Monday, March 1, 2010

Event: Training - Prepare residents for the upcoming MTA public hearing on Thursday, March 4th, 2010

Event: Training - Prepare residents for the upcoming MTA public hearing on Thursday, March 4th, 2010

Time:
5:00 pm
Day & Date: Tuesday March 2, 2010

Location:
Tioga Club
201 West 148th street
New York, NY 10039

Contact:
James Burke
WE ACT for Environmental Justice
Telephone: 347-465-8488

Charles CallawayCommunity
WE ACT for Environmental Justice
Telephone: 347-465-8492
Email: charles@weact.org

Website: WeAct.org

Event: F.I.T. Money Magazine, in conjunction with Community Board 10, presents Harlem Speaks Out On The MTA

Event: F.I.T. Money Magazine, in conjunction with Community Board 10, presents Harlem Speaks Out On The MTA

Time: 6 pm - 9 pm
Day & Date: Tuesday, March 02, 2010

Location:
Hans Christian Anderson Complex, P.S. M242
134 W 122nd Street | Auditorium
New York, NY 10027

Attendance:
  • Free
  • Register to obtain Ticket(s) - http://Fitmoneymtaspeak.eventbrite.com
    • Each attendee should fill out their information for each ticket.
      • To Attend - Register for the event (Tickets are needed to enter the event).
      • To Speak - Select the registered speakers ticket only (Registered Speakers must present a photo ID).
Intention of this Forum:
  • To inspire the community to speak out to the MTA on how their proposal impacts their everyday lives and their ability to make a living.
  • To empower the community to participate in public hearings and let their voice be heard.
  • To empower our local politicians to listen to the people and truly understand their concerns.
  • To inform people on the importance of the 2010 Census.
Politicians Invited:
Confirmed:
Scott Stringer - Manhattan Borough President - bpschedule@manhattanbp.org
Pending:Bill De Blasio - Public Advocate - jdavila@pubadvocate.nyc.gov - 212.669.7200
John C. Liu - City Comptroller - action@comptroller.nyc.gov
Inez Dickens - City Council District 9 Representative - dickens@council.nyc.ny.us
Bill Perkins - NY State Senator - perkins@senate.state.ny.us
Charles Rangel - U.S. Representative for NY - rangel@mail.house.gov
Keith Wright - NY State Assemblyman - wrightk@assembly.state.ny.us

Request:People to assist the day of the event.
If anyone is interested, please contact the event organizer at the contact information provided below.

Twitter: Please tweet the following hashtag and tweet
RT @FITMoney NYers come out and tell us how #MTAcuts affect your wallet - 3/2, 6p: http://bit.ly/dkj5OT

Contact:
M. Natasha Reid, Editor-in-Chief
F.I.T. Money Magazine
Telephone: 212-662-1288
Website: FitMoneyMagazine.com

EVENT: [March 3, 2010] March 2010 Manhattan Community Board 10 General Monthly Meeting


EVENT: [March 3, 2010] March 2010 Manhattan Community Board 10 General Monthly Meeting
RESPONSIBLE FOR: Central Harlem

TIME: 6:00 PM
DAY & DATE: Wednesday, March 3, 2009

NOTE:
  • Bring Picture ID to enter building.
  • You must sign the "Speakers List" to make an Announcement.
  • Come early because the "Speakers List" has been "yanked" at about 6:05 pm
LOCATION:
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building | 2nd Floor (Gallery)
163 West 125th Street
New York, NY 10027

INFORMATION:
General Monthly Meeting of Manhattan Community Board 10 (Central Harlem) occurs the first Wednesday of every month from September to June).

Sometimes there are meetings during the months of July and August.

