Start:
Sun, 03/12/2006 - 1:00pm

Progressive Democrat Town Hall Meeting:
Katrina, the War in Iraq, and the 2006 Elections

Sunday, March 12, 2006
1:00 - 3:30 PM
The Workmen's Circle
45 E. 33rd St. in Manhattan

Speakers will include:
Tim Carpenter, Executive Director
Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr., Hip-Hop activist and PDA National Board Member
Chris Owens, ImpeachPAC
Jonathan Tasini, Democratic Candidate for US Senate
Marilyn Clement of Health Care NOW

For more information or to become involved with PDA NY please contact Charles Lenchner at clenchner01-at-yahoo.com (replace -at- with @).

Start:
Mon, 03/13/2006 - 7:30pm

Monday, March 13, 7:30 p.m.
City Center, 130 West 56th Street, 6th-7th Aves.
Studio 3

SAVE OUR STATE
Gerrymandering and dysfunctional government define New York State. When Republicans in the State Senate and Democrats in the State Assembly draw their own district lines to insure their own reelection, that's gerrymandering. And gerrymandering is a root cause of our dysfunctional state government. We have to do more than change the players; we have to change the system. Come to New Democratic Majority's March 13 meeting on nonpartisan redistricting and learn how from Drew Warshaw, Attorney General Eliot Spitzer’s point man on this issue.

Start:
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

Start:
Wed, 03/15/2006 - 7:00pm

Join DL21C & Cosmopolity for a special event:

A Vision for Democratic Politics:
An Evening with Senator Eric Schneiderman

Wednesday, March 15th - 7pm.
The Tank @ C:U - 279 Church Street
(Between Franklin & White, just below Canal)

A,C,E,N,Q,R,W,6 to Canal; 1 to Franklin

nyc.cosmopolity.org/calendar/bin/event?id=2552
or www.thetanknyc.org/

Suggested donation: $7

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.
Date:Wednesday, March 15, 2006

Time:7:00 p.m.

Place:Union Theological Seminary James Chapel

Address: 3041 Broadway
New York, NY

Keynote Speaker: Rt. Rev. Gene Robinson
Diocese of New Hampshire Episcopal Church

Panelists:

» Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum
Congregation Beth Simchat Torah

» Rev. Dr. Traci West
Associate Professor of Ethics and African American Studies
Drew University Theological School

Moderator: Harry Knox
Director, Religion and Faith Program
Human Rights Campaign

For a full list of sponsoring groups, synagogues and churches, go HERE

Please join
Letitia James
City Council Representative
Bill Batson
Co-Chair Community Board 8 Fire Safety Committee
in a Benefit Performance for the
Arson Victims of the
1033 Pacific Street Fire

Featuring the music of Kakandé
Playing the powerful & beautiful melodies of West Africa
Famoro Dioubaté, traditional xylophonist from Guinea, music director
with Raul Rothblatt on cello

Wednesday March 15, 8pm
Dakar Restaurant
285 Grand Ave (between Lafayette & Clifton)
718-398-8900

Suggested donation: $15
Please donate what you can

Make checks payable to:
The Fofana Family Fund
Reference #800764350
Carver Federal Savings Bank
4 Hanson Place
Brooklyn, NY 11217

For more information, please call Council Member Letitia James
718-260-9191

Start:
Thu, 03/16/2006 - 8:30pm

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.

Start:
Sat, 03/18/2006 - 12:00pm

As of March 13, 2006
There are 2,309 American and approx 35,000 Iraqi
Reason’s why we should leave!
Please Join Us!
Rain or Shine Peace Rally
Protest the Third Anniversary of the Iraq Invasion
12:00 PM Saturday March 18
Wolcott Ave (9D)& Main Street (opposite the Municipal Center) Beacon
LIVE MUSIC THROUGHOUT
BRING SIGNS
Mid Hudson Progressive Alliance
Call (845) 831-4261

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!

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
2:00 PM
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church
85 South Oxford (at Lafayette Ave)
Fort Greene, Brooklyn

Directions:Subways:
2/3/4/5/B/D/Q/N/R/M to Atlantic
A/C to Lafayette/Fulton; G to Fulton St.
See a map

• Testimonies of NYC Veterans
• Opening remarks by Congressman Major Owens
• Remarks by Job Mashariki, Founder, Pres/CEO,Black Veterans for Social Justice

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.

