Advocacy Institute Member Spotlight See all the great advocacy work that Advocacy Institute members and partners are doing across the State. You can support these actions and help to build coalitions to strengthen our collective power. Caring Majority Rising is hosting a storytelling training at the next monthly organizing call on January 8 from 7 PM […]

Jan112025Sat Scott Room Saturday, January 11, 2025 2:00pm - 4:00pm Add To My Calendar Print Share Program Type:  Films Age Group:  Elementary, Teens, Adults, Seniors Registration for this event will be open from December 11, 2024 @ 2:00pm to January 11, 2025 @ 1:00pm. Program Description Event Details Join us in the Scott Room at the Scarsdale Public Library located at […]

Amnesty International USA Mid-Hudson is hosting our annual In person and Zoom Global Write for Rights letter-writing event Sunday, January 12, 2025, from 1:00-3:30 pm In Person at the Elting Library, 93 Main St, New Paltz, NY 12561 In Person or on Zoom https://amnestyusa-org.zoom.us/j/81705953148?pwd=Yz6nl4LoVmmL7CitiQbKxu6SkVav42.1 Meeting ID: 817 0595 3148 / Passcode 191215 For information online, […]

Join us for a Lobby Day in Albany Next Week Medical Aid in Dying continues to be our highest legislative priority in 2025. With new bill numbers in place (A136/S138), we are focused on getting new, and more, bill sponsors. If you would like to join us in a demonstration to show our widespread support […]

Meet-n-Greets are our way to get to know you, and to live our mission of normalizing conversations about death and dying. We encourage EVERYONE to attend one meet-n-greet and introduce yourself to us! We take one hour to share our work, get to know you, hear from people about why we advocate for medical aid […]

This month the group is discussing two books: Timothy Snyder On Tyranny:Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century and Angela Davis Freedom is a Constant Struggle. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89136852927 Meeting ID: 891 3685 2927

Delia will be tabling for the Westchester Cooperative Network at this important panel discussion.  Transferring ownership to one's employees is a very viable option:

The Crisis of Public International Law: The Case of Palestine and Impunity for Genocide Thursday, January 16th 9-11:30 am Pacific, 12-14:30 pm Eastern, 16-18:30 pm UTC *Interpretation is available in English, Spanish, French, and Arabic. Faculty: Raji Sourani, Director of Palestinian Centre for Human Rights; Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories; […]

The Campaign to End Qualified Immunity in New York is kicking off the year with a coalition meeting this Thursday, January 16 at 6pm. Please register here to join: bit.ly/EndQICoalitionCall We will be updating you all on lessons learned from last year, where the bill stands, and all the plans we have for 2025: from local resolutions campaigns to campus […]

Pro Bono Partnership encourages all New York-based nonprofits to attend this important immigration webinar: ​Friday, January 17th  1:00 - 2:30 pm Register The incoming presidential administration has promised increases in aggressive immigration enforcement. To help prepare the nonprofit community and protect our most at-risk clients, in addition to this webinar, our trusted partners New York Lawyers […]

Dear Friends and Partners,   I hope this message finds you well!   If you're available, interested, and have a bit of time to spare, I would love for you to join me in supporting a conversation that is both deeply relevant and transformative—Clothing and the Criminal Justice System.   When: Saturday, January 18, 2025, […]

Dr. Shomaly is the co-founder and director of the Palestinian Center for Research and Cultural Dialogue (PCRD). He taught Chemistry at Bethlehem University in Bethlehem, Palestine, from 1990 to 2022. He earned his Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from Northeastern University in Boston. He has also served as the Director of Public Relations for the Palestinian […]

  Regional VFP hosted Zoom meeting Topic: Project 2025:  Growth of Rightwing Authoritarianism as a Global Phenomenon - Speaker:  Bill Fletcher Jr. Date: Tuesday, January 21, 2025 Time: 4:30pm PT, 5:30pm MT, 6:30pm CT,  7:30pm ET   Bill Fletcher Jr. has been an activist since his teen years. Upon graduating from college he went to work as a […]

Join the Green New Deal Network, Sunrise Movement, NextGen America, Climate Action Campaign, and others for a virtual organizing call and rally for climate, care, jobs, and justice on January 21st at 8pm ET/5pm PT!   Dozens of organizations from across the climate movement are coming together the day after Trump’s inauguration to build solidarity […]

Dear Colleagues,   Grassroots Environmental Education, a national science based environmental health nonprofit, is hosting a free national webinar, The Trouble With Turf, on Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 1pm (EST). Artificial turf has become a controversial issue for many communities across the country. This upcoming webinar featuring leading experts will bring together government leaders from across the U.S. It is designed to help state, regional and local government and school […]

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Special screening:  Dark Waters (2019) January 24, 2025 7:30 pm   Westchester Community for Ethical Culture 7 Saxon Wood Rd. White Plains, NY   Feature-length film stars Mark Ruffalo, an environmental attorney battling the giant Dupont Corporation after it contaminated a town with unregulated chemicals. In his quest to expose the truth, this strong-willed lawyer finds […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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" 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 […]