Paradigm Shift

National Alliance on Mental Illness hosts Walk this Saturday in NYC!
Join the NYC walk (or find walks nationwide!) this weekend or donate!

Register and/or donate:
NAMIWALKS http://bit.ly/KqnIOb

In 2012, thousands of concerned citizens in over 84 communities across the nation will walk together to raise money and awareness about our country’s need for a world-class treatment and recovery system for people with mental illness.

NAMIWalks NYC 2012 Is Almost Here! Join 5,000 New Yorkers in the city’s only Walk to support mental health and fight the stigma people affected by mental illness and their families face every day. Proceeds fund NAMI’s free support and education programs for families and individuals living with mental illness.

Good News! Saturday’s weather forecast is calling for a beautiful sunny day with a high of 70!

To make sure Walk Day is as smooth for you as the weather, keep in mind theses NAMIWalks Quick FAQs and fellow walkers and team members:
**Registration and Check-in are open from May 12th Sat, 9:00 to 10:00 am.
**All Walkers will need to provide registration paperwork to walk.
**To avoid filling out forms, online registrants should print out your walker page or registration email confirmation and use the Check-In Lane to speed through.
**Walkers without their online or pre-filled registration form will use the Registration Lane and be required to register there.
**New Walkers may register on Walk day at the Seaport.
**No Need to look for an advance meeting spot! We have provided a Teams Meeting Area for you to meet up with your fellow team members after you check-in or register.

The South Street Seaport is located on Pier 16 at the intersection of South and Fulton Streets
**Transportation: Take the 2,3,4,6,J,Z to Fulton St., A,C to Broadway-Nassau, E towards Fulton St. or Path to World Trade Center.
**Parking: There are pay-parking lots within a three-block radius.
**Bring: A light jacket, sun screen, hat, camera, your friends and family!
Be sure to stick around after the walk for our NAMIWalks NYC’s Wellness Fair! Enjoy complementary health screenings, massage, raffle prizes, and more until 1 PM at the Seaport!

NAMIWalks NYC is a rain or shine event – people of all ages are welcome and the Walk is dog-friendly. The Walk route is 5K, wheelchair accessible, and there is a shortened route for those who need it. We look forward to seeing you on Saturday!

NAMIWalks NYC Proudly Welcomes Maimonides Medical Center As Our Community Chair This Year!
It’s not too late to REGISTER NOW as a Walk Star and become one of NAMIWalks NYC elite walkers! Just set your goal to $1,000 or more. Walk Stars who raise over $1,000 receive special incentives including a Walk Star T-shirt, pin, tote bag, crown, and more! Walk Stars will also be invited to a special Post Walk celebration party and be entered in a chance to win dinner at Gramercy Tavern!

Become a Walk Star today and make a difference in the lives of people impacted by mental illness!!

Need help or have questions? contact Sarah or Ariel at walk@naminyc.org or – 212.684.3365

Join the Young Professionals from the Metro NY Chapter of the US National Committee for UN Women on May 16 for its third annual A Night to Say NO to Violence Against Women, a fundraiser benefiting the UN Trust Fund (to end violence against women). Tullamore Dew Whiskey, Hendricks gin, and Sailor Jerry rum provide tipples for the two-hour open bar, and you can pair cocktails with mini cupcakes from Baked by Melissa. Dee-jays JKL, i rock i roll, and Vikas will supply the tunes. We even have a photo booth thanks to Polite in Public.

We’re raffling off an iPad, Yankees tickets, clothing and gift certificates, among tons of other prizes (see below), and 250 people will leave with gift bags worth $75 with items from some of our sponsors.

Additionally, we are trying to increase awareness for the UN Secretary-General’s campaign, Say No-UNiTE to End Violence Against Women. To show your support to end the violence, check out Our Action Page.

Advance tickets (before 5pm on May 16th) are $30 for General Admission and $20 for Members. Tickets increase to $40 for General Admission and $30 for Members when purchasing tickets at the door.
For More Info or to purchase tickets – Please go to 3rd Annual Night to Say NO!
We hope to see you there!
Thanks,

The Young Professionals
Metro NY Chapter of the US National Committee for UN Women
@UNWomen_MetroNY, #SayNOevent

In the ultimate act of non-elitism, HAI has made 100 pieces of Outsider Art affordable for the 99%

HAI is hosting 100 Living Rooms, an evening of Outsider Art, live music, wine and food on Saturday June 16^th from 6pm-9pm at The Gallery at HAI (548 Broadway, 3^rd Floor).

