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NOVEMBER 2019 | IN THIS ISSUE:
work with ccnyc | basics of community organizing workshop in spanish | neighborhood leadership institute | green team grant | love your block grant | neighborhood grant | grant info sessions | other grant opportunities | community events and resources

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Citizens Committee is hiring an Outreach Coordinator and Development & Volunteer Coordinator! Please help us spread the word about these positions, which you can learn more about here.

Basics of Community Organizing Workshop in Spanish:

Fundamentos de la Organización Comunitaria

Lunes, 4 de noviembre, 6-8pm
Oficina de la Asambleísta Catalina Cruz
41-40 Junction Blvd, Corona, NY 11368

¿Quiere aumentar el impacto de su proyecto comunitario o empezar una campaña con sus vecinos? En este taller gratuito, usted aprenderá las herramientas y habilidades básicas de la organización comunitaria para lograr cambios en sus comunidades. Se proporcionarán refrigerios.

Para más información y para registrarte, contacte a Paola: 
POrozco@citizensnyc.org / 212-822-9598.

Neighborhood Leadership Institute
Want to increase the impact of your community building project or pick up skills to start a community organizing campaign with your neighbors? Join Citizens Committee in Winter 2020 for our Neighborhood Leadership Institute (NLI). NLI is a free, participatory workshop series that teaches organizing and advocacy skills. Anyone who attends at least 4 sessions (including the Basics of Community Organizing workshop) will receive an NLI Certificate. 

February 8: Basics of Community Organizing | Bring neighbors together to work on issues that matter to you.
February 22: Group Structure | Build and maintain an effective neighborhood association or community group.
February 29: Media Tools | Increase public support for your group by framing your message and alerting local media.
March 7: Navigating City Government | Learn how city government functions.
March 14: Grassroots Fundraising | Support your group's work with community fundraising efforts.

All workshops take place 11 AM - 3 PM in Manhattan. Lunch will be provided.
To RSVP, contact Paola: porozco@citizensnyc.org or 212-822-9598.

Green Team Grant
The New York City Department of Sanitation and Citizens Committee are partnering to provide grants of up to $1,000 for projects carried out by public school green teams. Examples of projects that we support include building or expanding a school garden, enhancing a school recycling program, creating school sustainability events, purchasing eco-friendly giveaway items, and providing uniforms/t-shirts for the Green Team. Applications are collected through the DSNY Zero Waste Schools website. Applications due by November 8.

Learn more about the grant on our website.
For questions, contact Amber: schools@dsny.nyc.gov or 212-437-4622.

Love Your Block Grant
Love Your Block is an initiative of NYC Service in partnership with Citizens Committee for New York City that provides a unique opportunity for neighborhood groups to transform and improve their communities through local action while leveraging City services. Resident-led volunteer groups receive a grant of up to $1,000 and City services provided by the Department of Parks and Recreation, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Sanitation of New York, and the Department of Environmental Protection to help improve their block. In addition to the grant and City services, groups receive project planning and community building assistance as well as support with local media coverage for the project. Applications due by November 12.

Learn more about the grant on our website.
For questions, contact Di: dcui@citizensnyc.org or 212-822-9563.

Neighborhood Grant: Up to $3,000 for Community Improvement Projects
Our Neighborhood Grant application is now available in English and Spanish! Through our Neighborhood Grant, Citizens Committee awards micro-grants of up to $3,000 to resident-led groups to work on community and school projects throughout the city. We prioritize groups based in low-income neighborhoods and Title I public schools. Neighborhood Grants fund everything from arts programs to tenant organizing to community gardens. Check out past grantees to get inspiration and ideas. These grants are for un-staffed, volunteer-led projects that address issues which communities deem important to them. 

Attend a grant information session to learn about the application process and have your questions answered. Visit our website for additional information sessions that will be scheduled in the coming weeks.

Upcoming grant information sessions: 

  • Monday, November 4, 6:30 PM, Brooklyn
  • Tuesday, November 19, 6:00 PM, Brooklyn
  • Wednesday, December 4, 6:00 PM, Queens

To RSVP, contact Paola: porozco@citizensnyc.org or 212-822-9598.
We will share the location of the workshop upon your registration.

