[BwayDems] Gale Brewer's "State of the Borough" Event and Activist Fair Sunday 2/12

[Pat Almonrode]

*Borough President Gale Brewer's "State of The Borough" Event: Panelists
include immigrant rights, tech, labor, anti-poverty leaders andTrump
Survival Guide author*

Sunday, Feb. 12
Grand Ballroom at Manhattan Center
311 West 34th Street

Activist fair begins 1:00 pm
Event program begins 2:00 pm
Activist fair continues after event program until 5:00 pm

On Sunday, Feb. 12, Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer will hold
her 2017 State of the Borough event, focusing on activism and civic
involvement.

As in previous years, Borough President Brewer will lead a panel of
prominent individuals in a discussion on this year's theme of activism.

*The panel will include:*

·         Jennifer Jones Austin, CEO of the Federation of Protestant
Welfare Agencies

·         Angela Fernandez, Executive Director of the Northern Manhattan
Coalition for Immigrant Rights

·         Andrew Rasiej, Founder of Civic Hall and Personal Democracy
Media, and Chair of the New York Tech Alliance

·         Janella Hinds, Secretary-Treasurer of the New York Central Labor
Council and Vice President for Academic High Schools of the United
Federation of Teachers

·         Gene Stone, author of *The Trump Survival Guide*

The event will also feature a performance by *Harlem Samba*, a Brazilian
percussion ensemble that includes students and alumni from Harlem's
Frederick Douglass Academy public high school.

Before and after the event's speaking and performance program, Brewer will
host a *'Manhattan Activist Fair'* with representatives from nonprofit,
volunteer, and advocacy organizations to provide New Yorkers with
opportunities to get involved in a range of causes.
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