tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67185930840994081622024-03-05T13:52:59.515-05:00ny faith and justiceNY Faith and Justicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03110444798659384565noreply@blogger.comBlogger226125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718593084099408162.post-75323828531271678592011-05-13T16:56:00.003-04:002011-05-13T17:08:49.721-04:00NYFJ in Action<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); "><div>Check out this story and pictures, featuring NYFJ's Executive Director Lisa Sharon Harper, from the <a href="http://newsanctuarynyc.wordpress.com/2011/05/12/religious-leaders-hold-vigil-to-ask-for-an-end-to-ny’s-“secure-communities”-program/">New Sanctuary Movement blo</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">gs </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">coverage on the Tuesday's press conference urging Gov. Cuomo to pull out the the "Secure Communities" program.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="line-height: 17px; "><h1 style="line-height: 24px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 22px; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; ">Religious Leaders Hold Vigil to Ask for an End to NY’s “Secure Communities” Program</h1></div><div style="line-height: 17px; "><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><b style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; ">Clergy and Advocates Urge Gov. Cuomo to Follow Illinois’ Lead</b></p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; ">New York, NY (May 11, 2011) – Diverse faith community leaders, joined by advocates and community members, held a vigil in front of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s New York City office to urge the Governor to end New York State’s involvement in “Secure Communities.” Speakers applauded Illinois for withdrawing from S-Comm and urged Cuomo to do the same in order to protect New York immigrants.</p><div style="line-height: 17px; width: 1034px; "><a href="http://newsanctuarynyc.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/yam_scomm_0094.jpg" target="_blank" style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><img title="NY NEW YORK SCOMM" src="http://newsanctuarynyc.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/yam_scomm_0094.jpg?w=1024&h=682" alt="" width="1024" height="682" style="line-height: 17px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; " /></a><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; ">Adem Carroll of the New York State Intefaith Network for Immigration Reform speaking at the S-Comm vigil, on Wednesday, May 11th, 2011. (Photos by Marcus Yam, Special for the New Sanctuary Coalition.)</p></div><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; ">The vigil followed a letter sent to Governor Cuomo by the New York State Interfaith Network for Immigration Reform and signed by more than 100 diverse faith community leaders across New York, urging him to terminate New York’s S-Comm agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.</p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; ">“So far, Governor Cuomo has not acted,” Network Co-chair Diane Steinman said. “So today we say to our Governor: Follow the example set by the State of Illinois and pull New York out of this program that is shattering the lives of immigrants while making New Yorkers less safe and secure.”</p><div style="line-height: 17px; width: 1034px; "><a href="http://newsanctuarynyc.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/yam_scomm_0105.jpg" target="_blank" style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><img title="NY NEW YORK SCOMM" src="http://newsanctuarynyc.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/yam_scomm_0105.jpg?w=1024&h=682" alt="" width="1024" height="682" style="line-height: 17px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; " /></a><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; ">Rev. Susan Switzer, co-Chair of the New Sanctuary Coalition of NYC and Lisa Sharon Harper, co-Chair of the New York State Interfaith Network for Immigration Reform, light candles as part of a prayer vigil for Gov. Cuomo and the communities bearing the burden of S-Comm. (Photo by Marcus Yam, Special for the New Sanctuary Coalition.)</p></div><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; ">“We believe our Governor is a moral man. We believe he has a conscience,” said Network Co-chair Lisa Sharon Harper. “Yet every day, S-Comm betrays the conscience of New Yorkers by violating New York’s moral commitment to promote the public welfare, by making some New Yorkers the target of brutal intolerance, and by turning a blind eye to racial and ethnic profiling. So our diverse community of faith leaders calls on Governor Cuomo to rekindle the flame New York’s conscience. Join with Illinois Governor Quinn! Opt-out of S-Comm!”</p><div style="line-height: 17px; width: 1034px; "><a href="http://newsanctuarynyc.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/yam_scomm_0022.jpg" target="_blank" style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><img title="NY NEW YORK SCOMM" src="http://newsanctuarynyc.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/yam_scomm_0022.jpg?w=1024&h=682" alt="" width="1024" height="682" style="line-height: 17px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; " /></a><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; ">Rabbi Michael Feinberg of the Greater New York Labor-Religion Coalition speaking at the vigil in front of Gov. Cuomo's Manahttan office. (Photo by Marcus Yam, Special for the New Sanctuary Coalition.)</p></div><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; ">Under S-Comm, local police are required to send fingerprints upon booking to immigration databases to identify people for deportation. Faith community leaders, brought together by the Interfaith Network and the New Sanctuary Movement, decried the program for unjustly deporting immigrants. They further pointed out that there is no time to lose, as more than one-third of New York’s counties have already activated S- Comm. In January and February alone, the program identified nearly 3,500 people for potential deportation. Many of those identified through S-Comm end up in detention centers located in remote locations, where they have severely limited access to lawyers, medical care, family, and evidence to defend against deportation.</p><div style="line-height: 17px; width: 1034px; "><a href="http://newsanctuarynyc.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/yam_scomm_0098.jpg" target="_blank" style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><img title="NY NEW YORK SCOMM" src="http://newsanctuarynyc.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/yam_scomm_0098.jpg?w=1024&h=682" alt="" width="1024" height="682" style="line-height: 17px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; " /></a><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; ">Diverse faith community leaders joined with advocates and community members to pray for an end to S-Comm in New York. (Photo by Marcus Yam, Special for the New Sanctuary Coalition.)</p></div><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; ">This event is part of a growing call to end the controversial S-Comm program in New York and nationwide. In the past two weeks, Congress Member Zoe Lofgren, joined by Senator Robert Menendez, called for an investigation of S-Comm, and Illinois Govenor Pat Quinn terminated the state’s S-Comm agreement due to unfixable problems with the program. The Congressional Hispanic Caucus issued a call to President Barack Obama for an immediate freeze on the program, expressing concerns for public safety. And 38 New York state legislators sent a letter to Governor Cuomo this Monday calling for a termination of S-Comm in New York.</p></div></div></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Learn more at www.nyfaithjustice.org.</div>Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18312668848539464503noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718593084099408162.post-26928962201303895622011-05-09T09:30:00.004-04:002011-05-09T09:46:29.031-04:00Don't Miss This!!!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><b>Faith Leaders for Environmental Justice</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">&</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><b>Mission & Social Justice of The Riverside Church</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">invite you to</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#003300;">Faith & Earth</span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#003300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Friday, May 13th 2011</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">9am to 5pm</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">@ The Riverside Church of New York</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">91 Claremont Ave.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">btw 121st and 122nd St.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#003300;">Workshops Include:</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Teaching & Preaching on Environmental Justice</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Eco-Justice and Your Zip-Code: Place Matters</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Sea Water Rise and Disaster Preparedness</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Mobilizing Youth Groups for the Sake of the Earth</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" 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margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana; ">Slums of Hope <span style="font: 11.0px Times New Roman"> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana; ">Women Elect<span style="font: 11.0px Times New Roman"> </span></p></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Learn more at www.nyfaithjustice.org.</div>Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18312668848539464503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718593084099408162.post-65990821527058138622011-04-11T14:33:00.003-04:002011-04-11T14:43:11.849-04:00Earth Day Education opportunity!!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); "><span style="line-height: normal; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The Northwest Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition is happy to invite you to an Earth Day Festival at Bronx Community College!</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); "><span style="line-height: normal; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><div style="line-height: 17px; "><span style="line-height: normal; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; "><span style="line-height: normal; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; "><span style="line-height: normal; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">From 10am - 4pm, there will be various activities to entertain & educate youth and adults, including GARDENING, HIP HOP, A RACE, PRIZES, WORKSHOPS & MORE! </span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; "><span style="line-height: normal; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; "><span style="line-height: normal; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; "><span style="line-height: normal; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">There are still <b style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; color: black; ">Volunteers Needed! So if you can help out, please email Taleigh Smith at </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; "><b style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; color: black; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); "><a href="mailto:taleigh@northwestbronx.org" style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; ">taleigh@northwestbronx.org</a> </span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; "><b style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; color: black; ">and cc <a href="mailto:tobinsmith0@yahoo.com" style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; ">tobinsmith0@yahoo.com</a>.</span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; "><div style="line-height: 17px; "><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; "><b style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; color: black; "><span style="line-height: normal; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></b></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="line-height: normal; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; color: black; "><br />10am-12pm</span></b><span style="line-height: 17px; color: black; "> Garden Club: Tree Planting, Composting and Other Planting at Campus Garden</span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="line-height: normal; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; color: black; ">10am – 11am: </span></b><span style="line-height: 17px; color: black; ">Workshop: Climate Justice & Food Security (location TBA) *Taleigh facilitating<b style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; "></b></span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="line-height: normal; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; color: black; ">11am-12pm</span></b><span style="line-height: 17px; color: black; "> Opening Ceremony (Guest Speakers and Presentation from Chemistry Department on Geology of Campus) <b style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; ">(Playhouse)</b></span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="line-height: normal; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; color: black; ">12pm-2pm</span></b><span style="line-height: 17px; color: black; "> ASAP Race for Health and Nutrition <b style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; ">(On Campus Track)</b></span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="line-height: normal; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; color: black; ">12pm-2pm</span></b><span style="line-height: 17px; color: black; "> Food Justice Community Panel Discussion and Interactive Workshop <b style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; ">(Local Food Initiatives) </b>(Playhouse)</span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="line-height: normal; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; color: black; ">12pm-4pm</span></b><span style="line-height: 17px; color: black; "> Organization Expo <b style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; ">(Meister Lobby)</b></span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="line-height: normal; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; color: black; ">12pm-4pm</span></b><span style="line-height: 17px; color: black; "> Food Demonstration, DJ/Music, Prizes</span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="line-height: normal; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; color: black; ">2pm: </span></b><span style="line-height: 17px; color: black; ">Workshop: Worker Cooperatives: Possible in the Bronx? (location TBA) *Yorman, Heidi & Tanya facilitating</span><span style="line-height: 17px; color: black; "></span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="line-height: normal; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; color: black; ">2:30pm-4pm</span></b><span style="line-height: 17px; color: black; "> Hip Hop to Heal the Hood (Spiritchild Performance and Workshop) <b style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; ">(Playhouse)</b></span></span></p></div></div></span><br /><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); "><b style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; color: black; ">11am-4pm</span></b><span style="line-height: 17px; color: black; "> Film Festival and Media Room (The Cove and Food Inc) <b style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; ">(Schwendler Auditorium)</b></span></span> </p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); "></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="line-height: normal; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="line-height: normal; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; "><span style="line-height: normal; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; color: black; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Contact Taleigh Smith at</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; "><b style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; color: black; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); "><a href="mailto:taleigh@northwestbronx.org" style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">taleigh@northwestbronx.org</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> if you have any questions.