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02 / 25
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02 / 26
Start: 15:00
Start: Come join us at Cinema Classics (332 E. 11th St, btwn 1st & 2nd ave.) on Sunday, February 26 at 8pm for a screening of Harriette Draper's Documentary Take it Back. There's an optional donation to DFA of 10 bucks at the door if you can swing it. In January 2004 the eyes of the country were focused on Iowa as many of the nine Democratic presidential candidates gathered for the famous Iowa Caucuses. To everyone’s surprise the front runner was Howard Dean, a name that nine months earlier was virtually unknown. Suddenly, this doctor and six term governor from the rural state of Vermont was poised to lead the challenge against George W. Bush. Many forces, threatened by his populist support, joined together to defeat him. | ||
02 / 27
Start: 05:00
Start: Support our speakers for PBOS (Paper Ballots, Optical Scanners) Monday, Feb 27, 2006
City Hall Committee on Governmental Operations Teresa Hommel is coordinating for PBOS, and will be on the right hand side (as you come in the door) in the front. Let's fill the balcony one more time! Please attend! N or R train to City Hall Members of the Gov Ops Committee: Start: 05:30
This one comes from Democrats.com Monday Feb. 27, 2006, 6:30 to 8:30 PM Progressive Democrats of America At our first PDA organizing meeting last month in Manhattan, we decided to form a New York Metro Group to focus on important New York issues such as the upcoming Senate primary, election machine reform, and garnering support for various congressional bills to bring the Iraq war to a swift close and to impeach George Bush and Dick Cheney. Come Meet Progressive candidates: Learn How We Can Challenge Hillary Clinton's Support for the War! SEIU Local 1199, 310 West 43 St., Auditorium, A Floor | ||
02 / 28
Start: 16:00
Start: On Tuesday, February 28, 2006, New York State will hold a special election to fill vacant seats in the state legislature. In New York City, these vacant seats include: - the 59th Assembly District in Southeast Brooklyn, Bergen Beach area (previously held by Frank Seddio) Click more to the full press release below for details and other vacant seats around the state. Start: 16:00
Start: On Tuesday, February 28, 2006, New York State will hold a special election to fill vacant seats in the state legislature. In New York City, these vacant seats include: - the 59th Assembly District in Southeast Brooklyn, Bergen Beach area (previously held by Frank Seddio) Click more to the full press release below for details and other vacant seats around the state. | ||
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03 / 2
Start: 05:00
Of course, there are two glaring omissions on this line-up given LatinoPundit and I live here in the city. Never ceases to amaze me... ----------------------------- Thurs, March 2, 2006 | 6:00-8:00pm The Republic of Blogs: New Media and Democracy Join Demos, Center for Social Media, Center for Media, Culture and History, People for the American Way and Air America for an event on blogging, media and democracy. Panelists: Lakshmi Chaudhry Senior Editor, In These Times Co-Author, Start Making Sense: Turning the Lessons of Election 2004 into Winning Progressive Politics Rebecca MacKinnon Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard Law School Co-Founder, Global Voices Online Drazen Pantic Founder, OpenNet Co-Director, Location One Christopher Rabb Founder and Chief Evangelist, Afro-Netizen Moderator: Rich Benjamin Senior Fellow, Demos Andrew Heiskell Center for Democracy Register online | ||
03 / 3
Start: 05:00
Start: Come to the City Council Chambers this Friday to support the renewal of rent stabilization and rent control and to rescind the Urstadt law which had taken away NYC's home rule with regard to housing issues. Important Public Hearing at City Council Friday, March 3, 2006 This is a joint hearing of the Housing and Resolution 79, renewing the city rent control Intro 118, renewing the city rent stabilization Efforts to rescind the Urstadt law | ||
03 / 4
Start: 00:30
Start: -Our Next Meeting is this Saturday - Start: 08:15
You are all invited to attend the BRIDGES Symposium on evolutionary We have a nice line-up of student speakers (from AMNH, Columbia, NYBG, "Niche Shifts, Speciation, and Macroevolution". if you are interested in Evolution (and remember: "Nothing in Biology | ||
03 / 5
Start: 07:30
Start: From the Stonewall Democrats' February emailer: Stonewall will be marching in the 2006 St. Pats for all Parade, on Sunday, March 5th in Woodside at 12:30 pm. The parade begins at 43rd and Skillman Avenue and ends at 61st Street & Woodside Avenue. The Post Parade fair will be from 2-5 pm, at SAINTS AND SINNNERS, 60th Street & Woodside Avenue. The parade will be honoring The McCourts Brothers- (Malachy, Frank, Michael & Alfie) and Ellen Duncan and will include New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn along with numerous other political and community leaders. Email Dirk at | ||
03 / 6
Start: 14:00
Start: Bronx Linkup Where:2977 Bainbridge Ave, Apt. 405 Please RSVP to host Teresa Weber at teresaresa -at- gmail.com (replace -at- with @). If you are able to provide a ride to the Bronx Linkup or if you need a ride, please indicate this when you RSVP. | ||
03 / 7
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03 / 8
Start: 15:00
Start: Three Parks Democratic Club will be hosting an Attorney General Forum at their next meeting, on Wednesday, March 8th. All the Democratic Attorney General candidates——Richard Brodsky, Andrew Cuomo, Mark Green, Charlie King, Sean Patrick Maloney, and Denise O'Donnell——have confirmed for the meeting! This will be an excellent opportunity to meet and assess each candidate on the issues that concern all New Yorkers, particularly the Rockefeller drug laws and Medicaid fraud. Each candidate will be allotted up to fifteen minutes to make their presentation and also answer questions. The meeting will start promptly at 8:00 pm, so please come on time! Light refreshments will be served. Please invite your family, friends, and neighbors to attend this community wide event!
