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Sunday January 08, 2017 · 5:12 PM PST

2017/01/08 · 17:12

Hello all fellow marchers. I am reposting (with some amending) the story I did a few weeks ago on the Women’s March on NYC:

Please join us on January 21, 2017, at the Women’s March on NYC. Through my college, the School of Visual Arts, who is a sponsor of the event, we are extending an invitation to other groups/people who would like to be a part of our ‘gang’ and bring their signs, including affiliations, and their beautiful selves. My own students will be filming the event.

I am in touch with Katherine Siemionko, the lead organizer of the event, and she/they are doing an incredible job. There will be designated meet-up locations for each group and participants will be streamed into the March at staggered times. At the moment, the route has been determined; marchers will meet at Dag Hammerskold Plaza at 48th Street and 1st Avenue, march across 47th, and then up 5th Avenue to Trump Tower. The post and/or pre rally location and specifications are still be determined.

You will find additional information here. You will also find a gofundme link from the organizers to help raise money for the staging area.

If you sign up with us at svafilmthesis@gmail.com, someone will get back to you with a brief information sheet; name, email, and phone# (optional). We want to be able to contact you about our meeting location and time, as well as send you a map of the route, sign protocol, and marching tips. We have t-shirts too:). All of the information we have will be private — only my two TAs and I have access to the contact list. Once the march is completed, the list will be removed from our data base. All correspondence will be bcc’d. Please kosmail me if you have any further questions.

We’re already building a great group from DK — and we’ve got the banner! Additionally, NWIFT will be sending out an announcement encouraging their members to join us. It should be a very festive group.

After the march, there will be a meet-up for NYC Kossacks (and friends) at Spitzer’s — probably around 3 or 4, but that will be announced closer to the event. I look forward to seeing everyone there!

RSVPS
1. joanbrooker (+50 — students/faculty/friends) 2. kathny 3. belinda ridgewood 4. gchaucer2 5. ericlewis0 6. FreeBeer 7. grannycarol 8. kishik 9. adigal MAYBEES: sidnora karma5230 Alastriona

TO JOIN US: SIGN UP @ svafilmthesis@gmail.com

TO JOIN US: SIGN UP at svafilmthesis@gmail.com

Women’s Marches in other cities:

Denver: www.facebook.com/...

Sacramento: www.facebook.com/...

Oakland: www.facebook.com/...

San Francisco: www.facebook.com/...

Portland: www.facebook.com/...

Boston: www.facebook.com/...

Los Angeles: www.facebook.com/...

Minnesota: www.facebook.com/...

Chicago: www.facebook.com/…

Austin: marchonaustin.com

Find your march.

They do not have Des Moines, IA listed at the above link but I found this page.

Also for Kansas City, MO and Topeka, KS and Wichita, KS

Go to CUA for DAILY updates.

joan-4_-_1_%281%29.jpg — Women’s Rights are Human Rights

#WOMENSMARCH ON NYC - JANUARY 21, 2017 - JOIN US!

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Friday December 09, 2016 · 12:16 PM PST

2016/12/09 · 12:16

I have been in touch with one of the lead organizers of the event and they are doing an incredible job. There will be designated meet-up locations for each group and participants will be streamed into the March at staggered times. The organizers are currently working with the City to determine the route, which is dependent on the number of people they estimate will be there. There are already over 15,000 committed at this early date.

You will find additional information here. You will also find a gofundme link from the organizers to help raise money for the staging area.

If you sign up with us at svafilmthesis@gmail.com, someone will get back to you with a brief information sheet; name, email, and phone#. We want to be able to contact you about our meeting location, as well as routes, protocol, and marching tips. We have t-shirts too:).

We would love to have a group from Daily Kos join with us — and we’ve got the banner!

SIGN UP @ svafilmthesis@gmail.com

Update: Women’s Marches in other cities h/t Radiowalla

Denver: www.facebook.com/...

Sacramento: www.facebook.com/...

Oakland: www.facebook.com/...

San Francisco: www.facebook.com/…

Portland: www.facebook.com/…

Boston: www.facebook.com/…

Los Angeles: www.facebook.com/...

Minnesota: www.facebook.com/...

Chicago: www.facebook.com/…

And more: h/t Terre

Find your march.

They do not have Des Moines, IA listed at the above link but I found this page.

Also for Kansas City, MO and Topeka, KS and Wichita, KS

Update:

I recently spoke with Katherine Siemionko, the organizer of Women’s March on NYC. She indicated that there are currently 15,000 attendees across all social media forums. They are planning for 100,000. I wouldn’t be surprised if there was more.

Navajo @ 2/28/16 NYC Meet-up!

