"One of the traditional methods for imposing statism or socialism on a people has been by way of medicine.  It’s very easy to disguise a medical program as a humanitarian project; most people are a little reluctant to oppose anything that suggests medical care for people who possibly can’t afford it." - Ronald Reagan The Lehigh Valley COALITION for Health Care Reform is a non-partisan grassroots coalition of concerned citizens and health care professionals committed to educating the public abou …

A twist on storytelling events! Bring your old & new photos, love letters, cards, documents, birth, death & marriage certificates, newspaper clippings, home movie clips, instruments, dolls, quilts, uniforms etc from your family archives & tell us about them! What do you know about them, the object & the people who documented, collected & lived these moments. Share your personal history through these objects. Can you imagine what we will see & share? So go search your closets, attics, basement, s …

The Association seeks to stimulate participation and interaction among its members by affording them an environment for substantive professional exchange. It encourages and supports personal and professional growth through opportunities for members to extend their knowledge and skills, develop and use professional networks, pursue career development goals and assume leadership roles in the Association and in the information community. ASIS&T increases the influence of information professionals …

Got an invention and want to learn how to license or launch it? Are you an entrepreneur or small business with intellectual property worth protecting? Want to better understand patent and patent rights? Learn business strategy from other innovators? The Inventors Association of Manhattan is for you. Every 2nd Monday of the month, we feature an expert guest speaker, lively discussion among inventors. We foster professionalism, trust and support: All Welcome! Easy online registration. Miss a mee …

Update, February 22, 2013: Beginning March 5, 2013 we will be meeting Tuesday evenings from 7-8 pm at the Media-Upper Providence Free Library in Media, PA, 1 East Front St. We meditate in the archives room on the second floor. Hope to see you there! We will also naturally consider additional times and locations as interest is expressed and schedules sync up. If you're new to meditation, check out this and this...try this too. Russell, Organizer & Aubrey, Co-Organizer

Making NYC more sustainable and more resilient We can be proud of NYC’s record as one the greenest large cities in the US.  For years, we’ve been describing green practices as making our communities more sustainable.  That’s good, but a little vague – leaving us to guess about exactly which existential threat is being implied – and how much the green practice in question will help, let alone ensure our civilization is still around in 10 or 100 or 10,000 years.  Then came Hurricane Sandy. The s …

Are you a Business Owner? Whether you are a Sole Proprietor with no employees or a Corporation with 2-50 employees – this Forum is designed for you! The Entrepreneurial Excellence Business Forum - NYC is part of an international national network of small business owners. Since 2002, our members are focused on achieving greater results in their businesses with less time and effort. We are not just a MeetUp Group. Each Business Forum holds monthly in-person meetings for its members.  Our members a …