Progressive Democrat Issue 87: BROOKLYN/QUEENS GROUPS AND EVENTS
ALL NYC:
Monday, September 18, 8am. Drum Major Institute: Increasing Accountability for Economic Development Subsidies with Senator John Hottinger. The Harvard Club 27 West 44th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues). Sponsored by The Atlantic Development Group
Senator Hottinger sponsored Minnesota's groundbreaking law instituting new standards of transparency and accountability for state and local economic development subsidies.
A panel discussion on the implications of Senator Hottinger's work to New York will follow. Moderated by Andrea Batista Schlesinger, Executive Director of the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy Space is limited. Admission is free. Please RSVP to dmi@drummajorinstitute.org or to 212-909-9663. Light breakfast will be served.
BROOKLYN EVENTS:
Brooklyn Critical Mass:
Critical Mass is a monthly celebration of bicycles and other nonpolluting means of transportation, exercising our right to the road. Critical Mass is a movement, not an organization; no two riders participate for exactly the same reason. Brooklyn Critical Mass started rolling in 2004.
Brooklyn rides are the Second Friday of every month, 7:00 p.m., meeting at Grand Army Plaza. Come out and join Critical Mass in Brooklyn. Celebrate cycling, and assert your right to the road -- Brooklyn style!
For more events and bike workshops, check out their calendar.
Develop, Don't Destroy Brooklyn's Second Annual Walkathon:
Saturday, October 21, 2006 starting at the Prospect Park Bandshell
Join DDDB and other Brooklyn activists (including my wife and myself) in a walkathon to protect Brooklyn from Ratner's corrupt and excessive development plan. DDDB opposes Ratner's massive development project and favors more community-based development for Brooklyn.
Please join or help sponsor Joy and my team, the "Progressive Cabal." Last year's walkathon was great fun with music and great speakers.
Central Brooklyn Independent Democrats (CBID) (mostly covers Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, and Kensington). http://www.cbidems.org/ My wife, Joy, is now on the executive board of this club. This club is very grassroots and worked very hard for progressive candidates in the recent primary. They need more people if we want to strengthen the grassroots. If you are not yet a member, please come to the next meeting and join. Membership is cheap! Next meeting is 7 PM on Thursday, September 21st, at the Park Slope United Methodist Church, 6th Ave. & 8th Street in the basement (enter through the garden gate on 6th Ave).
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. You can contact me (mole333@gmail.com) for more info. The next couple of meetings will focus on the November elections around the nation and how those of us in NYC can help out.
Democracy for America Meetings: CLICK HERE!
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.
Monday, September 18, 8am. Drum Major Institute: Increasing Accountability for Economic Development Subsidies with Senator John Hottinger. The Harvard Club 27 West 44th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues). Sponsored by The Atlantic Development Group
Senator Hottinger sponsored Minnesota's groundbreaking law instituting new standards of transparency and accountability for state and local economic development subsidies.
A panel discussion on the implications of Senator Hottinger's work to New York will follow. Moderated by Andrea Batista Schlesinger, Executive Director of the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy Space is limited. Admission is free. Please RSVP to dmi@drummajorinstitute.org or to 212-909-9663. Light breakfast will be served.
BROOKLYN EVENTS:
Brooklyn Critical Mass:
Critical Mass is a monthly celebration of bicycles and other nonpolluting means of transportation, exercising our right to the road. Critical Mass is a movement, not an organization; no two riders participate for exactly the same reason. Brooklyn Critical Mass started rolling in 2004.
Brooklyn rides are the Second Friday of every month, 7:00 p.m., meeting at Grand Army Plaza. Come out and join Critical Mass in Brooklyn. Celebrate cycling, and assert your right to the road -- Brooklyn style!
For more events and bike workshops, check out their calendar.
Develop, Don't Destroy Brooklyn's Second Annual Walkathon:
Saturday, October 21, 2006 starting at the Prospect Park Bandshell
Join DDDB and other Brooklyn activists (including my wife and myself) in a walkathon to protect Brooklyn from Ratner's corrupt and excessive development plan. DDDB opposes Ratner's massive development project and favors more community-based development for Brooklyn.
Please join or help sponsor Joy and my team, the "Progressive Cabal." Last year's walkathon was great fun with music and great speakers.
Central Brooklyn Independent Democrats (CBID) (mostly covers Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, and Kensington). http://www.cbidems.org/ My wife, Joy, is now on the executive board of this club. This club is very grassroots and worked very hard for progressive candidates in the recent primary. They need more people if we want to strengthen the grassroots. If you are not yet a member, please come to the next meeting and join. Membership is cheap! Next meeting is 7 PM on Thursday, September 21st, at the Park Slope United Methodist Church, 6th Ave. & 8th Street in the basement (enter through the garden gate on 6th Ave).
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. You can contact me (mole333@gmail.com) for more info. The next couple of meetings will focus on the November elections around the nation and how those of us in NYC can help out.
Democracy for America Meetings: CLICK HERE!
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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