Action Calendar - week of September 24th, 2023
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Sep. 24 - Demonstrate against bigot Curtis Sliwa’s anti-immigrant protest, 1:30pm, meet at 238th Street and Broadway under the 1 train in Riverdale. There's a plan to use the former Manhattan College dorm on 238th Street and Waldo Ave as temporary housing for migrants. Let’s show our support for our migrant students and neighbors!Today!

Sep. 26 - Met Council housing clinic, 6:00pm, 5030 Broadway, New York, NY    

Sep. 26 - WFP text banking building power at the local, state, and federal level for working people, 6:00-8:00pm, zoom RSVP

Sep. 26 - NextGen Organizing: Register Young Voters, 2:00-4:00pm or 4:00-6:00pm, zoom RSVP

Sep. 26 - Reporting Under Fire: The Threat to Palestinian Journalism, 7:00pm, The People`s Forum 320 West 37th Street MORE

Sep. 27 - Forum: JVP’s Five-Year Strategy to Challenge U.S. Support for Israeli Apartheid, 8:00-9:30pm, zoom

Sep. 28 - 2023 Ithaca MobilePack, with a goal of packing 225,000 meals, multiple times, New York State National Guard Armory, 1765 Hanshaw Rd. in Ithaca RSVP

Sep. 28 - Forum on the Current State of Abortion Access in America, 7:00pm, Lake Flower Landing, 421 Lake Flower Avenue, Saran Lake, NY      

Sep. 29 - 15th Annual Black Panther Party Film Festival Opening Night: “Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom”, 6:00-8:00pm, Maysles Cinema, 343 Malcolm X Blvd./Lenox Ave. between W. 126th & West 127th Streets MORE

Sep. 29 - 2023 Ithaca MobilePack, with a goal of packing 225,000 meals, multiple times, New York State National Guard Armory, 1765 Hanshaw Rd. in Ithaca RSVP

Sep. 29 - DSA meeting on developing a strategy to get socialized medicine, 5:00pm, 14 Jefferson Street, New York, NY RSVP

Sep. 30 - GANY tabling for NYHA 1:00-3:00pm Gunhill Road and Seymour Avenue @ 5 train stop RSVP

Sep. 30 - 2023 Ithaca MobilePack, with a goal of packing 225,000 meals, multiple times, New York State National Guard Armory, 1765 Hanshaw Rd. in Ithaca RSVP

Committee Doings back to top

The Single Payer Committee

The Single Payer Committee normally meets on the second Monday of every month, so the next meeting will be on October 9th, at 7:00pm, and all are welcome! Use this zoom

We now have SIX working groups!  More at NYHA@nypan.org

TikTok Working Group - our newest! Contact Abby Gavin, Abby@nypan.org, to jump in and create brilliant TikToks that will help move the bar on passing the Health Act - particularly with younger people - our future!

People2People Working Group - Contact Erl Kimmich, erlendkimmich@gmail.com or 646-596-0228. People2People is focused on outreach from person to person, because we will need people power to pressure leaders to improve the mess that is our current health care system.

Research Working Group - Contact Ting Barrow, tingb@nypan.org. Research continues to look for information to assist Electoral with power mapping our senators, to create county tax savings numbers, and to help create forceful flyers.

Labor Working Group - Contact Jeff Mikkelson, jeff@nypan.org. Labor is developing strategies and outreach materials to amplify existing support for and overcome lingering opposition to the NY Health Act among labor unions, focusing on the large public sector unions that wield significant influence over Democratic leadership and the legislative process.

Electoral Working Group - Contact Ting Barrow, tingb@nypan.org. Electoral has begun the process of power mapping every one of our state senators, and is bent on finding the levers that will move them to #PassNYHealth as well as a strategy to use those levers with other organizations during the next session.

Medical Professionals Working Group - Contact Donald Gardner, donald@gardnerproject.com. This new working group will work on building support among medical professionals, in particular in organizations.

Check out our latest flyer.

Resistanceback to top

Sep. 29 - 15th Annual Black Panther Party Film Festival Opening Night: “Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom”, 6:00-8:00pm, Maysles Cinema, 343 Malcolm X Blvd./Lenox Ave. between W. 126th & West 127th Streets MORE

Send a message right now to your Representative and demand they reject extending the Trump tax cuts.