Event: School Food Matters


Event: School Food Matters

Time: 8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Day & Date: Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Admission:
  • Free | Seating is limited;
  • RSVP - reservations required by
Location:
Theresa Lang Community and Student Center
Arnhold Hall
55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor
New York, NY

Keynote By: Kevin Concannon, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, United States Department of Agriculture
Moderator: Fred Mogul, Reporter, WNYC radio
Panelists
- Eric Goldstein, CEO, SchoolFood, NYC Department of Education
- Jan Poppendeick, author, Free for All: Fixing School Food in America
- Jonathan Stein, General Counsel, Community Legal Services of Philadelphia
- Jim Weill, President, Food Research and Action Center (FRAC)

Background:
According to advocates, at least one in five New York City families with children still rely on soup kitchens and food pantries, despite free school breakfast and subsidized school lunches. President Obama pledged to end child hunger in the United States by 2015, and the reauthorization of the federal Child Nutrition Act is expected by September. During this recession, what would it take to ensure that more children receive free—and higher quality—school food? Why are about one quarter of New York City elementary school students obese? Can the government improve these things, or is it already doing everything it can?

Contact:

Phone: 212-229-5418
Email: centernyc@newschool.edu

Link: School Food Matters

Event: March 4 - National Day of Action to Defend Public Education - Ralley & March

Event: March 4 - National Day of Action to Defend Public Education - Ralley & March

Time:
4:00 pm
Day &; Date: Thursday, March 4th, 2010

March Route:

Gov. Paterson’s office to Fashion Institute where the Manhattan MTA Hearing on cuts, layoffs and the elimination of school passes will be held.

Ralley & March Meet-Up Location:

Gov. Paterson’s office
633 Third Ave.
(41st Street and 3rd avenue)

End Location:
Manhattan MTA Hearing on cuts, layoffs and the elimination of school passes
Fashion Institute
27th Street and 7th Avenue

Endorsed By: TWU Local 100

Background:
  • Governor Paterson is the one who really pulls the MTA’s strings.
  • March with students and unions to oppose the elimination of student passes!
  • Student groups are linking arms with transit workers to oppose MTA job cuts, layoffs and service cuts like ending school passes. Join the fight!
Issues:
  • It’s not our crisis, we won’t pay!
  • No school closures!
  • No budget cuts, no tuition hikes!
  • No layoffs, no salary or benefit reductions, no union-busting!
  • Restore free student Metrocards!
  • No privatization of public schools!
  • Cancel all student debt!
  • Eliminate racism in the public school system!
  • Free public education for all from kindergarten to college!
Contacts & Groups & Websites

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Event: Undoing Racism

Event: Undoing Racism
 
Time, Day & Date:
Friday, February 26, 2010 - 6 to 10 pm
Saturday, February 27, 2010 - 9 am to 10 pm
 
Location:
Resurrection Roman Catholic Church
276 W. 151st St.
Village of Harlem, New York 10039
 
Fee: $350.00 [Now reduced to $150.00].
  • Student scholarships are available. For more information, Call Sandy Bernabei: 914-522-5997.
  • Because we recognize that many people and organizations are struggling financially, we are offering 50% scholarships ($175) for EACH of these trainings. Call Sandy Bernabei: 914-522-5997
  • Anyone who has attended a workshop in the past is able to come FREE of charge if you bring one paying participant with you. We'd love to see you again! 
Contact:
  • Maurice Lacey @ 347-739-1181 or modollo@aol.com
  • Margery Freeman @ margeryfreeman@yahoo.com
  • Decon Ken Radcliffe @ 347-459-0393 or klr1735@verizon.net 
Workshop Sponsors:
  • NYC Men of Color Group
  • Men of Faith of St. Charles Borromer/Resurrection - Harlem
  • Black Law Enforcement Alliance 
More Information on Program:
  • The People's Institute is hosting FOUR Undoing Racism workshops in the next 4 weeks! Two in Manhattan, one in the Bronx, one in Westchester.
  • We need your help! You know what is needed: Phone calls to key people you've been wanting to have attend a UR workshop.
Program Host:
The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond

Program Sponsoring Partners:
  • Black EquityAlliance
  • Columbia University School of Social Work
  • Teachers College-CU Institute of Urban and Minority Education
  • Fordham University, Graduate School of Social Service
  • Human Services Council of NYC
  • Hunter College School of Social Work
  • NASW-NYC Chapter
  • NASW NYS Chapter-Westchester Division
  • NYU Wagner Graduate School of SocialService
  • Puerto Rican Family Institute
  • Yeshiva School of Social Work  
Program Contact:
Sandy Bernabei @ 914-522-5997 for all future workshops

Program Sponsored By:
This program is sponsored by AntiRacist Alliance OASAS Provider Number 0882

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

New York UPR [Universal Periodic Review] Human Rights Consultation

Event: New York UPR [Universal Periodic Review] Human Rights Consultation

Note: For the sake of clarity and disclosure - This is late notice, for this type of event the venue is small and Columbia worked in a limited fashion with community grassroots groups on this consultation. More to come....

