week events - april 14 - april 20

7/28/2019 Week Events - April 14 - April 20

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IMPORTANT EVENTS FOR THE WEEK OF April 14April 20

Petition: Save NY Public Libraries from Developers Destructionhttp://signon.org/sign/save-new-york-city-libraries?source=c.em.mt&r_by=6817161

Petition: Move to Amend the Constitution, Money is not Speech at movetoamend.org

Go to strikedebt.org, Rolling Jubilee, help fellow citizens hounded by debt!

One Million Moms for Gun Control @http://onemillionmomsforguncontrol.org/

Sign the petition to ban weaponized drones at http://bit.ly/OGIQ3S

http://www.change.org/petitions/governor-andrew-cuomo-and-nys-health-departmentcommissioner-dr-nirav-shah-keep-university-hospital-brooklyn-at-long-island-college-

hospital-open****************************************************************************************************

Victories!!!

Gov. Cuomo delays fracking decision due to public pressure.

5 species of sharks & 2 species of manta rays now subject to international regulation

President Obama signed 23 executive orders to further gun control.

Strike Debt spent $5,000 for $100,000 of medical debt owed by 44 people in upstate NY

Albany County Legislature Approves Proclamation to Bring U.S. Troops Home fromAfghanistan, Cut the Military Budget, and the Invest the Savings at Home

European Union bans marketing, import & sale of animal-tested cosmetics.*********************************************************************************************************

Ongoing petition for Darfur: brooklynforpeace.orgDarfur CommitteeAct for Sudan****************************************************************************************************Sunday, April 14, 1-5 PM, Catholic Worker, 36 East 1st Street, NYC (212) 254-3697 x 27Food Not Bombs, Cook vegetarian meals w/donated food to be served at Tompkins Sq Pk

Sunday, April 14, 12:30 PM, Blue Stockings Books, 172 Allen Street, NY

Radical Educators Meet-Up, Mitchell Fines Framing Dropouts, discussion

Sunday, April 14, 2-5 PM, The Solidarity Center, 147 West 24th Street, 2nd Floor, NYCThe Case of Victor Toro, Chilean leader facing deportation on immigration & May Day

Sunday, April 14, 3 PM, Columbia Intl Affairs Bldg., 420 W. 118th St., Rm 409 NYCOccupy Wall Street Alternative Banking Meeting

Sunday, April 14, 3-5 PM, Wendys 355 5th Avenue NYCMarch for Justice, Wendys Grow Up and Join the Fair Food Program
http://signon.org/sign/save-new-york-city-libraries?source=c.em.mt&r_by=6817161http://onemillionmomsforguncontrol.org/http://onemillionmomsforguncontrol.org/http://bit.ly/OGIQ3Shttp://bit.ly/OGIQ3Shttp://onemillionmomsforguncontrol.org/http://signon.org/sign/save-new-york-city-libraries?source=c.em.mt&r_by=6817161


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Sun. April 14, 4-5:30 PM, Atrium 60 Wall Street, NYCHealthcare for the 99 percent meeting

Monday, April 15, 8-9 AM, Bryant Park, 42nd Street & 6th Avenue, Bryant ParkAudubon & Bryant Park Corp. Birding Tour with Gabriel Willow

Monday, April 15, 8:30-10:30 AM, Ft. Hamilton P.O., 88th St. & 4th Ave., Bay Ridge Bklyn

Tax Day Rally & Flyer Distribution, Cut military spending, not Social Security & Medica

Monday, April 15, 3-6 PM, Goldman Sachs, 200 Wall Street, NYCTax Day NYCPay Up Wall Street!

Monday, April 15, 4 PM, IRS Office, 110 West 44th Street, NYCMarch to the General Post Office, Vigil at GPO at 8th Ave. between 32nd & 33rd Sts., NYC

Monday, April 15 6:30-8:30 PM, Atrium 60 Wall Street, NYCHow Can Occupy Wall Street Be More Inclusive?

Monday, April 15, 7:00 PM, Lafayette Ave. Presbyterian Church, 85 Oxford St., BrooklynCommunity ForumWhere Are Our Tax Dollars Going?Mark Zweig, Prof. of Economics****************************************************************************************************Tuesday, April 16, 8-10 AM, Federal Hall, 26 Wall Street, NYCOne Year Anniversary of the occupation of Federal HallOccupy Wall Street

Tuesday, April 16, 6:00 PM, FUREE, 81 Willoughby Street, BrooklynNonpartisan strategy meeting

Tuesday, April 16, 6:30 PM, Kolot Chayeinu, 1012 8th Avenue, BrooklynIsraeli conscientious objector and former soldier share experiences

