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NMASS Events Calendar

Coming Up:

• Happy Holidays! Happy New Year! Come to Our First Friday Party January 4, 2008 in the Brooklyn Workers' Center [12/20/2007]

Ongoing:

• Support the Flor De Mayo workers on the picketlines, 5:30pm-7pm, Saturdays. [10/18/2007]
• Take Part in 9-11 Letter-Writing Campaign for Our Health [7/30/3007]
• View Our Youtube Video About the Letter-Writing Campaign
  (connect to Youtube) [8/22/2007]
• Download Justice Will Be Served! (JWBS!) Letter to Orgs to distribute (pdf).[6/25/2007]
• Download the JWBS org endorsement form for your organization (pdf) [6/25/2007].
• Download & Distribute the Saigon Grill workers' flier (pdf). [6/25/2007]
• Join the workers' picket at Saigon Grill UPDATED SCHEDULE [8/21/2007]
• Connect here to the Saigon Grill Workers' Blog -- Find out about news, events, and more, including JWBS! summer internships [5/12/2007]
• Boycott Majestic Buffet! [11/10/2006]
• Support the East Buffet strikers! [1/19/2006]
• View videos at the NMASS Video Project Blog. [3/4/05]
• Boycott Liberty Apparel! Help hunt for labels at your local retailer (connect to "Ain't I a Woman?" website.) [1/05/2005]
• Weekly Clinics [10/2/2005]

Past Events:

• Friday May 2 - Come to a Special Mayday Celebration at our Brooklyn Workers' Center, 7pm. 93 Third Avenue in downtown Brooklyn. [4/18/2008]

• NMASS Open Mic Night - Saturday Feb. 23 @ 7PM

• Friday December 14, 2007 U.S.-born & Immigrant Workers Demand Repeal of Employer Sanctions at Rally in front of East Buffet Restaurant. Call to Orgs | Text of Press Advisory [12/12/2007]

• First Friday Party December 7, 7pm at the Brooklyn Workers' Center. [11/6/2007]

• First Friday Party - Fri. Nov. 2 - Celebrate Recent Victories in the
  Justice Will Be Served! campaign [10/30/07]

• September 22, 2007 -- NJ Workers Demand Enforcement of Labor Laws - Picket & Rally [9/19/2007]

• September 16, 2007 - Rally with Women Workers to Demand Justice in NYC Nail Salons! [9/11/2007]

• September 14, 2007 Potluck Dinner & Video Screening - View Coverage of September 9th "9/11 Vigil for Our Health" [9/9/2007]

• September 9, 2007 - 9/22 Vigil for Our Health [9/4/3007]

• Thursday August 16th: NMASS Video To Be Shown at MNN's Outdoor Screening in Lower Manhattan. [8/14/2007]

• Sunday August 12 - Get on the Bus for the Annual NMASS Summer Picnic - At Lake Sebago Beach [8/7/2007]

• "First Friday" Party August 3 -- Featuring DJ Namsung! The Brooklyn Workers' Center [7/30/2007]

• Sunday July 29, 2007 -- Lower Manhattan workers and residents gather at St. Joan of Arc Church to write letters to Congress about the health effects of 9-11 toxic air. [7/27/2007]

• Press Conference Announces First Lawsuit by Latino Restaurant Delivery Workers [7/23/2007]

• Wednesday July 18th, 12:30 Rally & Press Conference: Join the Ain't I a Woman?! Campaign to Demand Overtime Pay for 80-hr Work Weeks. [7/17/2007]

• PARTY for JUSTICE!
  FRIDAY JULY 13th -- Support Service Workers Fighting Back! Proceeds go to the Justice Will Be Served Strike Fund.

