THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2019
UPSTAIRS at GOSSIP BAR in HK: 733 9TH AVE at 50TH ST
Doors open at 7:00 pm. Broadcast starts at 8:00 pm.
Next Monthly Club Meeting: October 10
with Special Guest Speaker TIFFANY TOWNSEND, Democratic Election Commissioner
HKDems May 2019
General Meeting
Thursday, May 2, 2019
Doors at 6:30 • Meeting begins at 7pm
Join us for our May General Meeting!
County Chair Keith Wright Comes to Hell's Kitchen!!!
Manhattan Democratic Party County Chairman Keith Wright will be joining our club to discuss an issue that affects everyone: TENANTS' RIGHTS
Happy New Year from HKDems!
Letter From the President
Dear Hells Kitchen Democrats,
This has been an incredible year for our club and for our party. I am so proud of the work that each of you have put in to making HK Dems a success.
This year your hard work paid off in ridding NY of the IDC, electing progressive candidates, and growing a movement in our community that began almost 2 years ago.
As we enter 2019 I encourage you all to stay active, spread the word, and engage in the club by bringing to us programing, events, and candidates you want us to highlight and support.
In 2019 we will be adding committees and holding panel discussions about issues that matter to you, our members.
Remember on Jan 3 we have our meeting and January 10th we will be having a special presentation with a live podcast taping. We are looking forward to seeing you all there.
Our club elections are just around the corner in February at our Annual Meeting. We encourage you to run for a position and join our executive committee.
The last 2 years serving as Founding President of HK Dems has been a true honor and privilege. Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to serve.
As we grow as a club my role will transition from being president to being a member of the executive committee as the founding president.
I look forward to continuing to work with all of you to grow our club and our movement and I look forward to working with whoever becomes our newly elected president and executive board.
Have a happy and safe New Years.
In Gratitude,
Marti Cummings
HK Dems President
December 31, 2018
HKDEMS SPECIAL EVENT HAPPENING THIS THURSDAY! more info....
West Side Public Advocate Candidates Forum
Thursday, November 29 • 7:30pm
Goddard Riverside Community Center
593 Columbus Ave, at 88th Street
For more info, visit the Facebook page.
The Office of the Public Advocate will become vacant when our current Public Advocate, Letitia James, becomes the state's next Attorney General. The mayor is responsible for calling a special election to happen within 45 days of the vacancy. On Thursday, November 29, a group of west side clubs is holding a candidates forum.
Co-Sponsored by HKDems
Opportunity for Action!
Saturday, February 9, 2019
12pm-2pm
Need a break from ugly ugly brinksmanship? Join us to write postcards to the detainees in Elizabethtown, NJ. Even something as simple as a "Hello" could cheer them up a little, and Rosa from First Friends NJ & NY will make sure they get them.
There will also be a friend present to share a little about the visits! Feel free to invite others, but please RSVP by sending an email here. Address provided upon RSVP.
Join HKDems for the 3rd Annual New York City
WOMEN'S MARCH
9:30 AM
Saturday, January 19, 2019
Meeting place: West 43rd Street at 9th Ave.
On Saturday, January 19 there are 3 events representing the women's march. An HK Dems contingent will be meeting at 9:30am on the southwest corner of 43rd Street and Ninth Avenue. From there, they will travel to Central Park West to join the "Women's March on NYC" at 72nd Street and Broadway.
Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer will be gathering at 10am on the northeast corner of 62nd Street and Broadway. It will be crowded!
Other March options:
Non-March for Disabled Women, brought to you by Rise and Resist with support from Women's March NYC
2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Grand Central Station
The Women's Unity Rally, brought to you by Women's March NYC and the New York Immigration Coalition
10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Foley Square
Bring your signs! Rep your HKD swag! MARCH!
Election Night
WATCH PARTY
9:00PM Tuesday, November 6, 2018
Join us at Gossip Bar on Ninth Avenue to watch the results come in.
