Here’s your new NYPAN Action Calendar!
On the Calendar this week (click or scroll) - or see as a list in date order!
Feb 15 - Memorial Gathering for JAY D. MAZUR, 3:00-5:30pm, NY Society for Ethical Culture, 2 West 64th Street, NYC. Friends, neighbors, co-workers, & comrades are invited to gather to remember, honor, and celebrate the life of this New York City original, a true mensch. There will be Jay memorabilia, some brief remarks, and a chance for folks to share memories, followed by time to schmooze and reconnect.
Jan 20 - MLK Day of Action, Education & Resistance, 8:30am-8:00pm, Multiple Locations, 601 State Street, Schenectady, NY 12305 RSVP
Jan 20 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration, noon-2:00pm, Rocky Mount Baptist Church, 39 Hillside Avenue, New York, NY 10040
Jan 20 - Fight back against the billionaire agenda, 1:00pm, Washington Square Park, NYC MORE
Jan 21 - Protest: tell Fox to stop hurting America, noon-1:00pm, Fox Headquarters, 48th Street and 6th Avenue, NYC. Every Tuesday. MORE
Jan 21 - Semi-weekly Vigil for Permanent Ceasefire in Gaza, 4:00-5:00pm, 5th Avenue and 44th Street, Brooklyn, NY MORE Every Tuesday
Jan 21 - What's Next for Climate organizing call, 8:00pm, zoom RSVP
Jan 22 - Meditation Sit vs. Chase Bank Climate Terrorism, noon, 1:30pm, East 46th Street at Vanderbilt Avenue, on NW corner. Every Wednesday
Jan 23 - NIB Zoom Town Hall - No to Austerity! Yes to the National Infrastructure Bank!, 8:00pm, zoom RSVP
Jan 25 - Zohran for NYC Day of Action, noon-3:00pm, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY RSVP
What We're Reading this Week
Ending the Medicare Advantage advantage
Kamala Harris Paid the Price for Not Breaking With Biden on Gaza, New Poll Shows
The Ceasefire Charade. Israel plays a cynical game. It makes phased agreements with the Palestinians that ensure it immediately gets what it wants. It then violates every subsequent phase and reignites its military assault.
A Year of Empty Threats and a “Smokescreen” Policy: How the State Department Let Israel Get Away With Horrors in Gaza.
The Palisades disaster looks like a revelation. But what does it actually tell us about the future of Los Angeles?
Jan 19 - War Tax Resistance Social Hour, 6:00pm, zoom RSVP
Jan 20 - We Fight Back! Defeat Trump's extreme right agenda, 11:00am, Washington Square Park, NYC RSVP
Jan 20 - Fight back against the billionaire agenda, 1:00pm, Washington Square Park, NYC MORE
Jan 20 - Trump’s agenda is a threat to all people! Rally on inauguration day to FIGHT BACK, 4:00pm, Cadman Plaza, Brooklyn, NY MORE
Jan 21 - Protest: tell Fox to stop hurting America, noon-1:00pm, Fox Headquarters, 48th Street and 6th Avenue, NYC. Every Tuesday. MORE
Jan 21 - "Worth Fighting For" community gathering, 7:30–9:00pm, zoom RSVP
Jan 22 - What power do we have under Trump? Opportunities to block MAGA, 8:00-9:30pm, zoom RSVP
Jan 30 - CodePink monthly call, 8:00pm, zoom RSVP
Send A Message to Rep. Richie Neal: Do the Right Thing and Step Down from Leadership of the House Ways and Means Committee Now
Postal management and the Postal Board of Governors (BOG) have announced a plan to slow the mail down, for the second time in three years. We need to make sure that the Postal Regulatory Commission and the BOG hear our voices before the Postal Service starts slowing down the mail. Add your voice!
