We are an international organization for progressive business people to connect, and grow, with colleagues who share similar ethical values.  We also function as a non-partisan think tank, and organizing platform, for the moral transformation of corporate life. For too long, an ethos of selfishness and greed has permeated our corporate world.  From the Robber Barons of the 19th century, to the corrupt bankers and financeers who tanked the economy in 2008-- with their predatory lending and toxic …

The mission of the International Debate Education Association (IDEA) is to promote mutual understanding and democracy globally by supporting discussion and active citizenship locally. Founded in the City of London in 1755, the Cogers is the oldest free speech forum in the world. IDEA brings this tradition to NYC with the introduction of the Big Apple Cogers, which typically meets the first Wednesday of each month (locations vary) for a lively open debate on current events. Here's how it works - …

Let's get together for the historic New York City mayoral run of Christine Quinn. If you believe like I do that Christine Quinn is the best candidate for mayor of New York City then let's get together and help make it happen.

Hi. I am a candidate for the United States House of Representatives for New York's 7th Congressional District (Lower East Side, Chinatown, Little Italy, Williamsburg, Bushwick,Cypress Hills, Red Hook, Brooklyn Heights, Dumbo, Vinegar Hill, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Gowanus, Park Slope, Sunset Park, Ridgewood and Woodhaven . This group will be for campaign volunteers to organize together towards the Democratic primary in the summer of 2014. I know that if we organize together, we can achieve …

Our grassroots group began in January 2007 to support then Senator Barack Obama for President. We are now a group of voters and activists banded together for the common good, concerned with both local and national issues that affect our lives. "The whole is greater than the sum of the parts." Let us know what we can do for you. We want to help.

This group is for New York area supporters of President Barack Obama. We are working directly with President Obama's New York City 2012 Re-Election Campaign - Organizing For America. We are not the campaign itself -- we are an independent meetup group of Barack Obama supporters working on the 2012 Barack Obama campaign. Our goal is for you to come to one of the actual campaign events listed here, and to then sign up directly with the official Obama campaign. We will also be organizing social eve …

The NYCLU Young Professionals is a group of motivated young New Yorkers who have an interest in protecting civil liberties and the work of the NYCLU. Our mission is to recruit, engage, and retain young professionals to actively serve the needs of the NYCLU in defending and promoting New Yorkers’ civil liberties. Our singular goal is to support the NYCLU’s efforts in litigation, advocacy, public education, and community organizing while creating a new generation of civil liberties leaders. Join u …

This is a meetup to help plan and orchestrate the ActiveDelegate.com approach to Realtime Representative Democracy. This will cover both technology and strategy for the group.

A collective of developers, designers, researchers, artists, occupiers, and hackers discovering new ways of relating to the Occupy movement through data analysis and transformation.

The Actors Theatre Workshop is an award-winning non-profit theater, community center and educational institution that teaches innovative educational techniques and theatre principles to adults and children from all walks of life; produces classical and contemporary plays and documentary films that maintain the highest artistic standards; and develops new dramatic works that examine the social issues of the day. Since 1990, ATW has flourished as an artistic leader in the field, producing award-w …

The Brecht Forum is a space where human needs and culture come first. We stage 200 events each year connecting activists, artists and academics in a lively environment to support progressive movements.

If you're passionate about fact-based thinking, here's your meetup. The degree to which we as individuals and as a society can successfully engage in fact-based thinking impacts everything we do. But getting it right is one of our most difficult challenges. Fact-based thinking ties into every field of study and every form of expression so the topics for discussion are almost endless. Whether you are a scientist, a journalist, a politician, a corporate-decision maker, an educator, or just someone …

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 …

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The Christian Party of America (www.christianpartyonline.com) is a new, national third-party of Christian voters, dedicated to proclaiming that Jesus is Lord in the political arena. Our purpose is to bring our country back to being an unabashedly Christian nation, by offering and electing competent candidates who share and promote our vision. Please join us in our goal of uniting believers under the banner of Jesus Christ to bring constitutional freedom to all people of the United States. We bel …

This group participates in local as well as national politics.  We are interested in supporting candidates who promote a non-interventionist foreign policy, sound monetary policy, an audit of the Federal Reserve and economic policies that provide the greatest value for the majority of people.  From time to time we have speakers, debate viewing parties and gatherings to discuss ways to improve the Democratic Party and take action. Prior to a primary we will support particular candidates that cham …

We welcome New York Conservatives of all stripes and all political affiliations to join us to discuss how we, Conservatives, can advance our political agenda, on the local, state and national level. We will meet periodically to discuss current issues, politics, and the state of our nation in various venues through out the city on an informal basis.

WHY FIGHT?... for 27 MILLION REASONS! "Freedom is not a gift from heaven... we must fight for it every day!" ~ Simon Wiesenthal Few people in the developed nations have a grasp of the magnitude of human trafficking. Fewer still take action. Welcome to Fight Slavery Now! Thank you for choosing to make a difference. We are an all volunteer grass-roots organization of regular folks like yourself. Most of us initially knew little about this subject, or else believed that incidents were few and far …

Astoria Multiculture Meetup Group is a group of friends from different nationalities and diverse ethnic background. We meet usually once a week at a local restaurant. (We speak basically English.) We love to talk about our culture, food, politics, dance, religion, art, movie, history, etc. We welcome you to join our group and be our new friend!

Do you spend your days being serious, responsible, professional, respectable? Have a stressful job, have bills to pay, have people who depend on you? BEING A GROWN-UP IS HARD WORK!! Every now and then, we need to get out and play - whether it be for just an hour or evening - to reconnect with our inner child and to relax and reenergize. SILLY DATE! NEW YORK is a good clean fun Meetup group in New York City for singles and their friends. Members are fun, friendly, independent-minded and are inter …