Time: 9 am – 4 pm
Day & Date: Friday, February 26, 2010

Registration:
Space is limited, so if you plan to attend the orientation and/or the consultation, please register by Monday, February 22 using this link:
http://www.law.columbia.edu/center_program/human_rights/new_york_UPR_consultation.
(Official Date - Monday, February 22, 2010 / Still try after the date).

Location:
Columbia University Faculty House
Presidential Room
West 116 th St. between Amsterdam Ave. and Morningside Dr.
(http://facultyhouse.columbia.edu/files/facultyhouse/web/Faculty_House_Directions.pdf)

Contact:
If you have further questions about the consultation, please contact JoAnn Kamuf Ward at Columbia Law School’s Human Rights Institute at jward@law.columbia.edu or 212-854-0009.

Day Schedule | Agenda:
  • 9 – 9:30:   Registration
  • 9:30 – 9:50 :   Welcome and Introductory Remarks
  • 9:50 – 10:35 :  Housing
  • 10:35 – 10:45:  Break
  • 10:45 – 11:30:  Employment and Labor
  • 11:35 – 12:20:  Education
  • 12:20 – 12:50:   Lunch
  • 12:50 – 1:35:  Health
  • 1:40 – 2:25:  Criminal Justice/Detention
  • 2:30 – 3:30:  Open Comment Period
  • 3:30 – 3:45:  Closing Remarks and Adjournment
Background (Provided by Columbia University):

As you know, the Obama Administration is convening consultation sessions across the country to solicit information and recommendations regarding the U.S. Government’s fulfillment of its obligation to protect human rights. The purpose of these sessions is to assist the government in developing its human rights report for submission to the United Nations as part of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process. Information and materials about the UPR can be found on the US Human Rights Network’s website:  http://www.ushrnetwork.org/campaign_upr.

We encourage participation from people who can share their experiences of how the denial of human rights affects individuals in our communities and ways the Administration can address these issues.  This consultation is also an opportunity for us to collaborate and to strengthen the ties among community members working for improved human rights protections.

To prepare for the meeting, there will be a pre-consultation UPR orientation for participants on the evening of Thursday, February 25th, 2010 (details forthcoming).

More Information (Provided by Columbia University):
  • At the request of the U.S. State Department, the consultation will be held at Columbia Law School.  The Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute, the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, and the Urban Justice Center are partnering to host the consultation.  Together, we worked with organizations in New York and the region, as well as the U.S. Human Rights Network to develop the program below.  Each section of the program will include presentations by activists, followed by discussion and comment periods.  There will also be an hour for open comments from participants. 
  • Given the schedule for the day, statements will be limited to 2 minutes or less.  If you intend to present a question or comment, it will be useful to plan your statement in advance and think about framing your statement to include recommendations for how the government can improve its human rights record in relation to human rights obligations (in treaties or the Universal Declaration of Human Rights).  We also encourage participants to bring written statements that can be submitted to the Administration to ensure that all our recommendations become part of the record as not everyone may have a chance to speak. 

Invitation to Third NYC Encuentro for Dignity & Against Displacement

Event: Third NYC Encuentro for Dignity and Against Displacement

En espaƱol abajo

Invitation: To members and families of organizations, community members, and people of good conscience, who are fighting against displacement in their communities across NYC.

Hosted By: Movement for Justice in El Barrio

Time: 4:00 p.m.
Day & Date: Sunday, February 28, 2010

Location: El Barrio, NYC

Register:
RSVP "As soon as possible": 212-561-0555 or movementforjusticeinelbarrio@yahoo.com
  • The number of adults and children that will be attending, their names and an address at which you would like to receive your tickets.
  • Once you have RSVP’d you will receive your tickets and more details on the Encuentro.

