Next CBID General Meeting
March 25th New Start Time: 7:00pm
410 6th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Please Join
Central Brooklyn Independent Democrats
For Our 41st Anniversary Dinner
On April 11th, 2010
From 5:30PM to 10PM
NEW LOCATION: The Grand Prospect Hall,
263 Prospect Ave (between 5th & 6th Aves.), Brooklyn
Cocktails and Dinner
Sumptuous Buffet, Open Bar, Music
Valet Parking
Honoring:
New York City Comptroller John Liu
Beverly Corbin of FUREE and United Neighbors of Brooklyn
CBID’s own Cheryl Krauss, for her service to the club
South Brooklyn Coalition*
Walter Kane, activist and labor lawyer
*The South Brooklyn Coalition
CGNA (Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Assn), Cobble Hill Association, CORD (Carroll Gardens Coalition for Respectful Development), Friends of Bond, FROGG (Friends and Residents of Greater Gowanus), Gowanus Neighborhood Assn aka Gowanus4Life, Neighborhood Blogger, NYC Sierra Club, Park Slope Civic Council, Park Slope Neighbors, Riverkeepers, SOBNA (South Brooklyn Neighborhood Alliance) USBA (Union Sackett Block Assn)
Tickets: $100
Ads for CBID’s Journal:
$400-Gold Page Ad
$300-Full Page Ad
$175-One Half Page Ad
$125-One Third Page Ad
$40 Listing
Make checks payable to CBID,
C/O Marty Bernstein,
476 10th St, Brooklyn, NY 11215
ON LINE: dinner@cbidems.org
Please include text for ads in communications. (E-mail preferred for ads)
Deadline for Journal Ads is Monday, April 5th.
The next CBID meeting will be at 7:00pm and will go until 9:15pm.
The meeting will be held at The Park Slope Methodist Church, in the basement.
410 6th Avenue
Brookly, NY 11215
7:00pm – Doors
7:15pm – Meeting Start
9:15pm – Meeting End
PS, For those who want to continue the conversation after the meeting, there will be a gathering at one of the neighborhood bars.
EPA Adds Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal to the National Superfund List of Hazardous Waste Sites; Agency will Pursue Polluters to Pay for Comprehensive Cleanup
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/03/nyregion/03gowanus.html?ref=nyregion
FEBRUARY 25, 7:30 P.M.
AGENDA
(Preliminary as of February 18th)
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Follow-up on Afghanistan Forum
Discussion with Bobby Khan from The Coney Island Committee
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Update on New York City Schools
Discussion with Ellen Raider from the Independent Commission on Public Education (ICOPE) and invited guest. Learn more about the closing of public schools and the move to privatization with Charter Schools.
If you have a chance, read the very good articles on the NYC public schools in this month’s The Indypendent newspaper online, or look for a hard copy. And this article in the NY Daily News
Central Brooklyn Independent Democrats Invites you to attend:
“Which Way Afghanistan?” a neighborhood forum discussing the United States involvement in Afghanistan
When:
Monday, February 8th, 7-9PM
Where:
Park Slope United Methodist Church
410 Sixth Ave, corner of 6th Ave and 8th Street
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Who:
Confirmed Guests: Congressman Jerrold Nadler, Journalist Anand Gopal ( Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, The Nation)
Invited Guests: The Brooklyn Congressional Delegation, a speaker from Women for Afghan Women
Sponsors:
Central Brooklyn Independent Democrats, Brooklyn For Peace, The Coney Island Committee, Ethical Action Committee of The Brooklyn Society For Ethical Culture, First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn, Flatbush For Peace, Fort Greene Peace, New Kings Democrats, 57th AD Club, Park Slope Greens, Park Slope United Methodist Church Social Action Committee, Peace Action NYS