Applications due by January 20, 2020. 
Questions? Contact Katie: kgrassle@citizensnyc.org or 212-822-9567.

Info Sessions in Partnership with Elected Officials:

  • Thursday, November 7, 6:30 PM, with State Senator Andrew Gounardes, 8018 5th Ave, Brooklyn
  • Tuesday, November 12, 6:00 PM, with State Senator Jamaal T. Bailey's, 959 East 233rd St, Bronx
  • Wednesday, November 13, 6:00 PM, with Assembly Member Joseph Lentol, 619 Lorimer St, Brooklyn
  • Monday, November 18, 6:00 PM, with Assembly Member Nathalia Fernandez, Location TBD, Bronx
  • Monday, December 2, 6:00 PM, with State Senator Leroy Comrie, Queens Library at Briarwood 85-12 Main St, Briarwood, Queens
  • Tuesday, December 3, 7:00 PM, with State Senator John Liu, 38-50 Bell Blvd, Suite C, Queens
  • Tuesday, December 3, 6:00 PM with Councilman Mark Gjonaj, Allerton Library, 2740 Barnes Ave, Bronx
  • Thursday, December 5, 6:00 PM, with Assembly Member Victor M. Pichardo, Location TBD, Bronx
To RSVP, contact the elected officials' office directly.

Scammers Using CCNYC's Name in Messages/Calls
We have received notification that individuals have been fraudulently posing as representatives of Citizens Committee for New York City online and by telephone. Please exercise caution; these individuals are using the organization’s name without authorization and are asking individuals to provide personal information and financial information. These messages are fraudulent. CCNYC never charges a fee for any services or asks for personal information in connection with grants or other services, and CCNYC does not award any grants to groups outside of New York City. We only ask for financial information from a grantee group once a grant has been approved  - never to start the grant process - and we never ask for financial information from an individual. If you are contacted by someone posing as a CCNYC employee and the communication appears suspicious, please report it to Citizens Committee for NYC directly at info@citizensnyc.org.
Other Grant Opportunities
NYS Park and Trail Partnership Grant Webinar: Do you belong to a group that promotes or maintains a New York State OPRHP or DEC property? Does your organization need funding to: Update your exhibits or signage? Increase your marketing efforts to increase your memberships? Replace or purchase new park or site amenities to enhance the visitors experience? Staff a position to increase your organizations capacity? Enhance, rehabilitate or construct trails? Restore or repair historic furnishings? Then you should consider applying for a NYS Park and Trail Partnership grant! For more information, attend a webinar on November 7, 11am-12pm.

The Honeybee Conservancy Sponsor-a-Hive Grant: Honey bees and native bees help pollinate one-third of the food we eat in this country and bees are dying off at an alarming rate. Your organization can “Bee The Solution” and apply for this grant of a bee hive or bee home and create a bee sanctuary at your school or organization. Apply to support local bee populations, advance science and environmental education, and welcome bees to pollinate local foods. Applications due by November 11.

Capacity Fund Grant: Get funding for your park group’s ideas and efforts to improve NYC Parks from our Capacity Fund Grant. If you are an active community park group supporting an NYC Parks property in any of New York City’s five boroughs, you may be eligible to apply for a grant of up to $3,000 for park projects including events, tools, websites, and outreach materials. Applications due by November 15.

SU-CASA is an initiative that places individual artists at local senior centers to positively impact the well-being of older adults through multidisciplinary arts activities. Past residencies have included memoir writing, craft making, dance and theater production, among others. Opportunities are available through each borough’s art council: Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island. Deadlines vary for each borough.