Purchase a ticket and you are guaranteed to go home with a piece of original art From HAI’s Archive of Outsider Art. HAI’s Archive of Outsider Art includes thousands of paintings and drawings by individuals with mental illness who were able to find their creative voices through participating in HAI Arts Workshops.  These individuals were institutionalized for decades, and had been released into adult homes in Far Rockaway and Coney Island, where HAI Workshop Artists were introduced to them.  Of the thousands of people who participated in HAI Workshops, these twenty or so individuals became completely absorbed by drawing and painting developing remarkable bodies of work.  HAI began exhibiting their work in galleries and museums in the 1980’s, and continues to represent their work today, along with contemporary Outsider Artists.

Art selection begins at 7pm sharp and work is selected in the order tickets are purchased.

Art Collector- A $100 ticket guarantees you will choose one of the first ten pieces of art
Art Fan– A $35 ticket guarantees you leave with a fabulous piece of art

To purchase tickets by phone please visit http://100livingrooms.eventbrite.com/ OR call 212.575.7660

Art can be previewed online at ww.hainyc.org or at the HAI Gallery starting May 30^th.

100 Living Room benefits HAI’s arts and wellness programs. Every Saturday 50 artists living with mental illness are hosted, free of charge, in a full-day arts workshop at HAI. Artists spend the day drawing, painting, sculpting, making collages and working in the state of the art media lab. Art materials are provided free of charge, and professional artists are available to assist participants in learning the various media and techniques.

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HAI is a non-profit arts and social service organization that was founded in 1969 to inspire healing, growth and learning through engagement in the arts for the culturally underserved.

Each year, HAI touches the lives of more than 350,000 people in the New York City community whose access to the arts has been limited by health, age or income. HAI makes access to music, dance, theater and the visual arts possible by partnering with numerous cultural organizations, government officials and agencies and foundations and individuals. HAI serves K-12 students, seniors, the frail elderly, people with mental and physical disabilities and seriously ill children at health and social service facilities throughout all five boroughs of New York City. For more information about our work, please visit our website at www.hainyc.org.

Mon, May 14, 8 pm, $27
Kay Ryan

TICKETS/INFO | www.92Y.org | 1395 Lexington Ave. | 212.415.5500

PRESS CONTACT: Andrew Sherman | asherman@92y.org | 212.415.5693

Kay Ryan served as US Poet Laureate from 2008 to 2010. Her most recent collection, The Best of It: New and Selected Poems, won the Pulitzer Prize in 2011. “Her poems are compact, exhilarating, strange affairs, like Erik Satie miniatures or Joseph Cornell boxes,” wrote J. D. McClatchy. “She is an anomaly in today’s literary culture: as intense and elliptical as Dickinson, as buoyant and rueful as Frost.”

Ladies Rock Camp

Ladies Rock Camp, a program of Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls, is a one-of-a-kind, three-day musical adventure! Small group lessons in drums, bass, guitar or vocals. Workshops on everything from songwriting to screenprinting. And the chance to write, rehearse, and perform at a NYC club with your own band.

August 3 – 5, 2012
@ Funkadelic Studios
335 W. 35th St
New York, NY

+ Women 19 years old and up
+ All levels of musical experience welcome
+ Sliding scale tuition – full tuition is $425, reduced tuition available by application
+ Register online or call 347-599-0716

Visit our website for more information about summer camp for girls,
volunteer opportunities, and year-round programs!

www.williemaerockcamp.org

SMALL, BEAUTIFULLY MOVING PARTS, a coming-of-parenthood tale for the internet age.

Long shot factory presents a Sacha Pictures production in association with Salty Features

a film by Annie J. Howell and Lisa Robinson

“Exactly what I want from a drama about women: smart characters who aren’t restrained by stereotypes… with a sense of humor.” CINEMATICAL
When technophile Sarah Sparks (Anna Margaret Hollyman) becomes pregnant, her uncertainties about motherhood trigger an impulsive road trip to the source of her anxiety: her long-estranged mother living far away and off-the-grid. Annie J. Howell and Lisa Robinson co-direct this comic coming-of-parenthood tale for the internet age, inspired by their Sundance Channel-licensed web series Sparks.

Initial Release Date: May 11, Cinema Village, 22 E. 12th St, NYC

Written & Directed by: Annie J. Howell & Lisa Robinson
Producers: Annie J. Howell, Lisa Robinson, Jennifer Dougherty, Yael Melamede
Cast: Anna Margaret Hollyman, Richard Hoag, Andre Holland, Sarah Rafferty, Mary Beth Peil, Susan Kelechi Watson
Run Time: 73 minutes
Language: English
Rating: Unrated
Official Web Site: smallbeautifullymovingparts.com
Like and Share us on Facebook! http://tiny.cc/BeautifullyMovingParts

**Premiered at SXSW // Winner, Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize // Winner, Audience Choice, RiverRun Film Festival // Winner, Best Actress, Fargo Film Festival**

Girls for Gender Equity honors Anita Hill at their 10 year Anniversary Celebration!