Background:
An echo that turns itself into many voices, into a network of voices that, before the deafness of power, opts to speak to itself, knowing itself to be one and many, acknowledging itself to be equal in its desire to listen and be listened to, recognizing itself as different in the tonalities and levels of voices forming it. A network of voices that resist the war that power wages on them. – Words of the Zapatistas at the “First Intercontinental Encuentro for Humanity and Against Neoliberalism.”

An Encuentro is a space for people to come together, it is a gathering. An Encuentro is not a meeting, a panel or a conference, it is a way of sharing developed by the Zapatistas as another form of doing politics: from below and to the left. It is a place where we can all speak, we will all listen, and we can all learn. It is a place where we can share the many different struggles that make us one.

“The rebels search each other out. They walk towards one another, breaking down fences, they find each other.” — “First Intercontinental Encuentro”

The rebels have met. In our first and second Encuentros, rebels who are fighting for dignity and against displacement came together to voice their presence, their rage, their struggle and their dreams. We broke down the fences that power constructs to divide us, we listened to one another’s voices, and we learned from one another.

Now the moment is different. Around the city, the country, and the globe, capitalism is heaving and shaking. We see it showing thin cracks in its concrete walls. We see its self-destruction as it razes its smaller empires. We see it exploit the cynical opportunities it envisions in terrible natural and human disasters. We see its agents rush to the battlefield to crack down on communities rising up to build something different.

We walk along a trembling fault line of resistance and oppression and construct a path towards a future with dignity. With the knowledge of other compaƱeros and compaƱeras in this struggle we have walked forward stronger and now we must find ways to support each other.

Here in East Harlem, the giant has fallen. The London based multi-national corporation Dawnay, Day Group bought up an empire of 47 buildings in El Barrio with the intention of displacing our community members from our homes and raising rents by ten-fold.  They failed in their mission in the face of years of fierce organized resistance from the tenants of Dawnay, Day that form part of Movement for Justice in El Barrio. They fell victim to their own greed. Now they face foreclosure. Movement for Justice in El Barrio is building an alternative in the ruins.

Across Harlem, the three council members that represent East, Central and West Harlem, millionaire Melissa Mark-Viverito, Inez Dickens and Robert Jackson have time and again joined billionaire Mayor Bloomberg, as he holds on tightly to the reins of power, in planning, promoting, and approving plans that displace our communities.

As we struggle here, we do not forget our sisters and brothers resisting in the far corners of the world. Nor do we forget where we come from and that many of us have already experienced displacement from our homelands. We join the humble and simple people across the world in their resistance as we stand up and join the fight against a global capitalist system that has pushed us to this dignified rage.

In this Third NYC Encuentro for Dignity and Against Displacement we will hear directly from movements fighting against displacement from across the world:

We will facilitate direct live participation from the South African Shack Dwellers to the Third NYC Encuentro. The South African Shack Dwellers Movement is fighting against displacement under the banner of “Land & Housing in the City.” They are standing tall and fighting back against forced removal and continued state repression.

We will also facilitate direct live participation from San Salvador Atenco, Mexico by the Peoples Front in Defense of the Land who will share about their organized creative resistance to protect their land and their culture and to free their political prisoners.

In Haiti, a natural disaster unfolds and amplifies into a man-made disaster from the roots of neoliberal capitalism and from new visions to regenerate its exploitation. We will hear from organized Haitians who have been fighting against displacement for years and will be returning to NYC from Haiti to report directly on the most recent devastation.

Local politicians use their power, influence and money to try to buy-off resistance and pacify dissent. There are those that choose to accept the money of the powerful and ride on the currents of their power. In this Encuentro, we seek to speak directly to those who have chosen to fight against displacement and for dignity from the ground up and who will not be swayed by the seduction of the powerful and their riches.

Power seeks to divide and marginalize us as people of color, as women, as transgender, gay and lesbian, as youth, as the elderly, as workers, as immigrants, as tenants. We must resist division. We must seek to come together.

In this Third Encuentro, we will premiere a documentary of our 2nd NYC Encuentro for Dignity and Against Displacement in which 38 groups came together to share their struggles.