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

Start:
Mon, 03/20/2006 - 2:00pm

Mass Rally to Stop the Closing of Bronx Post Offices

The Bronx Coalition to Save Our Post Offices, a recently formed
organization of community groups, unions, and elected officials, has called for a Mass Rally To Save Our Post Offices to be held Monday, March 20th at 2 P.M. in front of the Bronx General Post Office, East 149th Street and the Grand Concourse.

The Bronx Coalition to Save Our Post Offices is demanding that Bronx
mail must continue to be processed in The Bronx. The Postal Service's plan
to process Bronx mail in Manhattan will result in three major facilities being shut down, causing delays in residential and business delivery. The

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:
Tue, 03/21/2006 - 1:00am

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.

Please join Good Jobs New York, the New York Foundation and The New York Community Trust for a breakfast forum:
Community Needs and Public Financing Issues are at the Heart of a Proposed New Yankee Stadium. How Will the Bronx Benefit?

Wednesday, March 22, 2006
9:00 ­ 10:30 AM (starting promptly)
New York Foundation
350 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan
Room 2901

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
Majora Carter - Sustainable South Bronx
Bettina Damiani - Good Jobs New York
Joyce Hogi - Save our Parks
Kate Slevin - Tri-State Transportation Campaign

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:
Wed, 03/22/2006 - 1:30pm

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:
Wed, 03/22/2006 - 7:00pm

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Start:
Wed, 03/22/2006 - 8:30pm

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
honoring the original Earthday (on the equinox) and World Water Day

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.

Parents to Begin Telephone Campaign to Seek CFE Money.
Tell NYC's Four Republican State Senators to Fund Our Schools.

Please join AQE, Cynthia Nixon, Public Advocate Betsy
Gotbaum, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer,
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, City
Council Education Committee Chair Robert Jackson and
others to kick off 1-866-KIDS-NYC, a new hotline AQE
is setting up.

The hotline will be available for anyone to call and
will direct calls to the four NYC members of the State
Senate Majority. We will also be launching a new web
campaign on www.ourkidscantwait.org to generate faxes
to these four senators. We hope that calls and faxes
generated over the next week will push the Senate to
build a CFE solution into this year's state budget to
be voted on by April 1st.

Please join us to launch this exciting new campaign!
Thursday, March 23, 11:45 - 12:45 PM (*please note
slight time adjustment)
Steps of City Hall
Take the R/W to City Hall, 4/5/6 to Brooklyn Bridge -
City Hall, 2/3 to Park Place, or A/C/E to Chambers
Street

COMMUNITY FORUM ON "ATLANTIC YARDS"
THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 6:30 P.M.

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
- South Brooklyn Legal Services ­ Ratner's proposal's Impact on Low-Income People
- Special Guest Speaker Francis Morrone: “About New York

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

Start:
Mon, 03/27/2006 - 6:00pm

In Honor of Women's History Month
Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer
Invites you to
A Celebration of the Life & Legacy of
Bella S. Abzug

featuring:
• LESLEY GORE • LIZ ABZUG • EVE ABZUG • JENNIFER RAAB, President of Hunter College
and
"The Life of Bella Abzug" a documentary by LEE GRANT

Monday, March 27, 2006
6 PM to 8 PM
Harold Lewis Auditorium
Hunter College School of Social Work
129 East 79th Street

Reception to follow

RSVP at (212) 669-4374 or rsvp-at-manhattanbp.org (replace -at- with @).

Start:
Mon, 03/27/2006 - 8:00pm

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.

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:
Tue, 03/28/2006 - 1:00am

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.

Start:
Tue, 03/28/2006 - 7:00pm

The Green Renter at Solar One presents:

Congestion Pricing: Policy Outlines and NYC Prospects.

With Alexis Perrotta, Regional Planning Association

When: Tuesday, March 28, 7pm

Where: Solar One, Stuyvesant Cove Park Manhattan, E. 23rd St. and the East River

This event is FREE.

RSVP is required: Chris Neidl at 212-505-6050 or neidl -at- solar1.org (replace -at with @)

In February 2003, the City of London began charging a fee to all private vehicles entering the area's central business district. Termed "congestion pricing," the policy has resulted in a number of outcomes that have produced a net benefit for the city's quality of life. Reduced traffic, more effective mass transit, improved local air quality and safety, and not least, considerable revenues for the city have led to the policy's wide acceptance, and even support for its expansion.

Start:
Wed, 03/29/2006 - 7:00pm

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Start:
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)