A Meetup Group for the Brooklyn Free School community. See http://www.brooklynfreeschool.org/ for more info.

Visit Slow Money NYC Website for detailed info and programs. Slow Money NYC believes that "Everyone is an Investor in Food". Our vision: A new economy based on knowing where our food comes from and where our money goes. Our mission To build a diverse community focused on aligning our money and our values through investing in small, local, sustainable food businesses. To inspire and educate people about the connected nature of investing and food system change. To catalyze new and democratic op …

Hi. I am a candidate for the United States House of Representatives for New York's 7th Congressional District (Lower East Side, Chinatown, Little Italy, Williamsburg, Bushwick,Cypress Hills, Red Hook, Brooklyn Heights, Dumbo, Vinegar Hill, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Gowanus, Park Slope, Sunset Park, Ridgewood and Woodhaven . This group will be for campaign volunteers to organize together towards the Democratic primary in the summer of 2014. I know that if we organize together, we can achieve …

We're the NYC local of the Democratic Socialists of America, the largest socialist organization in the country. We fight for more democracy -- in our politics, our workplaces, our economy. Our members are building progressive movements for social change while establishing an openly socialist presence in American communities and politics. Join us today!

This group was started to by residents of Prospect Lefferts Gardens and surrounding neighborhoods (Crown Heights, Flatbush, etc.) to start a food cooperative grocery store in our area. This group will work toward planning, assessment and implementation of a food buyers or store coop with a mission of offering healthy, sustainable and affordable foods to the community. ANYONE is welcome to join, even if you can't (or don't want to) be directly involved in the planning process as important updates …

This group is for New York area supporters of President Barack Obama. We are working directly with President Obama's New York City 2012 Re-Election Campaign - Organizing For America. We are not the campaign itself -- we are an independent meetup group of Barack Obama supporters working on the 2012 Barack Obama campaign. Our goal is for you to come to one of the actual campaign events listed here, and to then sign up directly with the official Obama campaign. We will also be organizing social eve …

Please visit the official 9/12 Project website at http://the912-project.com to learn about the organization, its mission and to find or start a local 9/12 Project group in your area.  You can also visit www.glennbeck.com to see what plans Glenn has in store next. Remember, it's not about Obama or Republicans vs Democrats.  We have proven that it is about all of us who come together to promote freedom.  Continue writing and calling your senators and representatives.  Stay involved!  We Are The Pe …

The objectives of the Union of Exercise and Sports Science Professionals shall be: To establish, integrate, promote, and educationally advance the fields of exercise and sports science professionals, which will consist of but not be limited to exercise, fitness and sports training instructors and coaches, personal training coaches, strength and conditioning performance enhancement personnel, athletic trainers, exercise physiologists. To make members aware of their political responsibilities. To …

Westchester for Change is a group of community activists working for progressive social and political change. We are an independent activist organization composed of over seven hundred residents of Westchester County, diverse in experience and perspective, but committed to learning about issues and engaging in political action.

Finally! Acting Workshops available to all! A graduate of the Moscow Art Theatre School (a cradle of Stanislavsky System) is introducing FREE acting workshops in Central Park demonstrating Stanislavsky and Michael Chekhov systems as taught at the Moscow Art Theatre School. These workshops are completely FREE for all. Experts in other Acting Methods are welcome as well. Theatre was born OUT IN THE OPEN. Emerging from street festivals it was one of the most democratic art forms in which the ENTIR …

If you're curious about spreading awakening through a unique open source architecture, please join us to explore meditation, gazing transmission, embodied awakening, and compassionate dialogue. You'll discover more of who you are -- in both your Vastness and your unique particularity -- in a safe, supportive setting. Waking Down in Mutuality was founded in 1992 by Saniel Bonder (http://www.sanielandlinda.com/saniel_bonder.html), whose passionate commitment to democratize awakening has birthed a …

Hello, more coming soon on the new focus of this group to expand to various ways to impact the city/state/country/world in a positive way. We will be active in various activism movements, charity, volunteer, community service events, and MORE! More information coming soon, please join us!

This meetup is for people who are enthusiastic about capitalism as a system. Libertarians, market-oriented Democrats, Republicans, and Independents are welcome. This is not a Tea-Party meetup. We do not support "starve the beast" as a political strategy, and feel that should significant tax cuts come, they should be after we have been running a budget surplus for years, sufficient to pay down the national debt to less than 70% of GDP. Tax increases should not be off the table. This meetup is abo …

Coffee Party USA is a Trans-Partisan Organization Governed by a democratically elected Board of Directors and driven by a grassroots mission to remove money from the democratic process to return our republic back to the governance of the people.

It's hard to find a few people who all want to do the same thing at the same time, and harder yet to organize efficiently and get something done. There are new social media communities popping up daily, but to what extent, at what cost and under what circumstances can they be used for recruiting members, customers, employees and donors? How much do you know about the strategic arts of contact management, incentivizing, letter writing, recruiting, social media marketing, branding, online visitor …

OUR MISSION This Meetup strives to make New York City a Model for 21st Century Democracy. We are committed to using technology to build a scalable, sustainable, flexible platform designed to engage more New Yorkers in their local democratic process, that can then be used to serve the Nation and inspire others globally. Never before has local government thrown its weight behind a platform that truly embraces the ideals of ‘by the people, for the people.’ Here, we will continue our conversation …

Do global issues require global politics? What does democracy mean in a global era? What would the democratization of global governance look like? Is this feasible? Desirable? What can be done to advance it? Who else is working on this? This is a group for New Yorkers interested in Global Democracy. Join us to discuss the theories and praxes of Global Democracy; connect with a diverse global network of those mobilizing under its banner; and maybe even do some organizing of our own.