Groups fighting against displacement across New York will share our struggles and use this gathering to find ways to mutually support each other. We will share whatever form of expression we choose, whether it be verbally, through song, poetry or rhyme, through a video, through artwork or however people can best express their struggle.

P.S. Children are especially invited to come break open the “Neoliberal” PiƱata!

We will provide dinner, childcare and Spanish/English translation.

Movement for Justice in El Barrio
We are a group of humble and simple people who fight for justice and for humanity. Movement for Justice in El Barrio is fighting against gentrification in El Barrio, a process that is better understood by we who are affected by it as the displacement of families from their homes for being of low income, immigrants and people of color. We are part of the Zapatista initiated transnational movement called “The Other Campaign.”

For Movement for Justice in El Barrio, the struggle for justice means fighting for the liberation of women, immigrants, lesbians, people of color, gays and the transgender community. We all share a common enemy and its called neoliberalism. Neoliberalism wishes to divide us and keep us from combining our forces. We will defeat this by continuing to unite all of our communities until we achieve true liberation for all.


Evento: Tercer Encuentro De Nueva York por la Dignidad y contra el Desplazamiento

Invitación a: Al pueblo de Nueva York, i ntegrantes de organizaciones, a sus familias, y a la  gente de buena conciencia que est Ć” luchando contra el desplazamiento en sus comunidades.

Organizado por: Movimiento por Justicia del Barrio

Tiempo: 4:00 p.m.
DĆ­a y Fecha: Domingo, Febrero 28, 2010

Ubicación: El Barrio, Ciudad de Nueva York

Registro:
RSVP "tan pronto como sea posible": 212-561-0555 or movementforjusticeinelbarrio@yahoo.com
  • Una vez que confirme, recibirĆ” sus boletos y mĆ”s detalles sobre el Encuentro.
  • Para  mĆ”s información o confirmar que viene, por favor contĆ”ctenos al  (212) 561-0555 o a: movimientoporjusticiadelbarrio@yahoo.com
Historial:
“Un eco que se convierte en muchas voces, en una red de voces que, frente a la sordera del Poder, opte por hablarse ella misma sabiĆ©ndose una y muchas, conociĆ©ndose igual en su aspiración a escuchar y hacerse escuchar, reconociĆ©ndose diferente en las tonalidades y niveles de las voces que la forman. Una red de voces que resisten a la guerra que el Poder les hace”: Palabras de los zapatistas en el “ Primer Encuentro Intercontinental por la Humanidad y contra el Neoliberalismo ”

Un Encuentro es un espacio de intercambio humano y de reflexión. Un Encuentro no es una conferencia con discursos o con un panel de oradores, sino un momento de intercambio que los Zapatistas han diseñado como otra forma de hacer política: de abajo y a la izquierda. Es un lugar donde todos podemos hablar, donde todos vamos a escuchar a los demÔs, y donde todos podemos aprender. Es un lugar donde podemos compartir las muchas luchas diferentes que hacen de nosotros uno solo.

“Los rebeldes se buscan entre si. Se caminan unos hacia los otros. Se encuentran y, juntos, rompen otros cercos. ”:
“ Primer Encuentro Intercontinental ”

Los rebeldes se han reunido. En nuestro primer y segundo E ncuentros, los rebeldes que estƔn luchando por dignidad y contra el desplazamiento se reunieron para dar voz a su presencia, a su rabia, a su lucha y a sus sueƱos. Rompimos las barreras que el poder construye para dividirnos; escuchamos la voz del otro, y aprendimos uno del otro.

Ahora el momento es distinto. Por toda la ciudad, por todo el país y por todo el planeta, el capitalismo estÔ tambaleÔndose. Lo vemos mostrando grietas delgadas en sus muros de concreto. Vemos su autodestrucción mientras va demoliendo sus imperios mÔs pequeños. Lo vemos explotar las oportunidades que cínicamente visualiza con terribles desastres naturales y humanos. Vemos a sus agentes precipitarse a los campos de batalla para dividir a las comunidades que se levantan para construir algo diferente.

