Thursday, June 30, 2011

Speakeasy Opens in the historical Theatre 80 on St. Mark’s "William Barnacle” A New Bar and see "Silence" A Comedy Musical Based On Silence of the Lambs

William Barnacle, is a new quiet respectful  bar and I say that because the community isn't crazy about bars, is celebrating the opening od Silence The Musical, the music comedy version of Silence of The Lambs, with Chianti and lava beans!

http://www.theatre80.net/

http://www.silencethemusicalnyc.com/

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Photos by Kobi Suzannah B. Troy Rape Protest by Now Suzannah Focuses on Rape Cop Lawyers and Women Who Did Not Survive Rape: Imette St. Guillen Joe Tacopina Chad Seigel Laura Garza

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150684381315652.690182.804565651




We pulled down my shirt over my big black belt that says New York and it says Violence Rape Murder from Babies to Grannies global crisis


Jennifer Moore under age and drinking, like Imette  and the NYPD Rape Victim she walked out on her own sadly and unlike the NYPD rape victim she did not live to tell her story, to have a life, too grow old.
Sickening to have Tacopina representing Imette. Imette would object if she was alive but she died a horrific death nothing as awful as the NYPD Rape Victim including Joe Tacopina and Chad Seigel’s treatment of her.


http://www.youtube.com/user/Suzannahartist#p/a/u/1/wzBQWaGVp9U  Listen to the gentleman to your left’s speech in my YouTube from today.  I am very tired.  Kobi sent me many photos and I would be up all night uploading and labeling them and I don’t have the strength.   Kobi is a beautiful soul inside out.
Thanks for your beautiful hard work.  There are so  many other photos.


There is Tish James and I wish I had captured her speech.  It was fantastic!  I tell you briefly about it on my YouTube.




Laura Garza  Today’s protest was about stopping the violence but they Women left us too soon and in the most horrific of ways I wanted to honor their memories 


Yu Yao’s name is on my shirt many places and on both arms....unlike the other women she was not out drinking....she was just walking and was randomly grabbed by her hair and dragged in to an alley way, rape and murdered.   She is the most recent victim of a  violent rape and murder  that I am aware of.


Max for Moreno Mata

Suzannah B. Troy’s YouTube on NOW Protest Asking Judge Greg Carro to Give the NYPD Rape Cops the Max, Suzannah Give’s Post-Rally Talk

Joe Hell Bound Tacopina  and Chad Seigel committed to full acquittal for NYPD Rape cops!!!

Sounds like Prime real estate with all their names on it.....?
Amazing Joe Tacopina dropped 2 x rapist murderer Van Der Sloot...?


The sign in the center says NYPD COERCION PERJURY ---- see that the sign says PERJURY!


Quentin Walcott, powerful speech and he gets into all forms of violence including psychological violence!   http://youtu.be/wzBQWaGVp9U

Slutwalk NYC Wed. June 29, 7PM NYU Puck Building 4th Floor

Because we’ve had enough
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Slutwalk NYC
solidarity meeting
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come help organize the birth of a new Women’s rights movement!
Wed. June 29, 7PM
Make it know that those who experience sexual assault are NEVER the ones at fault!

Join us Wed. for our first general planning meeting to promote outreach and prepare Slutwalk March on August 20.

We will be organizing all summer and beyond around government assaults on reproductive rights and access to healthcare, the Dominique Strauss-Kahn trial and the NY police rape acquittals, and sexual violence and gender discrimination on all levels.

facebook: SlutwalkNYC   twitter: slutwalknyc

Monday, June 27, 2011

Not Dead Yet A Film Screening Presented by Paradigm Shift NYC Feminist Community

“Not Dead Yet” Coming to Screening of This Film July 6

PARADIGM SHIFT: NYC’S FEMINIST COMMUNITY Proudly Presents

A Film Screening & Discussion to Unite the Generations:
NOT DEAD YET
A dramedy about life, hot flashes, and profound re-awakenings!

Featuring
SUSAN HESS LOGEAIS, Writer/Producer/Star
JENNIFER L. POZNER, Founder of Women In Media & News

NOT DEAD YET brings a dramatic new perspective to a range of women’s issues rarely embraced by American cinema. 

Three women join forces to revive their acting careers, only to find themselves on a quest for something far more important.  Frustrated by the lack of roles for women over 40, they decide to create their own film, starring themselves.  As the project spins out of control, so do their lives.

Best Feature - Rhode Island International Film Festival
Best Narrative Feature - Baltimore Women's Film Festival

View the trailer!

