Living in the Village Workshops

Come participate in this important monthly series of financial literacy workshops. Learn to improve your credit rating, eliminate debt, build personal wealth, avoid bankruptcy, start your own business and how to build community wealth. You will receive handout materials to use at home and an end-of-workshop weekend financial retreat in Martha’s Vineyard. This FREE series… [Read more…]

CB10 Members Can Show Their True Colors

h/t: Jasmynecannick.com In New York City a very disproportionate number (up to 40%) of homeless youth identify themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgendered (LGBT). Some of these young people face discrimination and physical assault in the very places they go for help. To make matters worse, there is currently no permanent housing with supportive… [Read more…]

Kasa-Casa

Mayumi Ishino KASA-casa /ka: sa’ ka: sa’/ verb. [from Japanese & Spanish] coexist, intersect, etc. November 14 (Friday), 7:20 pm Doors open at 7pm. No late seating after 7:30pm Free Admission – Open to Public IS143: 515 West 182 St, NY, NY 10033 (between Audubon Ave & Amsterdam Ave) Direction: take 2 or 3 (express)… [Read more…]

Dancy Launch Party at Body

An Improviation and Ethics Conversation

presents Improvisation and Ethics: A Conversation A panel of philosophers considers the ethics of improvised conduct Arnold Davidson University of Chicago and University of Pisa with Bernard Gendron University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Lydia Goehr Columbia University Eric Lewis Mcgill University Lorenzo Simpson Stony Brook University Introduced and Moderated by Carol Rovane Columbia University Thursday, November 13,… [Read more…]

African American Catholics in New York City

Museum of the City of New York THURSDAY • NOVEMBER 13 • 6:30 PM African-American Catholics have deep roots in New York City, but they have often struggled to be recognized as an important part of the Catholic community. Claude Mangum, Professor of African Studies at Fordham University, will discuss New York’s black priests, the… [Read more…]

Miriam Makeba Dies at 76

Soweto Blues-Miriam Makeba Rest well, Mama Africa.[AP]