Get out to the Peace Fair happening right now at Long Island University in Brooklyn!

Fifth Annual Brooklyn Peace Fair
Saturday, April 26, 2008, 11 am–6 pm
Long Island University Brooklyn Campus
1 University Plaza (corner of Flatbush and DeKalb Aves)
Admission free! (must bring photo ID)

Speakers and presenters include Debbie Almontaser, State Senator Eric Adams, Congressman Major Owens

Performers: Abiodun (Last Poets), Aja Monet (Def Poet), Ajah-Yo, Amanda Diva and Friends, Dragons of Zynth, Invincible (Anomolies), Mental Notes, Queen God!s, Ra Hendrix, Remi Kanazi, Stephanie Rooker, Dancing Peace, the Raging Grannies and Their Daughters

He was against it before he voted for it. Sounds awfully familiar, right? This, at least, is a flip-flop that makes some sense, unlike John Kerry’s inexplicable comments in the lead-up to the 2004 Presidential election.

City Councilman Kendall Stewart; who represents Flatbush, East Flatbush, Flatlands; opined in a Brooklyn Daily Eagle op-ed this past Tuesday — Earth Day — that based on the evidence presented him, including facts brought to his attention by the Campaign for New York’s Future, he could not and would not oppose congestion pricing.

The legendary Public Broadcasting System (PBS) channel, Thirteen/WNET has just re-launched a newly re-designed website. In honor of the launch coinciding with Earth Day, the website producers have jammed the site with incredible green content from recent programming and other stories spanning many years.

One of the featured stories/videos on the site is the New York Voices piece on the Newtown Creek/Greenpoint Oil Disaster that GBK originally covered back when it first aired.

We have until midnight tonight 4/7 to let the NYS Government know how we feel about congestion pricing.

Use NYLCV’s action alert to contact the Governor, your State Representative, and your State Senator.

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