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Open Time Maybe you, plaese come
Non perishable food Idems will be collected for L.I. Food not bombs, aka Comunity Solidarity..
$7 at door
Friday,June 2, 2017 at 8pm
First United Methodist Church, 25 Broadway, Amityville, New York 11701 (The “last church on the left” going south on Rte 110)
$7 at the door/more if possible, less if necessary
Walter Sargent has played at the Coffeehouse before, Walter is an 0riginal song writer and peace activist.
Non-perishable vegetarian food items will be collected for L.I. Food not Bombs and the church’s food drive. Cans of vegetables, canned fruit, or bags of rice are good. Read more »
Filed under: activism, Anti-War, Calendar, Long Island Music, Long Island Politics, Peace, poetry | Tagged: amityville, coffeehouse, folk music, Food Not Bombs, new york, peacesmiths, United Methodist Church | Leave a Comment »
My father, Julian Wilder, was an Education Professor at Adelphi University. He had been referenced by futurist Alvin Toffler for his work. Dad did not believe any testing, and especially standardized tests, were of any use to teachers or students. He would have been at the front lines speaking out against Common Core and supporting Opt-out. He walked his talk. His students did projects where they learned and could actually apply their classwork in their own classrooms. They did much more work than they would have for tests, and praised him for it. My Dad did a lot more work grading the projects that he would have for tests. He brought home carts full of project binders to grade.
My Dad worked closely with Jerry Mintz and his organization, AERO [Alternative Education Resource Organization]. AERO holds an internationally recognized alternative education conference every year. There is a pdf flyer for the AERO 2017 conference. Please share it with your favorite educator. More information about the conference, and how to register, is on their website.
The AERO conference is an annual gathering of cutting edge, innovative educators. It involves administrators, teachers, parents and students who are interested in and support the idea of learner-centered education, rather than a one-size-fits-all system. Attendees come from a spectrum of alternatives, including home schools, as well as others from the mainstream who are interested in learning about those approaches.
Keynote speakers include: Dennis Littky, Dayna Martin, John Gatto, Joanna Faber, and Jonathan Kozol.
Filed under: activism, Education, long island, News, reform | Tagged: AERO, alternative education, Common Core State Standards Initiative, Standardized test | Leave a Comment »
Friday, April 7, 2017 at 8pm
First United Methodist Church, 25 Broadway, Amityville, New York 11701 (The “last church on the left” going south on Rte 110)
$7 at the door/more if possible, less if necessary
This Coffeehouse will feature plans for upcoming Earth Day and Climate marches.
Non-perishable vegetarian food items will be collected for L.I. Food not Bombs and the church’s food drive. Cans of vegetables, canned fruit, or bags of rice are good.
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Homecoming Farm will be offering its Sixth Annual Spring Awakening as a gathering for those who care about the future of our Earth. This year’s program is entitled “Water is Life: Understanding the Challenges We Face Locally and Globally Protecting this Sacred Gift” The event takes place on March 25, 2017 from 8:45 am – 3:30 pm at Helen Butler Hall at Dominican Village, 565 Albany Avenue, Amityville, NY 11701. Registration is required at $45 per person which includes lunch.
For more information, contact S. Jeanne Clark, OP at earthhomej@aol.com or 631-842-6000, Ext. 338. You can also register at https://www.eventbrite.com by going to the listing for “Homecoming Farm.” Proceeds from the event will benefit Homecoming Farm. Please visit their website at www.homecomingearth.org to learn more about Homecoming Farm. Registration form (pdf) Read more »
Filed under: activism, Calendar, Ecology, Environment, Food, grassroots democracy, Long Island Politics, new york, News, Press Release, public health, safety, suffolk county, sustainable, US Politics | Tagged: Adrienne Esposito, Citizens Campaign for the Environm, community supported agriculture, csa, Environmental science, homecoming farm, Sustainable development, Suzanne Golas, water, WATERSPIRIT | Leave a Comment »
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For the last 20 years, Yes! Magazine has been at the forefront of providing alternatives to the corporatocracy. It regularly provides news of alternatives to the big corporate choices in banking, food, housing, and work. Only in electoral politics does Yes! Magazine fail to understand that there are non-corporate alternatives. I have had a private dialogue with them previously about their myopia when it comes to electoral politics, but it seems that discussion needs to be expanded. Yes! Magazine’s reporting continues to reinforce the corporate media mythology that the only choice in politics is between the two corporately-funded parties: the Republican Party and the Democratic Party.
The current issue of Yes! Magazine is dedicated to showing local solutions in all 50 states. I was excited to read about the Clean Election Act campaign in Maine. The State of Maine describes Clean Election funding in the following way: Read more »
Filed under: 3rd party, Corporations, elections, Green Party, media, News, US Politics | Tagged: equal time, Fair Vote, lesser evil, move to amend, yes! magazine | Leave a Comment »
Thurston Moore read at The Poetry Project’s annual New Year’s Day Marathon Reading. Ian and Kimberly attended with their friend David Kirschenbaum of Boog City.