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Sunday March 27, 2016 · 5:58 PM PDT

2016/03/27 · 17:58

IMG_9903_(1).jpg — From left, front row: sidnora, navajo, rubyr, lulu, RoaringGirl, Belinda Ridgewood, joanbrooker, cohenzee. From left, back row: kathny, devtob, Design the Future, ericlewis0, Denise Oliver-Velez, mattc129

NAVAJO VISITS PART I

We all met at our usual haunt, Spitzer’s Corner to celebrate the Navajo’s visit. As always, our fantastic NYCers showed up in all of their beauty to eat and talk (with a few mimosas thrown in). This is really a very special group — all politically active and all very concerned about the coming election. Of course, there were a few differences in candidate choices, but everyone was unanimously disgusted with the thought of our home-grown bigot actually getting the R nomination.

FOOD

PEOPLE

Belinda attempted to teach me how to put these pictures side by side — I tried and failed. The table thing sucks. Nothing aligned and I almost cried. So here’s a very loooooong picture queue:).

kathny___navajo_(noir).jpg — navajo & kathny (noir)

And a few more:

And more...

NAVAJO VISITS PART II

Because we did spend several (many) hours at Spitzer’s, some people got hungry again and a few of us wanted to have more fun. So off to the next place. I don’t know where navajo is.

Front tier: Taylor, me, sidnora Second tier: Kathny, ericlewis0, belinda Third tier: rubyr

Off to Cafe Mogodor and on the way navajo captures this...

And finally our destination.

Only four of us dared to continue eating; navajo, me, eric, and Belinda. There are no pictures because of ‘focus’ issues:).

Thanks to kathny and navajo for helping with the pictures.

And thank you navajo for always making things so very festive.

Hey, Hey, Ho, Ho, Donald Trump Has Got to Go! NYC protest against the hate! Lots of pictures!

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Saturday March 19, 2016 · 3:11 PM PDT

2016/03/19 · 15:11

My documentary students met at my apartment this morning, very near Columbus Circle, to film and participate in the ‘Crush Trump’ protest/festival. It was amazing, incredible, and life affirming.

We got there at 11 a.m., but by noon there were close to three hundred people and once the rally began and the march to 5th Avenue snaked down Central Park West, I estimate there were closer to five hundred people.

Early in the event:

There were so many young people there — my own students included — and then a few ladies from protests of the past.

The march made its way across Central Park South, down 5th Ave., across 57th, down Madison Ave., then a right on 56th back to 5th — until we weren’t allowed to go any further. Trump’s 5th Avenue building (Trump Tower) was completely shut down and off limits. A few highlights:

Although the Trump Tower was off limits, I managed to sneak into the blocked off area and was actually escorted by a very nice police man — they thought I was trying to get back to my apartment:). I am good that way — hahaha.

Where HE lives — and where HIS campaign headquarters are

What an extraordinary event. I am so blessed to be teaching in this fantastic city and to be surrounded daily by the most incredibly talented students/filmmakers. They inform my life each and every day and in turn I try to create a few adventures for them.

We shot an amazing amount of video, which we will be organizing and editing and I hope to have a small film to share with you all when we’re done. As well as dozens of stills.

One final note: THE YOUTH VOTE MATTERS! They are informed, passionate, and care very deeply about this planet. I am in solidarity with them.

1/17/16 - NYC Meet-up with Laura Clawson, Onomastic, and Yasuragi! (Photo heavy-text lite)

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Saturday January 23, 2016 · 5:43 PM PST

2016/01/23 · 17:43

I don't want to write a caption. Why are you making me write one?

Tonight seemed like a good time to post this because we are all snowed in (which gave me a great excuse not to do the million errands I have every weekend. Sweats and sweaters for me:). And I got to finish this diary.

About twenty people showed up at Spitzer’s last Sunday for politics, french fries and……...snow! — our first of the season and our first meet-up in 2016. It was great to see old and new faces and our surprise guests Onomastic and Yasuragi, as well as Laura Clawson in from Cambridge for the weekend.

More_Whole_Table_of_Lots_of_People._(at_the_far_end_--_rubyr___Yasuragi_with_no_heads)jpg.jpg — Onomastic, Mets102, sidnora, Roaring Girl, Laura Clawson, NYCDem, No Exit, mattc129, Taylor

Great Mimosas, Bloody Marys, and Lattes — shown later:).

theRoaringGirl photographing the table. aoeu traveling incognito, sidnora, and nycdem.

Sidnora_(so_pretty)__Roaring_Girl___NYCDem.jpg — I love this picture of sidnora! To her left is theRoaringGirl and across is nycdem.

Thanks to the amazing Belinda for her great pictures. Between the two of us we manage to get it done — but her pics are much better.

