The Three Jewels Community has been open in the heart of New York City for over 18 years. We offer Meditation, Yoga & Buddhist instruction by donation. We also run several community outreach programs to enable others to have education and a meaningful life. We teach: Asian Classics Institute Courses & accreditation. Vinyasa Yoga Hatha Yoga Jivamukti Yoga Lady Niguma Yoga 108 Lives Project (Nepal & Cambodia) Community Acupuncture Morning Meditations 8-9am Lunch Break Meditations 12:30 - 1:00pm Friday Evening Guided Meditation with Venerable Thupten Phuntsok 7:00 - 9:00pm and rotating coursework (in a range of subjects from nutrition to art), movie nights, and volunteer opportunities.
The Goethe-Institut sets internationally recognized standards in teaching and learning of German as a foreign language. It runs language courses (http://www.goethe.de/ny/germancourses), compiles teaching materials, trains teachers, contributes to scientific research, and participates in politico language initiatives. The language department at the Goethe-Institut New York oversees language programs both for the New York area and the North America region. Its focus on the promotion of German as a foreign language includes presence at conferences and other public events, and web projects such as Step into German (http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/saf/prj/sig/enindex.htm?wt_sc=stepintogerman) and Just Add German (http://www.justaddgerman.org/). The department also offers continuing education seminars for teachers of German. The language department cooperates with student exchange programs such as GAPP (http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/lp/prj/gapp/enindex.htm?wt_sc=gapp) and PASCH (http://www.pasch-net.de/). It oversees the allocation of scholarships for language courses and continuing education. More information for teachers, please visit: http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/ney/lhr/enindex.htm More information for learning German, please visit: www.goethe.de/ny/germancourses The Goethe-Institut monitors trends in Germany and encourages cultural collaboration across the globe by organizing programs and making contributions to various festivals and exhibitions. The Goethe-Institut New York presents a range of programming in the arts and humanities, including lectures, artist talks, film screenings, performances, installations and exhibitions, readings, public discussions, and conferences. The programs are often developed through collaboration; we work to build sustainable connections with local and international partners. In addition to our event space at 30 Irving Place, the program department also runs MINI/GOETHE-INSTITUT CURATORIAL RESIDENCIES LUDLOW 38, a contemporary art space in the Lower East Side, sponsored in partnership with MINI. The trajectory of the shows exhibited in the gallery is determined by annually-rotating curatorial residents from Germany, who bring their own unique perspectives to the New York art scene. To learn more about our exhibitions at Ludlow 38 please visit www.goethe.de/newyork/ludlow38. To learn more about our program in New York City please visit our event page at http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/ney/ver/enindex.htm. The Goethe-Institut New York Library is one of few German-language lending libraries in the United States. The collection focuses on contemporary German literature, art, film, and history. We hold approximately 8,000 volumes, including books, DVDs, CDs, newspapers, and magazines. Our physical offerings are supplemented by an eLibrary with digital media you can find at http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/ney/bib/onl/enindex.htm. The Library supports translation from the German through a spectrum of promotional activities including two endowed translation prizes. The Library also organizes professional work exchanges between German and American librarians. OPENING HOURS: The Goethe-Institut New York’s main offices and library are located in an open space close to Union Square. The event space and the library are currently closed and will reopen by late February 2015.