</span></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="line-height: normal; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; "><b style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; color: black; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="line-height: normal; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">co-sponsors:</span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="line-height: normal; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Bronx Community College</span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="line-height: normal; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">NW Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition</span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="line-height: normal; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Con Edison</span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="line-height: normal; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Bronx Green Jobs Roundtable</span></span></p><p></p><div><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Learn more at www.nyfaithjustice.org.</div>Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18312668848539464503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718593084099408162.post-44774817097687784612011-04-06T14:47:00.002-04:002011-04-06T14:52:22.658-04:00Check This Out!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; "><b style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;">The Poverty Initiative Presents:</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; "><b style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><br /></span></b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); "><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Crossing the American Crises film screening & discussion with directors Silvia Leindecker & Michael Fox</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;">Thursday, April 7, 12:30 - 2:00pm in the Poverty Initiative Office</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;">@ Union Theological Seminary</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><br /></span></b></div><br />In the spirit of Wisconsin, this new feature-length documentary takes us across the country amidst the economic collapse, to the grassroots solutions in the hands of the people. Co-director Michael Fox is an ally in our work who organized with United Workers and continues to share the stories of organizations working for justice.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#2A2A2A;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); "><br /><br />For more information contact Onleilove at <a href="mailto:oa2145@columbia.edu" style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: default; ">oa2145@columbia.edu</a> or visit <a href="http://www.crossingthecrises.com/" target="_blank" style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: default; ">www.crossingthecrises.com</a>.</span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Learn more at www.nyfaithjustice.org.</div>Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18312668848539464503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718593084099408162.post-77965311918567784132011-04-04T16:47:00.001-04:002011-04-04T16:58:17.346-04:00You're Invited...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;"><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Faith Leaders for Environmental Justice </span></b></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">invite you to </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Adopt</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC00;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">a</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Bodega</span></span></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Second Quarterly Breakfast of 2011</span></b></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Thursday, April 14, 2011</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Breakfast @ 8:30</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Program 9-11am</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times New Roman; min-height: 15.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">New York City corner stores and bodegas are everywhere. Yet, these small stores often lack healthy food options. the Food, Faith and Health Disparities Business Outreach Working Group is partnering with the Department of Health to connect congregations with their local bodegas. Come learn how your congregation can help make your neighborhood healthier by joining the Faith Leaders for Environmental Justice “Adopt a Bodega” Initiative.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times New Roman; min-height: 15.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">New Song Church</span></span></b></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">2230 8th Ave. </span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">New York, NY 10027</span></span></p></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Learn more at www.nyfaithjustice.org.</div>Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18312668848539464503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718593084099408162.post-43752930639229272282011-04-04T16:36:00.001-04:002011-04-04T16:38:46.998-04:00Special Screening Opportunity<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; line-height: 30.0px; font: 14.0px Times New Roman"><b>SAVE THE DATE: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6 AT 7:00 P.M.</b></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; line-height: 30.0px; font: 14.0px Times New Roman"><b> New York Premiere of <a href="http://www.globalvillagemedia.org/new_muir.html">“John Muir in the New World”</a></b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; line-height: 30.0px; font: 11.0px Times New Roman"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><b>Wednesday 4/6 7:00 p.m.</b> </span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; line-height: 18.0px; font: 14.0px Times New Roman">Join us for the New York Premiere of the documentary film, “John Muir in the New World” co-sponsored by The Louis Finkelstein Institute of the Jewish Theological Seminary, Global Village Media, Interfaith Center of New York, Faith Leaders for Environmental Justice, and the Center for the Study of Science and Religion (CSSR) of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. (The film will air on PBS “American Masters,” April 18th at 9PM -- check local listings).</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; line-height: 12.0px; font: 14.0px Times New Roman">Following the screening there will be a Q & A with the writer, director Catherine Tatge, and producer Dominique Lasseur.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; line-height: 12.0px; font: 14.0px Times New Roman">Special Screening at JTS<br />3080 Broadway at 122<sup>nd</sup> Street<br />Wednesday, April 6 at 7:00 p.m.<br />I.D. required</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Learn more at www.nyfaithjustice.org.</div>Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18312668848539464503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718593084099408162.post-9442957595223372382011-03-23T11:28:00.002-04:002011-03-23T11:41:43.861-04:00Looking for Clergy to Participate<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 16.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The budget could be voted on by April 1</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">st</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. The time to Act is Now!</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 12.0px Times; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 10.0px Times"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The $4.6 billion transfer from the poorest to the wealthiest is the largest transfer of wealth in the history of our state; meanwhile the poorest are struggling in our city and our nation.</span></i></b></p> <ul style="list-style-type: disc"> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Schools will lose after school and enrichment programs, art, music and teachers.</span></i></b></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Elimination of lifesaving services for poor children, including programs that prevent child abuse and reduce foster care placements.</span></i></b></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Wholesale elimination of jobs programs to support our communities, including summer youth employment, job training and job creation initiatives as an alternative to welfare.</span></i></b></li> </ul> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 12.0px Times; min-height: 14.0px"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">New tax breaks for the wealthy will only deepen the inequality, worsen the job crisis and create harsher times for regular New Yorkers living on Main Streets all over our state.</span></i></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 12.0px Times; min-height: 14.0px"><i><br /></i></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 12.0px Times; min-height: 14.0px"><i><br /></i></p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; min-height: 14px; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; "></span></i></p><i><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><i>Clergy around the city have responded to the call to participate in this weekends prayer in. However, clergy is still needed to participate. At least another 12 more are neede. There's only about 9 nine days left to push the Governor and Senate Republicans to extend the millionaires tax. </i></span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><i><br /><br />If you, or know someone, who would like to participate, please let Zakaria Nasari (information below) so they can organize press around this event. Imagine if the article read over "100 places of worship across the state Pray for Governor Cuomo to do the right thing and protect our communities not millionaires."</i></span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><i><br /><br /></i></span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><i>Clergy that has agreed to participate so far:</i></span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><i><br /><br />Bishop Findlayter- has agreed to let press in</i></span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><i><br />Reverend Osbourne- will speak to press</i></span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><i><br />Imam Konate-Will speak to press</i></span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><i><br />Imam Bajaha</i></span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><i><br />Reverend Walston- will speak to press</i></span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><i><br />Imam Abdullah</i></span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><i><br />Imam Saif</i></span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><i><br />Rabbi Ellen Lippmann</i></span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><i><br /></i></span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Please contact:</span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); "><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Zakiyah Ansari<br />Organizer<br />AQE/CEJ<br /><br />233 Broadway<br />New York, NY 10279<br />212 328 9266<br />917 309 5742</span></pre></span></span></span></pre></i><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Learn more at www.nyfaithjustice.org.</div>Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18312668848539464503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718593084099408162.post-61437178786049934312011-03-23T11:23:00.002-04:002011-03-23T11:28:37.244-04:00You're Invited...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); "><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana; ">3rd Annual</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Global Sikh Civil and Human Rights Report</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><br /></span></div></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">This is an annual publication that highlights the civil and human rights abuses perpetrated against Sikhs and other minority communities worldwide.</span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /><br />The event will take place on Monday March 28, 2011 from 1:00 – 3:00 pm in<br />the Church Center for the United Nations, 777 United Nations Plaza, 2nd<br />Floor Conference Room, New York, NY 10017.</span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /><br />The UNITED SIKHS legal team will present the findings from the report at the<br />press conference. This will be followed by brief comments by advocates from<br />human and civil rights organization. The press conference will conclude with<br />a Q&A session.</span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /><br />The Report combines data from primary and secondary sources from 29<br />countries around the world, and is a unique publication, being primarily<br />focused on human rights abuses affecting the global Sikh community. The<br />Report demonstrates how minority communities are increasingly facing the<br />brunt of evolving governmental and international policies that threaten<br />their identity. Over the years, it has informed the work of Sikh and<br />non-Sikh civil and human rights advocates, litigators, and non-profit<br />organizations.