Learn about hosting a Worth Fighting For Community Gathering
Jan 19 - Climate Teach-in vs. Museum of Natural History, noon, Diana Ross Playground, Central Park near West 81st Street, NYC RSVP
Jan 21 - What's Next for Climate organizing call, 8:00pm, zoom RSVP
Jan 22 - Join us at the NYS Capitol to mobilize and lobby for our Fund Climate spending agenda, which would put communities at the center of the energy transition, 10:00am-4:00pm, Underground Concourse, New York State Capitol, 263 Madison Avenue, Albany, NY 12210 RSVP
Jan 22 - Meditation Sit vs. Chase Bank Climate Terrorism, noon, 1:30pm, East 46th Street at Vanderbilt Avenue, on NW corner. Every Wednesday
Jan 23 - Renewable Heat Power Hour, 7:00pm, zoom RSVP
Jan 28 - Advocacy Day & Rally to Reduce Fossil Plastic Packaging in New York, 10:00am-4:30pm, Westminster Presbyterian Church, 85 Chestnut Street, Albany, NY 12210 RSVP
Jan 31 - #BoycottChevron Weekend of Action January 31-February 2, your location MORE
Feb 1 - Rally in DC: Climate Can't Wait, noon-4:00pm, Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, 23rd Street Northwest & Constitution Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC 20004 RSVP
Feb 4 - Renewable Heat Now Albany Rally and Lobby Day, 10:00am-4:00pm, New York State Legislative Office Building, 198 State Street, Albany, NY 12210 RSVP
Feb 6 - NYC Stand Up to Trump on Climate & Jobs: A Mayoral Candidate Forum, 6:30pm, Ethical Culture, West 64th Street, NYC RSVP
While carbon capture is often promoted as a tool to fight climate change, the process is highly energy-intensive, requiring significant amounts of fossil fuels. In fact, most captured carbon ends up being used to extract more oil—a practice that only increases overall emissions. Sign the petition to tell the Washington Post that carbon capture is not a climate commitment.
Climate change is a global challenge that demands evidence-based solutions. Suppressing or skewing data to align with political agendas will not change the reality of rising temperatures, melting polar ice, and extreme weather events. Sign the petition calling on Donald Trump to respect the independence of scientific institutions and let scientists do their jobs.
Add your name to the list of people calling on California to make polluters pay for the damages caused by the climate crisis.
Say NO to National Grid's Gas Plan and YES to Climate Justice
Winter 2024 Grassroots Lobby Effort to Defend NY's Climate Law, many dates and locations RSVP
Sign Up for Summer of Heat 2025
The Single Payer Committee
Feb 10 - Single Payer Committee meeting, 8:00pm - RESERVE THE DATE!
Jan 23 - New York Health Act Messaging Training, 7:00pm, zoom RSVP
Jan 28 - Panel Discussion on the uncertainties of the federal healthcare landscape, the unique challenges New Yorkers face and the legislative solution to protect and expand healthcare for every New Yorker. Panelists include the honorable Dick Gottfried, Executive Director of StateWide Senior Action Council, Maria Alvarez and the NYS League of Women Voters Health Chair, Judy Esterquest, 7:00-9:00pm, zoom RSVP
Jan 28 - PNHP NY Metro’s first forum of the new year - “Healthcare Under Attack in 2025: How We Fight Back & Advance Single Payer!”, 7:30pm, zoom RSVP
Feb 10 - Single Payer Committee meeting, 8:00pm - RESERVE THE DATE!
Petition on Change.org: Deliver Universal Healthcare, Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Necessary Medical
Gov. Kathy Hochul recently sided with the powerful hospital industry and vetoed the Local Input for Community Healthcare Act. However, the bill will be re-introduced in January, so let the Gov. know you want her to sign it!
PNHP survey: Tell Congress we need health care, not corporate health insurance
Please sign to urge the NYS legislature to pass the New York Health Act - and please share. The letters will be delivered to the NYS legislature on the first day of session. INDIVIDUAL - ORGANIZATIONAL
Petition your members of Congress: No cuts to Medicaid - especially not to support tax cuts for the rich!
The incoming Trump administration and Republican majority in Congress pose grave threats to our already broken health care system. Project 2025 proposes unraveling the Affordable Care Act, gutting Medicaid, and further privatizing Medicare. Commit to keep up the fight for Medicare for All in 2025
Tool for practicing how to have conversations about Medicare4All
If you are a worker or professional in the healthcare or public health (e.g., doctor, nurse, therapist, dental, MPH, or have some professional work standing in those areas regardless of degrees) please see the two sign-ups below. Gregg Gonsalves initiated organizing here, and there is another specifically for people self-identifying as Jews who are also public health and healthcare professionals.
