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- MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. GLOBAL CANDLELIGHT VIGIL
Sunday, January 15. The program included 9 performers (among them Patti Smith and Russell Simmons), and 9 speakers, among them our own Norman Siegel. - OCCUPY WALL STREET AND DEFENDING OUR SOCIAL CONTRACT FOR THE CURRENT & FUTURE 99%
An Intergenerational Dialogue between Occupiers and their Supporters about Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and Other Vital Social Programs - MON. NOV. 21 at the United Federation of Teachers
52 Broadway, New York City - Jim Collins, Joan Davis, Judy Lear and Shiuho Lin attended a session at a conference in Albany on June 8th to strengthen Social Security and save Medicare & Medicaid.
Gray Panthers Calls for Seniors’ Right to Be Heard in PPW Bike Lane Debate; Condemns Ageist, Hate-Filled Language Designed to Dismiss Seniors’ Safety Concerns
Gray Panthers, NYC Network, one of the City’s oldest advocacy groups, today condemned the horrible ageist commentary that has characterized much of the debate surrounding the Prospect Park West bike lane and called for seniors’ right to be heard.
“The amount of hateful, snarky, and dismissive ageist remarks that we have seen in the debate about the Prospect Park West (PPW) bike lane is incredible,” said Jack Kupferman, NYC Network Co-Convenor. “We must fight ageism everywhere, and many people have belittled seniors who have real concerns about the safety of the PPW bike lane, many of whom belong to Seniors for Safety and Neighbors for Better Bike Lanes, simply because they are over the age of 55. While we are not taking sides in the bike lane debate, we do soundly support seniors’ right to be heard and we condemn those who would shy away from real debate by resorting to name calling and abusive language based solely on age,” he added.
Read More (Full Press Release)... - Saving Our Social Contract & Safety Net: Making Congress Take Medicare, Medicaid, & Social Security Off the Chopping Block
A Special Statewide Action Planning Meeting
Wed. June 8, 12 to 2:30 p.m.
Desmond Hotel, in Albany; (660 Albany-Shaker Road)
“Strengthen Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid – Don’t Cut It!”
Sponsoring Organizations [list in formation]:
· Citizen Action of NY
· Gray Panthers NY Network
· Institute for Puerto Rican and Hispanic Elderly
· NY Association for Independent Living
· NY Network for Action on Medicare and Social Security
· NY Statewide Senior Action Council
· NYS Alliance for Retired Americans
· Rekindling Reform
· Strengthen Social Security-New York - Institute for Senior Action Spring 2011 Session, Thursday, March 17th – June 2nd, 10am - 2:30pm at the Hudson Guild 441 W. 26th Street, (between 9th and 10th Avenues - Manhattan) All adults 55+ are invited to apply.
Gray Panthers, New York Network has a scholarship available to a Gray Panther who would like to take the IFSA course. - You are invited to a free screening of the Oscar Nominated Documentary GASLAND followed by a Q & A with filmmaker Josh Fox. Thursday, May 5, 2011 7:00 p.m.Mason Hall17 Lexington Ave (@23rd St)Institute for Senior Action
- The NGO Committee on the Status of Women Sub Committee on Older Women (SCOW). Under the Radar: Violence Against Older Women. Addressing the growing problem of mistreatment of older persons, especially women and recommendations for action. Thursday, April 21, 2011
- Hydro-Fracking in NYS: A Call to Action Sponsored by the Gray and Green Coalition
When: Tuesday, March 15, 2011, 1:30-3:30 PM
Where: VISIONS at Selis Manor, 135 W. 23rd Street (between 6th and 7th Ave.
Speakers: Council Member James Gennaro, Environmental Protection Committee Chair; Kate Sinding, Senior Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council; Dave Publow, Activist, United for Action
For more information, call Gray Panthers (917) 535-0457
To join our growing coalition, contact Jack Kupferman.
The Gray and Green Coalition
Gray Panthers, NYC Network; Penn South Program for Seniors: Presbyterian Senior Services; New York Statewide Senior Action Council; Goddard Riverside; Hispanic Senior Action Council; Institute for the Puerto Rican/Hispanic Elderly, Inc Taiwanese American Association of New York Printable version ... - Wednesday March 2, 2011 THE NGO COMMITTEE ON AGEING-NY and THE NGO CSW SUBCOMMITTEE ON OLDER WOMEN (SCOW) held a program DURING THE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN: “ENABLING OLDER WOMEN THROUGH INCREASED ACCESS TO EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND TECHNOLOGY”
- Sunday, January 23, 2011 The Lower East Side Ecology Center's 8th Annual "After the Holidays" E-waste Event. Info on other events: www.lesecologycenter.org or 212.477.4022.