Thursday, April 16, 7-10 PM, Proteus Gowanus, 543 Union Street, BrooklynFixers Collective Monthly Meeting; Fixing mending; bring broken objects; $5 suggested

Tuesday, April 16, 8-9:30 PM, The Atrium, 60 Wall Street, NYCOccupy Labor Outreach Committee, The African & Indigenous Presence on Wall Street****************************************************************************************************Wednes., April 17, 10 AM-12 PM, Interfaith Seminary, 4 W. 43rd St., 2nd fl, Oak Rm NYCOpen House, coffee, tour, speak with staff, attend class free

Wednes., April 17, 10:30 AM, Bronx Housing Court, 1118 Grand Concourse, #166, Bronx

Join tenants as they protest building conditions and illegal evictions

Wednesday, April 17, 4-5 PM, 3395 Crompond Rd., Yorktown Heights, NYWestchester Weekly Vigil to Close Indian Point

Wednesday, April 17, 5:30-6:30 PM Central Library, 41st St. & 5th Ave., NYCWomen In Black Vigil for Peace

Wednes, April 17, 6:30-8:30 PM, Interfaith Seminary, 4 W. 43rd St., 2nd fl Green Rm NYCInterfaith yoga and meditation


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Wednesday, April 17, 7 PM, Good Shepherd Lutheran, 7420 4th Ave., Soul Caf, Bay RidgCampaign Finance Reform, Rev. Rommerein, Rev. Emerick, Move On, Common Cause****************************************************************************************************Thursday, April 18, 6-8 PM, Judson Memorial Church, 239 Thompson Street, NYCOWS Outreach MeetingOWS Outreach Working Group

Thursday, April 18, 6:30-8:30 PM, 666 Broadway, 11th Floor, NYC

Milk Not Jails monthly meeting****************************************************************************************************Friday, April 19, 12-6 PM, Marcy & Lafayette Avenue, BrooklynBed-Stuy Free Store Occupy Wall Street

Friday, April 19, 6:30-9 PM, Atrium, 60 Wall Street, NYCCommunity-based May Day Planning Coordination Assembly

Friday, April 19, 7 PM, Blue Stockings Books, 172 Allen Street, NY freeReading: Barbara Jensen: Reading Classes: On Culture and Classism in America****************************************************************************************************

Saturday, April 20, 8-9:30 AM, Van Cortlandt Park Nature Center, 246 Broadway, NYCVan Cortlandt Park Conservancy Bird Walk

Saturday, April 20, 9:00 AM, St. John the Divine, 112th Street & Amsterdam Avenue, NY15th Annual Blessing of the Bikes, families and all faiths welcome

Saturday, April 20, 9:30 AM-3 PM, New York Cares, 65 Broadway, 19th Floor, NYCSpring Volunteer Event, clean up parks, gardens, public spaces, focus is on Sandy damag

Saturday, April 20, 10:30 AM, Salvation Army Auditorium, 120 West 14th Street, NYCFUREE: Mayoral Forum on Public Housing

Saturday, April 20, 10:00 AM, Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Sq. South, NYCOccupy Your Workplace Training

Sat/Sun, Apr. 20/21, 10 AM-4 PM, Fordham Law School, 140 West 62nd Street, NYCThe Irish Famine Tribunal, Brehon Law Society and others

Saturday, April 20, 1-3:30 PM, Battery Park, State & Bridge Street. NYCOccupy Crime Scene Investigation Wall Street Walking Tour

Saturday, April 20, 1-3:30 PM, LaResurreccion Church, 79 Elton Avenue, Bronx

South Community Congress Monthly Meeting

Saturday, April 20, 7 PM, Blue Stockings Books, 172 Allen Street, NY $5 suggestedDiscussion, Shadow Boxing: The Language in Violence

Saturday, April 20, 8 PM, Peoples Voice Caf, Community Church, 40 E. 35th St., NYCRoy Zimmerman: $18 Admission or suggested $10 no one turned away


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ATTACK ON WATER!!! Save our Water! Ban hydrofracking!

Stop Governor Cuomo Now! Contact his website at www.governor.ny.gov/

By phone: (866) 584-6799 or (518) 474-8390 or Fax202/434-7110By mail: The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor. of New York State

New York State State Capitol Building, Albany, NY 12224

Governor Cuomo wants to allow a ruthless corporation to POISON our water supply. A water filtration

system as a result of this reckless destruction will cost New York State BILLIONS.