Membership. Highest governing body of the Union.Meetings are held once a quarter except for the summer quarter. Delegate Assembly Delegates (about 300 at present) elected by the membership of their respective work location(s) each year in the Spring. Number of Delegates is based on work location and union membership count (e.g. 25-74 Members = 1 delegate; 75-124 = 2 delegates). Alternate Delegates (about 600 at present) substitute for the Delegates in their absence. There are two (2) Alternates for each Delegate. Executive Committee. The Executive Committee carries out the policies and decisions of the Membership and Delegate Assembly on a day to day basis. It's comprised of: Officers: Eight elected by the Union membership in the Spring for three (3) year terms. Delegates: Eight elected by the Delegate Assembly for one (1) year terms. Chapter Chairpersons: Nine (at present) elected by the Union membership of their respective Chapters in the Spring of every Third year for three year terms. The Chapter Chairperson has the voice and vote in the absence of the Chairperson. Local Trustees: Three elected by the Union membership in the spring of even numbered years for three year terms. They have a voice without a vote. Benefit Chairpersons: One (at present) with a voice without a vote. Officers: President - Our Union's Chief Executive Executive Vice President - Acts on behalf of the President in his/her absence. Secretary-Treasurer - Our Union's Chief Financial Officer. Vice Presidents: Negotiation and Research - Responsible for conducting Union contract negotiations and the proper interpretation and application of the contract. Organization/Education - Responsible for organizing public demonstrations, rallies and other Labor intensive activities. The dissemination of educational inforrnation includes new worker orientation and Delegate training. Grievances/Legal Services - Responsible for contract enforcement and the administration of legal services. Publicity/Community Relations Responsible for the "Unionist" (Union's "official voice"); the "SSEU LOCAL 371 Organizational Newsletter," the "24 Hour Union Hot-line" which can be reached by dialing (212) 674-7670 and the union's website at http://www.sseu371.org. Liaison with city press corps. Community relations includes work with Labor, peace and other community groups to promote the positive image of the Local. Legislative/Political Activities - Responsible for monitoring and promoting Union interests within the legislative and political process at the Federal, State and Local levels. Chapters. The Chapters (nine at present) are policy making bodies for Union members within the specific Chapter's area of coverage. Other Delegates District Council -- District Council Delegates: (nineteen (19) at present) elected by the Union membership in even-numbered years for two (2) year terms to represent the Local in the District Council Delegates Assembly. Union President is a member ex-officio. Central Labor Council -- Central Labor Council Delegates: (nine (9) at present) elected by the Union membership in even numbered years for two (2) year terms to represent the Local in the New York City Central Labor council. The President serves as "ex-officio" member. AFSCME Convention -- AFSCME Convention Delegates: (19 at present) elected by the Union membership yearly in even numbered years (or elected as needed for special conventions) to represent the Union at AFSCME conventions. The President serves as AFSCME Delegate "ex-officio". D.C. 37 City-Wide Retirees Fund -- This body has one (1) retiree Representative from Local 371. Municipal Labor Committee -- Municipal Labor Committee: One (1) Representative who is the President "ex-officio". State AFL-CIO -- New York State AFL (IO) -- Up to 10 Representatives are chosen by the Executive Committee to attend conventions as called in the fall of even-numbered years. Permanent Bodies. Legal Assistance Committee: Seven members with two (2) year "overlapping" terms. Of the seven Committee membe>rs, three are "ex-offfcio" (President, Secretary-Treasurer and V. P. of Grievances & Legal Services); the remaining four members of the Committee are elected by the Delegate Assembly in the Spring of odd-numbered years. Finance Committee: Five members (President, Executive V. P. and the Secretary-Treasurer as "ex-officio" plus two (2) full-time officers or staff members). Central Election Committee: (eighteen (18) members at present) comprised of the Secretary Treasurer and two (2) Representative from each Chapter. There is an Alternate to each Representative.
Maybe a big event changed everything for you—or maybe a lot of little things did. But they all add up to one reality: If you’re going to live in the home you love, in the neighborhood you know and love, as independently as possible, you need help. Our goal is the same as yours: to make sure you have the help you need to live there, safely and in good health. Our job is to identify and coordinate the health, home care and social services you need.
EDF is dedicated to protecting the environmental rights of all people. Guided by science, we create practical solutions that win support because they are nonpartisan, cost-effective and fair.
In a room capped at 30 participants, dancers are given the opportunity to explore movement in a non-competitive, yet highly motivated dance environment. For only a flat rate of five dollars, The Playground allows the dancer to freely experience each choreographer’s styles and ideas, engage with a new community of dancers, and gather resourceful information and inspiration from the plethora of choreographers involved. The Playground provides choreographers with free space to manifest their thoughts onto bodies, refine their teaching methods on trained professionals, and establish relationships with new dancers, fellow choreographers, and prominent presenters. Arranged is the occasion to scope out New York’s most emerging and explosive talent in an unconventional setting. In this situation, presenters are able to study the personalities of whom they commission instead of just the final product.
