The George Walker Jr. Community Coalition, Inc. ("GWJrCC") is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to educate, encourage, and empower residents of East New York and Cypress Hills, and neighboring communities, by providing diverse opportunities that inspire them to lead dynamic lives. To achieve this feat, GWJrCC provides legal, educational, cultural, recreational, artistic, counseling and professional development services, programs, and events at the George Walker Jr. Park and at …

Welcome to the SHAMBALLAH TRIBAL COMMUNITY OF NEW YORK! We are part of the Shamballah Community International, a world-wide group with the goal of creating a healthy, self-sustainable, emotionally balanced, peaceful world. Our members include people of all ages, nationalities, professions, and cultures. The diversity of our members makes our Tribe rich and fruitful. We are interested in: * Healing & Energy works * JIKIDEN REIKI * Channeling * Martial Arts * Drawing and Painti …

I am a filmmaker/ writer/ academic/ creator in Flushing, Queens. My last film won several international awards and has been distributed theatrically and on TV in many different parts of the world. I am also a professor of education. My current creative work is a comics series inspired by the wonders of the cultures, and food in Queens. I love Queens! I would very much like to connect with the creative community in Queens. We could have regular meetups, and I am also considering starting a cowor …

… The first sessions give you fundamentals of bee biology and behavior and will help you determine whether you'll be ready to keep bees on your own by Spring, would prefer to join a community team, or just want to learn and volunteer with us. In Spring as weather permits, we progress to hands-on sessions in urban apiaries, exposing students to dozens of hives at various stages of growth. There is a lot of material on the web about beekeeping. Many different methods are covered in the Course, and o …

The focus of our group is to promote and support local community causes, local businesses and local arts/artists and culture events, we are open to the general NYC and LI population. The organizer, me, Chris Saccaro, does not receive any funds for promoting businesses or organizing community events. Our main purpose is to build a strong community presence by participating in the green movement, being ACTIVE members in the local community by helping to develop a more cohesive and interconne …

… The new school is based on community, a long forgotten yet most essential way of human life; it's the way of giving, and living honorably.  In our community, we teach each other, help one another, inspire and motivate each other.  It's a mutual supportive environment.  Each member of the community cares about the best interests others.  We never let money get in the way of our human relationships and our duties as human beings.  Education is the most basic foundation of community living.  Capita …

Like us on Facebook to be more connected: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Guerilla-Organizing-Venture/245489895532427   There is no specific agenda of The Guerilla Organizing Venture except to organize people that want to invest in their community. I can't think of how many times I've wanted to participate in a workshop, or rally, or plan a similar event but my lack of resources and limited connections made many of my inner-activist passions fall flat. Especially on Long Island, these connecti …

… The site beta will include the first ever online registry of Manhattan community groups, forums for communities to connect with and learn from each other, online tools to help communities to self-organize and educational how to guides and videos on organizing and navigating government.  Development will begin on creating a 2.0 version of the site by the end of the year

The purpose of the New York Social Charity Meetup Group is to give its members a way to learn about aligning with the not-for-profit community and to give.  If you possess a magnetic volunteer spirit, you can help us find ways! If you are a for-profit business, and have not yet aligned your planning with a not-for-profit cause, you are behind the curve!  Partnerships such as these are not only in vogue for small to medium size for-profit organizations, they are becoming a requirement in doing bu …

Blue Economics is a volunteer organization that strives for economic development in impoverished communities through strategic capacity building. The broadest definition of capacity building is aiding individuals and institutions by solving inefficiencies and breaking barriers that prevent individuals and communities realize all their economic opportunities.

We are an intentional community of artists, healers, teachers, organizers, dreamers and spiritual adventurers. We are looking to enrich our experiences by sharing them. We know that through community we can create something bigger than any one person, and that collective experience can inspire us and fuel us to grow and change.   We aim to create an environment that nurtures evolution and self-realization, and we see arts, healing, and spiritual practice as some of the most useful tools for cult …

QTM: we're a community of designers, techies, entrepreneurs, enthusiasts, artists, tinkerers. We're meeting regularly to share and showcase the latest and greatest in Queens tech initiatives. Come by to present and engage, or even just to watch/browse! Our goal is to continue to foster the vibrant atmosphere for innovation and creation in Queens. Meetup activities include tech talks, hackathons, panel discussions, keynotes, meet-n-greets, skillshares, startup weekends, happy hours, and more. QTM …

Be Social Change New York Meetup- We are a community of change makers, social entrepreneurs, techies, non-profit workers, educators, students, and overall do and want-to-do gooders focused on igniting social innovation. Collectively, we are cultivating a network that fosters the spreading of new ideas, supports the creation of a social entrepreneurship infrastructure, and provides fun and engaging opportunities for members to make the world a better place.  We do this by creating unique even …

We are Developer Evangelists, Advocates and Community Managers. We help people make awesome things. We make heroes every day. This is a place where Developer Advocates, Evangelists and Community Managers can share tips, stories, best practices, developers and anything related to geek shepherding. This group isn't for: Marketing or Recruiting.

… The Foundation is building a community-focused organization by democratizing the traditional foundation grant making process. The Foundation will make better decisions by involving our members and building the pro-Detroit community. Wearing the badge of Detroit on our sleeves, members will be advocates for the cause of reframing the city. The spotlight is on Detroit. We’d like it to be for the *right* reasons. Regardless if you're from Michigan or not, if you are passionate about Detroit and c …

Social Knitworking is a yarncrafting group geared towards those in the so-called "helping" professions (social workers, nurses, teachers, and the like) as well as people who work for social justice through activism, organizing, and community work. However, all are welcome! This group was created out of the need to encourage self care and community building among folks who spend their time giving of themselves, whether that means providing therapy to homeless adults or organizing working people i …