IMPORTANT EVENTS FOR THE WEEK OF April 14 April 20 Petition: Save NY Public Libraries from Developers Destruction http://signon.org/sign/save-new-york-city-libraries?source=c.em.

.mt&r_by=6817161 Petition: Move to Amend the Constitution, Money is not Speech at movetoamend.org

Go to strikedebt.org, Rolling Jubilee, help fellow citizens hounded by debt! One Million Moms for Gun Control @ http://onemillionmomsforguncontrol.org/
Sign the petition to ban weaponized drones at http://bit.ly/OGIQ3S http://www.change.org/petitions/governor-andrew-cuomo-and-nys-health-departmentcommissioner-dr-nirav-shah-keep-university-hospital-brooklyn-at-long-island-collegehospital-open ******************************************************************************************************* Victories!!! Gov. Cuomo delays fracking decision due to public pressure. 5 species of sharks & 2 species of manta rays now subject to international regulation President Obama signed 23 executive orders to further gun control. Strike Debt spent $5,000 for $100,000 of medical debt owed by 44 people in upstate NY. Albany County Legislature Approves Proclamation to Bring U.S. Troops Home from Afghanistan, Cut the Military Budget, and the Invest the Savings at Home European Union bans marketing, import & sale of animal-tested cosmetics. *********************************************************************************************************** Ongoing petition for Darfur: brooklynforpeace.org Darfur Committee Act for Sudan ******************************************************************************************************* Sunday, April 14, 1-5 PM, Catholic Worker, 36 East 1st Street, NYC (212) 254-3697 x 27 Food Not Bombs, Cook vegetarian meals w/donated food to be served at Tompkins Sq Pk Sunday, April 14, 12:30 PM, Blue Stockings Books, 172 Allen Street, NY Radical Educators Meet-Up, Mitchell Fines Framing Dropouts, discussion Sunday, April 14, 2-5 PM, The Solidarity Center, 147 West 24th Street, 2nd Floor, NYC The Case of Victor Toro, Chilean leader facing deportation on immigration & May Day Sunday, April 14, 3 PM, Columbia Intl Affairs Bldg., 420 W. 118th St., Rm 409 NYC Occupy Wall Street Alternative Banking Meeting Sunday, April 14, 3-5 PM, Wendys 355 5th Avenue NYC March for Justice, Wendys Grow Up and Join the Fair Food Program

2 Sun. April 14, 4-5:30 PM, Atrium 60 Wall Street, NYC Healthcare for the 99 percent meeting Monday, April 15, 8-9 AM, Bryant Park, 42nd Street & 6th Avenue, Bryant Park Audubon & Bryant Park Corp. Birding Tour with Gabriel Willow Monday, April 15, 8:30-10:30 AM, Ft. Hamilton P.O., 88th St. & 4th Ave., Bay Ridge Bklyn Tax Day Rally & Flyer Distribution, Cut military spending, not Social Security & Medicare Monday, April 15, 3-6 PM, Goldman Sachs, 200 Wall Street, NYC Tax Day NYC Pay Up Wall Street! Monday, April 15, 4 PM, IRS Office, 110 West 44th Street, NYC March to the General Post Office, Vigil at GPO at 8th Ave. between 32nd & 33rd Sts., NYC Monday, April 15 6:30-8:30 PM, Atrium 60 Wall Street, NYC How Can Occupy Wall Street Be More Inclusive? Monday, April 15, 7:00 PM, Lafayette Ave. Presbyterian Church, 85 Oxford St., Brooklyn Community Forum Where Are Our Tax Dollars Going? Mark Zweig, Prof. of Economics ******************************************************************************************************* Tuesday, April 16, 8-10 AM, Federal Hall, 26 Wall Street, NYC One Year Anniversary of the occupation of Federal Hall Occupy Wall Street Tuesday, April 16, 6:00 PM, FUREE, 81 Willoughby Street, Brooklyn Nonpartisan strategy meeting Tuesday, April 16, 6:30 PM, Kolot Chayeinu, 1012 8th Avenue, Brooklyn Israeli conscientious objector and former soldier share experiences Thursday, April 16, 7-10 PM, Proteus Gowanus, 543 Union Street, Brooklyn Fixers Collective Monthly Meeting; Fixing mending; bring broken objects; $5 suggested Tuesday, April 16, 8-9:30 PM, The Atrium, 60 Wall Street, NYC Occupy Labor Outreach Committee, The African & Indigenous Presence on Wall Street ******************************************************************************************************* Wednes., April 17, 10 AM-12 PM, Interfaith Seminary, 4 W. 43rd St., 2nd fl, Oak Rm NYC Open House, coffee, tour, speak with staff, attend class free Wednes., April 17, 10:30 AM, Bronx Housing Court, 1118 Grand Concourse, #166, Bronx Join tenants as they protest building conditions and illegal evictions Wednesday, April 17, 4-5 PM, 3395 Crompond Rd., Yorktown Heights, NY Westchester Weekly Vigil to Close Indian Point Wednesday, April 17, 5:30-6:30 PM Central Library, 41st St. & 5th Ave., NYC Women In Black Vigil for Peace Wednes, April 17, 6:30-8:30 PM, Interfaith Seminary, 4 W. 43rd St., 2nd fl Green Rm NYC Interfaith yoga and meditation