As corporate union-busting surges, House Republicans want to slash funding for the National Labor Relations Board by 33%. Tell Congress: Protect labor rights and worker safety. NO cuts to NLRB, OSHA, and the Wage and Hour Division.

ADD YOUR NAME: Tell Commissioner Rosa to ban facial recognition technology in schools.

30-year-old Lopez Garcia was working on a Homestead, Florida, farm during a heatwave when he collapsed and died. Tell OSHA: Protect farm workers!

Saudi Arabia is shooting migrants on its border with Yemen. Demand that Congress take action now!

Tell the Department of Homeland Security: Reunite families separated by Greg Abbott

It’s difficult but necessary for students to learn about traumatic events in history. Call on the McMinn County Director of Schools to reinstate the book “Maus” for use in 8th grade curriculum and school libraries now.

Climate Crisisback to top

Oct. 2 - Curbside Composting will be available to ALL Brooklyn residents! Find your schedule. No sign-up required. Get your free bin here!

Oct. 7 - Boogie Down Block Party - learn how to fight for environmental justice, Noon-4:00pm, Saint Mary’s Park, Bronx RSVP

Tell Governor Hochul - Put NY HEAT in the Budget!

Urge Governor Newsom to sign into law two globally-important bills that will force big companies to fully disclose their climate emissions and climate-related financial risks.

In a few days, 6 young climate heroes will face off against 32 governments in a historic battle to protect their rights from climate chaos. They are ready to put up a brave fight against an army of government lawyers resisting urgent emission cuts – a tidal wave of support would really fire them up as they march into court. Click to show your support and leave a message.

It’s time for President Biden to declare a CLIMATE EMERGENCY. Add your name to Sunrise Movement’s petition to tell the President: we are out of time and excuses.

Send a letter to state regulators, telling them to design a cap-and-invest system that centers environmental justice

Tell your electric company to STOP using your money to block critical, common-sense action on climate!

Please contact your Members of Congress and urge them to support and co-sponsor Fossil Free Finance Act, S. 1138, that will require big banks to stop financing greenhouse gas emissions.

Thirty-nine senators just sent a letter to the EPA to request a withdrawal of its recently proposed historic standards aimed at slashing harmful climate pollution from power plants. Tell them to hold the line on strict emission standards!

Call Mayor Adams TODAY and urge him to fully enforce Local Law 97 to create jobs, lower utility bills, and cut pollution. (877) 386-0172

Email Regulators: New Pollution Caps Must ID False Energy Solutions as What They Are

"Economy and Infrastructure Roundup”, produced by the Economy Working Group of the Coalition for a National Infrastructure Bank. Filled with relevant climate information.

Climate News - a source for all things climate

Educationback to top

File an appeal to the Department of Education to cancel your student debt MORE

House Republicans want to gut education at all levels. Send a direct message to your representative demanding they reject education cuts now.

Did you make any significant life or financial decisions after you were promised student debt relief? The The Debt Collective is gathering stories to pressure the administration. TELL YOURS

Electionsback to top

Sep. 26 - WFP text banking building power at the local, state, and federal level for working people, 6:00-8:00pm, zoom RSVP

Sep. 26 - NextGen Organizing: Register Young Voters, 2:00-4:00pm or 4:00-6:00pm, zoom RSVP

Oct. 1 - WFP phonebank for Maxwell Alejandro Frost for Congress, noon-3:00pm zoom RSVP

Oct. 10 - WFP text banking building power at the local, state, and federal level for working people, 6:00-8:00pm, zoom RSVP

Oct. 15 - WFP phonebank for Maxwell Alejandro Frost for Congress, noon-3:00pm zoom RSVP

Oct. 17 - WFP text banking building power at the local, state, and federal level for working people, 6:00-8:00pm, zoom RSVP

Oct. 29 - WFP phonebank for Maxwell Alejandro Frost for Congress, noon-3:00pm zoom RSVP

Food Helpback to topNew!

