Relay for Life Middle Village Reviews
131-07 40th Road suite E28
Flushing, NY 11354
(718) 517-3206
June 24-25, 2017
131-07 40th Road suite E28
Flushing, NY 11354
(718) 517-3206
Urban Stages is an award-winning, not-for-profit, Off-Broadway Theatre Company founded in 1984 by current Artistic Director Frances Hill. We have developed into a bigger and more diverse organization since our beginnings. Urban Stages reach thousands of New Yorkers every year in over 100 neighborhoods while also offering theatrical and performance art experiences like no other at our theater in Manhattan (259 West 30th Street). Development and MainStage For over 30 years, Urban Stages have produced dozens of world, American and NYC premieres including Pulitzer Prize Finalist BULRUSHER (2007) by Eisa Davis. We have been honored with awards, nominations and recognition from the Drama Desk, Obie Awards, Audelco, Outer Circle critics and much more. For instance, our world premiere of the musical LANGSTON IN HARLEM by Walter Marks (music and book) and Kent Gash (book and direction) garnered a Drama Desk Nomination, a Joe A. Calloway award and 4 Audelco awards including Best Musical Production of 2010. More recently, our 2014 spring premiere of JIM BROCHU CHARACTER MAN was nominated for a Drama Desk and Outer Theater Critic’s award for Best Solo performance. Many of the plays we produce are found through open submissions via our Development Program and Literary Committee. Before production, plays are offered staged readings (open to the public) where they can see their works handled by professional actors and directors and hear audience feedback. Some plays are offered workshops catered specifically to each project. After production, most plays move on to larger venues such MEN ON THE VERGE OF A HISPANIC BREAKDOWN, by Guillermo Reyes, and MINOR DEMONS by Bruce Graham; both moved to commercial theatres. CHILI QUEEN, a play by newscaster Jim Lehrer, transferred to the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. (1989). HONKY (2013) by Greg Kalleres saw a regional run at San Diego Rep. MY OCCASION OF SIN (2012) by Monica Bauers won critical acclaim when it moved to Detroit Rep. Bill Bowers has toured the United States and the world with his two Urban Stages premieres blending mime and theatre – BEYOND WORDS (2012) and UNDER A MONTANA MOON (2002)! Some Urban Stages premieres have even been developed into film and television projects such as SCAR by Murray Mednick, CONVERSATIONS WITH THE GODDESSES by Agapi Stassinopoulos, and COTTON MARY by Alexandra Viets. In addition to plays and musicals, annually we hold a music festival called WINTER RHYTHMS that features famous and up-and-coming Cabaret, musicians, lyricists and other music artists. In 2015, Winter Rhythms was celebrated by the Manhattan Association of Cabaret with a Ruth Kurtzman Benefit Series Award! Outreach For over 20 years, our OUTREACH PROGRAM has brought plays and workshops to all 5 boroughs of NYC in over 200 events a year. We have a repertoire of 20+ multi-cultural programs, ranging from plays that explore science, plays that spotlights historical figures and dance and mime workshops. Each show caters to specific age groups, from toddlers to families to Adult Learners. Many of the neighborhoods we reach (and return to multiple times) have little to no theatre and arts programming. Our programs travel mainly to libraries and non-profit organizations. They are all admission-free for patrons. For artists, our Outreach Program offers paid opportunities. We commission plays, pay royalties and fees allowing writers, directors, designers, actors and teaching artists to be working artists. Under the Outreach Umbrella are our art residencies. We are able to offer extended theater and art related residencies for weeks to months at a time to places like to senior citizens centers, community centers and schools. In the past, we offered programming to LGBTQ homeless centers, centers helping women reclaim their lives from incarceration and drug abuse and various non-profit agencies. Finally, annually we hold a Summer Theater Camp for children 10-14 years old. Professionals teach our campers about all aspects of theatre and the campers collaborate to put on a musical. We offer partial scholarships making our summer theater camp more accessible.
Initiated as an organizing effort by a coalition of LGBTSTGNC People of Color, The Audre Lorde Project was first brought together by Advocates for Gay Men of Color (a multi-racial network of gay men of color HIV policy advocates) in 1994. The vision for ALP grew out of the expressed need for innovative and unified community strategies to address the multiple issues impacting LGBTSTGNC People of Color communities. ALP secured and moved into its Fort Greene home, in the parish house of the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, during the summer of 1996.