Caminamos a lo largo de una falla en tierras de resistencia y opresión y construimos un camino rumbo a un futuro con dignidad. Con el conocimiento de otros compañeros y compañeras en esta lucha hemos caminado mÔs fuertes, y ahora tenemos que encontrar formas de apoyarnos los unos a los otros.

Aquí en el este de Harlem, el gigante ha caído. La corporacion transnacional basada en Londres, Inglaterra, Dawnay, Day Group había comprado un imperio de 47 edificios en El Barrio con la intención de desplazar a nuestra comunidad y subir las rentas hasta diez veces mÔs. Fracasaron en su misión al enfrentarse a años de una feroz resistencia organizada por los inquilinos de Dawnay, Day, que forman parte de Movimiento por Justicia del Barrio. Ellos cayeron víctimas de su propia codicia y la corporacion se derrumbo. Movimiento por Justicia del Barrio estÔ construyendo una alternativa sobre las ruinas.

Desde todas partes de Harlem, una vez mĆ”s, los tres concejales que representan el este, el centro y el oeste de Harlem —la millonaria Melissa Mark Viverito, InĆ©z Dickens y Robert Jackson— se han unido con el billonario alcalde Bloomberg, quien no suelta las riendas del poder, para planificar, fomentar y aprobar planes de expulsión de nuestras comunidades.

Mientras aquí luchamos, no olvidamos a nuestros hermanas y hermanos que resisten en todos los confines del mundo. Tampoco nos olvidamos de dónde venimos y que muchos de nosotros hemos ya sido desplazados de nuestra patria. Nos unimos a la gente humilde y sencilla de todo el mundo en su resistencia; nos unimos al esfuerzo por derrocar un sistema capitalista global que nos ha obligado a esta digna rabia.

En este Tercer Encuentro Nueva York por la Dignidad y contra el Desplazamiento vamos a enterarnos directamente de lo que nos cuentan los movimientos que luchan contra el desalojo por todo el mundo:

Facilitaremos la participación en vivo desde San Salvador, Atenco, México del Frente de Pueblos por la Defensa de la Tierra, quienes compartirÔn con nosotros su resistencia creativa y organizada para proteger su tierra y su cultura y para liberar a sus presos políticos.

Facilitaremos la participacion en vivo desde Sudafrica del Movimiento de Los de Casas de Carton que estĆ” luchando contra el desalojo bajo el lema de “Tierra y Vivienda en la Ciudad”. EstĆ”n manteniĆ©ndose en pie de lucha y respondiendo a la expulsión forzada y al continuo estado de represión.

En Haití, un desastre nacional se despliega y amplifica como un desastre de fabricación humana desde las raíces del capitalismo neoliberal y desde nuevas visiones para regenerar su explotación. Vamos a oír a los haitianos organizados que han estado luchando contra el desalojo durante años y que regresarÔn desde Haití a la ciudad de Nueva York para informarnos directamente de la mÔs reciente devastación.

Los políticos locales usan su poder, su influencia y su dinero para tratar de comprar la resistencia y de pacificar a la disidencia. Hay quienes eligen aceptar el dinero de los poderosos y navegar en las corrientes de su poder. En este Encuentro, buscamos hablar directamente con quienes han elegido luchar contra el desplazamiento y por la dignidad desde la base, y que no se dejan dominar por la seducción de los poderosos y sus riquezas.

El poder busca dividir y marginarnos como gente de color, como mujeres, como homosexuales, como lesbianas, como transgéneros, como jóvenes, como ancianos, como trabajadores, como inmigrantes, como inquilinos... Debemos resistir la división. Debemos de buscar la manera de unirnos.

En este Tercer Encuentro estrenaremos un documental de nuestro Segundo Encuentro de la Ciudad de Nueva York por la Dignidad y contra el Desplazamiento, en el cual 38 grupos se reunieron para compartir sus luchas.

Los grupos que luchamos contra el desalojo por todo Nueva York compartiremos nuestras luchas y utilizaremos esta asamblea para encontrar formas de apoyarnos mutuamente. Compartiremos cualquier forma de expresión que elijamos: puede ser verbal, o mediante una canción o poesía o rima, un video, una pintura o lo que sea con lo que la gente mejor pueda expresar su lucha.