The Shevchenko Scientific Society (SSS) is an organization of learned men and women dedicated to scholarship. It is the oldest Ukrainian academy of arts and sciences whose activities have been the mainstay of Ukrainian cultural life for over a century. Founded in 1873 in the city of Lviv, Ukraine, the Society was liquidated by the Soviet regime in 1939; however, it was reestablished in 1947 in Western Europe and in the United States, and in 1989 in Ukraine. The headquarters of the Society in the US is located in New York City; besides offices and lecture halls, it contains a specialized library, a depository of archives pertaining to Ukraine and the Ukrainian diaspora, and an art collection. The Society has chapters in Washington, DC, Philadelphia, PA, Chicago, IL, Detroit, MI, and Cleveland, OH. National Shevchenko Scientific Societies exist also in Australia, Canada, Poland, Slovakia, and one headquartered in Sarcelles, France, for members in Western Europe. The work of all Shevchenko Scientific Societies is coordinated by a quadrennially elected World Council with offices in Lviv, New York, and Toronto. The scope of the Society is international. Its membership, past and present, includes many distinguished foreign scholars, among them the physicists Albert Einstein and Max Planck, and the French scholar André Mazon. Starting in 1892, the Society has published over 230 volumes of The Memoirs of the Shevchenko Scientific Society (each volume contains articles on a particular topic or discipline), a considerable number of scholarly works in various languages, e.g., three multi-volume encyclopedias of Ukraine, and is now publishing an Encyclopedia of Ukrainian Diaspora. The Society has also published over 120 scholarly volumes (some jointly with other scholarly presses), among them Ukraine and Ukrainians in the World (1994), Towards An Intellectual History of Ukraine: An Anthology of Ukrainian Thought from 1710 to 1995 (1995, in Ukrainian), and a 2-vol. Ukrainian-Czech Dictionary (1994-96 ). Members receive a 20% discount on books published by the Society. In the United States, the Society organizes and sponsors scholarly conferences, colloquia, symposia, and weekly public lectures. It is an affiliate member of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS), the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN), and a consortium of the greater New York scholarly institutions involved with Ukrainian Studies. The Society participates in national and international scholarly conferences and congresses on Ukrainian and/or Slavic Studies. It also provides research grants for scholars and stipends for qualified students. While the main function of the Shevchenko Scientific Society in the United States lies in the areas of scholarship and education, at its headquarters in New York, it also provides for the general public: information for students on institutions of higher learning; facilities for neighborhood educational programs, and poetry readings. The Shevchenko Scientific Society, USA, is exempt from Federal Income Tax under the provision of section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Receipts for tax purposes are provided for all donations to the Society.
HealthCorps' national program spans 44 high schools in 10 states (CA, FL, MA, MD, NJ, NC, NY, OH, OK, TX) and the District of Columbia. Since our inception we have impacted 223,100 students and 446,200 of their friends and family.
HISTORY The Food and Beverage Association of America (formerly known as Food and Beverage Managers (FBMA)), is a nonprofit, tax-exempt, philanthropic, educational and social trade organization. Its membership encompasses executives in the food and beverage and allied industries of the greater New York Metropolitan area. Established in 1956, the Association has responded to the continued need for improved standards and extended communication within the food and beverage community, via open dialogue shared in monthly forums and events. Since its inception, FBAA has been a staunch supporter of the community, and many non-profit organizations. Additionally, the members of the Food and Beverage Association of America are proud to share in the common goal to improve and share knowledge, advance careers and to help others - FBAA invests in the future of the hospitality industry via Scholarship and Awards Programs, offering financial assistance to future hospitality professionals who have demonstrated need and maintained scholastic superiority. In 1997, FBAA committed $100,000 over a 5-year span to New York University. The Association is an avenue for food and beverage executives to grow within the industry, and has served as a career catalyst for many members. The FBAA presents its members with many networking opportunities and potential for career advancement. Members contribute their time, knowledge and efforts to Association activities and events.
HealthCorps' national program spans 44 high schools in 10 states (CA, FL, MA, MD, NJ, NC, NY, OH, OK, TX) and the District of Columbia. Since our inception we have impacted 223,100 students and 446,200 of their friends and family.
Founded in 1922, Regional Plan Association is the nation's most influential independent regional planning organization. RPA works to improve the quality of life, economic competitiveness and sustainability of the New York-New Jersey-Connecticut region through research, planning and advocacy. The organization also seeks advancements in infrastructure and urban development in the Northeast and across the U.S. RPA’s storied history includes the creation of three landmark plans for the tri-state region. The first one, in 1929, provided the blueprint for the transportation and open space networks that we take for granted today. The second plan, completed in 1968, was instrumental in restoring our deteriorated mass transit system, preserving threatened natural resources and revitalizing our urban centers. In 1996, RPA's third regional plan, "A Region at Risk," warned that new global trends had fundamentally altered New York's national and global position. The plan called for building a seamless mass transit system, creating a three-million acre network of protected natural resource systems, maintaining half the region's employment in urban centers and assisting minority and immigrant communities to fully participate in the economic mainstream. RPA's current work is focused in five project areas: community design, open space, transportation, work force and the economy, and housing.