Sep. 28 - 2023 Ithaca MobilePack, with a goal of packing 225,000 meals, multiple times, New York State National Guard Armory, 1765 Hanshaw Rd. in Ithaca RSVP

Sep. 29 - 2023 Ithaca MobilePack, with a goal of packing 225,000 meals, multiple times, New York State National Guard Armory, 1765 Hanshaw Rd. in Ithaca RSVP

Sep. 30 - 2023 Ithaca MobilePack, with a goal of packing 225,000 meals, multiple times, New York State National Guard Armory, 1765 Hanshaw Rd. in Ithaca RSVP

Oct. 1 - 2023 Ithaca MobilePack, with a goal of packing 225,000 meals, multiple times, New York State National Guard Armory, 1765 Hanshaw Rd. in Ithaca RSVP

Parties & Fundraisersback to top

Oct. 2 - NYPAN Fundraiser for Maurice “Mo” Brown and Celeste Friend, 7:00-9:00pm, Brooklyn RSVP

Healthcareback to top

Sep. 29 - DSA meeting on developing a strategy to get socialized medicine, 5:00pm, 14 Jefferson Street, New York, NY RSVP

Sep. 30 - GANY tabling for NYHA 1:00-3:00pm Gunhill Road and Seymour Avenue @ 5 train stop RSVP

Oct. 11 - Rally and Direct Action to Demand Health Insurance Cover Our Care, 11:00am-1:00pm, 165 Court Street, Rochester, NY 14647 (carpools available) RSVP

Oct. 18 - Live screening of the American Hospitals Film, 12:30-3:30pm, Lehman College, 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West. Bronx, NY 10468 RSVP

Demand CDC use ALL the tools to beat SARS-CoV-2

Sign up to join one of the Patients Over Profits Special Volunteer Teams RSVP

Organizations: please submit input for the NY Health Act to be included in the 2024 People's Budget Priorities. Due by September 1st.

Tell Ellis Medicine: support our nurses and Invest in Safe Patient Care!

Urge President Biden and Congress to leave our Medicare alone.

Will you join us in extending your gratitude to every Medicare for All cosponsor for their support?

Call 311 and tell Mayor Adams that public nurses deserve equal pay with private nurses!

Tell Congress: Pass Medicare for All, Now!

Bernie: At a time when every other major country on earth guarantees health care for all, it is time for the U.S. to do the same. I hope you'll take a few minutes to read my latest op-ed in the Guardian that addresses our dysfunctional health care system, and then sign my petition to say you support a Medicare for All, single-payer system.

Single Payer News - useful articles, regularly updated by Tim Frasca.

Housingback to top

Sep. 26 - Met Council housing clinic, 6:00pm, 5030 Broadway, New York, NY    

Oct. 10 - Met Council housing clinic, 6:00pm, 5030 Broadway, New York, NY    

Oct. 24 - Met Council housing clinic, 6:00pm, 5030 Broadway, New York, NY    

Immigrant & Native Rightsback to topNew!

Sep. 24 - Demonstrate against bigot Curtis Sliwa’s anti-immigrant protest, 1:30pm, meet at 238th Street and Broadway under the 1 train in Riverdale. There's a plan to use the former Manhattan College dorm on 238th Street and Waldo Ave as temporary housing for migrants. Let’s show our support for our migrant students and neighbors!

Oct. 5 - Asylum 101 forum, 6:30-8:00pm, Cabrini Shrine, 701 Fort Washington Avenue, NY No RSVP needed

Sign an open letter telling Mayor Adams that we’re stronger together and that we won’t accept scapegoating or demonizing new arrivals to our country.

Job Openingsback to top

NMIC is offering a Security Guard Course starting 10/16/2023 MORE

​​New York Communities for Change is hiring 4 full-time community organizing positions

NY Renews Is Hiring for three positions: Coalition Organizing Fellow, Digital Organizing Fellow, and Social Media Fellow

UCSB Central Coast Labor Center is looking for an Executive Director

Apply now to be JVP’s Media Coordinator!

Long Island Progressive Coalition is hiring for two positions: Communications Coordinator and Community Organizers

Councilmember Shahana Hanif is looking for a Constituent Services Director! MORE and a part-time team member to assist with outreach in the Kensington community MORE

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez offers internships in both her Washington D.C. and District offices.