DATE: Wednesday, March 8, 2006 | ||
03 / 9
Start: 14:00
Start: Byron Brown is the first person of color to represent a district outside of New York City, and to represent a majority white district in the New York State Senate. Start: 14:00
Start: Issues Forum Do surveillance cameras on the street really combat crime? What happens to the pictures they take of us? Why are plain clothes police mingling with the crowds at political gatherings? Are these kinds of surveillance legal? Where should we draw the line? Speakers: Following the Forum: Start: 18:00
When was the last time you heard a presidential candidate talk about cities? EXACTLY! Please Join the Drum Major Institute in a conversation about the challenges of today's Urban America, and how we can put a re-envisioned urban agenda on the national landscape. Featuring Byron Brown, Mayor, Buffalo, New York Prior to his election, Mayor Brown served five years in the New York State Senate where he was the first African-American elected outside of New York City. Mayor Brown also made history by becoming the first minority member of the New York State Senate to represent a majority white district. A native of Queens, New York, Mayor Brown came to Buffalo as a college freshman, earning a dual Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Journalism from Buffalo State College. Mayor Brown has been recognized by Ebony Magazine as one of the "30 Leaders of the Future." Thursday March 9, 2006 7:00 - 8:30 pm Admission is free. Please RSVP by February 24 to: dmi@drummajorinstitute.org or 212.909.9663 | ||
03 / 10
Start: 15:00
Start: LAUGHING LIBERALLY ANNIVERSARY SHOW Featuring Jim David, Lee Camp, Benari Poulten & Harry Terjanian When: Friday, March 10th - 8pm Where: The Tank @ C:U - 279 Church St btw Franklin & White, below Canal Admission: $10 After a triumphant night at Town Hall, Laughing Liberally returns to its original venue Experienced and emerging comics deliver an evening of laughter from the left to lift you out of the blue-state blues and make red-staters red in the face. | ||
03 / 11
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03 / 12
Start: 08:00
Start: Congressman Jerrold Nadler Invites you to a Reception in Support of Sunday, March 12, 2006 RSVP to Eileen Reyes at (212) 529-2006 Complimentary Admission Start: 08:00
Start: Progressive Democrat Town Hall Meeting:
Sunday, March 12, 2006 Speakers will include: For more information or to become involved with PDA NY please contact Charles Lenchner at clenchner01-at-yahoo.com (replace -at- with @). | ||
03 / 13
Start: 14:30
Start: Monday, March 13, 7:30 p.m. SAVE OUR STATE | ||
03 / 14
Start: 01:00
Start: Parents and others concerned about public school Free buses will leave from all five boroughs early in The United Parents Associations has voted to join the | ||
03 / 15
Start: 14:00
Start: Join DL21C & Cosmopolity for a special event: A Vision for Democratic Politics: Wednesday, March 15th - 7pm. A,C,E,N,Q,R,W,6 to Canal; 1 to Franklin nyc.cosmopolity.org/calendar/bin/event?id=2552 Suggested donation: $7 Start: 18:00
The Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights organization, the Empire State Pride Agenda and fifty-two local cosponsors invite you to our roundtable discussion focused on promoting understanding, empowering fair-minded people of faith into action, and combating misleading information from the religious right about GLBT people. Time:7:00 p.m. Place:Union Theological Seminary James Chapel Address: 3041 Broadway Keynote Speaker: Rt. Rev. Gene Robinson Panelists: » Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum » Rev. Dr. Traci West Moderator: Harry Knox For a full list of sponsoring groups, synagogues and churches, go HERE Start: 19:00
Please join Featuring the music of Kakandé Wednesday March 15, 8pm Suggested donation: $15 Make checks payable to: For more information, please call Council Member Letitia James | ||
03 / 16
Start: 15:30
Start: You are among the first to be invited to the launch of Screening Liberally--a monthly series of socially conscious films. Join Screening Liberally, Time Out New York Free Flix, and Fox Searchlight on March 16th for a FREE advanced screening of Jason Reitman's "Thank You for Smoking." Starring Aaron Eckhart, Maria Bello, Cameron Bright, Adam Brody, Sam Elliott, Katie Holmes, David Koechner, Rob Lowe, William H. Macy, JK Simmons and Robert Duvall. "Thank You for Smoking" March 16th 8:30 pm at a Manhattan theatre. After party at Katwalk lounge with drink tickets and gift bags for audience member. | ||
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03 / 18
Start: 03:00
Start: As of March 13, 2006 Start: 11:00
