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Celebrate Earth: Sustainable Living, Meditation and Yoga

United Nations Headquarters 45th Street 1st Avenu, New York, NY, United States

This event will be a continuation of the ‘UN International Day of Yoga’, which was proclaimed by the United Nations on 11 December 2014 (Resolution 69/131), to be celebrated on 21 June every year. Special guest Ms. Yogmata Keiko Aikawa, the first female and non-Indian Siddha Master in history, will be gracing the event as the keynote speaker to promote methods of meditation that develop Mindfulness and that facilitate individual awareness.

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Rangers Choice: Calvert Vaux Park Discovery Hike

Calvert Vaux Park Brooklyn, NY, United States

Put on your hiking shoes and bring your binoculars as we explore the rocky coast of Gravesend Bay. This beautifully restored parkland holds remnants of sunken barges that have been taken over by nature.

Space is limited and registration is required. If necessary, a lottery will be run to select participants. To register, please visit nyc.gov/parks/rangers/register. Registration opens on Wednesday, May 10.

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Brooklyn Farm Crew: 5/20 Brunch and Serve at the Youth Farm

The Youth Farm 600 Kingston Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, United States

The Brooklyn Farm Crew is having its next farm day of the season! We are excited to join the Youth Farm for one of their monthly volunteer opportunities. We will volunteer from 10am-12pm, then enjoy some lunch together on the farm.

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Resilient New York

Tishman Auditorium 66 West 12th Street, New York

Join North Star Fund and our partners on May 20 for Resilient New York, a forum to advance grassroots organizing as a key strategy to protect the dignity and rights of all New Yorkers. The event is a call to community members, organizers, donors, and grantmakers to unite around a proactive shared vision to support the grassroots for the next four years and beyond.

As the Trump administration escalates multi-front attacks on our communities, New York’s grassroots organizers bring decades of experience fighting against inequity and oppression. In this moment when communities are being targeted, we must sustain our commitment to longstanding campaigns and the Movement for Black Lives, while embracing new and emerging work.

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Meet the Fishes

The River Project Pier 40, West St and Houston St, Room 224, New York, NY, United States

Meet the Fishes marks the opening of The River Project's Wetlab season. Visitors can visit the flow-through river water aquarium and be introduced to the many species of marine animals that live in NY Harbor, such as seahorses, blackfish, and blue crabs, while enjoying food and drink from local businesses. There is a raffle of cool prizes and lots of fun for kids, including a touch tank where they can play with shrimps and other critters.

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The Steely City

Package Free 137 Grand Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States

The next Urban Salon will focus on resiliency, both in the material sense and in the social sense. We will explore models of the "future New York" in the face of climate change and (other yet to occur crises) and the lived experience of past events, most memorably and recently, Hurricane Sandy.

How have New Yorkers stood up in times when resilience is required? How can you plan for community response for future events? How can New York continue to grow in an equitable and sustainable way? How do we see issues of equity surface at moments such as Hurricane Sandy and in the government's response?

Given the recent election and the uncertainty around federal support for urban infrastructure projects, how can and should New York plan for the future?

The panel will be held in Package Free Shop, a recently opened mecca for living zero-waste.

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NYC Parks Shape Up NYC/MAP Spring Fitness Party

Medgar Evers College Marcus Garvey Cornerstone 20 Amboy Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Spring is here are you ready to enjoy the weather? Join us as we celebrate at New York Housing Authority Marcus Garvey Spring Fitness Party!…

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National Learn-to-Row Day: Free Basic Rowing Lesson

Flushing Meadows Corona Park Queens, NY, United States

Join Row New York for National Learn to Row day on June 3, 2017, for a totally free event, and learn the basics of a sport that will stay with you for a lifetime. We’ll introduce you to basic rowing techniques and get you out on the water.

Bonus: explore our beautiful boathouses on tours being offered throughout the day. You can choose from two of our boathouse locations: the Meadow Lake Boathouse in Queens and the Peter Jay Sharp Boathouse in Manhattan. Our Queens boathouse invites any person with a disability to join us for adaptive rowing sessions.

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15th Annual Drums Along the Hudson

Inwood Hill Park Inwood Hil Park, Manhattan, NY, United States

Join NYC Parks and Lotus Music and Dance for this annual Multicultural Celebration and Native American Festival.

This is a free event featuring Native American, Japanese, Brazilian, Flamenco, and Korean dancers and drummers from around the world! The festival combines a celebration of Native American heritage, culture, and art with the diversity of New York City. Spanish, African, Brazilian, and Tibetan cultures will also be celebrated with food, music, and dancing. Activities include a Tree of Peace planting, international cuisine, Native American storytelling, a Pow Wow, crafts. and visits from Captain Planet.

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Riverdale RiverFest

College of Mount St. Vincent, Great Lawn 6301 Riverdale Ave , Bronx, NY, United States

Riverdale RiverFest is an annual community festival to celebrate the Hudson River and support the Bronx Link of the Hudson Valley Greenway that is under development. It takes place each June on the banks of the Hudson River, on the scenic grounds of the College of Mount Saint Vincent.

The festival is a fun afternoon of outdoor entertainment and environmental education for the community. Participants will have opportunities to take boat rides on the Hudson River, listen to music by local musicians, enjoy an eclectic variety of food, and learn about the Hudson River Greenway and the history, biology and geology of the area.

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Hudson River Day

Hudson River Maritime Museum 50 Rondout Landing, Kingston, NY, United States

Hudson River Day is the Hudson River Maritime Museum's annual celebration of the river and our gift back to the public. This free, public event…

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Community Garden Clean-Up Day at La Plaza

La Plaza Cultura Garden Avenue C & East 9th Street, Manhattan , NY, United States

Community Garden Volunteer Clean-Up Day at La Plaza 2nd Saturday of Every Month, starting at 12:00 noon La Plaza Cultural Community Garden, SW Corner of…

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