This is my first diary attempt on DK5 and it’s pretty easy — except it would be nice to have smaller pictures side by side but I couldn’t figure it out. Maybe next time. Obviously, the formatting of this is on the blah side. However, our beautiful New Yorkers make up for it. Like these two:

And these gentlemen:

I’m going to add a few more pictures here and then will add a couple more in the body of the diary.

Truffle Mac & Cheese and here is a Mimosa

And last but not least one of our wonderful guests: (yasuragi would not be photographed and our NYC regular, rubyr, escaped the lens as well — however, yas was sporting a smart pink corduroy jacket with matching pink shoe laces).

How_Beautiful!_Belinda___Onomastic.jpg — Belinda Ridgewood with the incredible Onomastic!

NEXT NYC MEET-UP ON FEBRUARY 28, 2016 — 12:00 P.M. @ SPITZER’S WITH

NAVAJO

NYC Kossacks Welcome peregrine kate and asterkitty - 5.16.15

joanbrooker for New York City

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Tuesday May 26, 2015 · 6:00 PM PDT

2015/05/26 · 18:00

The NYC Kossacks welcomed both peregrine kate and asterkitty to Spitzer's Corner on a gorgeous Spring day. As usual, it was a great group of Kossacks with fabulous food and terrific conversation.

asterkitty was only in NYC for the day, but peregrine kate had lots of plans before she flew out on Monday night. One was to see the revival of The King and I!

You all know the wonderful peregrine kate from the amazing work she does to help keep Michigan blue, and her administering of the Monday Night Cancer Club.

What a beatuiful picture!
Belinda and peregrine kate

And...

The enormously talented artist, asterkitty. Go to her great website here.
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NYC Kossacks Meet-up - 2.8.15 Remembering Cedwyn

joanbrooker for New York City

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Friday February 13, 2015 · 4:30 PM PST

2015/02/13 · 16:30

Fifteen or so brave souls managed to overcome fairly nasty weather to meet at Spitzer's Corner and indulge in burgers, omelettes, and fries!

As always, it was a great group - old and new - and more importantly a chance for the NYC Kossacks to honor and remember the extraordinary Cedwyn. She touched so many lives and the loss to all of her friends at DK has been profound.

joanbrooker

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Sunday August 31, 2014 · 3:59 PM PDT

2014/08/31 · 15:59

Fried Chicken Burger

Last Sunday (8/23/14) the NYC Kossacks met once again at Spitzer's Corner. Sidnora asked KathNY to take over coordinating responsibilities of our NYC meet-ups and she did a truly fantastic job. However, KathNY informed Sidnora that she (Sidnora) was still the keeper of the badges, which came as a bit of a shock as you'll see below.

KathNY and Sidnora

But Sidnora finally relented because there were more important things to tackle. Like French Fries. Unfortunately we have exactly zero pictures of them. An incredible oversight I know, and unheard of not to have them in a meet-up diary especially when the meet-up is at Spitzer's! I was too busy eating them. How about some Hash Browns?

Once the french fries and beverages were well in hand (much beer and a weak Bloody Mary for Sidnora and a strong one for me) we talked about some key primaries, who might be good to endorse, and of course, the odious Andrew Cuomo and the equally (if not more) horrifying Kathy Hochul. There seemed to be consensus as well excitement that Teachout was running. And of course Tim Wu (he who identifies on twitter as @superwuster - gag), because let's face it, a cigarette butt would be better than Hochul.

We also talked about a few important local races: AD-52 - Joanne Simon is running against Pete Sikora and Doug Biviano. Sidnora is actively supporting Simon, who was also endorsed by the NYT yesterday. There are also two challengers running against the turncoat Independent Democratic Conference: Oliver Koppel v. Jeff Klein (SD-34 -the Bronx and parts of Westchester) and John Liu v. Tony Avella (SD-11 Queens).

Finally, in the general election - NY-11 - Recchia v. Grimm (Grimm is under indictment for tax fraud). And James Kemmerer v. incumbent Republican State Senator Marty Golden in SD-22. Sidnora will be posting about this race once the primaries are over.

And what better with politics than food:

Grilled Watermelon Salad

And more below:
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Photo (bad) Diary: NYC Meet-up with Chacounne! 3/24/14. With a special appearance by 714day!

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Sunday April 13, 2014 · 4:12 PM PDT

2014/04/13 · 16:12

I am standing in for Sidnora (an impossible task) to share a few photos of our wonderful dinner with the amazing Chacounne and our surprise guest from Los Angeles 714day, who is also pretty amazing in her own right.

Sidnora and her sake!

