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Long Island Rallies in Melville to Save the Environmental Protection Agency
LongIsland.Com With Trump Announcing Big Cuts, Advocates Press Senator Schumer to Take Bold Action. Melville, NY – April 25, 2017 – Dozens of community members and environmental activists rallied outside Senator Chuck Schumer’sMelville office on Tuesday, calling on him to lead the Senate Democrats in resisting the White House plan to slash the budget of…
Read MoreFeatured speeches from April 2017 meeting (video)
Earth Day Science March 2017 organized by Long Island Activists
Newsday Tens of thousands of people marched world wide to protest recent cuts to science and political resistance to acceptance of scientific facts. A local event was organized in Rockville Centre at the Tanglewood Preserve’s Center for Science Teaching and Learning. In addition to a march featuring hand made signs through the nature preserve, there…
Read MoreOur Revolution Endorses Christine Pellegrino In Important Long Island Special Election
Our Revolution Christine is a teacher, a true progressive and a community activist. She has worked for years as a leader of the Long Island Progressive Coalition and the Long Island Opt Out movement, which is fighting for local control of schools and against the common core requirements in the state of New York. Christine…
Read MoreNYSUT endorses Pellegrino for 9th District Assembly seat
NYSUT.ORG ALBANY, N.Y. April 4, 2017 — New York State United Teachers today announced the endorsement of Christine Pellegrino, a Baldwin teacher and fighter for public education, in the race for the open 9th Assembly District seat. NYSUT’s Board of Directors voted to endorse Pellegrino in the May 23 special election, saying that, as a…
Read MoreSchaffer still appears to be giving Pellegrino short shrift
Newsday Christine Pellegrino, Democratic nominee, is facing a special election for State Assembly. (Credit: Pellegrino for Assembly) When Suffolk Democrats held their spring dinner last week, party chairman Richard Schaffer took the time to introduce all candidates facing election this fall. Yet he failed to mention the one Democratic nominee, who is facing a special…
Read MoreNYPAN Progressive political conference held in Binghamton
BuPipedream.Com Democratic Party reform and money in politics were two central topics of the New York Progressive Action Network’s spring conference held this Sunday at Binghamton High School. Over 300 people gathered at the conference, which featured panels on Social Security and Medicaid, energy democracy and running for public office. Zephyr Teachout, candidate for New…
Read MoreFounding Member Christine Pellegrino enters race for 9th Assembly District
Newsday Ed note: Join the volunteer group to help Christine. The special election will be held May 23rd, 1017. Democrats on Wednesday made a last-minute candidate switch in the special election for the Ninth District Assembly seat, choosing Christine Pellegrino, a local teacher and leader in the Opt Out movement that opposes Common Core testing in…
Read MoreActivists in Huntington get schooled in running for office
TBRNewsMedia By Victoria Espinoza Activism is on the rise in the aftermath of the 2016 election on the North Shore and beyond, though at an event in Huntington concerned citizens signed up to do more than carry signs and initiate chants. On Saturday, March 11, more than 100 people gathered at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of…
Read MorePacked house at Long Island Activists workshop for running for public office – Mar 11 2017
Newsday March 11, 2017 By David Olson david.olson@newsday.com TRUMP SPURS SURGE IN CANDIDATES FOR LOCAL OFFICE, ACTIVIST SAYS Community members come together for a workshop on running for public office hosted by the Working Families Party, the Long Island Progressive Coalition, and NYSUT at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Huntington, March 11, 2017. (Credit:…
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