Linkups Wednesday, September 1
Hydrofracking, Muslim Community Center and more

Linkups (aka "Meetups) are organized by DFA people across the country on the first Wednesday of each month, as we did during the Dean campaign.

We will have just two Linkups this month as many DFNYCers are out at election events and volunteering for candidates.  Please join us at one of the following venues:

Upper West Side -  7:00 pm, Dean's, 215 West 85th Street (between Broadway & Amsterdam), with hosts Bernadette  Evangelist and Sally Swisher. 
 

Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn -  7:00 pm, at the home of Estelle Glasser, 1952 E. 23rd Street between Aves S & T. (Please note: this is not at the home of Annette Mont, where past Linkups were held.)

When Arizona passed its draconian anti-immigration law which is now going through the court system, Democracy for NYC members searched for ways to stop the terrible law and stand up for civil rights:

~ DFNYC joined NY-based immigrants' rights, civil rights and social justice organizations to send a letter urging Commissioner Kelly to condemn AZ anti-immigrant law. Click here to go to the page here at our website where we've posted the letter. 

~ Bonnie Maslin made buttons that say "I Am an Illegal Immigrant," which were passed out at our candidate forum in May.

~ Democracy for NYC members at Linkups decided to send a letter to the Major League Baseball Players' Association urging a vote among its members to boycott the 2011 All Star Game unless that game scheduled to be in Arizona is either moved or the discriminatory law (SB 1070) is rescinded. Click here to go to the page here at our website where we've posted the letter. 

Mark Ruffalo at Rally at City Hall:

On August 10th, Actor Mark Ruffalo was at City Hall, joining grassroots activists and politicians in a rally against hydraulic fracturing in the Marcellus Shale Formation in upstate New York. To read more and see photos and video, visit these links:

http://dnainfo.com/20100810/downtown/mark-ruffalo-joins-pols-at-city-hall-say-no-fracking

http://www.frackaction.com/content/pete-seeger-and-mark-ruffalo-speak-out-albany-0

Hearing Postponed:

The United States Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) public information meeting on the proposed study of hydraulic fracturing in New York State, originally scheduled for mid-August, was postponed until September. 

To read more:  http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20100810/NEWS01/100810009/EPA-fracking-forum-postponed-Sept-date-now-likely

Submit comments: To submit your comments on the proposed study to the EPA, email: hydraulic.fracturing-at-epa.gov, (replace -at- with @).

Stay tuned to DFNYC email newsletters and our website, DFNYC.org, where we will post the new date and location.

Last Thursday, Arshad Hasan, the Executive Director of Democracy for America, sent this message to DFA members:

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This isn't about Ground Zero - This is about America

DFA Member -

Over the last week we've heard a lot from DFA members around the country asking for action to protect the rights of religious freedom for all Americans and I couldn't agree more.