What: A cocktail reception honoring Anita Hill and a Decade of Women and Girls’ Leadership

Where: The Brooklyn Historical Society

When: June 14, 6-9pm

You won’t want to miss this special evening celebrating Anita Hill.

TICKETS ON SALE FROM APRIL 14, space is limited!

RSVP at events@ggenyc.org

Women Occupying Wall Street (WOW) invites people and organizations of all gender identities to the first Feminist General Assembly!

Thursday, May 17, 2012
6:30pm until 9:00pm
Washington Square Park
Together, let’s stand for justice and disarm the war on women. It’s time to rise up!

Misogyny is flagrant in our patriarchal society, not only from the politicians, but even from our comrades.  It’s time for us to join, support, and empower each other by amplifying all our voices.

This will be the beginning of what we hope will become an ongoing discussion throughout the nation and worldwide. Through this assembly we will create a public space for collaborating to address patriarchy, violence, and hierarchical structures that harm everyone.

In the spirit of cooperation and transparency of Occupy Wall Street,  we have been meeting and continue to do so once a week, on various days of the week, and at various locations to openly plan the event and make it accessible to as many as possible.

Please RSVP to us at wowsnyc@gmail.com to let us know if you’d also like to take part in planning with us. And of course, feel free to please pass this along!

in solidarity,
WOWs

Find us on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/WOWSNYC
http://www.facebook.com/events/175078435948082/?ref=ts

Follow us on Twitter: @wowsnyc

On Tumblr:
http://wowsnyc.tumblr.com/

Unite Women New York (UWNY) is a new organization formed by volunteers from all over the state to oppose anti-women legislation and to celebrate the history of women in the United States.

On Saturday, April 28, 2012, women and men across the United States will converge in state capitols and cities to give voice to our opposition to the oppression of women’s access to health care and women’s rights. Politicians in Washington and in legislatures across the country have been trying, and in some cases succeeding, to legislate away the rights that women have fought for and won over 40 years ago. We will not let them turn back the calendar  to the middle of the last century.

Join us as we march united against the war on women  in New York City and  celebrate the history of women in the United States. The march and rally will also provide a platform to honor national and local organizations struggling to support women and to advocate for equal rights as well as  local and state government officials who stand with us in opposition to the current social agenda aimed at reducing women’s rights.

WHAT: Unite Against the War on Women March & Rally

WHEN: Saturday, April 28, 2012

REGISTER: 11:00 AM – Noon  at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Site, 23-29 Washington Place, New York, NY 10003 (between Greene Street and Washington Square East)

MARCH: 12:00 – 1:00 PM From the Shirtwaist Factory down Broadway to Foley Square/Thomas Paine Park

RALLY: 1:00 – 4:00 PM at Foley Square/Thomas Paine Park (between County Court House, Worth St, Pearl St, and Centre St)

WHO:  The event is free and open to the public

RSVP for our event here!

Unite Women is currently accepting volunteers and interns! If you are interested in becoming more involved in any capacity, please send your resume to UniteWomenNY@gmail.com.

The BALI Board of Directors invite you to attend

The 4th Annual Bella and Bella Fella Awards Reception

Honoring Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney for the Bella Award

Singer, Actor and Civil Right Activist Harry Belafonte for the Bella “Fella” Award

Emerging Writer Activist Maya Catherine Popa for the “Andrea”Young Woman Leadership ” Chutzpah”Award

Hosted at the Residence of Henry Buhl

102 Prince Street, Soho, NYC

(Between Mercer and Greene Street )

Tuesday, April 17th 2012

6:30pm-9:00pm

If you are interested in attending the event, please email BALI Program Coordinator ,Yu Wai Maung, at yuwai@abzuginstitute.org or call our office at 212-650-3071. The response card below contains ticket prices for the fundraiser. You can print out the response card and mail it to our mailing office at :

Liz Abzug Consultant Services

105 Duane Street, #21C

New York,NY 10007

Or you can pay for the ticket by pressing DONATE http://www.abzuginstitute.org/content/donate/ and by using PAYPAL. Please be sure to include the number of party and  full names of the party you are bringing with you. We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday, April 17th.