There's lots going on in the lead up to EarthDay including three great events happening tomorrow, Monday 4/13!

Rally to Tell Governor Cuomoto Veto Port Ambrose Monday April 13, 2015 - 11:15 am to 1:00 pm Outside of Harvard Club at 27 West 44th Street  between 5th Avenue and Avenue of the Americas, NYC We've been busy sending in comments and gathering support for the City Council Resolution, but now's our chance to tell Cuomo directly: Governor, be a hero again! Veto Port Ambrose! He will be at the Harvard Club honoring Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey, so we'd love to give him some friendly cheer as he walks in and tell him, VETO PORT AMBROSE! Please call Governor Cuomo (518) 474-8390 and Governor Christie (609) 292-6000, and tell them to veto Port Ambrose. We're Ready for Hillary to Say: No Keystone XL!  Hillary Clinton is officially announcing her campaign for President this Sunday. She needs to lay out a comprehensive agenda for climate action, including taking a position on an issue of national significance — the Keystone XL Pipeline.  For years, she’s bobbed and weaved as reporters tried to ask her where she stands on the massive carbon bomb, always giving some variation of “no comment” in response. But Presidential candidates don’t get that luxury — they owe the American people an explanation on where they stand. Keystone XL is the fuse to one of the biggest carbon bombs on Earth, and would unlock development of Canada’s tar sands oil field. Where does Hillary stand? Join us on Monday, as we call on Hillary to take a stand on Keystone XL. We'll have signs, speakers and are expecting media to be there, but we'll need a good crowd to turn out and make some noise. See you then! Watch Stop the Tar Sands Invasion Want to be part of a “rapid response” team for KXL, here in NYC?  Go to http://tinyurl.com/KXL-rapid-response and sign up.  Building a Just, Sustainable, and Nuclear-Free World Monday, April 13, at 7:00 p.m. Brooklyn Friends Meetinghouse 110 Schermerhorn Street, Brooklyn Directions: All subways to downtown Brooklyn [map] Just four years after the disaster at Fukushima Daiichi, nuclear power is being promoted as a "clean, green" solution to climate change; the number of nuclear power plants is expected to double globally over the next 20 years.  And the United States has just announced that it will “upgrade” its nuclear arsenal of 7,500 weapons to the tune of $1 trillion. Russia and the other seven nuclear states are following suit. When attention should be focused on halting climate change, building a sustainable world, and ending racial and economic injustice, we appear to be building for war instead. Brooklyn For Peace/Climate Action and the Brooklyn Friends/Peace and Social Action Committee invite you to a panel discussion of these disturbing trends. Speakers: Marilyn Elie: Founding member, Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition Joseph Gerson: AFSC; author of Empire and the Bomb: How the U.S. Uses Nuclear Weapons to Dominate the World  Endorsers: Bay Ridge Peace Action, Earth Rights Institute, Fort Greene Peace, Give Them a Hand Foundation, Green Party of Brooklyn, Muslim Community Network, Park Slope United Methodist Church, Sane Energy Project, System Change, Not Climate Change, United African Congress, United For Action, and 350NYC

Brooklyn For Peace 
www.brooklynpeace.org
718-624-5921                                                   
climateaction@brooklynpeace.org

Fight for $15 on 4/15 - NYC
Wednesday, April 15
Rally at 4:00pm  63rd Street and Central Park West
March at 6pm

NYC climate groups will gather at 64th St/ Central Park West outside the NY Society for Ethical Culture to line up for the March.
A society that is deeply unequal is one that leaves the already marginalized more vulnerable to the impacts of extreme weather events — like Hurricane Sandy or the ongoing California drought — and more prone to the kinds of violent outbreaks that have plagued climate-impacted countries like Syria. The fight for climate justice does not start when the storm strikes but includes the struggle for economic justice and human rights .

The prioritization of profits over people is warming our planet and growing economic inequality. That’s why 350.org is supporting the Fight for 15, a new effort calling for an increase in the minimum wage to $15 per hour. We believe that a new, prosperous clean energy economy should be one that protects the planet, protects the people who live on it, and generates millions of good jobs that pay livable wages. We can help jumpstart that economy on April 15.

 
BP Oil Spill 5 Year Memorial - NY

International Peace & Planet Conference
April 24-25
Cooper Union
30 Cooper Square
New York City, NY 
On the eve of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference

Organized on the basis of five themes: nuclear weapons abolition, move the money (cutting military spending to prevent wars and fund essential human needs), climate change and environmental justice, the new era of global military tensions and wars, and racial equity and the demilitarization of policing.

Through plenaries and workshops, the Conference will serve to share information and analyses, build and further integrate our movements for the longer term, and increase our impact on the NPT Review Conference. 

Peace and Planet MOBILIZATION
April 26th

Rally, March & Festival
Schedule for April 26 Mobilization, New York City
11-12:30: Interfaith Convocation for Nuclear Weapons Abolition (Tillman Chapel of the Church Center at the UN, 777 First Avenue)
1pm: Rally at Union Square North (East 14th Street, Park Avenue South & Broadway New York, NY 10003)
1:20: Launch the Global Wave from the Rally at Union Square. The Wave will then move westward to cities and capitals around the world.

Oil on the Hudson / NY State - Beyond Coal 
Thursday April 16 @ 8pm
Bank Street College of Education
610 W 112th St., New York, NY

In advance of Earth Day 2015, the Broadway Democrats host discussions of two environmental issues important to all New Yorkers:

Oil on the Hudson 
With relatively little public input or even attention, the Port of Albany has become a major hub for the shipment of western oil – including oil from the Canadian Tar Sands – down the Hudson to refineries in New Jersey and Nova Scotia. Sean Dixon, Staff Attorney with Riverkeeper, discusses what this means for the river itself and for downstream communities, including New York City.

New York State – Beyond Coal 
Despite some recent positive steps towards modernizing and “greening” New York State’s energy generation and distribution systems, the state still has four operating coal-powered plants, some of which require massive bailouts to keep running – at great cost to their customers, the state’s taxpayers, and the environment. Hear from Sierra Club volunteers about a major new effort to end New York’s reliance on this dirty and environmentally destructive fuel.

EARTHDAY is Wed. April 22nd 
There's lots going on around the city so check it out and get involved. Some other events can be found here.
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Brunch Celebration and Artist Talk
TRUTH OR DARE: MEDIA TODAY
April 22, 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
547 West 27th Street, Suite 200
Q&A to follow with the Artist
 Please RSVP Here

Screening: CAN'T STOP THE WATER
Wednesday, April 22 @ 1:30pm and 7:00pm
John Jay College, 524 W 59th St., NYC