• First Friday July 6 - Potluck & Get Together at the Brooklyn Workers' Center. View clips of Lower NYC workers & residents protesting Christie Todd Whitman in D.C. [06/24/2007]
• Monday June 25, 2007 - 9-11 Victims Go to Washington - Demand Apology & Jail Time for Christine Todd Whitman [06/24/2007]
• Friday June 22 -- Video Screening "40+: students working 40+ hours at school and at work" [06/16/2007]
• Wed. May 16th - Special JWBS! Screening at Anthology Film Archives, 6-7pm [05/12/2007]
• First Friday Party -- Potluck at the Brooklyn Workers Center, Fri. June 1st., 7pm.
• First Friday May 4th, 7pm at the Brooklyn Workers' Center: View Food Bazaar Workers Film & Enjoy a Potluck, & Party [4/27/2007]
• Monday 3/26, 7pm-8pm - Hear Saigon Grill Workers on the radio! [3/25/2007]
• Rally Against Tip Stealing at Jing Fong Restaurant Sunday March 18th 6pm [3/18/2007]
• First Friday March 2 - Celebrate Intl. Women's Day!
• First Friday February 2 at the Brooklyn Workers' Center
• Kick off 2007 with NMASS First Friday Party - Jan 12 - Celebrating 10 Years of NMASS [1/10/07]
• Film Night December 15, 2006: "Cotton Comes to Harlem"
• First Friday Party December 1, 2006 at the Brooklyn Workers' Center
• November 10th: "Venezuela Rising" Screening with the Director and Special Guests from Venezuela!
• First Friday Potluck and Live Music Jam November 3, 2006
• First Friday October 6th - View Footage of Historic Ground Zero Rally
• Forgotten Victims of 9/11 Hold Press Conference/Rally @ Ground Zero - Wed. Sept. 6 [8/31/06]
• GRAND OPENING OF OUR NEW BROOKLYN WORKERS' CENTER - First Friday August 4, 2006
• First Friday June 2, 2006 at the Brooklyn Workers Center: Dinner & Chill Out [6/1/2006]
• Take Action With It's About TIME! to Denounce Pataki's Plans to Erode Workers' Rights and Heatlh [4/26/06]
• Boycott & Picket Golden Bridge Restaurant! - Updated with picket times [1/30/2005]
• "First Friday" May 5, 2006, 7pm. Celebrate Monday's historic Mayday march and rally... & Viva Cinco de Mayo! [5/03/06]
• MARCH! MONDAY MAY 1, 2006
  REPEAL IRCA NOW!
  EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL WORKERS!
  GUEST WORKER PROGRAMS = LEGALIZED SLAVERY!
  Details & Fliers to Distribute Here! [4/26/2006]

• Press Conference Thurs, April 27, 2006 12 Noon: Groups Announce March to Union Square on May 1st! ADVISORY HERE (PDF) [4/26/2006]

• First Friday April 7, 7pm at the Brooklyn Workers' Center with DJ Namsung [03/27/06]
• Did you work near Ground Zero? Are you sick or injured? Workshop Sunday April 2, 2006 -- 2pm [3/27/2006]
• Stop H.R. 4437 Immigration Bill -- MARCH, Sat Apr. 1 [3/29/06]
• Wed. 3/29 & Sun. 4/2 -- Help Mail Out the New It's About TIME! Brochure [3/27/06]
• Boycott East Buffet! [1/19/2006]
• Special Golden Bridge Picket Monday 3/20 [3/17/2006]
• First Friday March 3 -- A Multi-Ethnic Home-Cooked Feast! [02/27/2006]
• First Friday February 3rd at the Brooklyn Center, 7pm. Food, Drinks, & DJ Namsung [1/19/2006]
• Sun. January 8, 12pm - Long Island groups & unions Demonstrate at East Buffet [1/5/2006]
• Celebrate the New Year! First Friday January 6, 7pm at the Brooklyn Center [12/07/2005]
• Special Holiday Pickets at Golden Bridge [12/21/2005]
• FIRST FRIDAYPARTY NOV 4 Latin Music Night & Potluck at Brooklyn Workers' Center [11/02/2005]
• First Friday October 7th at 7pm -- Potluck and Spanish and English Karaoke [10/2/2005]
• NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION - Thursday, Sept. 22. NMASS joins Break the Chains Alliance in repealing Employer Sanctions modern-day slave-law. [9/13/05]
• First Friday August 5th, 7pm -- NMASS Video Project screening and dinner at Brooklyn Workers' Center [7/26/2005]
• Sunday August 7th -- Picnic at Bear Mountain. [7/26/2005]
• Monday July 18th -- Beyond Ground Zero Press Conference at Bellevue Hospital [7/17/2005]
• Sunday June 19th Open House at NMASS' L.E.S. Center. Last day to vote in NMASS' Board Elections! [6/16/2005]
• First Friday Party June 3, 7pm Brooklyn Workers Center! DJ NAMSUNG & Potluck Dinner [5/31/05]
• April 1 -- Monthly "First Friday" Party 7pm at our Brooklyn Workers' Center.
• First Friday Party - Friday, March 4 -- 7PM. Celebrating International Womens' Day.
• "First Friday" Potluck and Party Featuring a live Free Form Jazz-Soul combo Friday February 4, 7pm at our Brooklyn Workers' Center.[1/30/2005]
• Celebrate the New Year at the First Friday Potluck at our Brooklyn Workers' Center! [01/05/2005]
• Thursday December 16th, 6pm-7pm, Picket at the Dynasty Market, corner of Hester St. and Elizabeth in NYC. Call for more info. [12/09/2004]
• First Friday December 3, 7pm -- Family Night for the Holidays. Bring kids to watch "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas" and enjoy holiday food, drink and cheer!
• Sat. Nov. 20 "Our Voices" Video Screening & NMASS LES Workers Center Open House
• First Friday November 5th, 7pm -- Reggae Calypso night! With DJ Namsung, food and drink at our Brooklyn Workers Center. [10/10/2004]
  
