TODAY 4pm: Pride Flag Rally at the Stonewall National Monument In the wake of the Trump administration’s anti-queer decision to remove the Pride flag from Stonewall National Monument earlier this week, I’m joining other elected officials and activists to re-raise the flag and protest this erasure of LGBTQ+ Americans and our history. I invite you to join us today, Thursday, February 12 at 4pm at the Stonewall National Monument (38-64 Christopher St.) and rally in support of protecting our community from these ongoing extremist attacks. Manhattan is the home of Pride and we will not be silenced. Calling museums, public schools & nonprofits Need capital funding for an arts or cultural project? Apply by February 19: bpbhs.com/budget Plus – we’re actively seeking partners to match and help make every dollar go further. Apply or Get More Info Here Want to have a greater voice in how matters like housing, transit, sanitation, and more are decided in your neighborhood? Then apply for one of the 300+ open community board seats! Applications are open through February 27 – apply here. You can learn about the location and work of your community board here. You must be at least 16 years old and live, work, or attend school in the community board to which you’re applying. Apply by February 27

Please join me Sunday, February 22, from 1 – 4 pm, at Alice Tully Hall for my Inauguration as Manhattan’s 29th Borough President—and our first ever Borough Convention.   We’ll feature discussion stations where you can help us map out priorities on housing, transit, public health and education. We’ll also have immersive, hands-on activities, including: • Record your personal history with StoryCorps • “Build a Dream Borough” mapmaking project • Anti-ICE “Know Your Rights” station   Refreshments will be served; bring your family, friends—and your ideas!   RSVP Here Meet Deputy Manhattan Borough President Miesha Smith We’re thrilled to welcome Miesha Smith as Deputy Manhattan Borough President, who brings a deep commitment to public service, higher education, small business vitality, and equity for working families. A Harlem resident and the daughter of immigrants from Guyana, DBP Smith was most recently Assistant Dean for Student Life at Hunter College, where she launched Hunter’s food pantry and fresh food program, expanded emergency support services, and advanced initiatives that improved student retention and graduation. In her new role, DBP Smith will focus on supporting public education, strengthening small businesses, and advancing arts and culture. Take the NYC LGBTQIA+ Community Safety Survey Take this brief survey to help identify safety concerns among LGBTQ New Yorkers and understand the dynamics between the community and the NYPD. Conducted by the NYPD’s LGBTQIA+ Advisory Committee, the data collected will help create a 2026 Safety Benchmark used to advocate for policy changes and a more equitable public safety environment. Take the Survey OMNY Call Center Now Available 24/7   The OMNY Call Center is now available 24/7, able to answer questions about trips and transactions and assist riders with any inquiries or issues. While speaking with an OMNY Customer Service representative, riders can access their OMNY account, hear their trips and charges, manage their travel cards, and more.   Riders can call the OMNY Call Center at 877-789-6669 or use the digital chat function available on the lower righthand side of the OMNY website.   All best regards, Brad Hoylman-Sigal Manhattan Borough President

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We seek to grow and serve a vibrant, global footwear industry, where doing business in New York is profitable and easy for our membership, and where the industry strengthens through education and unites in charity.

Our mission is to:

Serve and grow the footwear industry by making it easy and fun for buyers and sellers of shoes to do business in New York.
Drive innovation to make the buying and selling of shoes easier.
Strengthen the industry through education.
Unite the industry in charity.
Propel the industry forward.
New York City is the heart of fashion and the center of global business. That’s why we’re dedicated to growing the footwear industry by making it easy to do business in New York. The New York Shoe Expo brings together retailers, brands, designers, buyers and sellers four times a year – all right here in New York City.

Giving back is a huge part of our mission at FFANY. FFANY unites the industry in charity by rallying footwear leaders around important causes including, in particular, breast cancer research.

Growing an industry takes more than just business opportunities. At FFANY, we understand the need to strengthen the industry through education. From scholarships and workshops to e-learning courses, FFANY is paving the way for a new generation for footwear professionals.
New York, United States Rating:★ 4.0

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Social media is aiding to every issue that this world is experiencing from racism, to terrorism, sexual discrimination, etc… It’s time that we have a symbol, a positive movement that brings together everyone, a voice that stands for one cause, a symbol that represents one world, we need One Love. “One Love L’s Up”

The ideal concept of this movement/rally, would be to create the ultimate concert series (That will start in NYC), which will tour around the world promoting One Love with a symbol “L’s Up” (A movement with a Voice). The concert will be an all day and night festival that will generate revenue and positivity to each city that the concert is established in. There would be a 2nd stage, that would allow up and coming artists of all genres (Through a tryout and voting process) the opportunity to perform on a platform for the world. The main stage will be for celebrity performers chosen by the One Love L’s Up committee.

Part of the net proceeds of the concert will be donated to charities and nonprofit organizations in each city that the concert will be held in. to aid in all areas that this world is in need of, making One Love L’s Up THE ULTIMATE MOVEMENT FOR THE WORLD!!