BAR AND RESTAURANT
Membership Drive & SPECIAL EVENT
Renew Your Membership &
Stay for the Entertainment!
Thursday, January 10th, 2019
6PM-7PM - New Memberships & Renewals
7PM - Podcast Recording Commences!
Join your neighbors for a special treat: a LIVE RECORDING of Upright Citizen's Brigade's Two Beers In: A Tipsy Political Round Table hosted by Cody Lindquist (Vice News Tonight, Our Cartoon President) and Charlie Todd (Improv Everywhere). With guest panelists, Ashley Nicole Black (writer/correspondent Full Frontal with Samantha Bee) and Ariel Dumas (writer The late Show with Stephen Colbert).
And our special Political Guest, Senator Brad Hoylman!
This is being hosted at Manhattan Plaza's Ellington Room and space is limited.
Manhattan Plaza's Ellington Room
400 W 43rd St, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10036 USA
Public Advocate
Candidates Forum
2:00PM • Sunday, January 6, 2019
An HKDems Co-Sponsored Event
HKDems January 2019 General Meeting
Thursday, January 3, 2019
Doors at 6:30 • Meeting begins at 7pm
Join us for our next general meeting!
Agenda:
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Officer and District Leader reports
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Membership renewal
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Club Elections overview
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Community and Activism updates: Pier 97, Women's March
Manhattan Plaza's Ellington Room
400 W 43rd St, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10036 USA
Phone Bank to Win A Democratic NY Senate!
Monday, October 29, 2018 • 6PM – 9PM
80 8th Ave. at 14th Street • Suite 1802
Supported by HKDems
DOWNLOAD
MIDTERM BALLOT
ENDORSEMENTS
Flip the Vote Blue Buses to PA CD-7 and NY CD
Saturday, October 27, 2018 • 8:00AM – 7:00PM
We will be riding a bus to the Pennsylvania 7th Congressional District in support of Democratic candidate Susan Wild and another bus to the 1st Congressional District in Long Island in support of Democratic candidate Perry Gershon. We will knock on doors and encourage every progressive voter in both districts to come out on Election Day so we can flip the House away from the GOP!
** BOTH BUSES ARE DEPARTING FROM A NEW LOCATION, SO PLEASE NOTE OUR DEPARTURE ADDRESS: 34th ST & NINTH AVENUE. **
Co-Sponsored by HKDems
Flip the Vote Blue Bus
to NJ CD-3
Saturday, October 20, 2018
8:00AM – 7:00PM
We will be riding a bus to the 3rd Congressional District in New Jersey in support of Democratic candidate Andy Kim. We will knock on doors and encourage every progressive voter in his district to come out on Election Day so we can flip the House away from the GOP!
Co-Sponsored by HKDems
Flip the Vote Blue
NY-02 (Liuba Grechen Shirley) &
NY-19 (Antonio Delgado)
Election Day Tuesday, November 6, 2018
We will be riding a bus to the New York's 2nd Congressional District in support of Democratic candidate Liuba Grechen Shirley and another bus to the 19th Congressional District in the Hudson Valley in support of Democratic candidate Antonio Delgado. We will knock on doors and encourage every progressive voter in both districts to come out on Election Day so we can flip the House away from the GOP!
Sponsored by VoteBlue2018
The Big Blue Dial!
Call, Text & Post Card to flip the NY Senate
Sunday, November 4, 2018 • 1PM – 6PM:
at WFP Office: 1 Metrotech Center North , Brooklyn, NY 11201-3857
Are you a creative? A writer? A people person? We will have volunteer opportunities suited to you, with stations for post carding, texting, and phone banking for 12+ candidates in crucial red-to-blue districts! So come join us! Bring your laptops and your enthusiasm. Food and meaningful opportunities to change the world will be provided!
