committee, Fort Greene Assn, Harlem Tenants Coincil, Park Slope Neighbors, Sierra Club--NYC Group and many others. A REAL coalition of community groups uniting to preserve the soul of NYC.


Prospect Heights Democratic Candidates Forum
11th Congressional & 57th Assembly Districts

Thursday July 20
7:00-9:00 pm
Doors open at 6:45 pm

Duryea Presbyterian Church
Sterling Place & Underhill Avenue, Brooklyn

Hosted by Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council

Candidates for Congress:
Carl Andrews
Yvette Clarke
Chris Owens
David Yassky

Candidates for Assembly:
Bill Batson
Freddie Hamilton
Hakeem Jeffries

The member organizations of the Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council (PHNDC) include:
The Carlton Avenue Association, The Prospect Heights Association, The Park Place/Underhill Avenue Block Association, The Prospect Place Block Association, The Prospect Heights Parents Association, The Eastern Parkway Cultural Row Neighborhood Association, The Dean Street Block Association, The Vanderbilt Avenue Merchants District.


New Democratic Majority in Brooklyn:
I will be a co-host of this meeting. We 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!

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!

To help Dmeocracy for NYC petition to get candidates on the ballot, please go here: http://www.dfnyc.org/cms/node/86993


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.