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Join us on June 6th for The Recession Survival Fair, which will be a non-partisan community service event to assist Brooklyn and New York City residents in tackling the challenges springing from the economic recession. Attendees will have free access to important information and professional help on a range of relevant topics, including healthcare, food and nutrition, job search, debt and personal finance, and tenants’ rights and foreclosure. All help will be provided free of charge, although participants will also be invited to offer their own expertise to the community in exchange.

Who: Brooklyn for Barack in association with The Stuyvesant Heights Parents Association
What: Recession Survival Fair
When: Saturday, June 6, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Where: Brooklyn Brownstone School, 272 MacDonough St. at Lewis Ave. in Bed-Stuy
Cost: Free

For more information, please email continuethechange @gmail.com

This a non-partisan event.

Can’t get enough CHANGE? Good! The election was just the beginning. This campaign was not just about bringing change to Washington, but also about bringing it to Brooklyn. It is up to us to make the change real.

Join us on Sunday, February 8th when more than 65+ local non-profit organizations, charities and advocacy groups will come together for the first-ever “Continue the Change Service Fair.” Organized by Brooklyn for Barack and the Central Brooklyn Independent Democrats, the event will be part of an ongoing effort to harness the incredible energy sparked by the Obama campaign. Attendees will have an opportunity to speak with representatives of organizations that are offering concrete volunteer opportunities like writing, teaching, tutoring, filmmaking, phonebanking, mentoring, word processing, stocking food pantries, sewing clothes for survivors of domestic violence, working w/ animals, canvassing, gardening and farming, ushering at performances, photography, and job search mentoring.

There will also be a Make and Take arts table for kids and roundtable discussions on the following subjects: Local Environmental Activism, Using Technology to Monitor and Influence the Legislative Process, Health Care, Voting Rights, and Food Justice.

What: Continue the Change Volunteer Fair
When: Sunday, Feb. 8, 2 to 6 p.m.
Where: Union Temple, 17 Eastern Parkway (at Grand Army Plaza) 3rd Floor ballroom
Cost: Free, but a box of dried pasta for Union Temple’s food drive would be appreciated

To RSVP, please email continuethechange@gmail.com or call 718-757-8572

This is a non-partisan event.

This Martin Luther King Jr. Day (and the two days prior), organizations and volunteers are joining President-elect Obama in making a call to service to every American to reignite the nation’s spirit of volunteerism and community service. This new effort, Renew America Together, is not simply about stepping up to serve for a single day. It is also about making a continued commitment to serve our communities throughout the year. Together, with our next President, we are asking that you and your family, friends and neighbors sign-up right now to volunteer during the weekend of January 17 - 19, 2009. You can join already-existing projects or create your own at usaservice.org

For a complete list of Brooklyn events scheduled to date, please click here

Here are a few events to give you an idea of what’s going on:

January 17th - Fort Greene
Cleaning an Early Head Start Nursery School

January 17th - Downtown Brooklyn
Sanding Blocks for a Children’s Center

January 17th - Bed Stuy
Clean and Organize Food Pantry

January 18th - Starrett City
Food Stamp Outreach

January 19th - Park Slope
Data Entry for Human Rights Organizations

January 19th - Crown Heights
Neighborhood Cleanup

January 19th - Fort Greene
Coat Drive/Blanket Drive/Info Drive

January 19th - Food Drives

Cobble Hill

Williamsburg

Atlantic Center

Park Slope