</span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /><br /><b>Panel Speakers:</b></span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><b><br /></b><br /><b>· Dan Mach</b>, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)/ Freedom of<br />Religion and Belief, [DC]</span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /><br /><b>· Pabitra Benjamin</b>, Field Director, Rights Working Group (RWG), [DC]</span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /><br /><b>· Dr. Bobbi Nassar</b>, Vice Chair for the NGO Committee on Human<br />Rights, [NY]</span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /><br /><b>· Thane Rosenbaum</b>, Fordham Law Professor/ John Whelan Distinguished<br />Lecturer in Law and Director of the Forum on Law, Culture & Society, [NY]</span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /><br />· Department of Justice (DOJ)/ Community Relations Services, [DC]<br />(invitation extended)</span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /><br /><b>· Hansdeep Singh</b> (Senior Staff Attorney)/ Ilana Ofgang (Legal<br />Fellow), UNITED SIKHS, [NY]</span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /><br />***For questions or to RSVP to the event please contact Rucha Kavathe<br />by calling 1-646-688-3525 or by email at rucha.kavathe@unitedsikhs.org.<br /><br /></span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /><br />About UNITED SIKHS:</span></span></pre><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /><br />UNITED SIKHS is a UN-affiliated, international non-profit, humanitarian<br />relief, human development and advocacy organization. The Global Sikh Civil &<br />Human Rights Report is an annual publication highlighting the civil and<br />human rights abuses faced by Sikhs and other communities worldwide</span></span></pre></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Learn more at www.nyfaithjustice.org.</div>Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18312668848539464503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718593084099408162.post-8887256077977139582011-03-22T11:42:00.003-04:002011-03-22T11:50:50.389-04:00Your invited...<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Join NY Faith & Justice, Metro Hope Church, and NY Theological Seminary as we take part in:</span></span></b></span></div><img src="webkit-fake-url://5BE95591-0525-4989-8C02-3E9B72B2F859/image.tiff" /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px; ">Join us this Friday as we stand in solidarity with the Haitian people as they continue to recover from the devastating earthquake just over a year ago. What has worked in the recovery, what hasn't, and what is the role of the American faith community as the road to recovery continues. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px; ">A night of discussion, music, and readings will feature:<br /><br />Kent Annan of Haiti Partners & Author of "After Shock"<br /><br />Panel Discussion Including:<br /><br />MIDWIN CHARLES Esq. Founder, Midwin Charles & Associates LLC<br />HAROLD DURAN, MD, CAP-HAITIEN, HAITI<br />VLADIMIR DUTHIERS, Journalist, CNN/ Anderson Cooper 360<br />FERENTZ LAFARGUE, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Literary Studies, Eugene Lang College, The New School<br />Rev. Chloe Breyer, Exec. Dir, The Interfaith Center of NY<br /><br />*REFRESHMENTS SERVED*<br /><br /><br />Friday, MARCH 25TH 2011</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px; ">7PM<br />NATIONAL BLACK THEATER<br />125th Street & 5th Avenue<br />HARLEM<br /><br />$10 SUGGESTED DONATION</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Learn more at www.nyfaithjustice.org.</div>Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18312668848539464503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718593084099408162.post-35851378709080144492011-02-23T19:16:00.001-05:002011-02-23T19:19:27.739-05:00You're Invited...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); "><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" id="ecxcontent_LETTER.BLOCK6" style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 5px; 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border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; " /></a>Faith-Rooted Organizing Training</div><span style="line-height: 17px; "> </span><span style="line-height: 17px; font-family: 'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">NY Faith & Justice Invites you to...</p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> </p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="ecxil" style="line-height: 17px; ">Faith-Rooted</span> Organizing<span class="ecxil" style="line-height: 17px; "> Training</span></p></b></span><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; ">Friday, March 4, 2011<br />9:00am to 5:30pm</b></p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">(with break from 11:30-1pm)</p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "> </p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Hosted by Judson Memorial Church</p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">55 Washington Square South</p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">New York, NY 10012</p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "> </p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Come experience this one-day introductory<span class="ecxil" style="line-height: 17px; "> training</span> on how to address injustice in our city and our world in a way that draws power from the roots of our<span class="ecxil" style="line-height: 17px; "> faith</span>.<span class="ecxil" style="line-height: 17px; "> Faith</span>-<span class="ecxil" style="line-height: 17px; ">rooted</span> organizing is bringing people together to create change in a way that is shaped and guided in every way by the deepest beliefs of our<span class="ecxil" style="line-height: 17px; "> faith</span>. It is not "<span class="ecxil" style="line-height: 17px; ">faith</span>-based" organizing which focuses simply on organizing people of<span class="ecxil" style="line-height: 17px; "> faith</span>. Instead,<span class="ecxil" style="line-height: 17px; "> faith</span>-<span class="ecxil" style="line-height: 17px; ">rooted</span> organizing draws from the real power of our<span class="ecxil" style="line-height: 17px; "> faith</span> to enable people of<span class="ecxil" style="line-height: 17px; "> faith</span>, all faiths, to contribute their unique gifts to the broader movement for social and economic justice.</p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "> </p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; ">The Trainers:</b></p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><i style="line-height: 17px; font-style: italic; ">Rev. Alexia Salvatierra</i></p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span style="line-height: 17px; ">is the executive director of C.L.U.E. (Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice), an organization of religious leaders in four cities in California (San Fransisco, Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego). C.L.U.E. supports low-wage workers in their</span> struggle for a living wage, health insurance, fair working conditions and a voice in the decisions that affect them.</p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "> </p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><i style="line-height: 17px; font-style: italic; ">Lisa Sharon Harper</i></p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">is the executive director of NY<span class="ecxil" style="line-height: 17px; "> Faith</span> & Justice, a growing movement of congregations, advocates, government representatives, and individuals committed to ending poverty in New York through spiritual formation, education, and direct advocacy.</p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "> </p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; ">How to Register:</b></p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">To register click this link or paste into your browser:</p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a href="http://www.nycharities.org/events/EventLevels.aspx?ETID=3154">http://www.nycharities.org/events/EventLevels.aspx?ETID=3154 </a></p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "> </p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Or contact Saralyn Jones at <a href="sjones@nyfaithjustice.org">sjones@nyfaithjustice.org</a> or call (212) 870-1254.</p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "> </p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; ">Co-sponsored by:</b></p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Judson Memorial Church, Bread for the World, Brooklyn Congregations United, Bronx Health REACH, Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, Habitat for Humanity, Metro Hope Church, Micah Institute, New York</p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="ecxil" style="line-height: 17px; ">Faith</span> and Justice, Trinity Grace Church, We ACT for Environmental Justice</p></td></tr></tbody></table></a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Learn more at www.nyfaithjustice.org.</div>Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18312668848539464503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718593084099408162.post-57108554579383273892011-02-09T15:43:00.002-05:002011-02-09T15:59:54.919-05:00Faith Leaders for Environmental Justice Breakfast!!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Join us on Thursday, February 10th for the first Faith Leaders for Environmental Justice quarterly breakfast of 2011! We will be updating everyone on the Food and Health Summit Working Groups as well as discussing toxic hazards in the home. WeAct for Environmental Justice will be making a very sensible and constructive presentation about ways to identify and remove toxic agents from both you and your community's homes. </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We hope to see you there!!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Faith Leaders for Environmental Justice</span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">First Quarterly Breakfast of 2011</span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#003300;">When:</span></b> Thursday, February 10th</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#003300;">Time:</span></b> Breakfast @ 8:30am</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Program from 9 to 11am</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#003300;">Where: </span></b>The Riverside Church of NY</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Room 10T</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> 91 Claremont Ave.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> NY, NY 10027</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Learn more at www.nyfaithjustice.org.</div>Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18312668848539464503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718593084099408162.post-19552205977419362082011-02-02T15:43:00.002-05:002011-02-02T15:51:07.982-05:00Let Your Voice Be Heard...Wal Mart Free NYC<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); "><div style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Join small business owners, community leaders and faith leaders at a rally prior to the City Council Hearing on Wal-Mart to urge the City Council to not allow Wal-Mart to move into NYC!</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; "> </div><div style="line-height: 17px; "><b>Who:</b> Wal-Mart Free NYC Coalition</div><div style="line-height: 17px; "> </div><div style="line-height: 17px; "><b>What: </b> Rally to Keep Wal-Mart out of NYC</div><div style="line-height: 17px; "> </div><div style="line-height: 17px; "><b>Where:</b> Steps of City Hall</div><div style="line-height: 17px; "> </div><div style="line-height: 17px; "><b>When:</b> Thursday February 3 @ 11 AM</div></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Learn more at www.nyfaithjustice.org.</div>Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18312668848539464503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718593084099408162.post-23931859670365923672011-01-31T11:07:00.003-05:002011-02-09T16:42:16.132-05:00Have You Joined a Food Justice Working Group Yet??<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(42, 42, 42); line-height: 17px; font-family:Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><a name="LETTER.BLOCK16" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); line-height: 17px; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; "><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="0" id="ecxcontent_LETTER.BLOCK16" style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 5px; "><tbody style="line-height: 17px; "><tr style="line-height: 17px; "><td rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(133, 149, 163); font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 10pt; "><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><img vspace="5" border="0" width="455" alt="FFHD Dialogue Circle3" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs027/1101876173289/img/170.jpg" style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 6px; padding-right: 6px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 6px; line-height: 17px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; " /><br /></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;">This past fall, the Food, Faith, and Health Disparities Summit was held to work on combatting the food and health disparities that NYC neighborhoods are experiencing. Based on the deliberations of the Summit participants, working groups were formed around the common themes that were brought up to combat the disparities. Below is a description of each group along with sign up information and info on their first meeting. The meetings have begun but it's not too late to join! So, please scroll down, check it out, and join us for a new year to bring real justice in New York City!<br /></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><br /><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><strong style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; ">How to Register for a Working Group:</strong> Please contact me at <a shape="rect" href="mailto:stickner@nyfaithjustice.org" style="color: blue; line-height: 17px; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: underline; cursor: pointer; ">stickner@nyfaithjustice.org</a> or reach me by cell at</span><span style="line-height: 15px; letter-spacing: 0px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;">917.628.5131.</span><br /></span></p><div align="center" style="line-height: 17px; "><div align="left" style="line-height: 17px; "><br /><br /><span style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In Faith & Justice,</span><br /><br /><span style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stephen Tickner</span><br /><span style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">NY Faith & Justice</span><br /><span style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Director, Food Faith & Health Disparities Initiatives</span><br /><br /></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table bgcolor="#B6BFC9" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(182, 191, 201); margin-bottom: 5px; "><tbody style="line-height: 17px; "><tr style="line-height: 17px; "><td height="1" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" style="line-height: 17px; "></td></tr></tbody></table></a><a name="LETTER.BLOCK34" target="_blank" style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="0" id="ecxcontent_LETTER.BLOCK34" style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 5px; "><tbody style="line-height: 17px; "><tr style="line-height: 17px; "><td rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(133, 149, 163); font-family:Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><span style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(133, 149, 163); font-family:Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><div style="line-height: 31px; color: rgb(36, 91, 124); font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:18pt;"><span style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(36, 91, 124); font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:43px;">Business Outreach<br /></span></div><span style="line-height: 17px; "><br /></span><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;">This group will focus on getting the business community involved in helping to create a more healthy and just NYC. It will work at getting businesses to support various programs around New York City that promote health and healthy living. This could mean the launch of another Food Summit focused on building bridges between faith, advocates, government, and business communities.