- Tuesday, January 18th, Wednesday, February 9th, Friday, March 18th
Medicare Orientation classes. The class includes information on Medicare Part A and Part B, Medigap insurance, Medicare Advantage plans, Medicare Part D drug coverage and the Medicare Savings Programs. The Orientation is held at the NYC Dept. for the Aging. - January 25, 2011, Inter-agency Council for the Aging Lower East Side / Lower Manhattan General Meeting: "Saving Social Security" Presented By: Joan Davis, Gray Panthers & Larry Wood, Community Organizer at the Goddard Riverside Community Center & New York Network for Action on Medicare and Socials Security (NYNAMSS)
- Holiday Potluck on Monday, December 20 at Hudson Guild. More information to come. Save the Date.
- National Call-in Day November 30 to tell Congress "Don't cut Social Security! Read More ...
- Oct. 7th: We will be having a table at the Liz Krueger Senior Resource Fair. Our table is going to be environmentally slanted and touch on the hydrofracking process used to recover natural gas which has the potential of poisoning our drinking water in NYC. Liz Krueger: Fourth Annual SENIOR RESOURCE FAIR
- Mother’s Day March, May 9: The Granny Peace Brigade will collaborate with CodePink in our third annual Mother’s Day March for Peace. As usual, we will gather at Columbus Circle between 11 and 11:30 and march up Broadway and then to Central Park West to the Museum of Natural History . After a short stop, we will proceed through the park to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- Sunday, May 2 2:00 PM: Assemble at Broadway & 7 Ave. Times Square and march to dag hammarskjold plaza Rally • March for Peace & End the wars in Afghanistan & Iraq peaceandjusticenow.org
- Friday April 30 – Saturday May 1: Riverside Church New York City, 490 Riverside Drive
International Conference For a Nuclear Free, Peaceful, Just and Sustainable World
peaceandjusticenow.org - Tuesday, April 27th: Bus to Albany on Tenant Lobby Day Real Rent Reform Campaign with Public Advocate Bill DiBlasio Contact: e.sidehousingcoalition@gmail.com
- Saturday, April 24 & Monday, April 26: Our Environment – Our Future View PDF flyers of these two upcoming events: April 24th: Celebrate Earth Day – Plant a tree!, April 26th: Our Environment, Our Future
- Saturday, April 17, 3pm-5pm: 29 West 95th Street New York, NY Assemblywoman Nettie Mayersohn & Councilwoman Gale A. Brewer invite you to a reception in support of Students for a New American Politics PAC Contact Rhiannon Bronstein, or by phone at 206-778-6404
- Friday, April 16th, 10 a.m. to 12 noon: VISIONS at Selis Manor, 135 West 23rd Street
New York Citizens Committee on Aging, VISIONS at Selis Manor Updates on Senior Services at the State And City Levels
Speakers: Mike Burgess, Director of the New York State Office for Aging and Lilliam Barrios-Paoli, Commissioner of the New York City Department for the Aging. - Please join Council Member Gale A. Brewer and Per Scholas for Electronics Recycling Pick-Up Day on Sunday, March 21, 2010 10AM-3PM at Council Member Brewer’s District Office: 563 Columbus Avenue at 87th Street, Manhattan
Bring your unwanted or broken electronics (No TVs) and donate them to a good cause! Council Member Gale Brewer is sponsoring a day of E-Recycling with Per Scholas, an environmentally-responsible nonprofit organization dedicated to community empowerment through technology and education.
Donated equipment will be refurbished by the Per Scholas technology training program and distributed to low-income families in New York City. Attached a Save the Date flyer - please share with your neighbors and networks.
For questions, contact the Office of Council Member Brewer at 212-873-0282. - March 20th Event: Edith and Eva-Lee reported that the Granny Peace Brigade is collaborating with Peace Action to commemorate the beginning of the war in Iraq at the Times Square Recruiting Station. Although plans have not been finalized, it looks like this event will bear similarities to the actions we had this summer. Save March 20th beginning at 1:00 PM.
- Mar 19, 2010 through May 01, 2010: Petition to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. Join the millions around the world who are signing petitions for abolition of nuclear weapons to be delivered to the White House and the United Nations at the time of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference in May.
- February 18th Event: “Elder Care Planning in a Turbulent Economy: Elder Law, Empowerment and Advocacy”
Presented by The New York Citizens’ Committee on Aging, New York Statewide Senior Action Council and the 1199 /SEIU Retired Members Division