Tell Mayor Eric Adams: Stop Trying to Take Medicare Away from NYC Retirees
Single Payer News - useful articles, regularly updated by Tim Frasca.
And now with a PODCAST too!
Jan 28 - Tenant Housing Clinic, 6:00pm, CUNY in the Heights, 5030 Broadway, New York, NY 2nd and 4th Tuesday of every month
Know Your Rights: ICE and CBP might not respect our rights, but they cannot take away our POWER. Use these resources to learn about your rights and express them in case you have an encounter with an immigration official.
TAKE ACTION: Tell state lawmakers to protect immigrant communities by passing the New York for All Act immediately.
DMV defends Green Light Law meant to protect immigrants
In anticipation of ICE raids and repression, the ACLU and NYCLU websites have some resources to help answer questions and quell anxiety with at least the illusion of some control. ICE officials may roll right over these rights, but it's probably worth knowing they exist. WHAT TO DO IF YOU'RE STOPPED BY IMMIGRATION OFFICERS:
Protect Immigrants. The 5th Circuit is hearing a case to repeal DACA. This would devastate millions. Biden has the power to act. Demand he protects DACA recipients. RSVP
Jan 21 - Treatment Not Jail Advocacy Day, all day, buses from many places RSVP
Jan 28 - Parole Justice Advocacy Day, Jan. 28, Albany RSVP
Feb 4 - #CommunitiesNotCages advocacy day in Albany, 10:00am-4:00pm,State Capitol, Albany, NY (buses available) RSVP
In light of the recent and brutal death of Robert Brooks at the hands of correction officers at Marcy Correctional Facility, Governor Hochul and the US Department of Justice must step in to conduct a top to bottom review of physical and mental abuse of those incarcerated in New York State Jails and Prisons. Sign the petition today!
Jan 19 - Online Film Salon: Marketing the Occupation of Gaza, 3:00pm, zoom RSVP
Jan 20 - The Criminalization of Student Activism in the History of Modern Genocide, 3:00-5:00pm, zoom RSVP
Jan 20 - Vigil Mondays for Palestine, 5:00-6:30pm, 720 West 181st Street at Congressman Espaillat's office MORE
Jan 21 - Semi-weekly Vigil for Permanent Ceasefire in Gaza, 4:00-5:00pm, 5th Avenue and 44th Street, Brooklyn, NY MORE Every Tuesday
Jan 21 - Vigil for Palestine, 5:00 pm, Haven Plaza, Haven Avenue/West 168th Street, just west of Ft. Washington Avenue MORE Every 1st and 3rd Tuesday
Jan 25 - Semi-weekly Vigil for Permanent Ceasefire in Gaza, 1:00pm, 5th Avenue and 44th Street, Brooklyn, NY MORE Every Saturday
Go see the movie “FROM GROUND ZERO: STORIES FROM GAZA”, short stories produced by 22 artists imprisoned in Gaza, by Executive Producer Michael Moore
Sign the petition: The US Labor Movement Calls for a Halt to US Military Aid to Bring a Ceasefire to Israel, Palestine, and Lebanon
Help save the life of Gaza doctor Hussam Abu Safiya and hundreds of other Palestinian medical personnel, families, and patients who have been taken prisoner by Israel.
As Gaza suffers, hunger watchdog refrains from using the F word: famine
Open Letter demanding that NYU leadership immediately drop charges against faculty arrested by the NYPD, withdraw sanctions against those they have designated PNG, and stop persecuting students, faculty and staff who raise their voices against the historic crimes now ongoing in Palestine
Abuse of Palestinians by Israeli Soldiers in the center of Hebron
Tell the Senate: Don’t attack the student movement for Palestinian rights.
Get the BoyCat app - help end Israel’s genocide in Gaza and dismantle its decades-old regime of settler-colonial apartheid
Here's Joe Catron’s List of Palestine Actions
Lots of events in one place!
