November Events

CLICK HERE to find out more about the events and opportunities listed below This information brought to you by our friends at Citizens Committee of NY Block transformation grant deadline is November 30th! Group Structure workshop is on November 14th. Fiscal Sponsorship workshop is on November 24th. Tenants & Neighbors fact sheets on tenants’ rights available online! Credit Card Management/Identity Theft Prevention workshop is in December. Foreclosure Prevention workshops in Brooklyn are on November 7th and 21st. Office of Rent Administration public hearing is on November 6th. Rights of Way: New Politics of Movement in New York City? event in Manhattan is on November 12th. Free H1N1 Flu Vaccinations in Queens. “Food, Inc.” documentary screening and panel discussion is on November 19th. Bronx Green-Up workshops are scheduled throughout the month. Check out the event calendars of Just Food, Green Thumb, and CENYC. Participate in community events at the New York Public Library or your local library!

Job Opportunites

Opening for a part-time Preservation Manager at Weeksville Heritage Center, in anticipation of the construction of a new building (opening in 2011) and program expansion. Click here for more information if interested Director of Business Development for the Brooklyn Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Click here for more information if interested Small Business Services Counselor position with Brooklyn Cooperative Federal Credit Union serving Bedford-Stuyvesant and Bushwick businesses. Click here for more information if interested

Holiday Jobs

BPL is partnering with Brooklyn's Workforce One Career Center to help jobseekers especially in these times. We plan to collaborate on events/projects including hiring events where jobseekers can meet with Workforce One staff to be prescreened for various openings at major employers. The first of these events is for: Century 21 Seasonal Cashier and Sales Positions November 16th, 2009 from 1:00pm to 5:00pm. at the Central Library at Grand Army Plaza: Second Floor Meeting Room Workforce 1 does the screening onsite at Central (and may also register patrons for Workforce 1) and then provides follow-up information to qualified candidates moving on in the interview process. For more info: Kerwin Pilgrim Coordinator of Business and Workforce Development Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library Grand Army Plaza Brooklyn, NY 11238 Tel: 718. 230.2795

POETRY SLAM

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6 at 7 PM
Cavin Hall - 15 Rochester Ave.

for more info & to register: 718-224-7371

PACC Homeowner/Homebuyer Night

PACC Homeowner/Homebuyer Night

FREE Workshops in:
affordable homes, grants for purchase &

closing costs, repairs, maintenance,
weatherization & much, much more

Tuesday, November 10, 6-9pm
Concord Baptist Church of Christ
833 Marcy Avenue (betwn Putnam & Madison)

For more info contact 718-783-3549
Charisse Smith: ext 15 or Divinity Pittman ext 11

Free Seminar on Energy Saving and Repairs

Thursday November 12, 2009 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Flatbush Branch Library

22 Linden Blvd (near the corner of Flatbush Ave.)
Brooklyn, New York 11226

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Learn ways to save money on your energy bills. Learn about energy saving tips, repairs and home improvement options: Free giveaways.
Sponsored by Neighborhood Housing Services of East Flatbush, a not for profit housing organization.

Website: http://www.nhsnyc.org

To RSVP, call 718-469-4679

Panel Discussion on Affordable Housing

Panel Discussion on Affordable Housing will be on
Thursday Oct. 29th at 7 PM sharp
Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation

(Classon bet. Park and Prospect Places)

Final Questions for Affordable Housing Discussion.
1. What is affordable housing?
2. What do you see as the main reasons we don't have more affordable housing in New York?
3. What can New York City and New York State do to encourage the creation of more affordable housing?
4. What are the pros and cons of affordable ownership and affordable rentals?
5. What has been your experience with the Section 8 Housing program?
6. Would it be possible to screen affordable housing candidates for financial responsibility, independent living skills and ability to contribute to the stability of the community?
7. Why do you think the city spends so much on homeless housing when it's so much cheaper to build permanent housing?
8. Can derelict homes and buildings be converted to affordable housing?
9. Can already built empty developer buildings be converted to affordable housing?
10. Do you see "green" features as something that should be required in affordable housing projects?
11. What was your most successful affordable housing project? What was your least successful? Why?
12. What role can the community play in helping create more affordable housing?

Sorry to disappoint those of you who have heard the rumor that we had won and stopped the intake center.Unfortunately this is not true.

The City’s Department of Homeless Services still intends to add an intake center to the shelter at the Bedford Atlantic Armory.

Where things stand now:

1. The Department of Homeless Services is only postponing moving an intake center into our armory for about a year.

2. Thanks to all of our efforts and the efforts of our elected officials in Albany:

Assemblymen Karim Camara and Hakim Jeffries and Senator Eric Adams, the state has mandated that the city maintain an intake center in Manhattan. This mandate shows how effective a united community can be. DHS is looking for a new Manhattan site. Although this is good, we have no details about the bed-count, location etc. And, DHS still plans to place an intake center at the Bed-Atlantic Armory. Until a new Manhattan intake center site is found, the intake center at Belleview will remain open.

3. As before, DHS says putting up half the money for a Track and Field at the Bedford Atlantic Armory is contingenton our communities’ accepting an intake center there.

The fact is we must stay united and continue to stay active in our fight to stop the city’s Department of Homeless Services from placing an intake center at the Bed-Atlantic Armory. We have pushed them back. Now we must stop them.

Please stay alert and report anything related to the Bed-Atlantic Armory shelter, keep the petitions coming and be prepared to participate in calls to action, forums, rallies and town hall meetings.

FORT GREENE FOOD CONFERENCE

Following the huge success of the recent Brooklyn Food Conference, the community is proud to present another grassroots neighborhood-based event to support a just, sustainable, healthy and delicious food system in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill.

Talk, listen and learn (and eat!) at the…

FORT GREENE FOOD CONFERENCE

Sponsored by Council Member Letitia James

All Free! There will be guest speakers, two-hours of workshops, and a closing with healthy foods provided by some of the best restaurants in Fort Greene.

When: Saturday Oct. 24, 2009, 1PM-6PM

Where: PS 67 - 51 St. Edwards Street (between Park and Myrtle Avenues in Brooklyn)

Co-sponsored by: The Greene Hill Food Coop; The Brooklyn Food Coalition; The Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership; FUREE; and many other partners.

For more information, go to: brooklynfoodconference.org/fg

or call: (718) 260-9191

Block Transformation Grants

Citizens Committee for New York City is pleased to announce a new block transformation grants program. Awardees will receive a $500 cash grant along with expedited support from city agencies for block improvements such as cleaning up a vacant lot, replacing worn out litter baskets, removing graffiti, and replacing worn out street signs. Application deadline: Monday, November 30, 2009. Application forms can be downloaded here: http://www.citizensnyc.org/projects/love_your_nyc_block.html For more information, please contact: Scott Codey at 212-829565/scodey@citizensnyc.org Alicia Rouault at 212-822-9558/arouault@citizensnyc.org