The Earth Day: Take Action to Stop Hydrofracking

This Friday April 22nd is Earth Day, a national day of action and education on issues affecting the environment. The first Earth Day, held in 1970, was inspired by activism surrounding the Vietnam war and the idea of holding teach-ins to raise public awareness of and influence progressive policies.

Whether you are passionate about the environment, health care, or the budget debate, there are a series of educational events coming up this week that will allow you to engage in a variety of advocacy issues–all while celebrating the spirit of Earth Day!

Stop Hydraulic Fracturing

Wednesday, April 20th, 12:30pm – 2:30pm
Stop Fracking Now! Students Rally with United for Action
Washington Square Park, Manhattan

Thursday, April 21th, 6:00pm
Screening of Academy Award-nominated documentary “Gasland.”
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Annenberg Building 13-01 (main lecture hall on the 13th floor), 1468 Madison Avenue (at E. 101st Street)

Friday, April 22th, 6:30pm
Screening of Academy Award-nominated documentary “Gasland.”
Columbia University, Wood Auditorium, Avery Hall (closer to Amsterdam Avenue and W. 118th Street)

United for Action and several student groups to fight against dangerous “hydrofracking” and promote sustainable and renewable energy solutions. For more details on any of these events, visit the United for Action website, or contact Ling Tsou at ling_tsou@yahoo.com.

Other Events This Week

The Affordable Care Act and You
Tuesday, April 19, 7:00PM, Spiro Hall-Room 2, Wagner College, Staten Island, NY
Featuring Tim Foley, Health Policy Co-ordinator, Greater NYC for Change. At this educational forum, Tim Foley will outline the new Health Care law’s benefits. For more information contact statenisland4change@hotmail.com.

Facebook as an Organizing Tool Training
Wednesday, April 20th, 6:30pm – 8:30pm Sign up and further information

Want to know how to use Facebook more effectively to attract volunteers to an event, set the record straight or bring attention to an important article or video? Join Organizing for America for a special training.

The Battle of the Budget
Thursday, April 21st, 6:30pm – 8:30pm Sign up and further information

How does the Republican version of the federal budget compare and contrast to President Obama’s proposal? How do these numbers and priorities impact the living standards of ordinary Americans like ourselves? Do we have a strategy for how we organize to have an impact on the outcome of this battle? Join the discussion and work with other progressives to answer to these questions and more.

Screening of “Gerrymandering: The Movie”
Saturday, April 23rd, 2:30pm, The Tank, 354 West 45th Street (at 9th Ave.), Manhattan

Join Act Now and other progressive groups for a highly-entertaining and informative documentary that explains the politics behind the redistricting process. Enjoy Q&A with the filmmaker after the film followed by drinks at a nearby bar! Learn more about redistricting and gerrymandering

This Week: The Open Seat Project

Greetings!

Do you live in Manhattan?
Do you have a commitment to progressive change?
Do you want to maximize your impact on Democratic party politics?

…then join the Open Seat Project!

Why should we all care about this?
* The County Committee is the local arm of the Democratic Party.
* The County Committee chooses the County Executive Comittee members, who in turn choose approximately 30% of Democratic Party candidates.
* There are almost 900 vacant Democratic County Committee seats in Manhattan alone!

By filling as many of these vacancies as we can with progressives, we can make a direct impact on the quality of Democratic candidates! Tired of Blue Dog Democrats getting nominated for offices? Then join the Open Seat Project and help swing party control to where it belongs – on the side of the people!
The Open Seat Project is working to recruit, train and elect young, progressive New Yorkers to these vacant seats. If you are a registered Democrat living in Manhattan, sign up online at OpenSeatProject.Org, or if you would like more information, please email Dan at OpenSeat@goMYD.com

Thursday, April 14th 6:30 – 9:00pm
Go Run! Open Seat Women’s Information Session

Home of Virginia Davies – 299 W12 Street PHA

Free wine, cheese and networking! Bring addresses! Optional postcard writing and phonebanking to encourage other women to run. Are you a woman interested in running for Manhattan County Committee? Want to know more about what County Committee is? Have a friend who you think you think would be great at serving her community? Studies prove it, one of best ways to get more women in office is to increase recruitment amongst women. Come call or write your friends and ask them to run for County Committee while learning more about it. County Committee member, political consultant and former MYD President Al Benninghoff will host the information session. Email Heather with questions at women@gomyd.com or sign up here.

