For The Many’s Political Education Session (virtual)
Join us on zoom for a monthly political education session! These sessions cover a variety of things from history to strategy to organizing skills! If you want to dig a little bit deeper into the foundations of our work and the movement, this is the meeting for you! Sign up for this event
Sap Happy Maple Weekend
Bowdoin Park 85 Sheafe Road, Wappingers Falls, NYPoughkeepsie… Dutchess County Parks’ popular Sap Happy Maple Weekend returns to Bowdoin Park Thursday, March 23rd through Sunday, March 26th with a line-up of tasty, educational, and fun events for all ages. This year’s event will include new features such as a 5K run/walk as well as the return of the popular, in-person community pancake breakfast, …
Leading with Artivism: Q&A with Poet Gold
Arts Mid-Hudson 696 Dutchess Turnpike, Suite F, Poughkeepsie, New Yorkart
Volunteer With the Designing Sustainable Futures Climate Summit
Villard RoomHey Vassar Students! Interested in finding ways to incorporate meaningful action against the climate crisis into your everyday life? Want to mentor local high school students? Consider volunteering with the Designing Sustainable Futures Climate Summit, organized by Ulster BOCES and World Savvy for high school students and educators across Ulster and Dutchess counties... and hosted right here at Vassar! The Climate Summit will take place on Tuesday, April 25th …
Concert: Kenneth Overton, baritone, Walker Jermaine Jackson, piano (in person)
Howland Cultural Center 477 Main Street, Beacon, NYState of the City Address (in person)
The Academy 33 Academy Street, Poughkeepsie, New YorkMayor Marc Nelson will deliver his State of the City address at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 29 at The Academy, 33 Academy St., Poughkeepsie. The public is invited to attend. Please RSVP by Tuesday, March 21 to Allyson Smith at ASmith@cityofpoughkeepsie.com. In his State of the City address, Mayor Nelson will provide updates on key initiatives, …
Climate Action Conference – Acceleration Through Coordination (In person)
SUNY Orange - Newburgh Campus Kaplan Hall, Grand St, NewburghThe next two years are a critical time for tackling climate change. New York’s groundbreaking Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act is being translated into state policies and programs, channeling billions of dollars into local economies and creating an estimated 210,000 net new jobs by 2030. Capturing these opportunities is an invitation to local creativity. …
Poughkeepsie Book Festival
Falcon Hall, Dutchess Community College 53 Pendell Road, PoughkeepsieMeet and greet authors and illustrators (covering reading ages from preschool to Young Adult), take your picture with your favorite costumed book characters, and make some fun crafts. Books will be available to purchase and to have signed by the authors and illustrators who made them. Free to attend. No registration required. New this year …
City of Poughkeepsie Common Council Meeting (in-person)
City of Poughkeepsie City Hall 62 Civic Center Plaza - 3rd Floor - Council Chambers, Poughkeepsie, NYMeeting agenda can be accessed via this link: https://poughkeepsieny.portal.civicclerk.com/event/632/overview Common Council meetings are legislative sessions where we discuss and vote on proposed resolutions and laws, receive updates from agency representatives, and hear feedback from residents, like you. We invite the public to speak for up to 3 minutes at meetings of the Common Council. Voting occurs …
Hudson Valley Mappers Data Collection Event
Ely HallCome learn more about the project and help in the protection of marginalized New Yorkers of the nineteenth century, the “poorhouses” in which they lived, and the cemeteries in which they rest! Open to all levels of experience-- please bring a laptop to participate. See the attached flier for more details.