PD: ¡Los niƱos estĆ”n especialmente invitados a venir a romper la “piƱata neoliberal”! 

HabrÔ cena, atención a los niños y traducción español/inglés.

Movimiento por Justicia del Barrio.
Un grupo de gente humilde y sencilla que luchamos por justicia y humanidad. Movimiento por Justicia del Barrio estĆ” luchando contra el desalojo en El Barrio, un proceso que, como mejor lo entendemos nosotros a los que nos afecta, es que es el desalojo de las familias, sacarlas de sus casas por ser gente pobre, inmigrantes y gente de color. Somos parte del movimiento transnacional iniciado por los zapatistas llamado “La Otra CampaƱa”.

Para el Movimiento por Justicia del Barrio, luchar por justicia significa luchar por la liberación de las mujeres, los inmigrantes, las homosexuales, la gente de color, las lesbianas y la comunidad transgénero. Todos tenemos un enemigo común que es llamado neoliberalismo. El neoliberalismo desea dividirnos e impedir que combinemos nuestras fuerzas. Lo derrotaremos mediante la unión de todas nuestras comunidades hasta que logremos una verdadera liberación para todos.

Thursday, February 4, 2010

PROGRAM: NO Cost Job Training and Employment Program at Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow (OBT)

PROGRAM: NO Cost Job Training and Employment Program at Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow (OBT)

Date: Next Cycle starts February 16, 2010

Note: Internships also available (restrictions apply).  

Background:
Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow (OBT) is now registering young adults 17 – 21 for the Job Training and Employment Program at both locations (Sunset Park and Bushwick/Williamsburg). The training program provides courses in Business English, Business Math, World of Work, Office Procedures, Computer Training, Public Speaking and Communication, GED preparation (if needed), and job placement assistance.

For additional information visit our website www.obtjobs.org or visit us at:

Sunset Park
783 4th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11232
718-369-0303

Bushwick/Williamsburg
25 Thornton Street
Brooklyn, NY 11206
718-387-1600

Contact:
  • Social Media: Facebook & MySpace.com/obtjobs
  • Deborah RomĆ”n
    Marketing and Recruitment Coordinator
    Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow
    P:  (718) 369-0303
    F: (718) 369-1518
    OBJobs.org
    OBT MySpace ; OBT Facebook ; Donate
About OBT:
The mission is to help disadvantaged populations recognize their own self-worth, and advance towards self-sufficiency and financial security through employment and training, academic reinforcement, improved life skills, job placement, and support services. Our approach has been described as “tough love,” with the goal being to expose students to the high standards and demands they will face in the workplace, while at the same time, offering counseling for those who are experiencing personal difficulties during their training. Services: Youth Education, Training, and Employment; Adult Employment Training and Placement; Young Adult Internship Program, and Adult Literacy Classes. For more information visit our website:  www.obtjobs.org

Event: Letter Writing and Community Education Table - Horizontal Drilling and Hydraulic Fracturing

Event:  Letter Writing and Community Education Table - Horizontal Drilling and Hydraulic Fracturing

Time: 12:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Day & Date: Saturday, Feb 6, 2010
[Check the web page here on Sat. AM if weather is questionable]

Location:
104th St.  & B'way, NE Corner 
(In front of Ben & Jerry's)

Background:
Gas drilling companies are leasing land throughout the New York watershed and statewide. They will use the most destructive type of drilling that pollutes millions of gallons of water. Join us to tell Governor Paterson to ban this dangerous and unnecessary practice.

Millions of gallons of fresh water laced with chemicals and sand are pumped into gas wells where the pressure fractures the rock to release trapped natural gas. There is then no safe way to dispose of the water.  This process, known as hydraulic fracturing, is exempt from federal environmental regulations.

We support the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, our local elected officials Borough President Stringer, State Senators Schneiderman and Perkins, Assembly Member O'Donnell, Council Member Mark-Viverito, and many others who want this stopped now.


Watch These Videos:
  1. Drill (Click this link then click Open)
  2. Horizontal Drilling and Hydraulic Fracturing