Parole Justice Lobby Day!

Greetings RAPP members,    Happy Monday and New Year! Hoping you all had a restful holiday season and are ready to help us pass Parole Justice in 2025.    Below you'll find ways to get involved with RAPP over the next few weeks:     People's Campaign for Parole Justice 1st 2025 Advocacy Day  On Tuesday, […]

Put People Over Plastic Albany Lobby Day!

I'm sending all the New York organizations in our network a reminder about the January 28 advocacy day in Albany to pass two critical waste reduction bills. All the details about the advocacy day are at this link: bit.ly/1-28-25   Here's a sharing toolkit with sample email and posts to make it easy.   The bills we […]

Healthcare Under Attack in 2025: How We Fight Back & Advance Single Payer!

Please SAVE THE DATE - Tuesday, January 28, 2025 @ 7:30pm - for PNHP NY Metro’s first forum of the new year Healthcare Under Attack in 2025: How We Fight Back & Advance Single Payer!   We’ll develop the discussion we began in our September forum, available here on the Past Forums page of our website, about the impact […]

Lawler: Don’t Poison Our Water!

Rally: Lawler, Don't Poison Our Water!   Wednesday, January 29 11:00 am Office of Representative Mike Lawler 60 McAlpin Avenue, Mahopac Click here for more information and to RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/fww/event/750818/   Join us for a rally outside the office of Representative Mike Lawler to urge him to oppose killing a rule requiring the replacement of lead […]

No one is free until everyone is free – film screening at the Jacob Burns

"No one is free until everyone is free" Preview Screening: There is Another Way Wednesday, Jan. 29 at 7:00 followed by a Q&A with Director and JBFC Founder Stephen Apkon, Producer Marcina Hale, and members of Combatants for Peace Mai Shahin and Iris Gur JBFC Founder Stephen Apkon’s documentary There is Another Way returns to JBFC for […]

Lunar New Year Celebration

Save the Date: Lunar New Year Celebration at the Hudson River Museum Every year this event gets bigger! Last year it attracted over 700 attendees who enjoyed the Lion Dance, Korean drummers, folk dances, music, so many workshops for kids and adults, arts and crafts including origami, Chinese calligraphy, and more.   Date: Feb 01, […]

February 4th Albany Action for NY HEAT!

Happy New Year! I am reaching out because we are approaching that time again to head to Albany to lobby and rally for climate justice, so mark your calendars! On Tuesday, February 4th New Yorkers across the state will be sending a HUGE message to lawmakers, right at the peak of budget negotiations, demanding that […]

Time for Senate Dems to play hardball

View this email in your browser   Join Us: Meeting with Schumer's Office in Peekskill on Tuesday, February 4 at 12:30 pm   In the last week, we have witnessed incredible attacks on our democracy.  Trump/Musk first cut off federal funding and grants, which was clearly unconstitutional.  It was widely unpopular and stopped in court. Trump/Musk […]

Importance of Native Bees

Sam Droege, Renowned Native Bee Expert “The Best Place for Native Bees is in Your Garden!” Tuesday, February 4, 2025, 6:30 – 8:00 pm Register Let Sam take you on a deep dive into the relationship between native plants and the keystone species in nearly all terrestrial ecosystems--native bees. The survival of native bees is […]