President's Message
 

Thank you too all who turned out for petitioning over the last few weeks. CBID turned in over 2500 signatures and helped all our endorsed candidates get on the ballot.

There's still a summer of canvasing and getting out the vote for our candidates and any others you want to work for. This is where politics gets real. Door to door, having conversations, talking to people about why your candidate is the best. Street fairs, block parties, barbecues, all good places to share ideas and get people involved. I now you're not supposed to talk politics at parties, but come on, we are a political club, you're all interested in politics, so go ahead and put your ideas and candidates out there. I think we can agree that there is no more important time to make sure that the right people get elected.

And speaking of elections, CBID will be having one at the end of the year. All our Officer and Executive Committee positions will be up. And my position, President, is the only one term limited. So think about it, we need good, committed people to help guide the club. Don't get me wrong, we have good committed people, but new ideas and new experience can always help invigorate the process. Nominations won't be for a few months and the election is in January, so more details to come.

In Solidarity,

Benjamin Solotaire

County Committee Meeting

A meeting of the Kings County Democratic County Committee will be held on Wednesday, July 26, 2017 at 8:00 P.M. in the Auditorium of the Hebrew Educational Society, 9502 Seaview Avenue (between East 95th Street and St. Jude Place - enter on East 95th Street), Brooklyn, New York, exclusively for the discussion of “issues of public policy” and to vote on any resolution mailed to every County Committee member by the proponents thereof on or before July 19, 2017.

http://www.brooklyndems.com/county_committee_meeting_july_2017

#GOBK Festival

CBID will be at the GOBK Festival.  If you would like to volunteer some time at our table, please email Ben

One thing we’ve seen powerfully -- from the Women’s March to the Climate March -- is that our resistance can also be joyful. Even as we are fighting harm, we are building new relationships and celebrating our values.

In that spirit, on Tuesday, July 25th, 5 - 8 PM, #GetOrganizedBK is planning a free Civic Festival in the Prospect Park Bandshell -- to push forward with our organizing, to celebrate the amazing work #GetOrganizedBK working groups and members have accomplished, and to come together in a venue that can fit all of us.

Details are to come in the following days -- but this festive civic gathering will be an opportunity to highlight the ongoing work of our members, bring new people into the movement and offer a glimpse of the deepening of resistance work into longer-term community-building. Hear from citywide and national leaders, testimonials from activists across generations, activities, entertainment, tabling & activism opportunities by #GOBK working groups, partners, and sponsors, and more.

Confirmed performers: 

*Isaac Oliver (http://isaacoliver.com/)

*Gowanus Wildcats (https://vimeo.com/7549950)

*Xavier Cardriche (http://www.xaviercardriche.com/)

*Artists for a Free World (http://www.artsforart.org/advocacy.html)

*Natalia Zuckerman (http://www.nataliazukerman.com/)

*Jean Rohe (http://jeanrohe.com/)

*Girls Be Heard (http://girlbeheard.org/)

*Bangladesh Institute of Performing Arts (http://bipa.tumblr.com/)

*The Occasionalists (https://www.facebook.com/theoccasionalistsbrooklyns)

Plus, a propoganda party thrown by Interference Archive & kid-friendly activies like face stamps & bubbles & more by Park Slope Parents. 

Partners include: Planned Parenthood of New York City Action Fund, Make the Road New York, The New York Immigration Coalition, Arts & Democracy, Park Slope Parents, DRUM - Desis Rising Up & Moving, Hand in Hand Family Services, IntegrateNYC4me, CBID - Central Brooklyn Independent Democrats, Fifth Avenue Committee, Center for Anti-Violence Education (CAE), OM Digital, 350 Brooklyn

At our July 27th Meeting, 7:00pm at Camp Friendship, 339 8th St, we will be discussing the following items:

- Review of proposed revisions and modifications to the CBID Constitution

- Discussion of pros and cons of the NYC Constitutional Convention referendum

- The IDC 

And other business and elected officials as appropriate

The Picture is Winslow Homer, Waiting For An Answer , 1872

Officers
President - Benjamin Solotaire
First VP - Joy Romanski
2nd VP - Eric Fields
Treasurer - Marty Bernstein
Corresponding Secretary - Asher Novek
Recording Secretary - Lisa Gueldenzopf

Executive Committee
Joanne Boger, Richard Bruce, Dan Campanelli, Thomas Carroll, Erica Cohen, Wrolf Courtney, Fathi Hegazy, Ben Karl, Lucy Koteen, Cheryl Krauss, David Michaelson, Warren Miner, Richard Morrell, David Pechefsky, Warren Radford, Nathan Rubin, Hilary van Santen, Louis Schwartz, Matt Shahabian, Jessica Selecky,Josh Silverstein, Melissa Turoff, Cheryl Wertz, Dan Wise, Peter Zessos