Wednesday, July 6th
6:30 PM
Just outside the Feminist District
Roy Arias Studio - Stage IV
300 W. 43rd. St. Ste. 402 (corner of 8th Ave), NYC
Subway: A,C,E to 42nd Street/Times Square

FACEBOOK INVITE: http://on.fb.me/jMoZGB

$15 pre-paid, $20 at door
BUY TICKETS / LIMITED SEATING

PARTNERS INCLUDE:
Amy Mitten Photography
Bella Abzug Leadership Institute
NARAL Pro-Choice New York
Poetic People Power 
The Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership 
The Women's Mosaic
Women In Media and News
Women's Media Center

PARTNERS WELCOME:
Join as a supporting organization
Subject Line: 7/6/11 Partner

SUSAN HESS LOGEAIS
Prior to leaving the entertainment industry in 1990, Logeais had accomplished in 15 years what few people achieve in a lifetime. Beginning at the age of 17, the classically-trained ballerina spent a year performing with the Santa Francisco Ballet under Artistic Director Michael Smuin. 

Then, in 1978, the teen began a seven-year stint during which she graced over a dozen magazine covers.  In 1984, Logeais scaled back her modeling to pursue her passion: acting. During the years that followed, she co-starred in four network television movies, a Sidney Sheldon mini-series for CBS, and episodes of “Miami Vice,” “Knightwatch,” “Spencer: For Hire,” and “Christine Cromwell.”

Finally, after years of being in front of audiences and the camera, Logeais decided to step behind the lens, and began learning the craft of screenplay writing. At the same time, she formed her own production company, Two Chicks with Cameras, and co-directed and produced a series of short films. 

Then in 1992, her body rejected the breast implants she had gotten 8 ½ years earlier. Realizing how she had unwittingly inspired other women to follow her example, she convinced Allure magazine to chronicle her surgery and recovery. In addition, she appeared on a local LA television program to share her story.

Teaming up with local talent and crew, she produced her screenplay “Not Dead Yet”.  Her goal in producing the film was threefold; to see one of her screenplays produced; to star in a feature film; and to produce a story that would encourage women over 40 to embrace themselves and the wisdom their age represents. 

“Not Dead Yet” was completed in early 2009 and has since screened at numerous film festivals, winning Best Feature at the Rhode Island International Film Festival and at the Baltimore Women’s Film Festival.  Subsequent projects include a short documentary entitled “Nerves of Steel, a year with The Portland Ballet,” which she recently completed; “Clay In Their Hands,” a documentary focusing on the importance of valuing women and children that is in production; and “The Emerald Tree,” an illustrated short story that is in development.  

JENNIFER L. POZNER
Jennifer L. Pozner is founder and executive director of Women In Media & News (WIMN), a media analysis, education and advocacy group. She is also managing editor of WIMN’s Voices, the popular group blog on women and the media. Her book, Reality Bites Back: The Troubling Truth About Guilty Pleasure TV (Seal Press, Nov. 1, 2010), grew out of WIMN’s media analysis program.

A widely published journalist, Jennifer serves on the board of editors of In These Times magazine. Her work has appeared in corporate media outlets such as Newsday, Chicago Tribune and the Boston Phoenix, independent magazines such as Ms. magazine, The American Prospect, and Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop Culture, and online media such as WomensEnews, AlterNet, and Salon, among others. Her essays have appeared in numerous anthologies. Additionally, she has served as an adviser for and has been featured in several documentary films, including “I Was a Teenage Feminist” and “Miss Representation.”

Jennifer has appeared as a media commentator on NBC, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, ABC News Now, GRITtv, Democracy Now!, National Public Radio, and Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.” And, because she’s a sucker for punishment, she’s gone head to head with some of the most blustery boys of cable news, including Bill O’Reilly, Sean Hannity and Joe Scarborough.

A noted lecturer, Jennifer has spoken on women, media, politics and pop culture at more than eighty colleges across the country, on topics ranging from portrayals of women in reality television, to gender and race biases in journalistic coverage of elections, to media coverage of war, poverty and natural disasters. She conducts media literacy workshops and media trainings for women’s groups, youth, and social justice organizations.

In 2009, she was recognized as one of the New Leaders Council “40 Under 40” progressive leaders in America. In 2007, Soroptimist International of NYC honored her with their “Making A Difference for Women” Award. Still, her favorite award remains her 2006 inclusion “The Real Hot 100,” a Girls In Government project honoring young women leaders making change in their communities. Forbes named Jennifer one of “20 Inspiring Women To Follow On Twitter” in 2010. Later that year, she was amused to find her non-profit activist self alongside Tyra Banks, Martha Stewart and Vera Wang on BizTech Day’s list of “25 Influential Business Women in New York City You Should Follow on Twitter.”