NYC-DSA is hiring for two staff positions—Organizing Coordinator and Administrative + Communications Coordinator until January 6
Big Reuse Hiring for multiple compost positions very soon APPLY
Jan 20 - MLK Day of Action, Education & Resistance, 8:30am-8:00pm, Multiple Locations, 601 State Street, Schenectady, NY 12305 RSVP
Jan 20 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration, noon-2:00pm, Rocky Mount Baptist Church, 39 Hillside Avenue, New York, NY 10040
Jan 25 - Zohran for NYC Day of Action, noon-3:00pm, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY RSVP
Feb 6 - NYC Stand Up to Trump on Climate & Jobs: A Mayoral Candidate Forum, 6:30pm, Ethical Culture, West 64th Street, NYC RSVP
Buunni performance calendar, 4961 Broadway, New York, NY
Northwest Bronx Indivisible calendar of events
Add Your Name: Amend the Constitution on Guns
Jan 23 - NIB Zoom Town Hall - No to Austerity! Yes to the National Infrastructure Bank!, 8:00pm, zoom RSVP
Feb 1 - Abortion Clinic Defense (first Saturday of each month), 8:00am, Mott & Prince Streets, NYC MORE
Sign our petition demanding Congress repeal the anti-woman, anti-abortion Comstock Act
With the stroke of a pen, five people curtailed the rights of millions when they overturned Roe v. Wade two summers ago. Tell Your Rep: Abortion is a Human Right!
With no enforceable high court code of conduct, and the Court unwilling to police themselves, Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jamie Raskin have introduced the High Court Gift Ban Act, which will prohibit justices from receiving gifts worth over $50 each, or over $100 total, per year. Tell Congress to support and pass the High Court Gift Ban Act now!
Add your name to tell AOC you have her back and to urge other members of Congress to sign on to articles of impeachment against the corrupt justices on this court.
Add your name: Denounce Trump's refusal to rule out seizing territory from other countries by force.
Donald Trump has brought on tech moguls Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy as unpaid, outside consultants to run an effort known as the Department of Government Efficiency, tasked with reducing federal spending. Please sign the petition to Congress: Defend your Constitutional right to approve all spending and spending cuts.
Please add your name: Stop Trump from adjourning Congress indefinitely and recess appointing his entire cabinet
Sign the petition: The US Labor Movement Calls for a Halt to US Military Aid to Bring a Ceasefire to Israel, Palestine, and Lebanon
Jan 23 - Working Families Party Mass Calls, 8:00-9:00pm, zoom RSVP
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Jan 19 - Climate Teach-in vs. Museum of Natural History, noon, Diana Ross Playground, Central Park near West 81st Street, NYC RSVP
Jan 19 - Online Film Salon: Marketing the Occupation of Gaza, 3:00pm, zoom RSVP
Jan 19 - War Tax Resistance Social Hour, 6:00pm, zoom RSVP
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Jan 20 - MLK Day of Action, Education & Resistance, 8:30am-8:00pm, Multiple Locations, 601 State Street, Schenectady, NY 12305 RSVP
Jan 20 - We Fight Back! Defeat Trump's extreme right agenda, 11:00am, Washington Square Park, NYC RSVP
Jan 20 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration, noon-2:00pm, Rocky Mount Baptist Church, 39 Hillside Avenue, New York, NY 10040
Jan 20 - Fight back against the billionaire agenda, 1:00pm, Washington Square Park, NYC MORE
Jan 20 - The Criminalization of Student Activism in the History of Modern Genocide, 3:00-5:00pm, zoom RSVP
Jan 20 - Trump’s agenda is a threat to all people! Rally on inauguration day to FIGHT BACK, 4:00pm, Cadman Plaza, Brooklyn, NY MORE
Jan 20 - Vigil Mondays for Palestine, 5:00-6:30pm, 720 West 181st Street at Congressman Espaillat's office MORE
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Jan 21 - Treatment Not Jail Advocacy Day, all day, buses from many places RSVP
