Tag Archives: Occupy Sandy
Archive for Movement Technology, Occupy Sandy, Sandy Recovery, Volunteers
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Occupy Sandy Data Project on International Open Data Day – 2/23
February 21st, 2013Join Occupy Sandy to collect, digitize and pre-process data that includes canvasing forms, Amazon registry records, and more. At the end of the day, we’ll apply for an Open Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL) so that Occupy Sandy data can be used to inform civil action, community initiatives and research more broadly.
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Occupy Sandy: Volunteer Opportunities as of 2/15/13
February 15th, 2013In the parts of our city where Sandy flooded homes and businesses, residents and volunteers are hard at work in a race to obliterate mold before the spring. There is more. Occupy Sandy coordinators are stepping up again with a new warehouse, continui … Continue reading
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From the Rockaways to DC!
February 13th, 2013After hurricane Sandy, New Yorkers came together to occupy the biggest climate change disaster to ever hit our city. This Sunday, February 17th, Americans across the country are coming together in Washington, DC for the biggest climate change rally e … Continue reading
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Occupy Sandy: Volunteer Opportunities AND Invite to Climate Change Rally in DC on 2/17/13
February 7th, 2013Dear Occupy Sandy Network, On Sunday, February 17th, you are invited to the largest climate change rally ever in our nation’s capital. Residents and volunteers from the Rockaways will be traveling to DC to take action to stop the Keystone XL tar san … Continue reading
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Occupy Sandy: Volunteer Opportunities AND Invite to Climate Change Rally in DC on 2/17/13
February 7th, 2013Dear Occupy Sandy Network, On Sunday, February 17th, you are invited to the largest climate change rally ever in our nation’s capital. Residents and volunteers from the Rockaways will be traveling to DC to take action to stop the Keystone XL tar san … Continue reading
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Volunteers Needed on Monday 2/4 in Staten Island!
February 1st, 2013Monday, February 4, 11-3pm 1128 Olympia, Staten Island Volunteers need to bring a laptop RSVP to Karen at karen_jackson@projecthospitality.org Volunteers will be inputting data that was collected in a wide-spread canvass of the beaches impacted by … Continue reading
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Join Us for the People’s Recovery Summit – FREE – Fri 2/1 Thru Sun 2/3!
January 31st, 2013Over the past three months, we’ve seen people from all over the city and the country come together in response to Sandy. We turned entire churches into “holy warehouses” of donated items and distributed them to dozens of “hubs” all over the city, wor … Continue reading
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Sandy Storyline Looking for Volunteer Coordinators, Front End Developers, Admin Help and Content!
January 22nd, 2013Do you have any photos or audio clips or stories about Occupy Sandy that you want to share? Visit Sandy Storyline and let your voice be heard! Sandy Storyline is a participatory documentary project about Hurricane Sandy and efforts to recover and reb … Continue reading
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YANA Needs Volunteers for Flyering Vital Information to Sandy Survivors – Fri 1/18 & Sat 1/19
January 17th, 2013Hello everyone! We are doing a huge flyering campaign TOMORROW, Friday, January 18th, 2013. We’ll be dropping packets of winterizing, mold remediation, legal, and open medical clinic and pharmacy flyers in people’s mailboxes. We are pushing the winte … Continue reading
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Volunteer Opportunities as of 1/16/13
January 17th, 2013Hey Folks! Below are some ongoing and upcoming volunteer opportunities in the Bay Ridge, Greenpoint, Rockaways, Sheepshead Bay and Staten Island. We also have som great news from YANA. As always thank you so much for all the time and energy you’ve gi … Continue reading
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Volunteer Opportunities as of 1/16/13
January 17th, 2013Hey Folks! Below are some ongoing and upcoming volunteer opportunities in the Bay Ridge, Greenpoint, Rockaways, Sheepshead Bay and Staten Island. We also have som great news from YANA. As always thank you so much for all the time and energy you’ve gi … Continue reading
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Volunteer Opportunities as of 1/12/13 in Greenpoint, Rockaways, Sheepshead Bay, Staten Island and Bay Ridge!
January 12th, 2013Below are a list of excellent volunteer opportunities coming up this weekend all across the city in Greenpoint, Bay Ridge, Rockaways, Staten Island and Sheepshead Bay. Please check them out and as always thank you for your continued generosity of tim … Continue reading
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Staten Island Community Door-to-Door Mutual Aid Project Begins 12/27
December 26th, 2012Midland Beach Mutual Aid Follow Up Conversation Project : Stepping Up & Bringing the Mutual Aid Door to Door Begins 12/27! On Dec 27th we will begin a comprehensive door to door mapping & phone bank effort to begin the scheduling of a convers … Continue reading
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Shouldering the Costs: Who Pays in the Aftermath of Sandy? StrikeDebt Report
December 3rd, 2012This report is a preliminary and living document highlighting the economic effects of Hurricane Sandy on New York City. It examines how the use of loans as the main form of “aid” to disaster-impacted communities is not effective at addressing individual or community needs. Further, the use of loans may lead to disastrous longer-term economic consequences for the impacted communities.
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“Occupy Sandy: A Human Response to the New Realities of Climate Change”
November 30th, 2012Josh Fox’s new short film “Occupy Sandy: A Human Response to the New Realities of Climate Change,” viscerally shows the damage left behind by the storm, highlights the heroic grassroots efforts of Occupy activists, and draws the connections between the storm, climate change, and the reckless greed of the fossil fuel industry.