Membership. Highest governing body of the Union.Meetings are held once a quarter except for the summer quarter. Delegate Assembly Delegates (about 300 at present) elected by the membership of their respective work location(s) each year in the Spring. Number of Delegates is based on work location and union membership count (e.g. 25-74 Members = 1 delegate; 75-124 = 2 delegates). Alternate Delegates (about 600 at present) substitute for the Delegates in their absence. There are two (2) Alternates for each Delegate. Executive Committee. The Executive Committee carries out the policies and decisions of the Membership and Delegate Assembly on a day to day basis. It's comprised of: Officers: Eight elected by the Union membership in the Spring for three (3) year terms. Delegates: Eight elected by the Delegate Assembly for one (1) year terms. Chapter Chairpersons: Nine (at present) elected by the Union membership of their respective Chapters in the Spring of every Third year for three year terms. The Chapter Chairperson has the voice and vote in the absence of the Chairperson. Local Trustees: Three elected by the Union membership in the spring of even numbered years for three year terms. They have a voice without a vote. Benefit Chairpersons: One (at present) with a voice without a vote. Officers: President - Our Union's Chief Executive Executive Vice President - Acts on behalf of the President in his/her absence. Secretary-Treasurer - Our Union's Chief Financial Officer. Vice Presidents: Negotiation and Research - Responsible for conducting Union contract negotiations and the proper interpretation and application of the contract. Organization/Education - Responsible for organizing public demonstrations, rallies and other Labor intensive activities. The dissemination of educational inforrnation includes new worker orientation and Delegate training. Grievances/Legal Services - Responsible for contract enforcement and the administration of legal services. Publicity/Community Relations Responsible for the "Unionist" (Union's "official voice"); the "SSEU LOCAL 371 Organizational Newsletter," the "24 Hour Union Hot-line" which can be reached by dialing (212) 674-7670 and the union's website at http://www.sseu371.org. Liaison with city press corps. Community relations includes work with Labor, peace and other community groups to promote the positive image of the Local. Legislative/Political Activities - Responsible for monitoring and promoting Union interests within the legislative and political process at the Federal, State and Local levels. Chapters. The Chapters (nine at present) are policy making bodies for Union members within the specific Chapter's area of coverage. Other Delegates District Council -- District Council Delegates: (nineteen (19) at present) elected by the Union membership in even-numbered years for two (2) year terms to represent the Local in the District Council Delegates Assembly. Union President is a member ex-officio. Central Labor Council -- Central Labor Council Delegates: (nine (9) at present) elected by the Union membership in even numbered years for two (2) year terms to represent the Local in the New York City Central Labor council. The President serves as "ex-officio" member. AFSCME Convention -- AFSCME Convention Delegates: (19 at present) elected by the Union membership yearly in even numbered years (or elected as needed for special conventions) to represent the Union at AFSCME conventions. The President serves as AFSCME Delegate "ex-officio". D.C. 37 City-Wide Retirees Fund -- This body has one (1) retiree Representative from Local 371. Municipal Labor Committee -- Municipal Labor Committee: One (1) Representative who is the President "ex-officio". State AFL-CIO -- New York State AFL (IO) -- Up to 10 Representatives are chosen by the Executive Committee to attend conventions as called in the fall of even-numbered years. Permanent Bodies. Legal Assistance Committee: Seven members with two (2) year "overlapping" terms. Of the seven Committee membe>rs, three are "ex-offfcio" (President, Secretary-Treasurer and V. P. of Grievances & Legal Services); the remaining four members of the Committee are elected by the Delegate Assembly in the Spring of odd-numbered years. Finance Committee: Five members (President, Executive V. P. and the Secretary-Treasurer as "ex-officio" plus two (2) full-time officers or staff members). Central Election Committee: (eighteen (18) members at present) comprised of the Secretary Treasurer and two (2) Representative from each Chapter. There is an Alternate to each Representative.