</span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><strong style="line-height: 13px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">Organizer: Sharon Wong, NYC Food & Fitness</span></span></strong></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><strong style="line-height: 13px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">Next Meeting: THIS Tuesday, February 1st from 5 to 7:30pm</span></span></strong></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><strong style="line-height: 13px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">Location: City Harvest</span></span></strong></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">575 8th Avenue (btw 38th & 39th St)</span></b></span></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">4th floor</span></b></span></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><strong style="line-height: 13px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">NY, NY 10018</span></span></strong></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><strong style="line-height: 13px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></strong></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><strong style="line-height: 13px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">**Please contact Sharon Wong at swong@cityharvest.org to RSVP for this meeting.</span></span></strong></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><strong style="line-height: 13px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span></strong></p></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table bgcolor="#B6BFC9" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(182, 191, 201); margin-bottom: 5px; "><tbody style="line-height: 17px; "><tr style="line-height: 17px; "><td height="1" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" style="line-height: 17px; "></td></tr></tbody></table></a><a name="LETTER.BLOCK25" target="_blank" style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="0" id="ecxcontent_LETTER.BLOCK25" style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 5px; "><tbody style="line-height: 17px; "><tr style="line-height: 17px; "><td rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(133, 149, 163); font-family:Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><span style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(133, 149, 163); font-family:Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><div style="line-height: 31px; color: rgb(36, 91, 124); font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:18pt;"><span style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(36, 91, 124); font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:43px;">The Farm Bill<br /></span></div><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;">Every wonder why vegetables and fruit are so expensive and soda and potato chips are so cheap? American tax payers subsidize the production of corn, soy, and sugar, but not vegetables and fruit. In other words, we help big agribusiness produce a whole lot of unhealthy stuff. So, the prices of unhealthy food are cheaper.<br /></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;">What if American tax payers switched their priorities? What if we demanded that our tax dollars be used to help farmers produce healthy foods? This group will focus on the source of the subsidies--the U.S. Farm Bill. They will focus on shifting subsidies from soy, corn and sugar to fruits and vegetables.</span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">Organizer: Flavia DeSouza, Bread for the World</span></strong></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">Next Meeting: Wednesday, February 10th from 6 to 8pm</span></strong></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"></span></p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; "><span style="line-height: 17px; text-indent: 0px !important; letter-spacing: 0px; "><strong style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; ">NY Theological Seminary Conference Room</strong></span></p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; "><span style="line-height: 17px; text-indent: 0px !important; letter-spacing: 0px; "><strong style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; ">@ The Interchurch Center</strong></span></p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; "><span style="line-height: 17px; text-indent: 0px !important; letter-spacing: 0px; "><strong style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; ">475 Riverside Dr., 5th floor (entrance on 120th & Claremont, 1 block west of Broadway)</strong></span></p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; "><span style="line-height: 17px; text-indent: 0px !important; letter-spacing: 0px; "><strong style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; ">NY, NY 10027</strong></span></p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; "></p></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table bgcolor="#B6BFC9" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(182, 191, 201); margin-bottom: 5px; "><tbody style="line-height: 17px; "><tr style="line-height: 17px; "><td height="1" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" style="line-height: 17px; "></td></tr></tbody></table></a><a name="LETTER.BLOCK24" target="_blank" style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="0" id="ecxcontent_LETTER.BLOCK24" style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 5px; "><tbody style="line-height: 17px; "><tr style="line-height: 17px; "><td rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(133, 149, 163); font-family:Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><span style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(133, 149, 163); font-family:Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><div style="line-height: 31px; color: rgb(36, 91, 124); font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:18pt;"><span style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(36, 91, 124); font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:43px;">Community Engagement<br /></span></div><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;">This group will develop creative ways to engage faith communities, schools, and community groups in hands-on activities to make NYC neighborhoods more healthy. This could take the form of helping communities start co-ops, community gardens, or band together to develop centralized CSA's (Community Sponsored Agriculture projects).</span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><strong style="line-height: 13px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">Organizer: Michael Castillejos, Trinity Grace Church</span></span></strong></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><strong style="line-height: 13px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">Next Meeting: February 17th (details to come)</span></span></strong></p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><br /></span></b></p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; "></p></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table bgcolor="#B6BFC9" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(182, 191, 201); margin-bottom: 5px; "><tbody style="line-height: 17px; "><tr style="line-height: 17px; "><td height="1" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" style="line-height: 17px; "></td></tr></tbody></table></a><a name="LETTER.BLOCK26" target="_blank" style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="0" id="ecxcontent_LETTER.BLOCK26" style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 5px; "><tbody style="line-height: 17px; "><tr style="line-height: 17px; "><td rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(133, 149, 163); font-family:Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><span style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(133, 149, 163); font-family:Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><div style="line-height: 31px; color: rgb(36, 91, 124); font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:18pt;"><span style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(36, 91, 124); font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:43px;">Food and Voter Education</span></div><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 15px; letter-spacing: 0px; "><b style="line-height: 15px; font-weight: bold; "><br /></b></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;">This group will educate faith communities and community groups on political leaders' positions and records on issues of food and health and on upcoming laws, ordinances or government actions that will have an impact on the food system of NYC.<br /></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;">In addition, this group will inform faith communities, schools and community groups about how they can take personal and organizational responsibility to make healthy food choices.</span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><strong style="line-height: 13px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;">Organizer: Kelly Moltzen, Bronx Health Reach and Regina Howard-Norman, Walker Memorial Baptist Church</span></strong></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 13px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">First Meeting: Monday, February 14th</span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 13px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">6:30 to 8:30pm</span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 13px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">NY Theological Seminary Conference Room</span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">@The Interchurch Center</span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">5th Floor</span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">475 Riverside Dr. (entrance on SW corner of 120th & Claremont, 1 block west of Broadway)</span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">NY, NY 10115</span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">To RSVP contact Stephen at <a href="stickner@nyfiathjustice.org">stickner@nyfiathjustice.org</a> or call 917.628.5131</span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><strong style="line-height: 13px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span></strong></p></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table bgcolor="#B6BFC9" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(182, 191, 201); margin-bottom: 5px; "><tbody style="line-height: 17px; "><tr style="line-height: 17px; "><td height="1" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" style="line-height: 17px; "></td></tr></tbody></table></a><a name="LETTER.BLOCK29" target="_blank" style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="0" id="ecxcontent_LETTER.BLOCK29" style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 5px; "><tbody style="line-height: 17px; "><tr style="line-height: 17px; "><td rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(133, 149, 163); font-family:Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><span style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(133, 149, 163); font-family:Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><div style="line-height: 31px; color: rgb(36, 91, 124); font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:18pt;"><span style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(36, 91, 124); font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:43px;">Incentives to Purchase Healthy Foods<br /></span></div><span style="line-height: 17px; "><br /></span><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;">Recently, there's been a lot of hoopla about banning folks on food stamps from purchasing soda. There are arguments for and against this policy, but did you know the average food stamp benefit is only $99 per month? How much healthy food would you be able to purchase with less than $100 per month? Rather than banning the purchase of soda, why don't we make it more possible for poor people to make healthier choices?<br /></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;">This group will call on NYC policy-makers to incentivize the purchase of healthy food for people receiving government assistance.</span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><strong style="line-height: 13px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">Organizer: Jaime Gutierrez, NY Academy of Medicine</span></span></strong></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><strong style="line-height: 13px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; 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margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">**Please contact Stephen at stickner@nyfaithjustice.org to RSVP</span></span></span></p></span></td></tr></tbody></table></a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Learn more at www.nyfaithjustice.org.</div>Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18312668848539464503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718593084099408162.post-85924184008632066422011-01-25T23:05:00.002-05:002011-01-25T23:12:47.401-05:00See the World from a Different Perspective!! A One-Week Engagement!