There's nothing more frustrating than stress from the job. I run a popular blog and a internet radio show that deals specifically with workplace related matters.  There's nothing more frustrating than an unsatisfying work culture and being in the city, quite a few work places are like that.  I have personally experienced bullies, unscrupulous co-workers, pay inequity, and discrimination.  But what I also realized was that getting help for job-related trouble is much harder than it needs to be. I …

Welcome to "Little in the City," the Long Island City parents group! We organize play dates, parties, and other events for children and their parents in Long Island City. Together with organizations such as Trinity Church or the Chocolate Factory we have brought to life larger yearly events such as the Easter Egg Hunt in Gantry Park or the Long Island City Halloween Parade. We also engage in advocacy work for Long Island City families regarding the improvement and maintenance of public parks and …

The LispNYC.org community is devoted to the advocacy and advancement of professional software developers in their adoption of Lisp-based and functional programming technologies such as Common Lisp, Scheme and Clojure. We accomplish this through targeted programs of education, outreach, monthly meetings, mailing lists, development projects and spirited conversation with NY metro area software develpment professionals. Our monthly meetings are held every second Tuesday, are free and open to all.

Sustainable JC is a collaborative network of civic minded community groups and individuals who are committed to making Jersey City a more sustainable place to live and work.  We are an advocacy organization focused on sustainability planning, education and the implementation of innovative demonstration projects that positively impact the quality of our lives now and into the future.

Black Writers Guild of America (a division of The Today Group) is a professional organization that supports African American writers of various literary backgrounds. We are an organization that provides advocacy, education and support for writers in a very competitive industry. BWGA was established as a network for creative African American literary professionals nationwide. All BWGA events are sponsored by the East Coast Black Professionals & Entrepreneurs Network and the New York African Amer …

We are Developer Evangelists, Advocates and Community Managers. We help people make awesome things. We make heroes every day. This is a place where Developer Advocates, Evangelists and Community Managers can share tips, stories, best practices, developers and anything related to geek shepherding. This group isn't for: Marketing or Recruiting.

Come celebrate another year of policy and community accomplishments with Bike JC at the 4th annual Jersey City Ward Tour, a sixteen-mile group bike ride through all six wards of Jersey City on June 2nd. The Tour starts and finishes at Exchange Place, leaving at 11 am. Registration is required and is free online at http://bikejc.org with a suggested donation of $5. The festival at Tour's End features great goods including food and beer (White Star Bar); live music (Rock-it Docket); and a nonprofi …

Are you hard of hearing? Join us at our monthly meetings on the 3rd Tuesday of the month* and meet other people with hearing loss in the New York City area. Learn about hearing aids, cochlear implants, assistive listening devices that augment hearing aids or cochlear implants, advocacy issues and more. All meetings are real-time captioned (CART).  Our meeting room also has a hearing loop that can be accessed with hearing aids that have a telecoil (also called a t-switch), or with a receiver that …

ACT1 is a non-profit organization that provides support, fellowship and advocacy for all people living with Type1 diabetes. Come join us and meet others like you!

City Growers is a non-profit educational organization based at Brooklyn Grange, a rooftop farm business in New York City. We provide farm explorations and workshops at Brooklyn Grange’s two farm locations. City Growers empowers students to envision a greener and healthier future for their city. City Growers connects urban communities with agriculture, food and environment through farm education and advocacy in order to foster a culture of health and sustainability. We need help preparing various …

At our Nourishing USA's headquarters in New York City volunteers preform direct service in the community and strive to achieve “nutrition for all”. Nourishing USA is a United States-based non-profit organization. It consists of a nationwide network of more than 2000 community advocates and food rescue organizations that serves in the United States as well as Puerto Rico. The organization supports approximately 500 local charitable agencies operating including pantries, soup kitchens, senior cen …

The Association seeks to stimulate participation and interaction among its members by affording them an environment for substantive professional exchange. It encourages and supports personal and professional growth through opportunities for members to extend their knowledge and skills, develop and use professional networks, pursue career development goals and assume leadership roles in the Association and in the information community. ASIS&T increases the influence of information professionals …

This group is created by Cure Alliance for Mental Illness (www.curealliance.org), a nonprofit organization devoted to education about mental illness and advocating for cures. We welcome everyone interested in learning about and raising awareness of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and other mental illnesses. This is not a support group; instead we seek to employ scientific and clinical knowledge towards eliminating the stigma of mental disorder …

This organization is dedicated to giving family and friends of mentally ill loved ones a place to come together for support and guidance. Whether it is fear of stigma or worry about betraying loved ones caregivers often suffer in silence when dealing with the daily ups and downs or crisis events precipitated by mental illness. Mental illness is not experienced in a vacuum. It's the family, friends and community that provide the foundation for the struggling individual to become healthy, yet some …

betaNYC is building a better tomorrow for all. (This group is formerly known as "Open NY Forum.") Since 2009, we have been NYC's civic technology and open government vanguard. By leading elected officials to engage with NYC’s technology community, passing transformative open government legislation, supporting NYC's civic technology startups, and building apps to protect democracy and serve our fellow brothers and sisters, we have become America’s largest civic technology and open government com …

Ethical Culture is a movement centered on ethics, not theology, whose mission is to encourage respect for humanity and nature and to create a better world. Members are committed to personal ethical development in their relationships with others and in activities involving social justice and environmental stewardship. What We Believe We believe all individuals have inherent worth and dignity, the potential to grow and change, a responsibility to strive for ethical growth, and a responsibility to …

Mental Health 2.0 NYC is focused on the latest technology innovations towards mental health.  This meetup will encourage discussions and sharing of knowledge between technology and mental health professionals.  By working together, let's see how we can better help those who are suffering.

Brooklyn Birth Network is for families and professionals. Our mission is to increase understanding of the birth process and empower each other to make educated decisions about prenatal, birth and postpartum care. Whether you're an expecting new parent, a childbirth veteran, a birth professional or advocate, build this community with us by sharing experiences and support! Birth doulas, postpartum doulas, midwives, obgyn's, childbirth educators, osteopaths, massage therapists, lacation specialists …

The NYCLU Young Professionals is a group of motivated young New Yorkers who have an interest in protecting civil liberties and the work of the NYCLU. Our mission is to recruit, engage, and retain young professionals to actively serve the needs of the NYCLU in defending and promoting New Yorkers’ civil liberties. Our singular goal is to support the NYCLU’s efforts in litigation, advocacy, public education, and community organizing while creating a new generation of civil liberties leaders. Join u …

This group will serve as a forum to discuss your possible membership to the American Diabetes Association's Junior Leadership Board. We look forward to your participation in our Information Session which we will be hosting some time in Mid-June. We will also be starting a larger meet up group for those people who decide they do not want to join the board but would still like to me part of a bigger group of young professionals who work together to bring awareness to NY and raise money in support …

Welcome! This is a fun and happy community for those interested in organics and those leading an organic lifestyle! We're a group of positive minded people that believe in organic foods and organic living for the well being of ourselves, our families, our animal companions, and the planet. There are lots of great advocacy groups aimed at building awareness and changing legislation regarding organics. While we fully support those efforts, our focus is building relationships with organic minded pe …