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Housing Works Bookstore Cafe News: We’re Worth Waking Up For.
Art, Comedy, Memoir, Music, Film… We are starting up September with something for everyone. Like Americana? Like funny Jews? Like classical composers? C’mon down!
And if you’d like to see the most dramatic discussion that’s ever taken place at 10am on a Sunday, shake off your sleepies and meet us at the Brooklyn Book Festival on September 12th. Piper Kerman went to federal prison. Kathryn Harrison had a consensual sexual relationship with her father. Darin Strauss killed someone. So then what did they do? Each turned the shocking experience into a smart, heartfelt, thoughtful book and released it to the public. How? And why? This is just a small taste of what will be discussed at Exposing a Difficult Past, Housing Works …
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After a Decade, New York Passes School Anti-Bullying Law
For a decade, child, health and other advocates have fought to pass statewide anti-bullying legislation—which is why so many cheered yesterday as Gov. Paterson signed the Dignity for All Students Act into law.
The legislation, first introduced in 1999, will ensure that all schools have the tools in place to protect kids from harassment. The bill explicitly prohibits discrimination based on a student’s actual or perceived race, color, weight, national origin, ethnic group, religion, religious practice, disability, sexual orientation, gender or sex.
The Dignity Act will protect kids like Jay Taylor, now 18. Ostracized growing up, Taylor eventually identified as transgender, but hid his identity from most classmates in his tiny Cherry Plain high school.
“The teachers would have had no idea how …
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Fall in Love: Fall Preview Sales are Here!
Fall in Love…with Fashion, furniture, and artworks at our semi-annual Preview Sales event! We have restocked our ten shops with fabulous finds at a fraction of the retail price. A $10 donation at the door gets you in, or become a Housing Works member and get in FREE! Supporter and Sponsor level members get exclusive access to the shops 30 minutes prior to the public.
Dont forget follow us on twitter at @HWThrifts to find the treasure from your favorite stores preview, find the item and its your’s FREE!
Be sure to check out our Fall Preview dates!
Please come early as there will be a line.
Each store will be closed for prep the day before its sale.
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Hey Gov. Paterson: Sign the 30 percent rent cap bill!
Gov. Paterson: All we need is your signature.
AIDS advocates have fought for years to get New York State to pass the 30 percent rent cap bill, legislation that would correct a major flaw in the state’s housing benefits policy, potentially helping 11,000 low-income New Yorkers living with HIV/AIDS.
Now all we need is for Paterson to sign that bill before he leaves office. Back in 2009, he promised he’d sign it. Hold him to his word.
Call Paterson at 518-474-8390 and say “Hi, my name is _______. I’d like to urge Gov. Paterson to continue to show leadership and sign the 30 percent rent cap bill, also known as A05473/S2664. This bill ensures that people with AIDS, like all other New …