NMIC is offering a Home Health Aide program three-week training that provides employment MORE And a security program with a three-week long remote training FLYER - MORE

Restoration Farms is seeking an assistant field manager and 2 summer apprentices to join our team for the 2023 season

New Assembly Member Sarahana Shrestha has three openings: Chief of Staff, Communications & Outreach Director and Constituent Services Director

Restoration Farms is seeking an assistant field manager and 2 summer apprentices to join our team for the 2023 season

Citizen Action is hiring!

The Mason Tenders are offering job training

Listings from the Idealist

Wikimedia is looking for a variety of positions

Jobs listed in City and State

Other groupsback to top
Israel/Palestineback to top

Sep. 26 - Reporting Under Fire: The Threat to Palestinian Journalism, 7:00pm, The People`s Forum 320 West 37th Street MORE

Sep. 27 - Forum: JVP’s Five-Year Strategy to Challenge U.S. Support for Israeli Apartheid, 8:00-9:30pm, zoom

Jan. 18 - Screening of “Israelism”, 7:00pm, zoom SAVE THE DATE! - MORE - TRAILER When two young American Jews raised to unconditionally love Israel witness the brutal way Israel treats Palestinians, their lives take sharp left turns.

Sign up! New York Jews Reject AIPAC

Tell Congress: End U.S. funding for the Israeli military’s crimes against Palestinians

New Yorkers: Stop the flow of U.S. dollars to illegal Israeli settlements

Support Israelis who refuse to take part in the destruction of Palestine

Email your Congress person to ensure that, prior to admission to the Visa Waiver Program, Israel verifiably ends its discrimination against American citizens of Palestinian origin, Arab Americans, and others who express criticism of the Occupation traveling to and from Israel

Peace & Justiceback to top

Oct. 1 - Anti War Demo, 2:00pm, 58th Street and 8th Avenue FLYER ENG - FLYER SPAN

Oct. 2 - Rally to End Wrongful Convictions, noon at Foley Square, NYC and 10:30am at 99 Exchange Boulevard, Rochester RSVP

Tell Congress: Peace Now! No More Weapons to Ukraine!

Demand Biden take Cuba off the State Sponsors of Terrorism List     RSVP  

Sign the petition demanding Ron DeSantis cannot rewrite Black history.

The nine unelected justices of the Supreme Court, serving lifetime appointments, are not required to follow the same ethics code as all other federal judges. This is unacceptable in a functioning democracy. Urge Congress to pass the Supreme Court Ethics Act now.

Sign to support Rep. Cori Bush’s Reparations Now Resolution

Sep. 28 - Forum on the Current State of Abortion Access in America, 7:00pm, Lake Flower Landing, 421 Lake Flower Avenue, Saran Lake, NY      

Donate to Palmetto State Abortion Fund - Abortion care in South Carolina is still legal but is in danger until it is protected, federally. Your dollars directly help needy women

Stand with the Abortion Justice Act safeguard the fundamental human right to reproductive care.

Tax The Rich / Invest in Our NYback to top
Union & Laborback to top

We must make it easier for workers to organize for better wages and working conditions in the face of unprecedented corporate greed and rising income inequality. Tell Congress to pass the PRO Act now.

Add your name today if you agree it's time for Congress to pass the PRO Act to restore the right of workers to form a union and collectively bargain for wages, benefits, and dignity at work.

Sign the petition demanding the Amazon Board of Directors go to the negotiating table in good faith and work out a contract with the Amazon Labor Union.

Interesting Stuff for You!back to top
List in date orderback to top

Sep. 24

Sep. 24 - Demonstrate against bigot Curtis Sliwa’s anti-immigrant protest, 1:30pm, meet at 238th Street and Broadway under the 1 train in Riverdale. There's a plan to use the former Manhattan College dorm on 238th Street and Waldo Ave as temporary housing for migrants. Let’s show our support for our migrant students and neighbors!Today!