Other events of interest happening soon:

Saturday, April 16, 2011 – WomenElect’s Grassroots Assembly
11:00am – 5:00pm, New York Presbyterian Medical Center (Columbia Campus)
701 West 168th Street, New York, NY
Join WomenElect for their first free conference where they will be educating women and allies how to build coalitions around issues, how to realistically build all types of resources to run along with other sessions. There will be panels featuring women from the non-profit world and the political world, along with guest speakers including Congresswoman Yvette Clark. Lunch will be provided.
Bring a friend or two!
click here to sign up through facebook

Tuesday, April 19, 7:00PM – “The Affordable Care Act and You”
Spiro Hall-Room 2, Wagner College, Staten Island, NY
Featuring Tim Foley, Health Policy Co-ordinator, Greater NYC for Change.
At this educational forum, Tim Foley will outline the new Health Care law’s benefits.
For more information contact statenisland4change@hotmail.com
You have questions – We have answers.
Thank you for your dedication to progressive change!

-Jerold and the Greater NYC for Change Team-

Postponed: WomenElect Grassroots Assembly / Free conference Saturday, 4/16!

Please note, this conference is now POSTPONED. From the organizers:

I deeply regret to inform you that we found out about 12 hours ago we have some major technical difficulties with the location that we cannot resolve and so therefore we are going to have to postpone the Conference scheduled for this weekend. Please pass this message along to any groups or individuals that you know who were planning to attend so we can assure everyone finds out as soon as possible.

We would like to work towards the idea of smaller regional conferences that we can set up more quickly prior to the petitioning season. We will be in touch in the very near future about dates and times.

Again, we apologize for any inconvienence this may have caused anyone and we regret that we will not see everyone for what we believed was going to be a great event in Washington Heights this weekend. We look forward to seeing you again soon!

Cheers,
Diana, Robin and Virginia

Original post:

Grassroots Assembly
Saturday April 16, 2011
11am – 5pm
Columbia University Medical Center
701 West 168th Street (corner of 168th and Ft. Washington Ave)
  
Join us for our first FREE conference where we will be educating women and allies how to build coalitions around issues and how to realistically build all types of resources to run for office.
 
There will be panels featuring women from the non-profit world and the political world. Guest speakers include Congresswoman Yvette Clarke.
 
Lunch will be provided. Bring a friend or two!
 
Sign up on Facebook

Staten Island event: “The Affordable Care Act and You” – Tuesday, 4/19, 7 PM

You’re Invited!
 
“The Affordable Care Act and You”
 
an educational forum to be held
 
Tuesday, April 19, 7:00PM
 
Wagner College, Spiro Hall-Room 2
 
Featuring Tim Foley, Health Policy Co-ordinator, Greater NYC for Change.
 
Listen as he outlines the new Health Care law’s benefits. You have questions – We have answers.
 
For more information contact statenisland4change@hotmail.com
 
Cosponsored by Staten Island for Change and Wagner College.

HEALTH CARE REFORM: What’s Next?

 Tuesday, April 5th 7:00- 9:00 PM
  
HEALTH CARE REFORM: What’s Next?

TEACH-IN and BRAINSTORMING MEETING

 

Irish Rogue Pub & Restaurant, 2nd floor, theirishrogue.com

356 W 44th St between 8th and 9th Ave, Manhattan

Tim Foley, policy director at Greater NYC for Change, and Mark Hannay, Director of the Metro New York Health Care for All Campaign will update you on the latest attempts to repeal, defund, obstruct, and discredit the Affordable Care Act in Congress, in the courts, and in the states.

We will discuss how we can defend our Health Care law and push for Health Care reform to be even stronger. We will brainstorm to create projects and actions for Greater NYC for Change and our friends in the progressive grassroots. Bring your ideas to continue the fight for Health Care for All!

Please RSVP to info@greaternycforchange.org