SATURDAY MARCH 18th : TROOPS OUT NOW Rally & March**3/18 SAT - Actions: mark 3rd anniversary of the invasion of Iraq w/protests at military recruiting stations all across the country. In NYC region, 1 pm: rally at Times Sq recruiting office (41st & B'way), followed by a march to the U.N. Sponsors: Troops Out Now Coalition, many others. Info: 212-633-6646 We'll be gathering at Freddy's (Bklyn - 6th and Dean) at noon and leave for Times Square shortly thereafter. In Times Square, White Blackula & the Missile Dick Chicks will extort blood for oil from the freaks on the street. The Missile Dick Chicks will show us the way to the next oil field by performing at the recruiting station on 41st & B'way at 1:00 pm. I called Troops Out Now and they informed me that everything is permitted, so you can bring on the doohickery and we'll be filming for posterity! | ||
03 / 19
Start: 01:00
Many vets are returning home to face unemployment, homelessness, mental and physical health problems, and a lack of adequate services. Come learn about their experiences. Sunday, March 19, 2006 Directions:Subways: • Testimonies of NYC Veterans Sponsored by Black Veterans for Social Justice, Brooklyn Parents for Peace, and Congressman Major Owens's Office For information, e-mail iraq@brooklynpeace.org or call 718-624-5921. Start: 17:00
SUNDAY MARCH 19th: It's BROOKLYN vs. BUSH at the Jam for Bread Café Brooklyn vs. Bush at the Jam for Bread Café, 333 Henry Street (corner of Pacific), Brooklyn, NY (#2, #3, #4, #5 to Borough Hall or #F to Bergen). Steve & Peter will be filming live music & more beginning at 6:00 pm - come hear HolleyGoAnarchy sing and watch Sander Hicks record a PSA, listen to the Larch and get your groove on in an American Bandstand kinda way | ||
03 / 20
Start: 09:00
Start: Mass Rally to Stop the Closing of Bronx Post Offices The Bronx Coalition to Save Our Post Offices, a recently formed The Bronx Coalition to Save Our Post Offices is demanding that Bronx Start: 18:00
Congressman Major Owens invites you to a Town Meeting Monday, March 20th at 7 PM at St. Francis College (180 Remsen St., Brooklyn) in the Callahan Room to discuss the American Court System. Panelists: Esmerelda Simmons, Esq., Director of the Center for Law and Social Justice at Medgar Evers College Deborah Goldberg, Director of the Democracy Program at NYU's Brennan Center for Justice Light Refreshments will be Served Start: 20:00
Start: When: 12-2 (come when you can and stay as long as you like) Where: US Mission to the United Nations, 140 E. 45th St. (btwn. 3rd & Lexington) The recent statements by the Bush Administration in support of a UN peacekeeping force, and possibly sending in NATO as an interim measure, have only come about because of the pressure of citizens all across this country. Unfortunately, the security situation in Darfur continues to deteriorate and a war with neighboring Chad is looming. In the UN, there are new obstacles to sending in a UN peacekeeping force. It is therefore imperative that we continue to pressure our government to use every legitimate tool at its disposal to bring about the deployment of a UN peacekeeping force. | ||
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03 / 22
Start: 08:00
Please join Good Jobs New York, the New York Foundation and The New York Community Trust for a breakfast forum: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 In recent months, more information about the proposed new Yankee Stadium has surfaced, such as the $480 million in contributions from taxpayers, the plan to replace twenty-two acres of parkland that would be displaced by the stadium, and estimates of the benefits and jobs that would be generated from the $1.2 billion project. As the project moves through the public approval process, the goal of this forum is to better understand the impact of the project on the surrounding community and the city economy as a whole. Panel moderated by Errol Louis of the Daily News Seats are limited please RSVP to gjny@goodjobsfirst.org or phone 212.721.7996 The New York Foundation is located in the Empire State Building and is accessible by the following train lines: 1, 2, or 3 to Penn Station B, D, F, N, Q, R, V, W to West 34th Street and Sixth Avenue 6 on the Lexington Avenue line to East 33rd Street and Park Avenue Start: 08:30