<p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Times; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b>"HOME"</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Times; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>A View From Above That Will Change Your World</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Times; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Times; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A Film By: Yann Arthus-Bertrand </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Times; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Produced By: Luc Besson & Denis Carot | Narrated By: Glenn Close </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Times; min-height: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Times; "><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">As a Gift to New York City, Yann Arthus-Bertrand is offering the public </span></span></i></b></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Times; "><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Free Admission to all Village East Cinema screenings of "HOME" </span></span></i></b></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Times; "><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"> from February 4-10, 2011 </span></span></i></b></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Times; min-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Times; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Tickets are available at <a href="http://www.VillageEastCinema.com">www.VillageEastCinema.com</a> and at the Village East Box Office </span></b></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Times; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(12</span></b><span style="font: 7.0px Times"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">th</span></b></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> St @ 2</span></b><span style="font: 7.0px Times"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">nd</span></b></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Ave) </span></b></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Times; min-height: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Times; "><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Yann Arthus-Bertrand is in New York for interviews </span></span></i></b></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Times; "><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"> January 31st-February 6</span></span></i></b><span style="font: 7.0px Times"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">th </span></span></i></b></span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"> </span> </span></i></b></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Times; min-height: 13px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></b></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Times; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Contact for DVDs & Interviews with Director: </span></b></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Times; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Erin Bruce, Falco Ink., (212) 445-7100, <a href="ErinBruce@FalcoInk.com">ErinBruce@FalcoInk.com</a> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Times; min-height: 13px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></b></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Times; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Screening Times, Press Notes, Artwork & Trailer available at:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Times; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.homethemovie.org">www.homethemovie.org</a> </span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Times; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Times; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Times; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></b></p><b><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times">Directed by photographer and environmentalist Yann Arthus-Bertrand and narrated by Glenn </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times">Close, “<b>HOME”</b> takes you on a visually stunning, spectacular voyage around the world. It is a </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times">unique film that approaches the current debate about climate change from a whole new angle, </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times">giving the viewer the opportunity to see how our earth is changing. Going well beyond the </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times">scientific reports, charts and graphs, this film is an inspiration that speaks to our hearts and </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times">touches our souls. </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times; min-height: 13.0px"> </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times">Humans have upset the balance of planet Earth. We must act now. It's too late to be a pessimist. </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times"> The price is too high. Humanity has barely ten years to reverse the trend and change its patterns </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times">of consumption. </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times; min-height: 13.0px"> </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times">Spanning 54 countries and 120 locations, all seen from the air, the film captures the Earth's most </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times">amazing landscapes, showcasing its incomparable beauty and acknowledging its vulnerability. </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times"> “<b>HOME”</b> is an emotional reminder of what is at stake: the Earth, in all its beauty, and the </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times">people who live on it. With this film, Arthus-Bertrand hopes to provide a stepping-stone to </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times">further the call to action to take care of our <b>HOME</b> and encourage viewers to become good “eco-<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times">citizens.” </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times; min-height: 13.0px"> </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times"><b>“HOME”</b> is the first film made using only aerial footage. The film marks Yann Arthus-<span style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times">Bertrand's feature film directorial debut. The movie is carbon offset. This means that all of the </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times">CO2 emissions engendered by making the film are calculated and offset by sums of money that </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times">are used to provide clean energy to those who don't have any. For the last ten years, all the work </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times">of Yann Arthus-Bertrand has been carbon offset. </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times; min-height: 13.0px"> </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times"><b>“HOME”</b> is a non-for-profit film project, produced by film director and producer Luc Besson </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times">(Europacorp), Denis Carot (Elzevir Films) and supported by François-Henri Pinault of PPR </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times">Group, the branding portfolio that handles Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent and several other luxury </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times">brands. In the United States, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment represents the film. </p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times"></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times">After completing the amazing imagery of <b>"HOME,"</b> Yann Arthus-Bertrand began his next </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times">journey around the world by screening the film for free wherever there was an audience curious </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times">to experience it. The journey began on World Environment Day, June 5, 2009, when the film </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times">was released worldwide across all media platforms -- theater, television, DVD and Internet. Free </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times">screenings took place across 5 continents. Since then, more than 400 million people have </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times">watched "<b>HOME." </b> </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times; min-height: 13.0px"> </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times">Yann Arthus-Bertrand's next journey brings him back to New York City, a city he loves, where </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times">several events inspired by <b>"HOME"</b> culminates in a one-week run of free screenings, from </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times">February 4-10, 2011, at the Village East Cinemas in New York. </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times; min-height: 13.0px"> </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times"><b>ABOUT YANN ARTHUS-BERTRAND </b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times">Yann Arthus-Bertrand is a world famous French photographer, filmmaker and </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times">environmentalist who has always had a passion for the animal and natural </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times">world. Some of his works include <i>Lions, Six Billion Others -- Climate Voices, </i></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times"><i>Earth from Above, 365 Days to Think About Our Planet</i><b><i> </i></b>and <i>New York From </i></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times"><i>the Air</i>. He founded Altitude, the world's first aerial photography agency. His </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times">foundation GoodPlanet works with individuals, companies and institutions to </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times">help improve their environmental awareness in a variety of ways, including </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times">campaigns to help groups reduce their carbon footprints by 10% in a year. </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times">GoodPlanet Junior is a collaboration with the French League of Education to teach students how </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times">to be good eco-citizens. He is a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times">Programme (UNEP). After the release of <b>HOME</b>, his next project is to launch the official UN </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times">declaration of 2011 as the "International Year of the Forest," by producing a short-film, a book, </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times">an educational poster campaign and an exhibition on the theme of FORESTS. <b> </b></p><p></p><p></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Times; min-height: 13.0px"> </p><div><br /></div></b><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Learn more at www.nyfaithjustice.org.</div>Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18312668848539464503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718593084099408162.post-19323626244253295342011-01-24T12:13:00.003-05:002011-01-24T12:25:34.393-05:00Sign the Petition!<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; "><a href="http://www.nyjwj.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">New York Jobs with Justice</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> has started a new </span><a href="http://afl.salsalabs.com/o/4023/c/118/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1234&track=nyfaithandjustice"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">online petition</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> to urge the City Council to keep from allowing Wal-Mart to move in to NYC. The petition states:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><blockquote></blockquote></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Gotham Medium', Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; "><blockquote>When Walmart enters a community, it kills three retail jobs for every two poverty-wage job it “creates.” When a Walmart opened in Chicago, 25% of businesses surveyed within four miles closed. We must prevent this from happening in our communities, which are devastated by high unemployment.<br /><br />We urge our local elected officials to bring good jobs to our communities, not companies like Walmart that lower the average wage in an area and destroy jobs! </blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Please sign this <a href="http://afl.salsalabs.com/o/4023/c/118/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1234&track=nyfaithandjustice">petition</a>. Wal-Mart affects all areas of this city from the <a href="http://www.publicradio.org/columns/marketplace/business-news-briefs/2011/01/study_the_bigger_the_wal-mart.html">health of it's residents</a> to the <a href="http://www.luc.edu/umc/newsroom/releases/010710_walmart.shtml">small businesses</a> that make up NYC.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Gotham Medium', Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Gotham Medium', Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://afl.salsalabs.com/o/4023/c/118/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1234&track=nyfaithandjustice">Sign the Petition Here!</a></span></span></span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Learn more at www.nyfaithjustice.org.</div>Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18312668848539464503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718593084099408162.post-49598704385448014012011-01-21T14:00:00.002-05:002011-01-21T14:11:03.043-05:00News from Wal-Mart Free NYC!!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica; line-height: 17px; font-size: 13px; "><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 17px; "><b style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><u style="line-height: 17px; "><span style="line-height: 22px; font-size: 13pt; ">FILE UNDER WALMART BELIEVE IT OR NOT:</span></u></b></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 17px; "><b style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 22px; font-size: 13pt; ">1 DAY AFTER NEW NATIONAL STUDY LINKS WALMART TO INCREASED OBESITY, RETAILER PROMISES TO PROMOTE HEALTHY FOODS</span></b></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 17px; "><b style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 22px; font-size: 13pt; "><br /></span></b></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 17px; "><b style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-size: 10pt; "> </span></b></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 17px; "><b style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><i style="line-height: 17px; font-style: italic; "><span style="line-height: 20px; font-size: 12pt; ">Smoke Screen PR Push Comes From Largest US Employer of Workers on Food Stamps</span></i></b><b style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 20px; font-size: 12pt; "></span></b></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 17px; "><b style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><i style="line-height: 17px; font-style: italic; "><span style="line-height: 20px; font-size: 12pt; "><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="line-height: 17px; "><b style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><i style="line-height: 17px; font-style: italic; "><span style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">New York City Green Grocers Say They’ll Be Squeezed Out by Walmart</span></span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 17px; "></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; "><span style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">New York- Walmart’s announcement today to promote healthy, affordable food was met with skepticism by New York City’s anti-hunger advocates, faith leaders, and green grocers.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; "><span style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; "><span style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">“Walmart’s rhetoric doesn’t match reality,” said Bertha Lewis, President, The Black Leadership Institute. “They promise to create jobs- but they just squeeze out the little guy. Now they’re promising to promote healthy foods. The fact of the matter is, right here, right now, they’re contributing to the obesity epidemic.”