The Goethe-Institut sets internationally recognized standards in teaching and learning of German as a foreign language. It runs language courses (http://www.goethe.de/ny/germancourses), compiles teaching materials, trains teachers, contributes to scientific research, and participates in politico language initiatives. The language department at the Goethe-Institut New York oversees language programs both for the New York area and the North America region. Its focus on the promotion of German as a foreign language includes presence at conferences and other public events, and web projects such as Step into German (http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/saf/prj/sig/enindex.htm?wt_sc=stepintogerman) and Just Add German (http://www.justaddgerman.org/). The department also offers continuing education seminars for teachers of German. The language department cooperates with student exchange programs such as GAPP (http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/lp/prj/gapp/enindex.htm?wt_sc=gapp) and PASCH (http://www.pasch-net.de/). It oversees the allocation of scholarships for language courses and continuing education. More information for teachers, please visit: http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/ney/lhr/enindex.htm More information for learning German, please visit: www.goethe.de/ny/germancourses The Goethe-Institut monitors trends in Germany and encourages cultural collaboration across the globe by organizing programs and making contributions to various festivals and exhibitions. The Goethe-Institut New York presents a range of programming in the arts and humanities, including lectures, artist talks, film screenings, performances, installations and exhibitions, readings, public discussions, and conferences. The programs are often developed through collaboration; we work to build sustainable connections with local and international partners. In addition to our event space at 30 Irving Place, the program department also runs MINI/GOETHE-INSTITUT CURATORIAL RESIDENCIES LUDLOW 38, a contemporary art space in the Lower East Side, sponsored in partnership with MINI. The trajectory of the shows exhibited in the gallery is determined by annually-rotating curatorial residents from Germany, who bring their own unique perspectives to the New York art scene. To learn more about our exhibitions at Ludlow 38 please visit www.goethe.de/newyork/ludlow38. To learn more about our program in New York City please visit our event page at http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/ney/ver/enindex.htm. The Goethe-Institut New York Library is one of few German-language lending libraries in the United States. The collection focuses on contemporary German literature, art, film, and history. We hold approximately 8,000 volumes, including books, DVDs, CDs, newspapers, and magazines. Our physical offerings are supplemented by an eLibrary with digital media you can find at http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/ney/bib/onl/enindex.htm. The Library supports translation from the German through a spectrum of promotional activities including two endowed translation prizes. The Library also organizes professional work exchanges between German and American librarians. OPENING HOURS: The Goethe-Institut New York’s main offices and library are located in an open space close to Union Square. The event space and the library are currently closed and will reopen by late February 2015.
Launched in 2014, Vets Who Code is a non-profit dedicated to filling the wide chasm between technical expertise needed and available with America’s best. Our vision is to close the digital talent gap and ease career transition for military veterans, through technical design and cross-functional business training. We believe that those who serve in uniform can be the digital economy’s most productive and innovative assets. Vets Who Code prepares them to enter society with new skills for exciting careers.
As an non profit organization, based at located in Manhattan's bohemian Greenwich Village New School University the Kinoscope produces open to the public free monthly screenings which are introduced and followed by Q&A, discussion with guest filmmaker.
ABC Home & Planet Foundation is a manifestation of ABC Home’s transition to being a mission-driven business. ABC Home composes an evolving platform and destination that reflects relentless work towards amplifying a trusted edit of vision, passion, and beauty. This same meticulous edit and scrutiny is applied in creating the Foundation, which is grounded in the purpose of using this influential platform to manifest change. Through a process if intensive research, commitment, and development, the Foundation creates choices to leverage investment in giving gifts that have transparency in their intention and outcome, speak to extraordinary beauty, and will be memorable and meaningful for a lifetime. The ABC Home & Planet Foundation creates a platform for a global community to harness our collective creativity and resources to support and encourage the front lines of the necessary work being done to create unity in the world today. The Foundation curates a selection of visionary organizations and gifts of compassion that serve to create true beauty in the world in the essence of nurturing the people and the planet.
Who We Are: The costs of treatment-based solutions to diseases are skyrocketing. Billions will be spent in fighting the threat of malaria, Chagas, diarrheal diseases, and tuberculosis. As the global population grows and drug-resistant diseases become major concerns, the costs and burdens of these problems will steadily become increasingly severe. Impoverished communities around the world will be the most vulnerable. What if there were simple solutions that lessened this burden? What if there were economical solutions that delivered lasting improvements at a fraction of current costs? ARCHIVE Global, Architecture for Health in Vulnerable Environments, believes that housing affects global health in a powerful way. We operate at the intersection of development, health, and architecture. We believe that a better built environment can drastically reduce the burden of disease and death in impoverished communities worldwide. We prioritize design as a key strategy in combating disease around the world. Prevention is the key to reducing the burden of disease. Simple, cost-effective improvements and scalable interventions represent a preventive model that is replicable and sustainable. Our Approach: Research — We investigate how the built environment contributes to public health globally. Awareness — We inform communities about best practices to improve health and reduce the risk of disease. Advocacy — We strive to bring change at a national and international level through changes in public policy. Construction — We believe in the need to design, test, and build practical housing solutions that combat poor health.
In a room capped at 30 participants, dancers are given the opportunity to explore movement in a non-competitive, yet highly motivated dance environment. For only a flat rate of five dollars, The Playground allows the dancer to freely experience each choreographer’s styles and ideas, engage with a new community of dancers, and gather resourceful information and inspiration from the plethora of choreographers involved. The Playground provides choreographers with free space to manifest their thoughts onto bodies, refine their teaching methods on trained professionals, and establish relationships with new dancers, fellow choreographers, and prominent presenters. Arranged is the occasion to scope out New York’s most emerging and explosive talent in an unconventional setting. In this situation, presenters are able to study the personalities of whom they commission instead of just the final product.