Meet the Candidates Forum

Kessel Center @ Pace Pleasantville, NY, United States

“MEET THE CANDIDATES” FORUM ELECTION 2013 PACE UNIVERSITY KESSEL CAMPUS CENTER ♦ PLEASANTVILLE CAMPUS Gottesman Room Monday ♦ October 21, 2012 ♦ 6-8:30pm The “Meet the Candidates” forum is a presentation of candidates for elective offices and an opportunity for all Asian Americans and all individuals interested in politics to meet the candidates in person […]

Stop the Rockaway Pipeline

 Not this Summer! Not in our Ocean! Not Under our Beach! STOP THE ROCKAWAY PIPELINE     Pipeline company Williams Transco says it will build this summer!   To lay the pipe, they plan to trench the ocean floor off Riis Beach, stirring up sediment—lots of sand for sure & long-buried toxins too.   All along Williams Transco said this […]

Intro to Veganism

Introductory Courses on the Veganism: For You, the Animals, and Earth Offered: Oct 8th (Shrub Oak, NY) and Oct 22 (Croton, NY)Instructed by Stephanie Scavelli and Zaac Chaves This captivating presentation will expose you to the vegan movement and animal-free diets. You will gain insight that can nourish your family and friends along with practical […]

Environmental Racism

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23RD, 2013 7:15 PM IN OPHIR , REID HALL, MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE, PURCHASE,NY ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM! Hear: CECIL CORBIN MARK, Outreach director, WEACT,(West Harlem Environmental Action) WHO GETS HURT THE MOST FROM CLIMATE CHANGE? Sponsored by Connie Hogarth Center for Social Action and Black Student Union For info: call 914 323-7156 Hogarth Center

Back-room deal for the 1%

The Joseph S. Murphy Institute, CUNY  invites you to a forum  A Back-room Deal for the 1%: The Trans-Pacific Partnership    Negotiations on this far-reaching trade agreement, conducted largely in secret, are reaching a critical point this fall as the Obama administration seeks Congressional approval for Fast Track authority.     Speakers: Arthur Stamoulis, Executive […]

Women in Black Vigil

Main Street and Memorial Hwy New Rochelle, NY, United States

Palestine Solidarity Vigil Children playing in the rubble of their Gaza Strip homes destroyed in Operation Cast Lead.    Women in Black Vigil October 26, 2013 2:00 to 3:00 PMMain St & Memorial HwyNew Rochelle 10801   Click here: Map of Main St & Memorial Hwy New Rochelle, NY by MapQuest   The Women in Black Westchester […]

Meet Author at Yonkers Library

Yonkers Riverfront Library 1 Larkin Plaza, 4th Floor, Yonkers, NY, United States

                                    N E W S Media Contact:  Susan Thaler Tel: 914-375-7941  • [email protected]   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   A Chance to Win - Meet Author Jonathan Schuppe at Yonkers Riverfront Library   As a young man coming of age in Newark, New Jersey, Rodney Mason cared about two things: dealing drugs and playing baseball. […]

Make Your Vote Count for the Environment

Topic:  Election 2013: Meet the Candidates running for Westchester County Legislator and make your vote Count for the Environment.   Details:  We invite selected local candidates for political office to hold forth on their positions on key environmental issues, such as desalination of Rockland water, Indian Point, or fracking and to answer questions from the […]

Poverty Town Hall meeting

Slater Center 2 Fisher Court, White Plains, NY, United States

Please attend and help get White Plains community people here. We need attendance from the people most affected by poverty and economic struggles. This is our local poverty meeting – other locations will follow, and later a Poverty Summit for all of Westchester. For now, let’s get White Plains folks out! Community Voices Heard, WESPAC, […]

NYPD Surveillance

Fordham Law School 140 West 62 St, New York, NY, United States

An Investigative Look at NYPD Surveillance     With Adam Goldman and Matt Apuzzo         Pulitzer-winning reporters Matt Apuzzo and Adam Goldman’s much discussed recent book, Enemies Within: Inside the NYPD’s Secret Spying Unit and bin Laden’s Final Plot Against America (2013), digs deep into the NYPD’s surveillance program focused on the […]