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 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 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 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 …

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.

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 …

… 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 …

Meet other local Democrats from Woodside and Jackson Heights and help out your local community as we help organize and support the Democratic cause in our city. Here, we learn to work closely with our elected officials, both local and national, and we develop the means to make our voices heard in the city, state and Washington D.C. We have also partnered with other local groups, including the Greater New York Chapter of the Red Cross, and the Wood-Heights Volunteer Ambulance Corps., to allow …

Join Brooklynites interested in getting to know their neighbors at relaxed social events. We're based in the Lefferts Gardens and Flatbush areas where people from diverse cultures, social backgrounds, and interests live. But anyone curious about our neighborhoods is welcome. Come to make friends, socialize, and share resources in our community! TO JOIN: Because we want to create a sense of community, please introduce yourself by filling out the online profile questions AND add a photo of you wh …

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!

We remember who we are to become who we choose to be... Inspired by indigenous cultures and modern tribes and compelled by sacred reverence for Earth and Life, The Remembrance Project 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 suppor …

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 …

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.

… This time join a gathering of Uptowners who are into checking out art and culture together in Harlem and other Uptown enclaves, for more community, connection and conversation, now while going around and seeing good stuff in the neighborhood together. From Jazz at the Triple Nickel, and keeping up with what's going on at the Schomberg Center, to checking out whatever they're showing at Maysles and the Thalia... we'll step into creaking old galleries in garden levels of brownstones -which I swear …

This Meetup group is to give our community members the opportunity to actively participate in Shop Your Values Week. We want to hear your feedback, opinions, and ideas about what we should be doing, what you want, and how we can inspire a movement towards sustainable consumption on a large scale.

Do you live in and around Forest Hills and get bored at night? Frustrated after work at the lack of fun events in the neighborhood? Found a babysitter for your kids but have already gone to every restaurant on Austin St? Join the Central Queens Y Adult Meetup Group! Open to all ages.