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Idealist.org: Support It or Lose It
Idealist.org, the best resource for non-profit jobs, volunteer opportunities and pretty much everything having to do with “doing good” in New York could be the next victim of the recession. Idealist sent out an appeal earlier today:
Very briefly, here’s what happened. Over the past ten years, most of our funding has come from the small fees we charge organizations for posting their jobs on Idealist. By September 2008, after years of steady growth, these little drops were covering 70%
The Bill Was Defeated, But We Are Not
No matter what your sexual orientation, today was an emotional one for all of us here at MYD. I’ll admit I cursed, wanted to cry and fell like I had been punched in the stomach. But a few minutes later, I stepped back and realized every great victory begins with a few hardships. Today we made progress. The Senate debated the issue publicly for the first time. We now have targets that we will either convince to support our… Read More
Quinn on Marriage Equality: “Everybody’s Family Matters.”
The State Senate’s special session convenes this morning. Governor Paterson placed marriage equality on the agenda and we are expecting a vote some time today.
Openly gay City Council Speaker Christine Quinn got asked yesterday about the vote. Here’s her final appeal and one of her best speeches of her entire career. (Beware, you may start welling up, just like Quinn herself.)
“If the bill is voted on and passed tomorrow, a week
$85 Million in Ads Not Enough for Bloomberg
Mayor Bloomberg (or as we sometimes like to call him, Mayor Bloombucks) has already shelled out a record-breaking $85 Million of his own money to be on TV everywhere, every minute until the election, even after a study came out awhile back saying voters’ opinions of him go down after advertising overload.
Of course the Mayor should be at a big Yankees playoff game, and of course he should congratulate the team, but he probably shouldn’t hang around… Read More
Young Gets It Done: Michael Fujinaka
But Michael Fujinaka is different. The second-year UCSD School of Medicine student spends his free time developing applications for iPhones. His first effort — an app called iMurmur that helps medical staffers learn how to detect troubling heartbeats — has become a big success.
Within a couple of days of its July 14 launch, the software shot to No. 2 on the list of best-selling medical apps on iTunes, the online store operated by iPhone maker
A Big Week Ahead for NYC
This week will be a big one for us in New York, especially in politics. What’s happening?
Monday
(disclaimer: we are counting this one for Monday even if the story came out late Sunday night.)
David Paterson announced that instead of this week or next, the Senate’s special session in Albany will be called for November 10th. He vowed to put marriage equality on the agenda. Get involved in our fight for marriage equality at NewYorkEquality.com, on… Read More