  
• First Friday Social -- THIS FRIDAY @NMASS Brooklyn -- Video Night! [09/27/2004]

• NMASS Barbeque in Prospect Park!
  Saturday, September 18th, 2004 [09/13/2004]
  POSTPONED to Sunday. September 26 [09/172005]

• Help Spread the Word About the Liberty Boycott -- Get Out the National Mailing! Sunday July 25 & throughout the week 2pm-6pm [07/23/2004]
  
  
• NMASS Organizers' School Summer '04 -- Six Sessions. [06/18/2004]
  
  
• Workers Launch Boycott of Liberty Apparel! Participate Thurs., July 8th, NYC. [07/06/2004]

• Lower East Side Community Outdoor Film Screening Friday, July 2 -- 7-11PM Click for info

• Lower East Side Community Meeting
  Sunday, June 6 -- 2PM
  Our Lady of Sorrows Church, 103 Pitt Street, (btwn Rivington and Stanton)
  Read the latest about our fight against the discriminatory LMDC policies that have robbed working people in the Lower East Side of the 9/11 funds.

• Open House Saturday May 22 4pm-8pm at The Lower East Side NMASS Workers' Center 77 Ludlow St. (between Grand & Broome in Manhattan)
  Food, refreshments, music and an opportunity to talk and find out more about NMASS. Call 212-358-0295 for more. F train to Delancey, walk 1 block west to Ludlow, turn left and walk 1&1/2 blocks south.

• Hunger strike documentary to be included in the Worker Arts & Media Festival!
  Where: Cinema Classics Movie Theater at 332 E. 11th St.
  When: Sunday May 9, 2004 at 6pm
  Admission: $5
  The documentary about the 7-day hunger strike held last May by 14 injured workers outside Governor Pataki's office is being included in this evening of short films about recent worker actions around the world. The Worker Arts and Media Festival 2004 is
  organized by Mugsy Records and the Artist Worker Action League.

• FRIDAY APRIL 2, 2004
  First Friday Party - Karaoke Night!
  DRINKS * FOOD * SINGING
  7pm @ NMASS' Lower East Side Workers' Center
  77 Ludlow St. in Manhattan
  Our monthly party is back! Call 212-358-0295 for info or just to let us know you're coming. F/J/M/Z trains to Delancey St, walk 1 block west on Delancey, left on Ludlow walk 1-1/2 blocks.