Jan 21 - Protest: tell Fox to stop hurting America, noon-1:00pm, Fox Headquarters, 48th Street and 6th Avenue, NYC. Every Tuesday. MORE
Jan 21 - Semi-weekly Vigil for Permanent Ceasefire in Gaza, 4:00-5:00pm, 5th Avenue and 44th Street, Brooklyn, NY MORE Every Tuesday
Jan 21 - Vigil for Palestine, 5:00 pm, Haven Plaza, Haven Avenue/West 168th Street, just west of Ft. Washington Avenue MORE Every 1st and 3rd Tuesday
Jan 21 - "Worth Fighting For" community gathering, 7:30–9:00pm, zoom RSVP
Jan 21 - What's Next for Climate organizing call, 8:00pm, zoom RSVP
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Jan 22 - Join us at the NYS Capitol to mobilize and lobby for our Fund Climate spending agenda, which would put communities at the center of the energy transition, 10:00am-4:00pm, Underground Concourse, New York State Capitol, 263 Madison Avenue, Albany, NY 12210 RSVP
Jan 22 - Meditation Sit vs. Chase Bank Climate Terrorism, noon, 1:30pm, East 46th Street at Vanderbilt Avenue, on NW corner. Every Wednesday
Jan 22 - What power do we have under Trump? Opportunities to block MAGA, 8:00-9:30pm, zoom RSVP
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Jan 23 - New York Health Act Messaging Training, 7:00pm, zoom RSVP
Jan 23 - Renewable Heat Power Hour, 7:00pm, zoom RSVP
Jan 23 - Working Families Party Mass Calls, 8:00-9:00pm, zoom RSVP
Jan 23 - NIB Zoom Town Hall - No to Austerity! Yes to the National Infrastructure Bank!, 8:00pm, zoom RSVP
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Jan 25 - Zohran for NYC Day of Action, noon-3:00pm, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY RSVP
Jan 25 - Semi-weekly Vigil for Permanent Ceasefire in Gaza, 1:00pm, 5th Avenue and 44th Street, Brooklyn, NY MORE Every Saturday
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Jan 28 - Parole Justice Advocacy Day, Jan. 28, Albany RSVP
Jan 28 - Advocacy Day & Rally to Reduce Fossil Plastic Packaging in New York, 10:00am-4:30pm, Westminster Presbyterian Church, 85 Chestnut Street, Albany, NY 12210 RSVP
Jan 28 - Tenant Housing Clinic, 6:00pm, CUNY in the Heights, 5030 Broadway, New York, NY 2nd and 4th Tuesday of every month
Jan 28 - Panel Discussion on the uncertainties of the federal healthcare landscape, the unique challenges New Yorkers face and the legislative solution to protect and expand healthcare for every New Yorker. Panelists include the honorable Dick Gottfried, Executive Director of StateWide Senior Action Council, Maria Alvarez and the NYS League of Women Voters Health Chair, Judy Esterquest, 7:00-9:00pm, zoom RSVP
Jan 28 - PNHP NY Metro’s first forum of the new year - “Healthcare Under Attack in 2025: How We Fight Back & Advance Single Payer!”, 7:30pm, zoom RSVP
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Jan 30 - CodePink monthly call, 8:00pm, zoom RSVP
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Jan 31 - #BoycottChevron Weekend of Action January 31-February 2, your location MORE
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Feb 1 - Abortion Clinic Defense (first Saturday of each month), 8:00am, Mott & Prince Streets, NYC MORE
Feb 1 - Rally in DC: Climate Can't Wait, noon-4:00pm, Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, 23rd Street Northwest & Constitution Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC 20004 RSVP
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Feb 4 - #CommunitiesNotCages advocacy day in Albany, 10:00am-4:00pm,State Capitol, Albany, NY (buses available) RSVP
Feb 4 - Renewable Heat Now Albany Rally and Lobby Day, 10:00am-4:00pm, New York State Legislative Office Building, 198 State Street, Albany, NY 12210 RSVP
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Feb 6 - NYC Stand Up to Trump on Climate & Jobs: A Mayoral Candidate Forum, 6:30pm, Ethical Culture, West 64th Street, NYC RSVP
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Feb 10 - Single Payer Committee meeting, 8:00pm - RESERVE THE DATE!
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