</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; "><span style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">“If Walmart wants access to OUR communities, it should come back when its track record is as impressive as its PR campaign,” Lewis continued.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; "><span style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 17px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The retailer’s announcement today comes on the heels of a new national study </span><a href="http://www.publicradio.org/columns/marketplace/business-news-briefs/2011/01/study_the_bigger_the_wal-mart.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">reported yesterday by NPR</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> linking Walmart to increased obesity rates. </span><a href="http://www.publicradio.org/columns/marketplace/business-news-briefs/2011/01/study_the_bigger_the_wal-mart.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">According to </span></a><span style="line-height: 17px; color: black; "><a href="http://www.publicradio.org/columns/marketplace/business-news-briefs/2011/01/study_the_bigger_the_wal-mart.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Charles Courtemanche, an assistant professor ofeconomics</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: </span><span style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">“the most obvious story is that Walmart lowers the price of foods and a lot of the foods it has big price advantages on are the processed, inner-aisle types of food that aren’t that good for you."</span></span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 17px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 17px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 17px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">New York’s green grocers said they’re working hard to provide high quality fruits and vegetables in every corner of the city, but they don’t stand a chance against Walmart. Studies have shown that Walmart pushes out small businesses and the workers they employ when it opens new stores.</span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 17px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 17px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 17px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">“More than 1,200 green grocers offer fresh, affordable produce to New York’s low-income communities,” said Sung Soo Kim, President of the Korean-American Small Business Service Center of New York. “If Walmart moves in, they’ll all be squeezed out.”</span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 17px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 17px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 17px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A </span><a href="http://www.luc.edu/umc/newsroom/releases/010710_walmart.shtml"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2009 study by the University of Illinois at Chicago and Loyola University Chicago</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> found that the closer a store’s proximity to Walmart’s location in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago, the more likely they were to go out of business. </span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 17px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 17px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 17px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">In Chicago, 82 local retailers were pushed out by Walmart: “The findings support the contention that urban Walmart stores absorb sales from other city stores without significantly expanding the market.” In addition, the study found that there was no increase in retail activity or employment opportunities.</span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 17px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 17px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 17px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">“This study reveals what we have suspected to be true all along, When Wal-Mart comes to urban areas, communities suffer. Not only jobs and small businesses are threatened but peoples bodies are put at risk. NYC needs solutions that cultivate the image of god in our communities; that support local business and public health,” said </span></span><span style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Lisa Sharon Harper, Executive Director of </span><span style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><a href="http://www.nyfaithjustice.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">New York Faith and Justice.</span></a></span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 17px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 17px; "><b style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></b></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 17px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Adults in East New York and New Lots, where Walmart is proposing a new store, have an increased risk of heart disease, obesity, and diabetes- 3 in 10 adults are obese.</span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 17px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 17px; "><b style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></b></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 17px; "><b style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 17px; "><b style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">ABOUT WALMART FREE NYC</span></span></b></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 17px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Walmart Free NYC is a coalition of concerned workers and residents, small business owners, community leaders, clergy and elected officials who are committed to increasing economic opportunities, preserving local businesses, and bringing more jobs to communities across New York.</span></span></div></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Learn more at www.nyfaithjustice.org.</div>Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18312668848539464503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718593084099408162.post-88905961355638808122011-01-18T08:45:00.003-05:002011-01-18T09:41:55.696-05:00You're Invited!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#003333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">New York Civic</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">in association with</span></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">the New York Divinity School</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">is pleased to invite you to a panel discussion</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b>Morality and Politics: </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b>Are They Mutually Exclusive?</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Tuesday, January 25th, 2011</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">6:30p.m. - 8p.m.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">at the Calvary Baptist Church</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">123 West 57th Street (between 6th & 7th Aves.)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Moderated by Henry J. Stern with Special Guests:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Richard Brodsky, Former NY Assemblyman</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Grace Rauh, NY1 Political Reporter</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Dr. Paul de Vries, NYDS President</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Arthur Engoron, Civil Court Judge</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993300;"><b>FREE ADMISSION</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Join New York Civic and the New York Divinity School for a spirited panel discussion of politics, ethics, corruption and how to restore the public's faith in government.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Space is limited, so RSVP as soon as possible.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">To attend or for inquiries, email <a href="morgan@nycivic.org">morgan@nycivic.org</a> or phone (212)564-4441</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Learn more at www.nyfaithjustice.org.</div>Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18312668848539464503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718593084099408162.post-36227915867253723022011-01-13T14:37:00.002-05:002011-01-13T14:44:32.165-05:00Volunteers needed<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); "><h6 style="line-height: 14px; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">On January 19th there will be a mass day of Rider Rebellion leafleting. We will be handing out "Service Advisory" leaflets all across NYC, warning riders to: "Watch Your Wallet, It's Budget Season in Albany." We need your help to get this important message out. Please e-mail </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="volunteer@transalt.org">volunteer@transalt.org</a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> to volunteer on January 19th and stop Albany from robbing our transit dollars.</span></span></span></h6><h6 style="line-height: 14px; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></h6><h6 style="line-height: 14px; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">To find out more information on Transportation Alternatives visit there <a href="http://transalt.org/">website here</a>.</span></span></span></h6><div><span style="line-height: normal; font-size:130%;"><span style="line-height: 23px; "><br /></span></span></div></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Learn more at www.nyfaithjustice.org.</div>Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18312668848539464503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718593084099408162.post-37081152679920911332011-01-10T14:32:00.002-05:002011-01-10T14:39:20.142-05:00Join the Fight!!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); "><div style="line-height: 17px; "><div style="line-height: 17px; "><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(80, 0, 80); "><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="line-height: normal; font-size:130%;"><span style="line-height: 23px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">This MLK Day Join the Fight for a Living Wage!</span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(80, 0, 80); "><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="line-height: normal; font-size:130%;"><span style="line-height: 23px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "></span><br /><br /><span style="line-height: 23px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Mass Meeting for Living Wages </span><br /><span style="line-height: 23px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Thursday January 13th, 6:30 PM</span><br /><span style="line-height: 23px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Convent Ave. Baptist Church</span><br /><span style="line-height: normal; font-size:85%;"><span style="line-height: normal; color:#000000;">145th St. & Convent Ave.<br />1, A, B, C, D to 145th St.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(80, 0, 80); "><span class="ecxApple-style-span"><span><span><span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: normal; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span> </div></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Over 40 years ago Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. rallied striking sanitation workers and their supporters in Memphis, TN saying, "It is a crime for people to live in this rich nation & receive starvation wages." </span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="ecxApple-style-span"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="line-height: normal; "><span style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Today, in NYC we are asking the City Council to call a hearing on the Fair Wages for New Yorker's Act which will guarantee that all workers in taxpayer subsidized developments are paid at least $10 an hour plus benefits or $11.50 without. </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; "><span style="line-height: normal; "><span style="line-height: 17px; "></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><div style="line-height: 17px; "><br /><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(80, 0, 80); "><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">We are going to kick off 2011 and honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by uniting community, faith and labor from around the city for the common cause of dignity and a living wage. W<span style="line-height: 17px; font-size: small; ">e must show the city council through our massive numbers that the people of New York will not stop until a Living Wage is won.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(80, 0, 80); "><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-size: small; "><br /></span></span></span></span></div></div></div><div style="line-height: 17px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "> </div><div style="line-height: 17px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">Program will include:</span></div><div style="line-height: 17px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "></span><br /><br /><ul style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 1em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 1em; list-style-type: disc; "><li style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">First Corinthian Baptist Church Choir</span></li><li style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">Monique Walker, Grammy Award-Winning Singer</span></li><li style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr.</span></li><li style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">Comptroller John Liu</span></li><li style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">Members of the NYC Council</span></li><li style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">Spoken word by Sistas and Brothas United</span></li><li style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">Sermon by Michael A. Walrond, Senior Pastor, First Corinthian Baptist Church</span></li><li style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 15px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">Lillian Roberts, President, DC 37</span></li></ul><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">For more information on the LIving Wage NYC <a href="http://www.livingwagenyc.org/">click here!</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">**Submitted by Living Wage NYC and the Micah Institute</span></span></b></div></div></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Learn more at www.nyfaithjustice.org.</div>Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18312668848539464503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718593084099408162.post-67859484167117009712011-01-10T14:02:00.004-05:002011-01-11T16:10:26.177-05:00Rally at City Hall!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;">Join small business owners and community members prior to the New York City Council hearing on Wal-Mart and tell the City we don't need or want a Wal-Mart in NYC!</span><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">What: Keep Wal-Mart Out of New York City Rally</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Where: Steps of City Hall</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">When: Wednesday, January 12th, 2011</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> @ 11am</span></div><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 24.