sounds interesting! thx for posting irina - i'll try check it out. -- http://bit.ly/nakedlens http://www.organikmedia.com
On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 6:36 PM, Irina <irina...@gmail.com> wrote: > this screams video coverage! i wish i lived in nyc! > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > > > *Hi: I hope you can come and cover this event Thursday, April 8 at Bryant > Park. * > > ** *________________________________________________________________* > > ** > > *SUNY Empire State College* > > “Let Them Eat Cake!” > > ** > > We ARE going to eat cake – to celebrate an important event in the history of > the United States and New York City. > > > > On Thursday, April 8, at 3.30 P.M., we’ll gather at Bryant Park to celebrate > the 75th anniversary of the Works Progress Administration, which President > Roosevelt and his New Deal administration launched in 1935 – in the middle > of the Great Depression – to create jobs for millions of Americans. > > > > Come join the party, eat the cake, and say: > > *Happy 75th Birthday, WPA!* > > ** > > *What*: 75th birthday party of Works Progress Administration (WPA) > > *Where*: Bryant Park, 6th Avenue between 42nd and 41st Streets, New York > > *When*: Thursday, April 8, 3.30-5.30 P.M. > > *Host*: The Harry Van Arsdale Jr. Center for Labor Studies, Empire State > College, 325 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10013 > > *Background Information for media and journalists* > > FDR set aside $77 million WPA money for New York City in 1935. That > translates to $1.2 billion today!! > > > > *Question*: How many unemployed New Yorkers will $1.2 billion employ now? > > > > *Answer*: > > 48,000 para-educators at $25,000 a year > > 20,000 constructor workers, police officers or assistant professors at > $60,000 a year > > 10,000 middle-aged managers at $120,000 a year > > (The $1.2 billion also translates to only one percent of bank bonuses only > for 2009) > > > > *We say: It’s time for another New Deal. It’s time for another WPA.* > > ** > > Create jobs for New York’s working people. Create jobs at a living wage. > Just the way FDR did it in 1935. > > *Contact: Dr. Michael Merrill: (646)-230-1346; Partha Banerjee: > (646)-230-1477* > > *Why Bryant Park*? Because the park itself, along with schools, libraries, > hospitals, roads, buildings, airports, art projects and sculpture in New > York were all created with the WPA money during the Great Depression era! > Millions were employed. > > > ### > > ------------------------------ > The New Busy is not the old busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. Get > started.<http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_3>--- > You are currently subscribed to j2000 as: irina...@gmail.com > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > leave-j2000-383...@lists.jrn.columbia.edu > > > > > -- > http://geekentertainment.tv > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- http://bit.ly/nakedlens http://www.organikmedia.com 212-696-6651 ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: videoblogging-dig...@yahoogroups.com videoblogging-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: videoblogging-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
