Calendar
Events, workshops, trainings, mixers, and conferences promoting grassroots volunteerism and civic action all over New York City. All events are free and open to the public.
If you have an event you would like listed, email us.
- 11/4/2009 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
- State Senator Liz Krueger’s Co-op and Condo Forum
Do you live in a co-op or a condo? Wondering what your rights and responsibilities are?
Bring your questions about your rights and responsibilities as a co-op or condo owner.
No RSVP required.
- 11/5/2009 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
- Building Raised Beds
Want to learn how to construct raised garden beds and plant cover crops for fall?
Come out for a free workshop hosted by Bronx Green-Up.
- 11/7/2009 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
- ‘Foreclosure Prevention’ workshops
- Are you currently behind on your mortgage payments? Neighborhood Housing Services of Bedford-Stuyvesant will provide one-on-one counseling, mortgage analysis and financial and budget planning. A HUD Certified Counselor will be available to advise you about options and help you develop action plans. No cost.
- 11/7/2009 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
- Pruning Practice
Spruce up your garden!
A hands-on lesson on pruning by helping spruce up this garden at a fall workday.
Come out for a free workshop hosted by Bronx Green-Up.
- 11/8/2009 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
- Compost Made Easy
Turning waste into garden food!
This workshop covers all of the essentials of outdoor composting: choosing your bin, harvesting, using the finished product. No prior experience is necessary.
Come out for a free workshop hosted by Bronx Green-Up.
- 11/11/2009 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
- Bronx Green-Up & Compost Project Information Table: NYBG Greenmarket
- Admission to the Garden’s grounds is free all day Wednesdays and from 10am to Noon on Saturdays. Stop by for free tip sheets, pamphlets, and workshop schedules designed to help gardeners increase their horticultural, composting, and recycling knowledge. Say farewell to fall and the Greenmarket season at The New York Botanical Garden with special festive activities including music, apple cider pressing, seed counting contests, cooking demonstrations, and more.
- 11/14/2009 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
- Group Structure workshop
Build and maintain an effective neighborhood association or community group! We will cover:
Democratic Process: Keep people interested and involved in your group by ensuring that they have input in decision-making and that they are able to elect leaders.
By-laws: Develop a set of rules that spell out the groups purpose, roles and responsibilities of members, election procedure, and process for making decisions.
Committees: Establish small groups within the organization to focus and take leadership on specific issues and projects.
- 11/14/2009 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
- Compost Workday
A day in the garden!
Help the Fordham Bedford Lotbusters community garden build a greener, healthier, and more sustainable city as they recycle their garden trimmings and kitchen scraps into compost. Pitch in with chopping, mixing, sifting, and other compost bin maintenance tasks while learning hands-on tips and techniques for setting up and managing your own compost system.
- 11/19/2009 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
- “Food, Inc.” documentary screening and panel discussion
Attend a screening of the award-winning documentary “Food, Inc.” By combining interviews with workers in the multi-billion dollar agribusiness with footage of how the food industry operates, Robert Kenner’s “Food, Inc.” drives its message home with authority and clarity of how a few massive corporations control every aspect of food production. Panel follows. No cost.
Panelists: Bryan Walsh - Staff Writer, TIME Marion Nestle - Author, “Food Politics and What to Eat”; Professor, Dept. of Nutrition and Food Studies, NYU Peter Pringle – Author, “Food, Inc.”
- 11/21/2009 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
- ‘Foreclosure Prevention’ workshops
- Are you currently behind on your mortgage payments? Neighborhood Housing Services of Bedford-Stuyvesant will provide one-on-one counseling, mortgage analysis and financial and budget planning. A HUD Certified Counselor will be available to advise you about options and help you develop action plans. No cost.
- 11/21/2009 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Evergreens Workshop
Beautify your garden with Evergreens!
Evergreens provide color and beauty to your garden all year round. Learn how to plant and care for evergreens, and take one home to grow in your community garden. Community garden member who attend this workshop and are registered with GreenThumb will receive plants.
- 11/24/2009 1:15 pm - 2:30 pm
- Fiscal Sponsorship: An Excellent Beginning for Emerging Nonprofits
With over 1.5 million nonprofits already registered with the IRS, forming a new one and standing out from the crowd can be a challenge. Like many new small businesses, many nonprofits don’t make it after just a short time of operating. Yet tapping into your passion for a cause and starting a nonprofit organization is among the most rewarding challenges that one can undertake. Doing it right from the beginning can mean the difference between success and failure.
This workshop reviews the advantages and disadvantages of using fiscal sponsorship as your first step. The workshop leaders manage one of the country’s leading fiscal sponsorship programs and have spoken about the program at numerous events. The workshop also explores the benefits of being tax exempt and why fiscal sponsorship can get you there quicker while you go through the formal process of recognition by the IRS. The workshop will explain what an application for fiscal sponsorship might look like and, most important, what fiscal sponsorship is and what it is not.
Free Admission. You are welcome to bring your lunch and refreshments will be served.
- 11/25/2009 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
- Community Garden Workday
Fall cleanup!
Join the Bronx Studio School for fall garden cleanup at La Finca del Sur, the urban farm that is cropping up in the South Bronx.