We all gathered at Donburiya, a Japanese noodle-type shop and along with sake, wine, and beer, ate our DK hearts out. The restaurant was incredible, but unfortunately the lighting was not conducive to great iPhone photos. Mine are pretty bad but fortunately 714day grabbed a few good ones (the one of Sidnora above included).

joanbrooker for New York City

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Saturday June 22, 2013 · 6:48 AM PDT

2013/06/22 · 06:48

Hello NYCers and adjacent! Happy Summer Solstice!

I have been asked by Sidnora to fill her shoes (an impossible task) and offer up two dates for our future NYC Meetup. The dates are Sunday, August 4th @ 12 p.m. or the evening of August 6th, starting at 6 p.m. See the poll below.

Either event will be held at the wonderful Spitzer's (directions below).

Please respond with your preference and we will tally the votes and publish the 'winner' in a later diary.

Place: Spitzer's Corner
101 Rivington Street (corner of Ludlow)
Meet us in the back room. This venue is wheelchair accessible.

Directions by subway: J,M,Z,F to Essex St./Delancey Street Station.

If your coming in from outside of the city:

From Grand Central: take the downtown 6 train (6 stops) to Bleecker Street Station, walk downstairs to Broadway-Lafayette station, change for the downtown F train (2 stops) to Delancey Street Station.

From Penn Station: walk one block east to 34th St/Herald Square subway station, take F train (10 stops) to Delancey Street Station.

From Port Authority Bus Terminal: take the downtown A,C, or E train to West 4th Street Station (4 stops), walk downstairs and take the downtown F train (3 stops) to Delancey Street.

Any of these trips takes about 20-25 minutes.

If you are driving, there's a very inexpensive municipal lot a block or two away, on Delancey Street. And on-street parking is free on Sundays.

Poll

23 votes Show Results

Which date do you prefer?

23 votes Vote Now!

Which date do you prefer?

August 4th - Brunch

15 votes

August 6th - Cocktails and Snacks

8 votes

Netroots Nation - The Women's War

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Friday June 08, 2012 · 8:01 AM PDT

2012/06/08 · 08:01

For the brave women who suffer from MST and deserve to have their stories shared to a wide audience, I am asking upfront that you recommend this diary. We want to see Ballroom C at Netroots Nation filled TODAY at 3:00PM and your support can help do that. Netroots for the Troops will be hosting a panel on Military Sexual Trauma: The Women's War. I will be joined by Elizabeth Stinson, LMFT and Retired Colonel Ann Wright.

Elizabeth Stinson is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with extensive clinical experience working with trauma and sexual assault survivors including returning veterans and military members who have experienced military sexual trauma (MST), Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Elizabeth is a contributor to the award winning documentary on military sexual trauma, The Invisible War, which will be showing at Netroots Nation on Thursday, 12 pm.

Colonel Ann Wright served on active duty for 13 years in the US Army followed by 16 years in the Army Reserves. She continued to lead a distinguished career at the US State Department, earning the Award for Heroism in 1997. She later resigned from the State Department in protest over the United State's invasion of Iraq. Since then, Ann has been an outspoken anti-war activist and an advocate for women troops suffering from MST.

And, just in case you're wondering about me, I am Joan Brooker-Marks, a former television writer in Los Angeles. I currently teach writing and documentary filmmaking at the School of Visual Arts. My most recent documentary, ‘The Silent Truth’, profiles the tragic death of Private LaVena Johnson and will be released this summer.

But here is what we really want you to know:

One in three women who serve in our military have been sexually assaulted.

This figure only represents the assaults that have been reported. Knowing that rape is one of the most unreported crimes there is, the number is probably much higher. Additionally, rape in the military has a very low prosecution rate and an even lower conviction rate.

Below the fold, I would like to introduce you to three very special women and tell you more about MST.

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Sunday June 03, 2012 · 2:00 PM PDT

2012/06/03 · 14:00

On Friday, June 8th, at 3:00PM at Netroots Nation, Netroots for the Troops will be hosting a panel on Military Sexual Trauma: The Women's War. I will be joined by Elizabeth Stinson, LMFT and Retired Colonel Ann Wright.

Elizabeth Stinson is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with extensive clinical experience working with trauma and sexual assault survivors including returning veterans and military members who have experienced military sexual trauma (MST), Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Elizabeth is a contributor to the award winning documentary on military sexual trauma, The Invisible War, which will be showing at Netroots Nation on Thursday, 12 pm.

Colonel Ann Wright served on active duty for 13 years in the US Army followed by 16 years in the Army Reserves. She continued to lead a distinguished career at the US State Department, earning the Award for Heroism in 1997. She later resigned from the State Department in protest over the United State's invasion of Iraq. Since then, Ann has been an outspoken anti-war activist and an advocate for women troops suffering from MST.

But here is what we really want you to know:

One in three women who serve in our military have been sexually assaulted.

Below the fold, I would like to introduce you to three very special women and tell you more about MST.

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