This Meet-up group is formed to empower communities through designing and building sustainable structures, educating local workforce in construction methods and establishing community programs that promote development. Communities with limited access to resources will benefit from the group's accomplishments. This is a group committed to making a difference in the world by completing design / build projects for people in need. Our first undertaking is to design and build two schools for orphana …

A community of like-minded, values-driven professionals interested in exploring, pursuing and prospering in a social-impact career. The social impact landscape can be described as the nonprofit and public sector as well as social entrepreneurship and socially enlightened corporations with commitments to sustainability and social responsibility. This group provides an opportunity to support each other in our efforts to succeed in careers that provide greater meaning and purpose while allowing us …

Welcome to the LARP Alliance Meetup Group! We are a non-profit 501c, education and charity based corporation dedicated to promoting the art and hobby of LARP (Live Action Role Playing). In addition, we assist new and current LARPers and Events by providing information and supplying resources, transportation for players, classes, media tools, and more. As a new hub for the LARP Alliance effort, LARP Alliance NYC will require some time to fully realize the network of support we have established …

The Uptown Renewal Cash Mobs Loving Our Neighborhood One Mob at a Time One of the first projects of the Uptown Renewal Team is to organize ‘Cash Mobs’ to support local small businesses. A Cash Mob is like a flash mob but with customers instead of choreography. They involve a large group arriving at a local business at the same time to purchase as much as its members can reasonably afford. You can read about how others do it here: (http://www.cashmob.com/what-are-cashmobs) The fun is that it can …

The shareholders of our building coming together to create & sustain community.  This Meetup is open to residents of 110/118 Riverside Drive only.

Queens Tech Meetup (QTM) is a gathering of tech enthusiasts who come together from around the greater NYC area to foster a vibrant tech community in Queens through participation, interaction, and experimentation. At each of our meetups, we host 1-2 featured speakers and 2-3 interactive product demonstrations. After the demonstrations, we encourage our guests to meet other techies. We host the meetups at different venues in Queens, showcasing great spaces in the borough. Join us and come check us …

Urban Farmers Wanted! Learn about growing your own food and sustainability. Join S.A.V.E., and put your projects into practice! You’ve heard about Organic Gardening, we’re Growing Beyond Organic. Introducing Permaponics, it’s Aquaponics (fish and vegetables in water), Aquaculture (fish farming), Hydroponics (growing plants in water), Permaculture (Permanent Agriculture) & more. We are building a sustainable, Vertically Integrated Food Industry. Our website http://www.savefarms.org Our primary lo …

Are you motivated to do something that makes the world a better place? Do you want to have the biggest impact you possibly can? We each have limited resources with which to affect the world. Figuring out how to invest those resources to accomplish the most good can be difficult, involving a lot of math and strategy. But an important thing is that we don't have to do it alone, there are other people who care. Effective Altruism is a growing movement of people looking to maximize their impact on …

Inspired by indigenous cultures and modern tribes and compelled by sacred reverence for Earth and Life, StorySpiral NYC creates individual and collective openings into recovering the unconditioned, undiminished, untamed human identity. Our programs emphasize storytelling and direct experiencing in order to access a way of being in community that springs from the very core of Life that is diversity, synergy, and evolution. We support each other as we discover ways to embody those essential qualit …

This group is composed of African-Americans (in the Diaspora or already on the continent of Africa (African Americas or Africans (preferred)) who are transitioning to Africa who seek vertical and horizontal cross-support. Whether you are transitioning for a vacation, work assignment, entrepreneurship – ranging from farming to filmmaking or retail to telecommunications - or retirement, we are here to work with you, hear your story, take your advice, or if needed, give our best to make your move a …

Residents of West 74th Street in Manhattan (CPW to Riverside): Let's Meetup. There's no particular purpose except to get some kind of neighborly community going.

Passionate about using design thinking for social innovation? Want to collaborate with a dynamic group of changemakers, social entrepreneurs, designers and artists. Want to get involved and do something with your skills. You love to network but you are really looking to collaborate. Then your in the right place. We are a interdisciplinary group devoted to bringing together communities and designers with one goal: Projects that are socially conscious.

I would like to create a local group of active friends that want to attend and host a wide range of activities. These activities could be in Astoria, LIC, Manhattan and anywhere else that has something interesting going on. I want everyone to meet new people, do something different and have fun. I Need Your Help This is not my group! This is our group. I am looking for you to suggest events, help plan events, and even host events. I will be there to guide you and provide the tools that you nee …

Press inquiries please email: buzz.nycbeekeeping AT gmail.com We are out in the field - and will be updating this page & links shortly. To come learn with us, join the Advancing Beekeepers Section or preregister for the Beginners Section now by clicking here. Connect with us Want to host a hive or bring other pollinators to your garden or rooftop, looking for honey from your neighborhood, or beekeeper seeking assistance? Want to join summer hands-on activities, harvest with us, or connect with …

The Ladies' & Gents' Uptown Coffee Hour (NYC) - a spin-off of the wildly successful Ladies' Uptown Happy Hour (NYC) - is an opportunity to drink, eat, and build community with other Uptowners. So, bring along your bestest friend, cousin, hubby, partner, wife or *maybe* (if you don't yet have one) meet someone new.........right in the neighborhood :) With the Ladies' Uptown Happy Hour's amazing success coalescing into a fun, dynamic, and welcoming group of Ladies who segue into weekend mode at Fr …

While Uptown Happenings Together (NYC) is currently on a sabbatical, Stay Connected, Uptown at Alba's other Uptown groups! Check 'em out here: Click here>> http://www.meetup.com/Uptown-Coffee-Hour-NYC or here>> http://www.meetup.com/Ladies-Uptown-Happy-Hour-NYC or here!!>> http://uptowneventsnyc.moonfruit.com/Love & Adventures, xo Alba This is what we're all about----> Uptown Happenings Together (NYC) is the latest 'Men & Women Meet, Uptown! (NYC)' spin-off, with a slight twist, to round out th …

Thirty & forty-something Sparkling Ladies enjoy Friday Happy Hours in and around Harlem/ Morningside Heights/ El Barrio/ Washington Heights/ Inwood/ UWS.  Enjoy sharing your loveliness and sophistication (and/or down-to-earthiness), as we gracefully segue into the weekend and make new friends.  Neighborhood-networking, gal-talk and scoping out cool people and Harlem venues -  What could be bad about that, Ladies?

Did you go to a Jesuit College or University? Want to give back to the community while having fun (remember those service learning projects?)? If so, you are in the right place! We can help hook you into ongoing volunteer projects. We will also meet up twice a year as a large group for big service projects such as refurbishing a school, book/clothing/food drives...your creative ideas are welcome!

Volunteers are needed on the first Saturday of each month from 2 pm to 4 pm to help make sandwiches and prepare take out lunches for a church sponsored soup kitchen.