We had a wonderful time. We caught just a few photos and videos of the proceedings.
One of the highlights was Anne Waldman’s poem about suffering. You can find a video of Anne Waldman’s performance: here. We did not have time to record the moment, we were just lucky enough to catch some of it ourselves. Thurston Moore was awesome, see the video above, and one below. Caught a video excerpt of Tracie Morris (will be posted soon). And, some more photos below. Read more »
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By David A. Kirschenbaum and Ian Wilder
David A. Kirschenbaum and Ian Wilder did a writing project this month based upon the U.S. Bill of Rights and the subsequent amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Each day Ian provided a section as a writing prompt to David to write the first poem. Ian, in turn, treating that prompt and David’s poetic response as two points upon which his poem, the second each day, responded.
11/1/16
Preamble to the Bill of Rights
Congress OF THE United States begun and held at the City of New-York, on Wednesday the fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine. THE Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: And as extending the ground of public confidence in the Government, will best ensure the beneficent ends of its institution. RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, two thirds of both Houses concurring, that the following Articles be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States, as amendments to the Constitution of the United States, all, or any of which Articles, when ratified by three fourths of the said Legislatures, to be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the said Constitution; viz. ARTICLES in addition to, and Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America, proposed by Congress, and ratified by the Legislatures of the several States, pursuant to the fifth Article of the original Constitution
dak
Resolved, that we met in what should have been my junior year at hofstra,
the third of my six undergraduate years,
your fourth and senior year,
september 1986 through may 1987.
Resolved, the first night my family spent in our oceanside, long island home,
october 14, 1976,
with chris chambliss homering the yankees into their first world series in 12 years.
Resolved, that walking home from playing tennis, a car crashed into me,
august 2, 1980,
the first anniversary of yankee catcher thurman munson’s plane crash death practicing
take-offs and landings at the akron canton (ohio) regional airport.
Resolved, that i saw the police at shea stadium, joan jett & the blackhearts and rem opening up, upper deck shaking,
august 18, 1983.
Resolved that i still can’t remember the day we first met,
something you know annoys me,
so you ask me it often enough.
Thanks.
iw
Whereas we met when the new voice. editor at Hofstra assigned us to work together on a story about Abbie Hoffman’s 50th birthday
Whereas this was way before anyone had email or websites or facebook or linkedin accounts;
Whereas I learned a lot from you when we worked together on that story about there is no reason to fear someone saying no when you relentlessly worked to find a phone number to contact Abbie;
Whereas you are nearly the age Abbie was when you were finally able to reach him by asking his mother for his telephone number;
Whereas we could figure out when we met within a few weeks by the publication date of that issue of the new voice.;
Whereas i have no idea either when the date that we first met is, and I was not even sure whether I was a junior or senior at Hofstra at the time without looking at your stanzas;
11/2/16
Section of the 1st amendment
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;
Please click here to see more of the November 2016 project.
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Dr. Jill Stein:
Our electoral system is under increasing threat.
There is nothing more important to our American way of life than our democracy. The lifeblood of this nation is the principle that each citizen’s vote is equal when it comes to choosing our president.
But in the age of computerized voting machines and unprecedented corporate influence in our elections, our electoral system is under increasing threat. How can every citizen’s voice be heard if we do not know if every citizen’s vote is counted correctly?
Please click here for the rest of article
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Great interview with the Green Party presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein explaining the hows and whys of the recount effort.
Disappointed with Whoopi Goldberg at the end ambushing Stein with the falsity that she has done nothing over the last 4 years and not letting Stein have time to respond to explain Stein’s activism in the last 4 years and the media blackout up through the election, including from the The View.
We need to keep Whoopi Goldberg to her word and make sure that Stein is allowed back on The View to update them on what Stein has been doing.
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11/08/2010: Sign at Suffolk County BOE
Presidential Ballot update: The Presidential Election is on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. This is the general election for President of the United States and for U. S. Senator from New York. In New York State all polls OPEN at 6 am and CLOSE at 9 pm.
You can find a list of candidates for President of the United States who will be on the ballot in New York BELOW and at the New York State Board of Elections website: here.
Jill Stein – Green Party
Gary Johnson – Libertarian Party
-(Gary Johnson also has the “Independence Party” line in New York)
Donald Trump – Republican Party
-(Donald Trump also has the “Conservative Party” line in New York)
Hillary Clinton – Democratic Party
-(Hillary Clinton also has the “Working Families Party” and “Women’s Equality” line in New York.)
In New York, there are also candidates who are pre-approved as write-in candidates. They are listed BELOW and at the New York State BOE website: here.
Official Write-in candidates for President:
Filed under: 3rd party, Elections 2016, Green Party, New York State Politics, News, presidential race | Tagged: #NeverHillaryorTrump, gary johnson, Green Party Candidate, Green Party President 2016, Jill Stein, Libertarian Party President, New York State Elections 2016, NY Ballot 2016, Presidential Ballot, Presidential Ballot 2016 | Leave a Comment »