(RED) was created by Bono and Bobby Shriver in 2006 to engage millions of people in the greatest challenge of our time – the fight to end AIDS in Africa where 2/3 of the world’s estimated 37 million people with HIV/AIDS live. We work with the world’s most iconic brands and organizations to develop (RED)-branded products and services, that when purchased, trigger corporate giving to the Global Fund. These contributions are then invested in HIV/AIDS programs in Africa, with a focus on countries with high prevalence of mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
We build schools, support teachers and provide student scholarships that change lives. $25 educates a child and $25,000 builds a new school.
- Covenant House provided services to 67,621 youth in 2009. - Our Residential and Community Service Center programs cared for 31,107 young people. - 661,740 nights of shelter were provided. - Contacts were made with 36,154 youth on the street through outreach. - Covenant House U.S. NINELINE (1-800-999-9999) received 40,595 calls in 2009. - Acercatel Casa Alianza’s hotline in Mexico, received 11,056 calls in 2009. - 10,175 kids made 45,236 visits to our health clinics. - Covenant House placed 2,567 kids in jobs. - Covenant House placed 2,646 kids in job training programs. - Mother & Child programs throughout all Covenant House sites cared for 1,272 infants and toddlers. - 566 kids earned their GED or Promotion (Latin America) with Covenant House’s help.
Whether you’re a social entrepreneur with a breakthrough idea to address a stubborn, deeply-entrenched problem, a young person ready to build a career with impact, a conscious investor who wants to support innovative solutions, or simply someone who wants to make a difference by joining the social innovation movement, Echoing Green provides a springboard for realizing your contribution to solving the world’s biggest problems.
Our after-school program trains youth, ages 12 to 18, to build and maintain indoor hydroponic farms that serve as local sources for fresh food and centers for nutrition and health education in their schools and communities. Students use cutting-edge hydroponic technology to grow substantial quantities of crops for their school, families, and neighbors. They are trained to become health and nutrition ambassadors who teach skills for healthy eating, shopping, cooking, fitness and lifestyle behaviors to others. Through their own, their peers’, their families’ and their neighbors’ involvement, these young leaders will be the catalysts for a grassroots food justice movement in their community. The Need: Teens for Food Justice addresses one of NYC’s most critical challenges: getting nutritious food and health resources to those most in need. Sixteen percent of New Yorkers are food insecure and undernourished; 1 in 4 children live in households lacking sufficient food. And, even when healthy choices are available, they are often underutilized due to lack of familiarity with how to shop for and prepare the food. The TFFJ youth-led program brings these resources to food desert neighborhoods, exposing families to foods and lifestyle habits that improve community health, while building the next generation of advocates in the fight for food justice.
When a child must deal with serious illness or loss in the family. and you can't always be home for those crucial after-school hours. i-Shine provides homework help, snacks, dinner and fun in a supervised, relaxed environment. Mission I-Shine provides homework help, snacks, dinner and fun in a supervised, relaxed environment. On-site supervision is provided by parents, teachers, high school volunteers, social workers and psychologists. Our staff members are experts in bringing out smiles and laughter while offering homework assistance and exciting recreational activities for children of all ages. i-Shine is available free of charge to elementary and middle school children living with illness or loss in their family. Transportation is provided from local yeshivot. Snack and dinner Activity and play center Homework help Test preparation Supervised indoor and outdoor activities (weather permitting) The chance to form new friendships with other children also living with illness or loss
The Association is an independent not-for-profit voluntary health organization, incorporated in the state of New York, and classified under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. HANY serves persons with hemophilia and related blood disorders within our 14 southeastern counties of New York state.
Passionate, provocative, and deeply Jewish, CBST champions a Judaism that rejoices in diversity, denounces social injustice wherever it exists, and strives for human rights for all people. • We are a house of prayer, offering both traditional and liberal services and lifecycle events. • We are a house of learning, continually expanding our knowledge and deepening our understanding of our religious and cultural heritage. • We are a house of refuge and healing, offering community support and pastoral care. • We are a house of conscience, fighting for the full equality of LGBTQ people locally, nationally and internationally. • We are committed to Israel and engaged in supporting efforts to secure peace, justice and equality for all. Join us to celebrate Shabbat. Our main service meets every Friday night at 7:00pm at 296 9th Avenue at 28th Street. Everyone is welcome!