• WEDNESDAY MARCH 31, 2004
  Had Enough of Pataki & LMDC?
  SAVE THE LOWER EAST SIDE NOW!
  PRESS CONFERENCE & RALLY
  12 p.m. at 250 Broadway (across from City Hall)
  Call NMASS Lower East Side Workers' Center at (212) 358-0295 for more information and to get involved in the fight to save our community!
  [03.29.2004]
  Click here for full info

• SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 2004
  RISING FROM OUR HARDSHIP: Hunger Strike For Our Health
  VIDEO SCREENING
  7:00PM - 8:30PM @ the American Indian Community House, 404 Lafayette Ave, 8th Floor (btwn W. 4th & Astor Pl.)
  click for full info... (Updated 2/26/04)

• FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 2004 Celebrate International Women's Day with NMASS!
  7:00PM @ NMASS Lower East Side Workers' Center, 77 Ludlow St. in Manhattan (btwn. Broome St. & Grand St. Take the F/J/M/Z to Delancey.)
  DRINKS * DINNER * MUSIC -- Call 212-358-0295 for more information

• SUNDAY DECEMBER 7, 2003 - Lower East Side Community Meeting
  * Where is our LMDC Residential Grant $$$?
  * What can we do to fight back for our homes & health?
  3pm at Our Lady of Sorrows R.C. Church - Bingo Hall
  Pitt St. (Corner of Stanton).
  For more info call NMASS (212) 358-0295 (Updated 11/23/03) click here to find out more about LMDC....

• FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5th: Celebrate Workers' Victory-- Victory Party! 6:30pm-11pm at the Angel Orensanz Foundation 172 Norfolk St. in Manhattan. Cover: Suggested donation $5. (Updated 11/23/03)

  Read about the victories:
  * Celebrate Workers' Victory Against DKNY & Renew the Boycott! (updated 11/23/2003)
  * Injured workers and 9-11 victims Win Constitutional-Rights Victory with Settlement (posted 10/10/2003)
  Related:
  * Read the Report by the Center for Economic and Social Rights on DKNY's sweatshop conditions
  * More on the"Ain't I A Woman?" Campaign
  * More on the "It's About Time!" Campaign
  

• Saturday, October 18, 5pm-8pm
  Come celebrate recent victories we've achieved together!
  Enjoy food and conversation and check out our new Workers Center in Lower Manhattan.
  77 Ludlow St. between Grand and Broome. Take the F Train to Delancey/Essex, walk one block west along Delancey to Ludlow and walk south on Ludlow for 1-1/2 blocks. Call NMASS at (718) 625-9091 to RSVP by Friday October 17.
  

• Tuesday, October 14, 2003
  Read About Last Years' Attack on Injured Workers and Organizers.
  Come to the trial of two of those arrested for marching
  Affirm Our First Amendment Right to Speak Out for Our Health.
  Vans & cars leave the NMASS Brooklyn Center at 30 Third Ave. 5:30am.
  The trial begins at 9am at the Albany Courthouse on Morton Avenue.
  

• Monday, October 13, 2003 1 p.m.
  Injured workers and 9-11 victims Win Constitutional-Rights Victory with Settlement
  Press Conference
  In front of Governor Pataki's Office
  633 Third Ave., Manhattan (between 40 - 41st Streets)

• Sunday, September 7, 2003 - 2pm
  TOWNHALL MEETING
  Save Lower Manhattan from LMDC!
  Seward Park High School
  (corner of Grand St. & Essex St.)
  Click Here Or Call (646) 256-3859

• September 1, 2003 - 9am-5pm
  NMASS at the West Indian Day Parade

• Sunday August 17, 2003.
  NMASS Outreach and Tabling at Riverside Church

• Friday August 8, 2003
  NMASS Memorial for Marcia Hall
  6:30pm
  The Educational Alliance
  197 East Broadway - Ground floor
  Lower East Side - Manhattan
  (corner of Jefferson St. - one block from the F train to the East Broadway station)
  

• Wednesday August 6, 2003 -- 6pm
  ALERT: STOP THE LMDC COVER-UP! We must use this chance to protest in front of this secret closed-door meeting to raise our demands.
  GATHER in front of UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT 184 ELDRIDGE St. at RIVINGTON
  Call NMASS in Lower Manhattan at (646) 256-3859 to help out.

• May 6-13, 2003
  Hunger Strike Against the War on Our Health

• Thursday, April 24, 2003
  Support the Hunger Strike Urban Folk & Jazz Benefit

• Tuesday, March 25, 2003
  March on Albany: Stop the War...On Us!

• Friday, March 7, 2003
  NMASS Dance Party Fundraiser

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