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 24.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">**submitted by the UFCW local 1500</span></b></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 24.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 24.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">UPDATE: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Due to the incoming snow storm, t</span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">he rally has been rescheduled for February 3 at 11 AM</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 24.0px Helvetica"> </p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Learn more at www.nyfaithjustice.org.</div>Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18312668848539464503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718593084099408162.post-37931264769697136602011-01-07T13:49:00.004-05:002011-01-07T14:03:05.313-05:00Alert: Farm Bill Working Group Meeting Rescheduled!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Due to the inclement weather tonight's first meeting of the Farm Bill Working Group has been postponed. Instead, the meeting will be held Friday, January 21st at 5pm. </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Looking forward to seeing everyone then!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Farm Bill Working Group Meeting</span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Friday, January 21st, 2011</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">5 to 6:30pm</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">NY Theological Seminary Conference Room</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">@ The Interchurch Center</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">5th Floor</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">475 Riverside Dr. (entrance on SW Corner of 120th & Broadway, 1 block west of Broadway)</span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Learn more at www.nyfaithjustice.org.</div>Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18312668848539464503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718593084099408162.post-6869502383749235622011-01-05T12:28:00.004-05:002011-01-28T10:50:27.772-05:00Help Create A More Healthy & Just NYC!!<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family:Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" id="ecxcontent_LETTER.BLOCK6" style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 5px; "><tbody style="line-height: 17px; "><tr style="line-height: 17px; "><td rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center" style="line-height: 41px; color: rgb(36, 91, 124); font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:24pt;"><span style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(36, 91, 124); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 24pt; font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size:6;color:#245B7C;"><span style="line-height: 41px; font-weight: bold; font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:24pt;">Food Justice Working Groups<br /></span><span style="line-height: 31px; font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:18pt;">LAUNCH This Week!</span><span style="line-height: 41px; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); font-size:24pt;"><br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table bgcolor="#B6BFC9" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(182, 191, 201); margin-bottom: 5px; "><tbody style="line-height: 17px; "><tr style="line-height: 17px; "><td height="1" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" style="line-height: 17px; "></td></tr></tbody></table><a name="LETTER.BLOCK16" target="_blank" style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="0" id="ecxcontent_LETTER.BLOCK16" style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 5px; "><tbody style="line-height: 17px; "><tr style="line-height: 17px; "><td rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(133, 149, 163); font-family:'Century Gothic';font-size:10pt;"><span style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dear Friends and Members of NY Faith & Justice, </span><span style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><br /></span><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"> </span><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;">On Saturday, October 30, 2010, </span><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;">More than 150 </span><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;">New Yorkers from all five Boroughs convened at the Food Faith and Health Disparities Summit, cosponsored by NY Faith & Justice, Faith Leaders for Environmental Justice, and The Riverside Church in NYC. Participants engaged in a full day of dialogue to develop a prioritized list of actions to help create a more healthy and just NYC.<br /></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "> </span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><br /><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"> </span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><img vspace="5" border="0" width="455" alt="FFHD Dialogue Circle3" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs027/1101876173289/img/170.jpg" style="line-height: 17px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; " /><br /></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;">Six working groups were formed in response to Summit Deliberations. Below is a description of each group along with sign up information and info on their first meeting. Two are meeting over the next two weeks! So, please scroll down, check it out, and join us for a new year to bring real justice in New York City!<br /></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><br /><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"> </span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><strong style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; ">How to Register for a Working Group:</strong> Please contact me at<a shape="rect" href="mailto:stickner@nyfaithjustice.org" style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: underline; color: blue; cursor: pointer; ">stickner@nyfaithjustice.org</a> or reach me by cell at</span><span style="line-height: 15px; letter-spacing: 0px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;">917.628.5131.</span><br /></span></p><div align="center" style="line-height: 17px; "><div align="left" style="line-height: 17px; "><br /><br /><span style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In Faith & Justice,</span><br /><br /><span style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stephen Tickner</span><br /><span style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">NY Faith & Justice</span><br /><span style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Director, Food Faith & Health Disparities Initiatives</span><br /><br /></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table bgcolor="#B6BFC9" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(182, 191, 201); margin-bottom: 5px; "><tbody style="line-height: 17px; "><tr style="line-height: 17px; "><td height="1" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" style="line-height: 17px; "></td></tr></tbody></table></a><a name="LETTER.BLOCK34" target="_blank" style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="0" id="ecxcontent_LETTER.BLOCK34" style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 5px; "><tbody style="line-height: 17px; "><tr style="line-height: 17px; "><td rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(133, 149, 163); font-family:Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><span style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(133, 149, 163); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:#8595A3;"><div style="line-height: 31px; color: rgb(36, 91, 124); font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:18pt;"><span style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(36, 91, 124); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18pt; font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size:180%;color:#245B7C;">Business Outreach<br /></span></div><span style="line-height: 17px; "><br /></span><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;">This group will focus on getting the business community involved in helping to create a more healthy and just NYC. It will work at getting businesses to support various programs around New York City that promote health and healthy living. This could mean the launch of another Food Summit focused on building bridges between faith, advocates, government, and business communities.</span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><strong style="line-height: 13px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Organizer: Sharon Wong, NYC Food & Fitness</span></span></strong></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><strong style="line-height: 13px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Next Meeting: THIS Tuesday, February 1st from 5 to 7:30pm</span></span></strong></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><strong style="line-height: 13px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Location: City Harvest</span></span></strong></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">575 8th Avenue (btw 38th & 39th St)</span></b></span></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">4th floor</span></b></span></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><strong style="line-height: 13px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">NY, NY 10018</span></span></strong></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><strong style="line-height: 13px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></strong></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><strong style="line-height: 13px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">**Please contact Sharon Wong at swong@cityharvest.org to RSVP for this meeting.</span></span></strong></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><strong style="line-height: 13px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span></strong></p></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table bgcolor="#B6BFC9" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(182, 191, 201); margin-bottom: 5px; "><tbody style="line-height: 17px; "><tr style="line-height: 17px; "><td height="1" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" style="line-height: 17px; "></td></tr></tbody></table></a><a name="LETTER.BLOCK25" target="_blank" style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="0" id="ecxcontent_LETTER.BLOCK25" style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 5px; "><tbody style="line-height: 17px; "><tr style="line-height: 17px; "><td rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(133, 149, 163); font-family:Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><span style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(133, 149, 163); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:#8595A3;"><div style="line-height: 31px; color: rgb(36, 91, 124); font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:18pt;"><span style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(36, 91, 124); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18pt; font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size:180%;color:#245B7C;">The Farm Bill<br /></span></div><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;">Every wonder why vegetables and fruit are so expensive and soda and potato chips are so cheap? American tax payers subsidize the production of corn, soy, and sugar, but not vegetables and fruit. In other words, we help big agribusiness produce a whole lot of unhealthy stuff. So, the prices of unhealthy food are cheaper.<br /></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;">What if American tax payers switched their priorities? What if we demanded that our tax dollars be used to help farmers produce healthy foods? This group will focus on the source of the subsidies--the U.S. Farm Bill. They will focus on shifting subsidies from soy, corn and sugar to fruits and vegetables.</span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Organizer: Flavia DeSouza, Bread for the World</span></strong></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Next Meeting: Wednesday, February 10th from 6 to 8pm</span></strong></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"></span></p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; "><span style="line-height: 17px; text-indent: 0px !important; letter-spacing: 0px; "><strong style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; ">NY Theological Seminary Conference Room</strong></span></p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; "><span style="line-height: 17px; text-indent: 0px !important; letter-spacing: 0px; "><strong style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; ">@ The Interchurch Center</strong></span></p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; "><span style="line-height: 17px; text-indent: 0px !important; letter-spacing: 0px; "><strong style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; ">475 Riverside Dr., 5th floor (entrance on 120th & Claremont, 1 block west of Broadway)</strong></span></p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; "><span style="line-height: 17px; text-indent: 0px !important; letter-spacing: 0px; "><strong style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; ">NY, NY 10027</strong></span></p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; "></p></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table bgcolor="#B6BFC9" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(182, 191, 201); margin-bottom: 5px; "><tbody style="line-height: 17px; "><tr style="line-height: 17px; "><td height="1" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" style="line-height: 17px; "></td></tr></tbody></table></a><a name="LETTER.BLOCK24" target="_blank" style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="0" id="ecxcontent_LETTER.BLOCK24" style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 5px; "><tbody style="line-height: 17px; "><tr style="line-height: 17px; "><td rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(133, 149, 163); font-family:Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><span style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(133, 149, 163); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:#8595A3;"><div style="line-height: 31px; color: rgb(36, 91, 124); font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:18pt;"><span style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(36, 91, 124); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18pt; font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size:180%;color:#245B7C;">Community Engagement<br /></span></div><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;">This group will develop creative ways to engage faith communities, schools, and community groups in hands-on activities to make NYC neighborhoods more healthy. This could take the form of helping communities start co-ops, community gardens, or band together to develop centralized CSA's (Community Sponsored Agriculture projects).