February 2018 Vol. 2

The CitizenExpress

A smaller version of the Newsletter of the Central Brooklyn Independent Democrats that you already know and love

Next CBID Meeting March 22nd

NOTE NEW LOCATION: Park Slope Methodist Church, 410 6th Avenue @ 8th Street
7:00pm

ENDORSEMENTS
All endorsements were made by a vote of the majority of the membership present at the February General Meeting

NY1 - David Pechefsky
NY2 - Liuba Grechen Shirley (Info on March 1st NYC Fundraiser here)
NY7 - Nydia Velázquez
NY8 - Hakeem Jeffries
NY9 - Yvette Clarke
NY11 - Max Rose

Diversity Committee Meeting

The Diversity Committee will be meeting on February 27th at 7pm. For location and other details, please contact Allison Mingus at allimangos@gmail.com.

Sign Assemblymember Simon's Firearms Violence Research Petition

Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon, Senators Roxanne Persaud and Brian Kavanagh, Assemblymember Matthew Titone, New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, Gays Against Guns, and the New York Chapters of Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence have created this Petition asking Governor Cuomo to Create a Gun Violence Research Institute in New York State.

Click here to sign the petition!

2018 Anti-IDC Campaign Kickoff

TrueBlue NY, NPAN, Empire State Indivisible and others invite you to attend their Kickoff campaign for candidates challenging IDC members featuring United States Senator Kirsten Gillibrand.

Date: March 4th
Time: 1PM
Location: Medgar Evers College Auditorium, 168 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn

RSVP Here!

Emerge NY Brooklyn Fundraiser

Friday, March 2, 2018 – 7:30pm
Fired Up! Songs of Action & Impact
Special guest speaker: Ny Whitaker, Executive Director of Emerge NY
@ Greenwood Church Chapel
7th Ave between 5th and 6th Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn
BUY TICKETS: https://squareup.com/store/acmehallstudios/item/fired-up-songs-of-action-impac t

All Proceeds Benefit Emerge NY

Upcoming Meeting Schedule:

General Meetings, held at Camp Friendship at 7pm

Thursday, March 22**Note change of location above
Thursday, April 26th
Thursday, May 24th

Executive committee, 7pm, locations TBD

Monday, March 26th
Monday, April 30th
Monday, May 28th

CBID Unofficial Final United States Olympic Medal Count

GOLD - 9
SILVER - 8
BRONZE - 6

CBID Executive Committee

Officers
President - Asher Novek
First VP - Joy Romanski
2nd VP - Eric Fields
Treasurer - Marty Bernstein
Corresponding Secretary - Erica Cohen
Recording Secretary - Melissa Turoff

Executive Committee
Chris Barron, Richard Bennett, Richard Bruce, Dan Campanelli, Mary Beth Carroll, Thomas Carroll, Joel Galker, Marcia Kannry, Lucy Koteen, Cheryl Krauss, David Michaelson, Warren Miner, Alison Mingus, James Morgano, Ted Monell, Alice Ott, Nathan Rubin, Hilary van Santen, Louis Schwartz, Chris Stauffer, Matt Shahabian, Jessica Selecky, Josh Silverstein, Benjamin Theodore, Cheryl Wertz, Dan Wise, Peter Zessos

Ex-Officio:
Hon. Jake Gold, Hon. Lori Citron Knipel, Hon. Josh Skaller, Hon. Anne Swern, Benjamin Solotaire