PARADIGM SHIFT NYC
Use the “F” word.
Change NYC. Change the World.

Paradigm Shift, the critically acclaimed and largest feminist event series/community group in the New York City metropolitan area, hosts monthly lectures, discussion groups, screenings, performances, and webinars spotlighting leaders in feminist thought, ranging from artists and academics to filmmakers and policy activists. TimeOut New York rated Paradigm Shift’s events “Critics’ Pick” eleven times, an unprecedented honor among progressive organizations. We’ll tell you our stories...we want to hear yours. 

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Thursday, June 16, 2011

Urgent NY Marriage Equality: PUSH THE VOTE & ALBANY VIGIL Tonight 6 p.m.

http://lbgtequalitymarriagejun14cityhallpark.blogspot.com/2011/06/urgent-ny-marriage-equality-push-vote.html

FB Event Page for this:  http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=152703848134161  --  PLEASE SHARE.


Hello everyone,

While there is strong confidence about our position, the Senate is playing games on scheduling a vote.

The request has come from inside to build the pressure for the VOTE TO HAPPEN.


CALL AND PUSH THE VOTE:

CALL:  SENATOR SKELOS' Office (majority leader):  (518) 455-3171.
Please be strong, but polite:   "I'm calling to urge the Senate to bring Marriage Equality to a vote today.  Please stop the delays, and let the vote take place."
Add what you wish, but please do not get threatening, or use abusive language.
If you're in his district, feel free to vigil, or call there:  
55 Front Street, Rockville CentreNY 11570;   (516) 766-8383.

ALBANY VIGIL TONIGHT:

If the vote doesn't happen today, there will be a VIGIL starting at 6 p.m. outside the State House, supported by MENY.
Bring candles, signs, passion.

SENATE CHAMBER STANDING WATCH:
Everyone is invited to GO TO ALBANY NOW and stand inside by the Senate Chamber.
Wear ME tea-shirts, bring small signs (not too big).   Handlers will be on site.

ACCOMMODATIONS & TRANSPORTATION:
We're on our own.  The state house is open all night, so sleeping bags, etc. is an option.
Keep an ear out for last minute updates and news.  It could happen this afternoon, Friday at the latest (i.e., no plans to stay the weekend).

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD.   WE'RE ALMOST THERE.   LET'S PUSH IT OVER THE FINISH LINE.

MARRIAGE EQUALITY NOW!

Tif


--
"Good things don't come to those who wait. They come to those who agitate!" Julian Bond
  

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

LGBT Counter Protest Makes ABC News, Talking Points Memos early media links stay tuned.

wo early media links to stories about our peaceful counter demonstration  :

Channel 7 WABC story link :  http://www.twitvid.com/82VPY

Talking Points Memo :  http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/06/new-yorkers-rally-against----and-for----gay-marriage-at-city-hall.php
Thanks to everybody.

 -- Louis




included in the post Rich Murray gets interviewed by Talking Points and he is courageous -- he stood alone on the Broadway Side with anti-gay haters handing out flyers!

Rev. Jacqueline Lewis Calls For Marriage Equality Reminding Us Blacks and White Could Not Marry 45 Years ago in the USA! LGBT and Straight Activist Stand together Peacefully Counter Protest Religious Extremists City Hall


{DirectActionNetwork} and then there were 31

Senator Roy McDonald, Republican of Saratoga joins fellow Republican Jim Alesi of Rochester and 29 Democrats.

We just need one more vote.

So please continue calling the following:

Saland
Lanza
Little
Ball
LaValle

Add to this: Hannon, Fuschillo, Zeldin, Martins

Keep it up. Cuomo's dropped the bill. Let's bring it over the finish line.
Dr. Jacqueline Lewis speaks out bravely and courageous pointing out she and her white husband could not be married in most States 65 years ago because it was illegal and calls for marriage equality!



Dr. Lewis, Ph.D.  Middle Collegiate Church, 50 East 7th Street in the East Village

Rich Murray gets interviewed by Talking Points Memo as he courageously stands by more anti-LGBT protestors on the Broadway side of City Hall!





This gentleman has been with his life partner 25 years and wants the basic Civil Rights to be married.


