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Greater NYC for Change Annual Membership Meeting

Greater NYC for Change Annual Membership meeting

Greater NYC for Change Annual Membership meeting

Our board has been ratified! Here is to a great year.
Our board has been ratified! Here is to a great year.

Over the last few years, Greater NYC for Change had led in the fight for health care reform, gun violence prevention, and reducing the glaring income inequality in our nation. This year, we’ve taken the steps to become a nonprofit corporation, and we were honored to launch as a nonprofit on Wednesday, May 22nd. Other community leaders and progressive visionaries joined in to plan great things!  

 

After wine and cheese, the members voted in the slate of executive board members who will run the day to day operations of the group. Later this year, we’ll kick off a bigger party to celebrate – please stay tuned! This is a milestone for us. We hope to amplify your voice and serve worthy causes in partnership with your leadership and allies, in the cause of social justice.

Below are some of our top priorities for the year to come: 

·    Partnership with Health Care for All New York to educate and enroll eligible New Yorkers in the new health care exchange opening in January 2014 

·      Combatting voter suppression laws in Pennsylvania 

·      Advocating for reversal of the harsh federal budget cuts contained in the sequester and for maintenance of protections under Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid 

·      Partnership with organizations dedicated to immigration reform to lobby for passage of the DREAM Act and other meaningful immigration reform legislation 

·      Working to reduce gun violence in New York City communities and to pass gun safety legislation on the national level 

·      Organizing parents, teachers, and other members of the community to lobby state policymakers to expand the pre-k budget, raise educational levels, and combat poverty 

·      LGBT initiatives not limited to overturning DOMA and ensuring recognition of Marriage Equality in all states 

·      Organizing candidate forums to encourage civic participation in local elections 

·      Advocacy against income inequality, in particular for a true living wage in New York City

Upcoming Actions • October • Forward!

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Summer Activism: Having a Drink, Saving Our Water

Summer Social

Thursday, July 14 • 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Bar 13 at 35 East 13th Street & University

Join Greater NYC for Change and ACT NOW for our summer mixer celebrating marriage equality, warm weather, and our amazing activist community! There will be two-for-one drinks until 9pm. RSVP on Facebook or here. (Click here to volunteer!)

Save Our Water

This week, we’re focusing our energy on keeping New York’s drinking water pristine (and our bagels delicious)! As you might know, Governor Cuomo is considering permitting fracking in New York, a dangerous way of drilling for gas by pumping toxic chemicals through our drinking water. Here’s two actions you can take to stop fracking:

1) Join our friends at United for Action as they travel to Albany this Thursday, July 7th to attend an emergency press conference/rally and let the Governor know in no uncertain terms that the water and the health of New Yorkers is not up for sale. The bus leaves at 7:30 am and costs $35 round trip. For more information sign up here.

2) Call Governor Cuomo and tell him you want to ban fracking in New York State! Tell him you have serious concerns that fracking cannot be done safely. Governor Cuomo’s at (518) 474-8390 or (212) 681-4580; you can also send him an email here.

Thanks for all that you do!

Naomi & the Greater NYC for Change team