Co-Sponsored by HKDems
Flip the Vote Blue
NY-19 (Antonio Delgado) &
NJ-11 (Mikie Sherrill)
Saturday, November 3, 2018 • 8:00AM – 7:00PM
We will be riding a bus to the New Jersey 11th Congressional District in support of Democratic candidate Mikie Sherrill and another bus to the 19th Congressional District in the Hudson Valley in support of Democratic candidate Antonio Delgado. We will knock on doors and encourage every progressive voter in both districts to come out on Election Day so we can flip the House away from the GOP!
** Departing from Union Square East (in front of Raymour & Flanagan) **
Co-Sponsored by HKDems
Flip the Vote Blue
NY-02 (Liuba Grechen Shirley) &
NJ-03 (Andy Kim)
Sunday, November 4, 2018 • 8:00AM – 7:00PM
We will be riding a bus to the New York's 2nd Congressional District in support of Democratic candidate Liuba Grechen Shirley and another bus to the 3rd Congressional District in New Jersey in support of Democratic candidate Andy Kim. We will knock on doors and encourage every progressive voter in both districts to come out on Election Day so we can flip the House away from the GOP!
** Departing from Union Square East (in front of Raymour & Flanagan) **
Co-Sponsored by HKDems
HKDems November General Meeting
Thursday, November 1st, 6:30-9PM
Join us for our next general meeting! We'll have brief committee updates, including discussions about the ballot on November 6, and then phone bank the rest of the evening as campaigns will be ramping up their Get Out the Vote (GOTV) efforts. It's the final count down!
Manhattan Plaza's Ellington Room
400 W 43rd St, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10036 USA
HKDems November General Meeting
Thursday, November 1st, 6:30-9PM
Join us for our next general meeting! We'll have brief committee updates, including discussions about the ballot on November 6, and then phone bank the rest of the evening as campaigns will be ramping up their Get Out the Vote (GOTV) efforts. It's the final count down!
Manhattan Plaza's Ellington Room
400 W 43rd St, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10036 USA
HKDems Political
Action Evening:
Phonebank for State Senate Candidates
Tuesday, October 30, 2018 • 7-9pm
Bring a mobile phone and a laptop or tablet and get ready to talk to voters about who they're voting for, a voting plan, and to make sure they know where their poll site is!
NOTE ADDRESS CHANGE:
Hotel Trades Council
707 8th Ave 2nd Floor (NW corner of 44th and 8th), NYC
HKDems November General Meeting
HKDems Political
Action Evening:
Phonebank for State Senate Candidates
Tuesday, October 16, 2018 • 6-8pm
We'll be making calls and writing postcards tomorrow for Perry Gershon, running for Congress in NY-1 on Long Island, and Antonio Delgado, running for Congress in NY-19 in the Hudson Valley. Both are great candidates fighting for a healthcare "public option", opposition to the Republican billionaire tax giveaway, and investigation of the Trump family corruption and greed. Failing to win races like these would empower and embolden Trump even further - can you imagine what he'll do next if the "Blue Wave" comes to nothing? Now's the time to bring a friend or neighbor who promised to get involved, and hasn't yet. Bring a mobile phone, a laptop or tablet, and a headset - we'll bring refreshments and all the info and training you need.
Manhattan Plaza's Ellington Room
400 W 43rd St, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10036 USA
COUNTDOWN
TO MIDTERMS
TOWN HALL MEETING
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 • 7pm
25 West 18th Street, New York
Co-Sponsored by HKDems
HKDems Political
Action Evening:
Phonebank for State Senate Candidates
Tuesday, October 23, 2018 • 7-9pm
More details to come.
Manhattan Plaza's Ellington Room
400 W 43rd St, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10036 USA
Democratic Reformers Day of Action
Andrew Gounardes for State Senate
Sunday, October 14, 2018 • 12pm
Andrew Gounardes for State Senate Headquarters
311 86th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11209
Co-Sponsored by HKDems
IMPORTANT - This Coming Weekend: OCTOBER 13, 2018
Flip the Vote Blue Buses
to NJ CD-11
AND NY CD-19
Saturday, October 13, 2018
8:00AM – 7:00PM
We will be riding a bus to the New Jersey 11th Congressional District in support of Democratic candidate Mikie Sherrill and another bus to the 19th Congressional District in the Hudson Valley in support of Democratic candidate Antonio Delgado.