3 Wednesday, April 17, 7 PM, Good Shepherd Lutheran, 7420 4th Ave., Soul Caf, Bay Ridge Campaign Finance Reform, Rev. Rommerein, Rev. Emerick, Move On, Common Cause ****************************************************************************************************** Thursday, April 18, 6-8 PM, Judson Memorial Church, 239 Thompson Street, NYC OWS Outreach Meeting OWS Outreach Working Group Thursday, April 18, 6:30-8:30 PM, 666 Broadway, 11th Floor, NYC Milk Not Jails monthly meeting ******************************************************************************************************* Friday, April 19, 12-6 PM, Marcy & Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn Bed-Stuy Free Store Occupy Wall Street Friday, April 19, 6:30-9 PM, Atrium, 60 Wall Street, NYC Community-based May Day Planning Coordination Assembly Friday, April 19, 7 PM, Blue Stockings Books, 172 Allen Street, NY free Reading: Barbara Jensen: Reading Classes: On Culture and Classism in America ******************************************************************************************************* Saturday, April 20, 8-9:30 AM, Van Cortlandt Park Nature Center, 246 Broadway, NYC Van Cortlandt Park Conservancy Bird Walk Saturday, April 20, 9:00 AM, St. John the Divine, 112th Street & Amsterdam Avenue, NYC 15th Annual Blessing of the Bikes, families and all faiths welcome Saturday, April 20, 9:30 AM-3 PM, New York Cares, 65 Broadway, 19th Floor, NYC Spring Volunteer Event, clean up parks, gardens, public spaces, focus is on Sandy damage Saturday, April 20, 10:30 AM, Salvation Army Auditorium, 120 West 14th Street, NYC FUREE: Mayoral Forum on Public Housing Saturday, April 20, 10:00 AM, Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Sq. South, NYC Occupy Your Workplace Training Sat/Sun, Apr. 20/21, 10 AM-4 PM, Fordham Law School, 140 West 62nd Street, NYC The Irish Famine Tribunal, Brehon Law Society and others Saturday, April 20, 1-3:30 PM, Battery Park, State & Bridge Street. NYC Occupy Crime Scene Investigation Wall Street Walking Tour Saturday, April 20, 1-3:30 PM, LaResurreccion Church, 79 Elton Avenue, Bronx South Community Congress Monthly Meeting Saturday, April 20, 7 PM, Blue Stockings Books, 172 Allen Street, NY $5 suggested Discussion, Shadow Boxing: The Language in Violence Saturday, April 20, 8 PM, Peoples Voice Caf, Community Church, 40 E. 35th St., NYC Roy Zimmerman: $18 Admission or suggested $10 no one turned away