</span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><strong style="line-height: 13px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Organizer: Michael Castillejos, Trinity Grace Church</span></span></strong></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><strong style="line-height: 13px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Next Meeting: February 17th (details to come)</span></span></strong></p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; "></p></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table bgcolor="#B6BFC9" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(182, 191, 201); margin-bottom: 5px; "><tbody style="line-height: 17px; "><tr style="line-height: 17px; "><td height="1" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" style="line-height: 17px; "></td></tr></tbody></table></a><a name="LETTER.BLOCK26" target="_blank" style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="0" id="ecxcontent_LETTER.BLOCK26" style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 5px; "><tbody style="line-height: 17px; "><tr style="line-height: 17px; "><td rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(133, 149, 163); font-family:Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><span style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(133, 149, 163); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:#8595A3;"><div style="line-height: 31px; color: rgb(36, 91, 124); font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:18pt;"><span style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(36, 91, 124); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18pt; font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size:180%;color:#245B7C;">Food and Voter Education</span></div><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 15px; letter-spacing: 0px; "><b style="line-height: 15px; font-weight: bold; "><br /></b></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;">This group will educate faith communities and community groups on political leaders' positions and records on issues of food and health and on upcoming laws, ordinances or government actions that will have an impact on the food system of NYC.<br /></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;">In addition, this group will inform faith communities, schools and community groups about how they can take personal and organizational responsibility to make healthy food choices.</span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><strong style="line-height: 13px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;">Organizer: Kelly Moltzen, Bronx Health Reach and Regina Howard-Norman, Walker Memorial Baptist Church</span></strong></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><strong style="line-height: 13px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;">First Meeting: TBA</span></strong></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><strong style="line-height: 13px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span></strong></p></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table bgcolor="#B6BFC9" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(182, 191, 201); margin-bottom: 5px; "><tbody style="line-height: 17px; "><tr style="line-height: 17px; "><td height="1" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" style="line-height: 17px; "></td></tr></tbody></table></a><a name="LETTER.BLOCK29" target="_blank" style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="0" id="ecxcontent_LETTER.BLOCK29" style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 5px; "><tbody style="line-height: 17px; "><tr style="line-height: 17px; "><td rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(133, 149, 163); font-family:Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><span style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(133, 149, 163); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:#8595A3;"><div style="line-height: 31px; color: rgb(36, 91, 124); font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:18pt;"><span style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(36, 91, 124); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18pt; font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size:180%;color:#245B7C;">Incentives to Purchase Healthy Foods<br /></span></div><span style="line-height: 17px; "><br /></span><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;">Recently, there's been a lot of hoopla about banning folks on food stamps from purchasing soda. There are arguments for and against this policy, but did you know the average food stamp benefit is only $99 per month? How much healthy food would you be able to purchase with less than $100 per month? Rather than banning the purchase of soda, why don't we make it more possible for poor people to make healthier choices?<br /></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;">This group will call on NYC policy-makers to incentivize the purchase of healthy food for people receiving government assistance.</span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><strong style="line-height: 13px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Organizer: Jaime Gutierrez, NY Academy of Medicine</span></span></strong></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><strong style="line-height: 13px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">First Meeting: Wednesday, February 2nd</span></span></strong></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><strong style="line-height: 13px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">6 to 8pm</span></span></strong></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">NY Theological Seminary Conference Room</span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">@The Interchurch Center</span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">5th Floor</span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">475 Riverside Dr. (entrance on SW corner of 120th & Claremont)</span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">NY, NY 10115</span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">**Please contact Stephen at stickner@nyfaithjustice.org to RSVP</span></span></span></p></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table bgcolor="#B6BFC9" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(182, 191, 201); margin-bottom: 5px; "><tbody style="line-height: 17px; "><tr style="line-height: 17px; "><td height="1" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" style="line-height: 17px; "></td></tr></tbody></table></a><a name="LETTER.BLOCK31" target="_blank" style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer; "><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="0" id="ecxcontent_LETTER.BLOCK31" style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 5px; "><tbody style="line-height: 17px; "><tr style="line-height: 17px; "><td rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(133, 149, 163); font-family:Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><span style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(133, 149, 163); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:#8595A3;"><div style="line-height: 31px; color: rgb(36, 91, 124); font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:18pt;"><span style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(36, 91, 124); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18pt; font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size:180%;color:#245B7C;">Living Wage for Food Workers</span></div><span style="line-height: 17px; "><br /></span><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;">Did you know the people who grow, pick, sell, and serve our food are often the hungriest people in our country? This group will join a larger city-wide effort to pass a Living Wage Bill in New York City. We will focus on making sure food workers are a part of this bill.</span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><strong style="line-height: 13px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;">Organizer: Jennifer Wilder, New York Theological Seminary - Micah Institute</span></strong></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Helvetica; "><strong style="line-height: 13px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;">First Meeting: TBA</span></strong></p><div><strong style="line-height: 13px; font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 17px; letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Century Gothic', 'ITC Avant Garde', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><br /></span></strong></div></span></td></tr></tbody></table></a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Learn more at www.nyfaithjustice.org.</div>Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18312668848539464503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718593084099408162.post-61555036929953941192010-12-07T19:03:00.001-05:002010-12-07T19:03:51.097-05:00Don't miss this!!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; 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font-size: 18pt; font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size:180%;color:#245B7C;"><a shape="rect" name="FaithLeaders4EJ" target="_blank" style="line-height: 31px; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><img alt="FaithLeaders4EJ" title="FaithLeaders4EJ" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/s.gif" style="line-height: 31px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; " /></a>Faith Leaders for Environmental Justice</span></div><span style="line-height: 17px; "> </span> <br /><img vspace="5" border="0" width="468" alt="Faith and Earth Breakfast" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs027/1101876173289/img/166.jpg" style="line-height: 17px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; " /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Learn more at www.nyfaithjustice.org.</div>Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18312668848539464503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718593084099408162.post-62393118233751772922010-12-05T22:50:00.006-05:002010-12-06T22:13:09.511-05:00Make the DREAM Act a Reality!!<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family:Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family:Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><pre style="line-height: 17px; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#CC0000;"><b><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #af1e15"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b>Join us for an interfaith vigil to support the </b></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">DREAM Act</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Tuesday, 12/7 @ 6pm</span></b></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Location: St. Theresa's Church</span></b></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 15.0px; font: 12.0px Arial"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">141 Henry Street</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 15.0px; font: 12.0px Arial"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">New York, NY 10002-7198</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">**NY Faith & Justice Executive Director Lisa Sharon Harper will be speaking</span></i></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 17px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">As you may know, the House of Representatives is expected to vote on the DREAM Act next week.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 17px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">THANK YOU for making calls!! Just yesterday alone, there were 16,588 calls made nationwide. Please continue to call 866-967-6018 or 866-957-2612 and ask to speak to your Congress member and one of the five Congress members below. Tell them you need them to vote "YES" on the DREAM Act.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">* Congressman Michael Arcuri</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">* Congressman John Hall</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">* Congressman Brian Higgins</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">* Congressman Scott Murphy</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">* Congressman William Owens</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">ALSO:</span></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 17px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">On Thursday, December 9th: Governor Paterson Protect Our Communities Rally!</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">NO MORE DEPORTATIONS. POLICE SHOULD NOT BE IMMIGRATION AGENTS</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">RALLY in Manhattan. Thursday December 9, 2010, 11 am. Gov. Paterson's</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">NYC Office, 633 3rd Ave (btwn 40th and 41st St.)</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">For more information: Lili Salmeron, NMCIR, 212-781-0355 or</span></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 17px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><a href="co@nmcir.org">co@nmcir.org</a></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">In May 2010, NY State signed a Memorandum of Agreement with ICE</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">approving "Secure Communities," in which local police send</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">fingerprints of all arrestees to Department of Homeland Security</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">databases. This costly program will push thousands more immigrants</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">into the unjust detention and deportation system, while making us all</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">less safe and violating our rights. ICE has repeatedly misrepresented</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">and lied about the program to the state and nation. Join us in</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">demanding that Governor Paterson terminate the Secure Communities</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">agreement and that the federal courts require ICE to share all</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">documents on "opting out" of the program.* New York State should not</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">cooperate with ICE in tearing apart immigrant families.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">**After the rally, a federal judge presiding over NDLON v. ICE will</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">consider an emergency injunction ordering ICE to make documents public</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">regarding whether jurisdictions can refuse to participate in Secure</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Communities. Please come to the hearing to show your support for this</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">injunction at 2:00 at US District Court at 500 Pearl Street, Courtroom</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 17.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">15C, NY, NY.</span></span></p></b></span></pre></span></span></span></pre></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Learn more at www.nyfaithjustice.org.</div>Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18312668848539464503noreply@blogger.com0