Sep. 26

Sep. 26 - Reporting Under Fire: The Threat to Palestinian Journalism, 7:00pm, The People`s Forum 320 West 37th Street MORE

Sep. 26 - Met Council housing clinic, 6:00pm, 5030 Broadway, New York, NY    

Sep. 26 - WFP text banking building power at the local, state, and federal level for working people, 6:00-8:00pm, zoom RSVP

Sep. 26 - NextGen Organizing: Register Young Voters, 2:00-4:00pm or 4:00-6:00pm, zoom RSVP

Sep. 27

Sep. 27 - Forum: JVP’s Five-Year Strategy to Challenge U.S. Support for Israeli Apartheid, 8:00-9:30pm, zoom

Sep. 28

Sep. 28 - 2023 Ithaca MobilePack, with a goal of packing 225,000 meals, multiple times, New York State National Guard Armory, 1765 Hanshaw Rd. in Ithaca RSVP

Sep. 28 - Forum on the Current State of Abortion Access in America, 7:00pm, Lake Flower Landing, 421 Lake Flower Avenue, Saran Lake, NY      

Sep. 29

Sep. 29 - DSA meeting on developing a strategy to get socialized medicine, 5:00pm, 14 Jefferson Street, New York, NY RSVP

Sep. 29 - 15th Annual Black Panther Party Film Festival Opening Night: “Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom”, 6:00-8:00pm, Maysles Cinema, 343 Malcolm X Blvd./Lenox Ave. between W. 126th & West 127th Streets MORE

Sep. 29 - 2023 Ithaca MobilePack, with a goal of packing 225,000 meals, multiple times, New York State National Guard Armory, 1765 Hanshaw Rd. in Ithaca RSVP

Sep. 30

Sep. 30 - GANY tabling for NYHA 1:00-3:00pm Gunhill Road and Seymour Avenue @ 5 train stop RSVP

Sep. 30 - 2023 Ithaca MobilePack, with a goal of packing 225,000 meals, multiple times, New York State National Guard Armory, 1765 Hanshaw Rd. in Ithaca RSVP

Oct. 1

Oct. 1 - 2023 Ithaca MobilePack, with a goal of packing 225,000 meals, multiple times, New York State National Guard Armory, 1765 Hanshaw Rd. in Ithaca RSVP

Oct. 1 - WFP phonebank for Maxwell Alejandro Frost for Congress, noon-3:00pm zoom RSVP

Oct. 1 - Anti War Demo, 2:00pm, 58th Street and 8th Avenue FLYER ENG - FLYER SPAN

Oct. 2

Oct. 2 - Rally to End Wrongful Convictions, noon at Foley Square, NYC and 10:30am at 99 Exchange Boulevard, Rochester RSVP

Oct. 2 - NYPAN Fundraiser for Maurice “Mo” Brown and Celeste Friend, 7:00-9:00pm, Brooklyn RSVP

Oct. 5

Oct. 5 - Asylum 101 forum, 6:30-8:00pm, Cabrini Shrine, 701 Fort Washington Avenue, NY No RSVP needed

Oct. 7

Oct. 7 - Boogie Down Block Party - learn how to fight for environmental justice, Noon-4:00pm, Saint Mary’s Park, Bronx RSVP

Oct. 10

Oct. 10 - Met Council housing clinic, 6:00pm, 5030 Broadway, New York, NY    

Oct. 10 - WFP text banking building power at the local, state, and federal level for working people, 6:00-8:00pm, zoom RSVP

Oct. 11

Oct. 11 - Rally and Direct Action to Demand Health Insurance Cover Our Care, 11:00am-1:00pm, 165 Court Street, Rochester, NY 14647 (carpools available) RSVP

Oct. 15

Oct. 15 - WFP phonebank for Maxwell Alejandro Frost for Congress, noon-3:00pm zoom RSVP

Oct. 17

Oct. 17 - WFP text banking building power at the local, state, and federal level for working people, 6:00-8:00pm, zoom RSVP

Oct. 18

Oct. 18 - Live screening of the American Hospitals Film, 12:30-3:30pm, Lehman College, 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West. Bronx, NY 10468 RSVP

Oct. 24

Oct. 24 - Met Council housing clinic, 6:00pm, 5030 Broadway, New York, NY    

Oct. 29

Oct. 29 - WFP phonebank for Maxwell Alejandro Frost for Congress, noon-3:00pm zoom RSVP

Jan. 18

Jan. 18 - Screening of “Israelism”, 7:00pm, zoom SAVE THE DATE! - MORE - TRAILER When two young American Jews raised to unconditionally love Israel witness the brutal way Israel treats Palestinians, their lives take sharp left turns.

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