4 ATTACK ON WATER!!! Save our Water! Ban hydrofracking! Stop Governor Cuomo Now! Contact his website at www.governor.ny.gov/ By phone: (866) 584-6799 or (518) 474-8390 or Fax 202/434-7110 By mail: The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor. of New York State New York State State Capitol Building, Albany, NY 12224 Governor Cuomo wants to allow a ruthless corporation to POISON our water supply. A water filtration system as a result of this reckless destruction will cost New York State BILLIONS. Downstate Medical Center has laid off 400 with plans for hundreds more! Petition @ http://savejobsatsunydownstate.org/ Phone Governor Cuomo at 518-474-8390 ******************************************************************************************************* Occupy Sandy Volunteer Sites occupysandyvolunteers@gmail.com 347-770-4520 Monday, April 1, 7 PM, 122 Java Street, Greenpoint Brooklyn SANDY STORYLINE Respond & Rebuild register to volunteer at respondandrebuild.org; mold remediation Ascension Church Parish Hall, 122 Java Street, Greenpoint (347) 770-4520 Every Day, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 7420 4th Avenue, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn Storage space for Occupy Sandy and help with Occupy Bike Share Daily 9 AM-3 PM St., John's Episcopal (Bay Ridge Kitchen), 461 99th St, Bay Ridge, Bklyn Daily 10 AM-4 PM, The Action Center, 5710 Beach Channel Drive, Rockaway, New York Daily 10 AM-5 PM, 3076 Emmons Avenue, Sheepshead Bay Daily 12 Noon, 360 Van Brunt Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn Daily except Mondays, 10 AM-3:30 PM, Small Water, 183 Beach 96th St., Rockaway Beach Mon/Fri, 11 AM-4 PM, Sat/Sun 10 AM-4 PM, 1128 Olympia, Staten Island 347-201-0670 Tuesday-Sunday 10 AM-5 PM, YANA, 112-34 Rockaway Beach Blvd., Rockaway Park, NY Tuesdays & Thursdays Delivery drivers needed contact Lev at childswarehouse@gmail.com ******************************************************************************************************* Legal Advice & Clinics Urban Justice Legal Ctrs, Pubic Assistance, Rent, Food Stamps, Fair Hearings, Appeals* Thursday, April 18, 1-4 PM, 2759 Webster Avenue, 2nd floor, Bronx Kingsbridge Heights Legal Clinic ******************************************************************************************************* Fix Your Bike Repair Workshops Sunday, April 14, 6-8 PM, 99 South 6th Street Brooklyn Fix your bike workshop Times Up Monday, April 15, 6:30-8:30 PM, 156 Rivington Street, NYC Bike repair Class: Cups, cones, bearings Tuesday, April 16, 6:30-8:30 PM, 99 South 6th Street Brooklyn Womens bike repair Class: Cups, cones, bearings Wednesday, April 17, 6:30-8:30 PM, 99 South 6th Street Brooklyn Bike repair Workshop: your tools, our stands, mechanics to answer questions

5 Movies: Sunday, April 14, 3-6 PM, Brooklyn Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn Its Time We Talked, Direct Democracy documentary, panel, discussion groups Tuesday, April 16, 7:30-9:30 PM, Revolution Books, 146 West 26th St., NYC The Loving Story, Documentary, Interracial couples year in jail for miscegenation Wednes., Apr 17, 7 PM indieScreen, 285 Kent Ave. @ So. 2nd Street, Bklyn Chasing Ice, documentary on the worlds changing glaciers Thursday, April 18, 7 PM, Blue Stockings Books, 172 Allen Street, NY $5 suggested Documentary, Where Should the Birds Fly? Palestinian invasion of Gaza 2008/2009 ******************************************************************************************************* Books: Behind the Beautiful Forevers Katherine Boo Drone Warfare, Killing by Remote Control Medea Benjamin Fuel on the Fire Oil and Politics in Occupied Iraq Greg Muttitt Will War Ever End Captain Paul K. Chappell, U.S. Army Why Nations Fail Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson The Politics of Jesus Dr. Obery Hendricks *******************************************************************************************************
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Women In Black Silent Vigil, Every Wednesday 5:30-6:30 PM, Central Library, 42nd & 5th, NYC

******************************************************************************************************* 2200 US and 1081 Other NATO casualties. 109 Iraqi sisters and brothers were killed from Mar 24 to Apr 6. In Afghanistan were killed or died: Cpl Jamie Webb 24 England; Sgt Michael Cable 26 Philpot KY CWO Curtis Reagan 43 Summerville SC; Cap James Steel 29 Tampa FL Sgt Christopher Ward 24 Oak Ridge TN; Spc Wilbel Robles-Santa 25 Juncos PR Spc Deflin Santos Jr 24 San Jose CA 203 Afghani and Pakistani brothers and sisters were killed. Since 2001 there have been 253,330 brain injuries, 1700 amputations, and 104,000 PTSD cases among US troops. Cf: www.icasualties.org Peace Action Bay Ridge Interfaith Peace Coalition P.O. Box 090-756, Brooklyn, NY 11209-0756 (646) 824-5506; peaceactionbayridge@yahoo.com