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Project Safe Surrender Do you, or someone you know, have an open warrant or outstanding summons? Afraid to go to court, or to get stopped on the street for fear of going to jail over this outstanding warrant or summons? Come to Mt Pisgah Baptist Church (212 Tompkins Avenue, Brooklyn NY) this Friday and Saturday March 29th and 30th from 9am and 3pm to resolve these outstanding warrants. While this is not amnesty, the Brooklyn DA's office will give favorable consideration to those who participate. Project Safe Surrender (PSS) is a community program that helps individuals resolve summons/warrants. An added benefit of this program is that it also helps individuals re-enter society by connecting them with vital social assistance in the areas of health, housing, employment, employment training and education. Local Clergy and Pastors, as well as Defense Attorneys, will be available to help you resolve these issues, and a resource fair and food will be provided on site. It is vital that you please share this information with everyone you know and get this out to as many people as possible. Lent is often considered a season of new beginnings - and this program is a great way to start anew. The following charges are available to be handled during this program: Trespassing Disorderly conduct Loitering Unlawfully in a park after hours Failure to comply with posted signs in park Marijuana possession Smoking marijuana Unlawful possession of Alcohol under age 21 Consumption of Alcohol in Public Aggressive Solicitation Unlawful possession of handcuffs Littering Riding a bicycle on the sidewalk Making unreasonable noise Animal nuisance Failure to have a dog license Unleashed dog Spitting No More Worry, No More Waiting Clergy, Pastors, Lay Members and Defense Attorneys will be available to help you resolve outstanding Summons Warrants. While this is not amnesty, favorable consideration will be given to those who participate. Please remember this is open to anyone in NYC that has an open Summons/Warrant. For More Info Call: 718-388-3900 ___________________________________________________________________

The Yes Lab @ the Hemispheric Institute presents CREATIVE ACTIVISM THURSDAYS! Come meet the revolutionaries and activists who have changed or are changing the world, and those who study them in our increasingly misnamed series. We’ll be meeting many Tuesdays and Thursdays for a series of lectures, workshops, and other events focusing on the potential for societal change, and what we can do to bring it about through creative tactics and strategies. TOMORROW: Andrew Ross of STRIKE DEBT Thursday, March 28th 7pm The Hemispheric Institute 20 Cooper Sq. 5th Floor FREE * Photo ID required Andrew Ross is a Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis at NYU and activist with Strike Debt, a coalition of Occupy groups looking to build popular resistance to all forms of debt imposed on us by the banks. Ross will discuss the current state of the debt resistance movement. How far have we come? How far will we go? Is it possible to organize around debt? Who wants to stop us? NEXT WEEK: Birgitta Jonsdottir Thursday, April 4th 7pm The Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute 20 Cooper Sq. 7th Floor FREE * Photo ID required Please RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Y17gNugFyHCzSCsqa0MEgSy4JGnqsKXV8p2YSQr5nps/viewform Member of the Icelandic parliament for The Movement, Birgitta co-produced the Wikileaks Collateral Murder video, and has been an activist and a spokesperson for various groups including Wikileaks, Saving Iceland, Friends of Tibet in Iceland, and the Icelandic Modern Media Initiative.