Rev. Mike Vandersall and Rev. Anna Taylor Sweringen  state that LGBT Equal Rights is a Civil Rights issue!



Jake Goodman Queer Rising
Suzannah B. Troy
Straight Ally
Dr. Martin Luther King
Equality for All 





Dionne McClain-Freeney Speaking with Rev. Mieke Vandersall


MCC Metropolitan Community Churches
and our Wonderful Friend who marched
with us at the LGBT Easter Parade

Ronnie Mc,  Melissa Kleckne wonderful supporter, TIF and another wonderful supporter.

I have more photos and YouTubes to upload.

A special thanks to Louis Flores who organized this counter-protest last minute so we would have a voice and presence in the face of religious intolerance with protestors on the steps of City Hall as we stood inside City Hall Park.

Thanks to NYPD Det. Duffy, LGBT Liaison and the young NYPD officers that stood by us and respect our rights.  One bummer was the media tried to come over directly through to us but the NYPD City Hall NYPD prevented them so we were pleased that the media took the extra time to come the long way around to interview and take footage.

More uploads coming soon....very, very tired!
Louis Flores Organizer and in the background NYPD Det.  Duffy
City Hall Park
Louis is filming as well.
We have so much footage but we are soo tired!!
Give us a thumbs up!
Thank you.
Special Thank You to Our Legal Advisor Jill Humphries, National Lawyers Guild

Friday, June 10, 2011

LGBT Marriage Equality counter Protest City Hall Tues in Response to Extremist Religous Group


A group of extremist and right-wing religious organisations are holding a press conference on Tuesday, June 14 from 11:30 am - 12:30 pm on the steps of New York City Hall.

These extremist groups are asking all believers in the Lord to join in a day of fasting and prayer to invoke ''divine intervention'' to prevent the passage of Marriage Equality in New York State. For more information about the religious event, please visit : http://www.goodasyou.org/good_as_you/2011/06/nyc-another-anti-gay-rally-another-civil-marriagepersonal-faith-obfuscation.html

Connecting Rainbows, an LGBT civil rights group, is inviting all community groups, activists, and allies to join us -- and to spread the word to others -- about a counter demonstration that supporters of Marriage Equality are holding at the same time and at the same place : on Tuesday, June 14 at 11:30 a.m. on the steps of New York City Hall !

Connecting Rainbows is asking for a similar and powerful coƤlition of Marriage Equality groups to show up -- and to send a message that these religious organisations should be protecting the sanctity of LGBTQ lives, too. We are each somebody, and we each deserve full equality.

Join the growing number of voices, who are saying that Gov. Cuomo should pull out all the stops -- and get marriage equality passed through the state legislature. (LGBT New Yorkers, who have faith or who follow a different spiritual journey, should not be the targets of religious rhetoric.)

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Washington Square Park



Cooling off
Yesterday Washington Square Park
Aren’t you glad we got all these unwanted renovations when the poorest of NYC and parks in the poor parts of NYC are in need?
You can thank the corrupt Bloomberg administration,
NYU the evil empire and pals.

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Yetta Kurland Petitions Delivered to Attorney General Eric Schneiderman

Dear Neighbor,

I just returned from an exciting trip to deliver over 7,000 of your signatures to our Attorney General Eric Schneiderman this morning to ask that he join in our community’s efforts to block the sale of St. Vincent’s to the Rudins unless and until the plan includes a hospital.  I just want to personally thank you for the time you took to sign the petition, to circulate it to others and help in tabling to get others’ signatures.  Below is a picture that I hope will make you understand how important your work was and how greatly it is appreciated.

Now, I hope you will join me tonight for the CB2 meeting at 6:30pm at the Village Community School on W. 10th Street and Greenwich, where the Rudins are attempting to move forward with efforts to turn St. Vincent’s into luxury condos. 

In fact, documents that have recently surfaced, and which I attach here (see below), seem to make clear that not only have the Rudins not gotten all the approvals they need, the approvals they do have require them to build a hospital at the site and these approvals cannot now be transferred for a different plan to build luxury condominiums and an urgent care center.

Hope to see you tonight.
Yetta

Stacks of Petitions delivered June 8

Coalition for a New Village Hospital Press Release: http://www.yettakurland.com/svh/june2011/release.pdf
Landmarks Preservation Commission Letter 29 July 2009: http://www.yettakurland.com/svh/june2011/LPCletter.pdf
Landmarks Preservation Commission Determination 12 May 2009: http://www.yettakurland.com/svh/june2011/LPCdetermination.pdf