Downstate Medical Center has laid off 400 with plans for hundreds more! Petition @http://savejobsatsunydownstate.org/ Phone Governor Cuomo at 518-474-8390****************************************************************************************************Occupy Sandy Volunteer Sites [email protected] 347-770-4520

Monday, April 1, 7 PM, 122 Java Street, Greenpoint BrooklynSANDY STORYLINE

Respond & Rebuildregister to volunteer at respondandrebuild.org; mold remediation

Ascension Church Parish Hall, 122 Java Street, Greenpoint (347) 770-4520Every Day, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 7420 4th Avenue, Bay Ridge, BrooklynStorage space for Occupy Sandy and help with Occupy Bike ShareDaily 9 AM-3 PM St., John's Episcopal (Bay Ridge Kitchen), 461 99th St, Bay Ridge, BklyDaily 10 AM-4 PM, The Action Center, 5710 Beach Channel Drive, Rockaway, New YorkDaily 10 AM-5 PM, 3076 Emmons Avenue, Sheepshead BayDaily 12 Noon, 360 Van Brunt Street, Red Hook, BrooklynDaily except Mondays, 10 AM-3:30 PM, Small Water, 183 Beach 96th St., Rockaway BeacMon/Fri, 11 AM-4 PM, Sat/Sun 10 AM-4 PM, 1128 Olympia, Staten Island 347-201-0670Tuesday-Sunday 10 AM-5 PM, YANA, 112-34 Rockaway Beach Blvd., Rockaway Park, NY

Tuesdays & Thursdays Delivery drivers needed contact Lev at [email protected]****************************************************************************************************Legal Advice & Clinics

Urban Justice Legal Ctrs, Pubic Assistance, Rent, Food Stamps, Fair Hearings, Appeals

Thursday, April 18, 1-4 PM, 2759 Webster Avenue, 2nd floor, BronxKingsbridge Heights Legal Clinic****************************************************************************************************

Fix Your Bike Repair Workshops

Sunday, April 14, 6-8 PM, 99 South 6th Street BrooklynFix your bike workshopTimes Up

Monday, April 15, 6:30-8:30 PM, 156 Rivington Street, NYCBike repair Class: Cups, cones, bearings

Tuesday, April 16, 6:30-8:30 PM, 99 South 6th Street BrooklynWomens bike repair Class: Cups, cones, bearings

Wednesday, April 17, 6:30-8:30 PM, 99 South 6th Street BrooklynBike repair Workshop: your tools, our stands, mechanics to answer questions
http://savejobsatsunydownstate.org/http://savejobsatsunydownstate.org/mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]://savejobsatsunydownstate.org/


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Movies:

Sunday, April 14, 3-6 PM, Brooklyn Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West, BrooklynIts Time We Talked, Direct Democracy documentary, panel, discussion groups

Tuesday, April 16, 7:30-9:30 PM, Revolution Books, 146 West 26th St., NYCThe Loving Story, Documentary, Interracial couples year in jail for miscegenation

Wednes., Apr 17, 7 PM indieScreen, 285 Kent Ave. @ So. 2nd Street, BklynChasing Ice, documentary on the worlds changing glaciers

Thursday, April 18, 7 PM, Blue Stockings Books, 172 Allen Street, NY $5 suggestedDocumentary, Where Should the Birds Fly?Palestinian invasion of Gaza 2008/2009****************************************************************************************************Books: Behind the Beautiful ForeversKatherine Boo

Drone Warfare, Killing by Remote ControlMedea BenjaminFuel on the FireOil and Politics in Occupied IraqGreg MuttittWill War Ever EndCaptain Paul K. Chappell, U.S. Army

Why Nations FailDaron Acemoglu and James A. RobinsonThe Politics of JesusDr. Obery Hendricks****************************************************************************************************

Women In Black Silent Vigil, Every Wednesday5:30-6:30 PM, Central Library, 42nd & 5th, NYC

****************************************************************************************************2200 US and 1081 Other NATO casualties.

109 Iraqi sisters and brothers were killed from Mar 24 to Apr 6.

In Afghanistan were killed or died:

Cpl Jamie Webb 24 England; Sgt Michael Cable 26 Philpot KYCWO Curtis Reagan 43 Summerville SC; Cap James Steel 29 Tampa FLSgt Christopher Ward 24 Oak Ridge TN; Spc Wilbel Robles-Santa 25 Juncos PR

Spc Deflin Santos Jr 24 San Jose CA

203 Afghani and Pakistani brothers and sisters were killed.

Since 2001 there have been 253,330 brain injuries, 1700 amputations,and 104,000 PTSD cases among US troops.

Cf: www.icasualties.org

Peace Action Bay Ridge Interfaith Peace CoalitionP.O. Box 090-756, Brooklyn, NY 11209-0756

(646) 824-5506; [email protected]
http://www.icasualties.org/http://www.icasualties.org/

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