Start: Come to City Hall to support tenant rights on Wednesday, March 22 when the city council will vote on three important pieces of legislation. 1. State Legislation Resolution 1, introduced by Council Speaker Christine Quinn, calling on Albany to repeal the Urstadt Law and restore home rule powers over rents and evictions to the City Council and Mayor. 2. Resolution 79,introduced by Council Member Rosie Mendez, which extends the city rent control law as is for three more years, until March 31, 2009. 3. Intro 118, introduced by Council Member Rosie Mendez, which extends the city rent stabilization law as is for three more years, until April 1, 2009. These votes will take place at next Wednesday's regular "stated" meeting of the City Council. Stated meetings usually begin around 1:30 pm, but you are urged to come somewhat earlier in order to get through security at City Hall. The NYS Tenants & Neighbors Coalition needs lots of tenants to show up at this meeting to applaud the Council when they vote on these measures. It is important that Council Members understand that tenants care enough about these issues to show up. Tenants and supporters will be seated in the gallery above the City Council Chamber, on the second floor of City Hall in lower Manhattan. Start: 14:00
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Start: Where:Sin-E, 50 Attorney St. (btwn. Houston & Stanton) Join Democracy for NYC, We, the World, Earth Society Foundation, Air America Radio, Drinking Liberally, Music for America, Cosomopolity, and World Unity Day for: Our Voices, Our World Concert featuring performances by Gladshot and Lo Faber plus speakers, materials and ways to get involved in global/environmental issues that affect us all. Tickets are $8 (for ages 21 and over only) and are available at www.ticketweb.com or by calling 1-866-468-7619 Our Voices, Our World is an ongoing event series that combines music, other arts presentations, video, dynamic speakers, and ways to take action and get involved with ongoing campaigns of the co-sponsoring peace and sustainability organizations. | ||
03 / 23
Start: 10:45
Parents to Begin Telephone Campaign to Seek CFE Money. Please join AQE, Cynthia Nixon, Public Advocate Betsy The hotline will be available for anyone to call and Please join us to launch this exciting new campaign! Start: 17:30
COMMUNITY FORUM ON "ATLANTIC YARDS" On Thursday, March 23, at 6:30 p.m., Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn invites you to a community forum on the Forest City Ratner's Atlantic Yards Nets Arena proposal. The evening's agenda will feature: - Latest Updates | ||
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03 / 26
Start: 06:00
Celebrate Wal-Martlessness with us Sunday 3pm From Wal-Mart No Way to the neighborhood believers, from living wage shouters to Rego Park Queens labor heroes – the anti-Wal-Mart community will be honored by Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Gospel Choir on Sunday March 26th at 3 PM, St. Mark's in the Bowery, 10th and 2nd Avenue. Those of you who have done the right thing – PREPARE FOR YOUR SAINTHOOD! The preacher and the singers have for ten years defended healthy neighborhoods, especially indy shops and community gardens. The monoculture of chain stores and big boxes – that's the Devil! DELIVER US FROM EVIL! Recently during the cross-country Shopocalypse tour, the Reverend and the church exorcised the Wal-Mart Home Office in Bentonville, Arkansas. Surrounded by corporate police in their SUV's, the church sang and prayed for today's freedom – freedom from the brutality of profits at all costs. CHANGE-A-LUJAH! DO WE HAVE A WITNESS! All info and res: http://REVBILLY.COM/EVENTS | ||
03 / 27
Start: 13:00
Start: In Honor of Women's History Month
featuring: Monday, March 27, 2006 Reception to follow RSVP at (212) 669-4374 or rsvp-at-manhattanbp.org (replace -at- with @). Start: 15:00
Start: Queens County Young Democrats March Monthly Meeting When: Monday March 27th, 2006 at 8pm Where:LIC Bar, 45-58 Vernon Blvd Council Member Addabbo will be the guest speaker. Start: 18:00
Back in June of 2005, I wrote about how the brother of one of the 9/11 victims was running for the State Senate in Oklahoma. That person is Andrew Rice and he is here in NYC tonight attending a fundraiser sponsored by the likes of Paul Rudd, Jeaneane Garofalo and Edward Norton. I am coming in late (closer to 9pm) but I will definitely be there. All the details are after the jump. Start: 20:00
Start: When: 12-2 (come when you can and stay as long as you like) Where: US Mission to the United Nations, 140 E. 45th St. (btwn. 3rd & Lexington) The recent statements by the Bush Administration in support of a UN peacekeeping force, and possibly sending in NATO as an interim measure, have only come about because of the pressure of citizens all across this country. Unfortunately, the security situation in Darfur continues to deteriorate and a war with neighboring Chad is looming. In the UN, there are new obstacles to sending in a UN peacekeeping force. It is therefore imperative that we continue to pressure our government to use every legitimate tool at its disposal to bring about the deployment of a UN peacekeeping force. | ||