Community Partner and Site Grant: DOT Art is actively searching for interested nonprofit organizations to partner on commissioning temporary public art at recommended sites within their communities. Priority artwork sites are identified by community-based organizations and submitted for inclusion in DOT Art’s signature program, Community Commissions. DOT Art releases a minimum of one Community Commissions open call per year to solicit proposals from artists for that list of priority sites. Selected nonprofit organizations will act as the local partner throughout the implementation process in partnership with DOT Art and the selected artist. DOT Art provides up to $20,000 towards direct project costs for sculptural work and up to $10,000 for two-dimensional work (murals, textile installations, etc.). Applications accepted on a rolling basis.

Community Events & Resources
The Manna-hatta Fund presents an opportunity for all settlers to support Indigenous peoples, such as the Lenni Lenape, who were forcefully displaced by European settlers and their descendants to create New York City and the United States. Millions of Native people have been surviving attempted genocide and the loss of their land, families, and resources for centuries; the violence of colonization is ongoing. Native survival in the face of such violence and loss requires community, and for 50 years the American Indian Community House has been a lifeline for the estimated 110,000 Indigenous people living in New York City. Acting as the intertribal hub for our region, AICH provides health and wellness services, community, cultural events, and a voice for Indigenous peoples.

NYC Charter Revision Info Sessions: The New York City Charter is the City's constitution. It creates a framework for our government. The Charter controls how the City spends our tax dollars, how decisions are made about changes to our neighborhoods and the power of our elected officials. Nearly 30 years ago, a Charter Revision Commission overhauled the City's government. We've been taking a fresh look. This fall, New Yorkers will have a chance to amend our Charter by voting on ballot proposals covering a wide variety of issues, from elections to police accountability. Information sessions will be held from October 7-17 at various locations.You can vote on this on November 5 or vote early October 26-November 3.

Annual Celebration of Gardens: The Brooklyn Queens Land Trust invites you to the 11th Annual Celebration of Gardens! Join us for a day of workshops, festivities, music, and giveaways. Connect with and learn from other NYC community gardeners. A light breakfast, coffee, and lunch will be served. November 2, 9:30am-2:30pm, Brooklyn Job Corps, 585 Dekalb Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11205.

Facing the Future: Climate Change, Shoreline Ecology, and Coastal Resilience in NYC: Extreme weather events, brought on by climate change, are becoming increasingly frequent and more intense. New Yorkers are already experiencing heavier downpours, increased flooding and hotter summers. Intact marshes and wetlands, like those in Jamaica Bay, can protect coastal cities from some of these impacts. Join the National Wildlife Federation and partners for a look at how ecologists, landscape architects and engineers are working to make our coastlines more resilient. You’ll take walking tours of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge to learn about shoreline ecology and create artifacts from NWF’s Resilient Schools Consortium (RiSC™)* curriculum, led by one of its designers. This workshop is for grades 6-12 NYC Department of Education teachers. November 5, 9am-3pm, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center, 175-10 Cross Bay Boulevard Queens, NY 11693.

How to Organize a Tenant Association: This workshop will cover the ins and outs of forming a tenant association, including – what a tenant association does, what to do at the first meeting and how to follow-up, the different ways to structure a tenant association, and more! November 7, 2pm, ANHD. 50 Broad Street Suite 1402, New York, NY 10004.

Bodega Boost Finances & Future Workshops: When it comes to your business, it’s really about 4 things: your family, your business, your team, and your future. Our simple evaluation process can insure that you have the peace of mind that you need. With solutions that fit your specific needs and goals, we can help you find cost and capital efficient ways to protect the business you’ve worked so hard to build. November 7 and 19, 6:30-8:30pm, Empanology, 2407 Third Ave. Bronx, NY.

Microplastic Madness Movie Screening: By 2050, there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish. Right now, there’s something you can do about it! Microplastic Madnes is the story of 56 fifth graders from P.S.15 in Red Hook, Brooklyn - living on the frontline of the climate crisis - whose action on plastic pollution morphs into extraordinary leadership and scalable victories. With stop-motion animation, expert interviews, and heartfelt kid commentary, their inspiring narrative conveys an urgent, accessible message of informed action and hope. November 8, 6:30-9:30pm, Fredrick P. Rose Auditorium, 41 Cooper Square, 41 Cooper Sq, New York, NY 10008.

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