Lunch is provided, it's a lot of fun, and we really need a good solid HK Dems showing to make the best of the large donation we already made for the buses. No experience is required!
PLEASE NOTE: These are *two separate buses* going to two different campaigns. To fairly distribute the volunteers, you'll be asked to board the bus that you are registered for, so please be sure to choose which campaign you'd like to work on. If you cannot afford the $10 cost, or you are a student, please contact us for a limited number of subsidized tickets.
Co-Sponsored by HKDems
HKDems Weekly
Activism Party:
Phonebank for State Senate Candidates
Tuesday, October 9, 2018 • 6-9pm
We'll be making calls and writing postcards for Jen Metzger in State Senate District 42, overlapping Antonio Delgado in NY-19, and Kevin Thomas in State Senate District 6, overlapping Liuba Gretchen Shirley in NY-2. NY state law can protect our people against some of the national Republican agenda, and both are solid progressive candidates who support the NY Health Act and proper funding for public schools. Also, both have Democratic registration advantages in their districts - we just need to get those voters to the polls.
Location: Local 1707
420 West 45th Street, NYC, lower level
Flip the House!
Sat, October 6, 2018
8:00AM – 7:00PM
We will be riding a bus to the Pennsylvania 7th Congressional District in the Lehigh Valley in support of Democratic candidate Susan Wild. We will knock on doors and encourage every progressive voter in both districts to come out on Election Day so we can flip the House away from the GOP!
Co-Sponsored by HKDems
Tuesday, October 2, 2018 • 7-9pm
Join the Political Action Committee and call voters in
New York to support Anthony Brindisi.
Manhattan Plaza's Ellington Room
400 W 43rd St, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10036, USA
HKDems
Midterm Kickoff
Sunday, September 16th, 5-8pm
Manhattan Plaza's Ellington Room
400 W 43rd St, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10036, USA
Refreshments will be provided
Get Organized 2018: Congressman Nadler's Community Town Hall
Monday September 17th - 6pm - 8pm
PLEASE JOIN CONGRESSMAN JERRY NADLER FOR A COMMUNITY TOWN HALL. Doors open 5:15 pm
SYMPHONY SPACE
PETER JAY SHARP THEATRE
2537 BROADWAY (95TH ST)
NEW YORK, NY 10025
Co-Sponsored by HKDems
Phone Bank for
Beto O’Rourke
Democrat for Texas Senate
Tuesday, September 25th • 7-9pm
Join the Political Action Committee and call voters in Texas to give the boot to radical Republican Ted Cruz and send Beto O'Rourke to Washington on behalf of the Lonestar State.
Manhattan Plaza's Ellington Room
400 W 43rd St, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10036, USA
A day of canvassing for Andrew Gounardes
Sunday, September 23nd • 1pm
We have a real opportunity to flip a seat by defeating Republican State Senator Martin Golden of Brooklyn - but only if we do the work.. Please join HK Dems members and Council Member Corey Johnson this Sunday!
Gounardes Campaign HQ
311 86th Street
Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
Located less than a block from the 86th Street 'R' train stop in Brooklyn.
HKDems November 2019
General Meeting!
Thursday, November 7, 2019
Doors at 6:30pm
Meeting commences at 7:00pm
in Manhattan Plaza's Ellington Room
400 W 43rd St, 2nd Floor, NYC
Join us for our next General Meeting!
We'll be watching The Great Hack, a gripping film about how Facebook and Cambridge Analytica helped win the 2016 election for Trump.
Also, check out the Calendar of HKDems'-Related Events