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Operated by the Visiting Nurse Service of New York, Partners in Care serves more New Yorkers who need home care and provide more hours of employment for Home Health Aides than any other agency. • Accredited by the Community Health Accreditation Program. • Licensed Home Care Community Guidelines: This forum is intended for fans to express their opinions and thoughts about Partners in Care and the content we post. However Partners in Care observes Facebook’s guidelines and Terms of Use (http://www.facebook.com/terms.php?ref=pf). The representatives of Partners in Care reserve the right to remove posts, graphics, comments, videos, photos or any other content that: • Is unlawful, pornographic, libelous or defamatory in any manner, • Is misleading, fraudulent or deceptive in any way, • Violates our company’s or any other organizations copyright or intellectual property, • Condones or promotes illegal activity, • Uses obscene, hateful or threatening language, • Is commercial advertising or activity, is considered spam or otherwise inappropriately disrupts or interferes with communications appropriate and relevant to our community, • Identifies clients or staff by name. Read Partners in Care's Privacy Policy at https://blog.partnersincareny.org/summary-of-privacy-policy/
Magen David Adom in Israel - the Red Star of David - is recognized by the State of Israel as its only first aid and disaster relief organization which operates according to the principles of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. The first seeds of Magen David Adom in Israel were planted at a meeting held in Philadelphia in October, 1918, attended by David Ben Gurion, Golda Meir and Henrietta Szold. There was great concern that the Jewish Legion of Palestine, otherwise known as the 38th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers of the British Army during World War I, who were fighting to liberate Eretz Yisrael from Turkish rule, needed medical help. A Magen David Adom organization was organized to aid both the Jewish Legion and the settlers in Palestine. It was disbanded at the end of the war. Magen David Adom (MDA) was officially chartered and recognized as an emergency lifesaving service as a result of the murderous riots of 1929, when Jewish farm and urban settlements were attacked by the Arab population, and were found to be lacking in even the most elementary first aid services. It was founded in Tel Aviv on June 7, 1930, by a group of seven Israeli doctors, as a one-room emergency medical service. MDA's first home was a dilapidated hut on the corner of Rothschild and Nahalat Benyamin streets in what was then the center of town. A second MDA group formed in Haifa in 1931 and a third in Jerusalem in 1934. In 1935, a national organization was formed to provide medical services to the public and the Haganah. Its founding members were physicians, members of the Haganah and private citizens. At the time, the society's resources consisted of a small truck converted into an ambulance and several dozen dedicated volunteers. In the years that followed, the society grew, especially in the wake of a second wave of anti-Jewish riots that broke out in April 1936 and lasted until the beginning of 1939. During that period, MDA gave first-aid training to the Haganah and the auxiliary police and medical aid to the wounded. During World War II, MDA worked within the general framework of Israel's Civil Defense Organization, as an arm of the Jewish Legion of the British Forces. Photographs from that period show Magen David Adom volunteers in official uniforms. Magen David Adom became the medical service of the Haganah, and MDA members administered first aid alongside the Haganah fighters throughout the 1930s and 1940s. With the establishment of the State of Israel, some of the society's most important members and volunteers were among those setting up the medical corps of the Israel Defense Forces. In July 1950, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) ratified the Magen David Adom Law, which states that Magen David Adom will function as Israel's National Red Cross Society, acting in accordance with the Geneva conventions. Specifically, MDA was given responsibility for: Providing auxiliary service to Israel's Army Medical Corps in wartime, including providing emergency medical care for the wounded and war refugees. Providing civilian emergency transportation and medical and first-aid services and temporary shelter in emergency situations and disasters. Organizing blood donations and maintaining sophisticated blood banks for civilian and military use. Subsequently, MDA has played a major role in providing vital lifesaving services during each of Israel's wars, skirmishes and terrorist attacks, as well as in times of peace. The growing need and developing population of the new state brought about a parallel growth in MDA. New branches and first aid stations sprang up throughout the country. The first modern ambulances were purchased, and the society's blood, first aid and first aid instruction services were expanded.
Become an Upstander today. In the bullying scenario there are three roles that play out, the victim, the bully and the bystanders. In 70% of bullying situations there is a third party witness, or bystander, who tacitly condones the harassment of their peers by observing but not speaking up. We believe that bystanders have a responsibility to get involved and stand up for their peers. To learn how you can become an Upstander, take our Upstander pledge at our website: www.tylerclementi.org/pledge