Keynote Speaker:

Todd Wharton – CEO & Founder of LTC & Creator of The One Love L’s Up Global Movement & Concert Series For Unity

Guest Speakers

– Allen Roskoff: President of The Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club LGBTQ Rights Movement

– Chrissy Monroe (Formerly of Love & Hip-Hop NYC) Founder of Survive To Strive Global Domestic Violence Non-Profit Organization

– Hawk Newsome – President of Black Lives Matter

– Jayson Williams – (Former NBA Player) Co-Founder of The Rebound Institute – Speaking upon Substance Abuse TBD

– Kenneth Shelton Jr.: Political Activist/Importance of Being Apart of The Voting Process

– Paul Sladkus: President & Founder of The Peace Day Party

– Sofia Davis: Editor-In-Chief of Fashion Ave Magazine – Speaking on Women Empowerment
Tina Alfano: Vice President of Toys of Hope – Speaking upon Homelessness in America

– More TBA

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Amanda Suzanne Brownell

April 29, 1992 – April 16, 2013

View video of Celebration of Life at: http://youtu.be/2DoxoFEfz2I

At only 16 years old, a junior, in high school, it was on December 11, 2008 when Amanda Suzanne Brownell tried to take her life in a bathroom at Del Mar High School in San Jose, California. This was a result of the bullying, sexual bullying, and cyber bullying she endured through MySpace, Facebook, AIM, and the 3500 text messages she received the month before her suicide attempt. Amanda, suffered severe brain damage, unable to speak or care for herself. Good News will be part of the event on September 19th in San Jose.

After almost 4 and 1/2 years Amanda decided that her job here was done. She was hospitalized with pneumonia and seizures on March 13, 2013, while her parents were in Hawaii on vacation. On March 23, Amanda did not want to be poked and squeezed anymore. She was done and did not want any type of medicine or food. There was a family meeting on March 24 and Amanda’s dad Jim Brownell signed the POST form to not recessitate or intibate. She returned to her LSA – Baywood home (since June 2010) on 3/27/13. Then on April 1, 2013 Amanda spent her last 16 days of life at home with her parents, family, friends and dogs (Jack Skellington Sparrow and Spencer Spot Brownell) .

Amanda’s Mother, Ann Solorio Brownell has shared the pain of Amanda’s story, more than 1,000 times in front of more than 50,000 people, to educate everyone about these serious issues of suicide, bullying, and self-harm while spreading the message of LOVE for all people and all living things.

We are parents, grandparents, caregivers, siblings, friends, teachers, neighbors, social workers, school administrators, and students.

You are invited to stand against all forms of bullying by taking this simple pledge, to join as an Amanda Network Member:

“I pledge to not allow bullying in my presence.
If I don’t report it, I am just as guilty.”
If you say this simple pledge, You are now members of The Amanda Network, Anti-Bullying Campaign!

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Dear Peaceful People,

Our PEACE initiative continues…from our largest Peace Sign Broadcast in Times Square/NYC in 2013

www.peacedayparty.org, a nonprofit 501 C 3 invites YOU to help strengthen the message of the International Peace Day September 20 & 21, 2014.  All the countries of the UN unanimously agreed to a Day of Peace. Here are our peaceful details

WHERE?

1    3rd. Annual Day of Awareness & Peace Rally in Plaza de Cesar Chavez, San Jose, California, September 20 at 10am.   www.amandanetwork.com

2. 13^th Annual Vigil for International Peace and Ecology in Central Park, Band Shell/ 72^nd Street Mall, New York, New York, September 21 at 10am.  www.vigil4internationalpeace.org/

WHAT WILL WE DO?

1. Create a HUMAN PEACE SIGN
2. Have SING ALONG with Peace and Love Songs, our focus is CHILDREN & THE ENVIRONMENT.
3. Hold the FLAGS OF ALL THE COUNTRIES IN THE UN
4. Hold HUGG-A-PLANETS representing all the people of the world and our ANIMAL AND PLANT KINGDOMS.  BRING YOUR PETS!
5. Video tape the event and distribute it to the WORLD FOR FREE.  We will roll into the program over 60 organizations, celebrities and believers that we can have WORLD PEACE totally.  NO MORE WAR. THEN PARTY FOR PEACEJ

WHY?

1. INTERNATIONAL PEACE DAY AND PEACE DAY PARTY STAND FOR THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE TO LIVE IN PEACE.  WE CELEBRATE PEOPLE LIVING IN PEACE AND HOPE ALL WILL JOIN IN TO A NON-VIOLENT WAY OF LIFE.

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

JOIN US AT OUR EVENTS, JOIN US NOW TO GET THE WORD OUT, JOIN US WITH ANY DONATIONS AND PARTICIPATE WHEREVER YOU ARE WITH PRACTICAL ACTS OF PEACE. GO TO http://goodnewsplanet.com/peace-day-party/  and watch our sizzle reel. In Peace and Love for Our ONE World Family.

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