Register to Vote Before the November Elections

Via usagov: There’s still time to register to vote before the November elections. Find state registration deadlines, eligibility and more. Deadlines are rapidly approaching and are a bit different in each state, so don’t wait to register. It’s your civic responsibility to vote even if you don’t like the candidates or you have a lot… Continue reading Register to Vote Before the November Elections

I’m not a huge fireworks person, though I do enjoy shared experiences with people in my community. So, on July 4th, I found myself happily on the roof enjoying a beer and the white noise of people on surrounding rooftops combined with the randomly distributed boom of fireworks in 5 different directions. Best of all,… Continue reading

The farm bill was passed with the Healthy Food Financing Initiative!

April 27, 2012 – New York, NY – Yesterday with wide bipartisan support, the Senate Agriculture Committee passed the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2012 (also known as the Farm Bill), which for the first time will officially establish a national Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) at the United States Department of Agriculture… Continue reading The farm bill was passed with the Healthy Food Financing Initiative!

Happy Tax Day! If you’re #ProudToPay, tweet it.

Learn why people are #ProudToPay taxes today, and share some of your own reasons! At the end of the day, we should feel very lucky to live in a country where taxes support the public good and many freedoms that we take for granted, even if we do grumble while money leaves our bank accounts.… Continue reading Happy Tax Day! If you’re #ProudToPay, tweet it.

Here’s the form to register to vote in NYC

I have always voted absentee in CT because in all honesty (and at risk of embarrassment), registering to vote in a new place wasn’t transparent to me. I don’t have a NY driver’s license, but it seems like it doesn’t matter. That also shouldn’t have been an excuse to be less civically engaged than is… Continue reading Here’s the form to register to vote in NYC