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The mission of the Lily Auchincloss Foundation is to enhance the quality of life in NYC by supporting art, environmental & community programs.

[Food & Water Watch @foodandwater]

.@POTUS has NOT declared a climate emergency. He doesn’t get to take credit without putting in the work.

Join us September 17 in NYC to demand President Biden take real action: https://t.co/UdmJhP16WB #EndFossilFuels

[The Sara Roosevelt Park Community Coalition @SaraRPCC]

LadyBug Release!
This Saturday 1-3pm M'Finda Kalunga Community Garden @mkgarden_
Rivington btwn Chrystie & Forsyth
@NYCParks @NYCGreenThumb @GreenMapNYC @tenementmuseum @UnivSettlement @_FABnyc @RemoteTheater @brc_org @CB3Man @lesecologyctr

[BronxWorks @BronxWorks]

Save The Date! @bronxbp and other NYC and community agencies invite you to celebrate the African Heritage Festival. Join a celebration of African heritage on September 16 at Joyce Kilmer Park.Please register at https://t.co/nMmIeO5eBZ

[Mark D. Levine @MarkLevineNYC]

Bye bye mountains of trash bags!

[NYC H2O @nyc_h2o]

This Saturday 8/19 join #NYCH2O @nrpa_ for the Alice Austen Park Beach Cleanup (Buono Beach) 10AM - 12PM

Signup here: https://t.co/GwKIM3OD9O

Also thankful to our program partners @PfPNYC and Alice Austen House Museum for their support!

[Snug Harbor @SnugHarborCCBG]

See the past and the future on the Sailors' Snug Harbor Historical Tour! On Aug 20, learn the history that put Snug Harbor on the map, featuring six of the first NYC landmarks. Explore our master plan and share your vision for the future. Tickets: https://t.co/oMcot65kzX

[Antonio Reynoso @ReynosoBrooklyn]

To the writers, the breakers, the DJs, and the MCs — today is your day. Thank you for keeping the culture alive and bringing joy to millions of fans.

I’m incredibly proud to represent a borough that has contributed so much to this movement.

Happy #HipHop50

[Flushing Town Hall @FlushingTwnHall]

Saturday, August 19 at 7PM: Listen to some authentic country music at our Global Mashup: Ghana Meets New Orleans event! "Unknown queen of Americana," @queenesther will share with you the folk music of the Deep South.
Get a free dance lesson w/ your ticket: https://t.co/YhimOz0ZG1

[Bronx Council on the Arts @BronxArtsOrg]

BCA 🤝 Artists Looking for Opportunities

Go check out the Opportunities Page on our website for artist calls, jobs and internships, studio spaces, residencies, and fellowships! We are here to help YOU be the most successful artist you can be here: https://t.co/e2gWbiLqEA

[Green City Force @GreenCityForce]

Calling volunteers! On select Tuesdays-Saturdays in August & September we could use extra help from group and individual volunteers at our Eco-Hubs! 🌱 Spend the day outdoors connecting to the earth & supporting @NYCHA communities. Sign up at https://t.co/qSpHVJWlYN ! #volunteer

[The American Folk Art Museum @FolkArtMuseum]

Early American quilts often share the simplicity of this geometric design. Their most complex feature is the ornamental stitching across the entire surface of the bedcovering. Referred to as “whole-cloth” quilts, such works are made of large pieces of fabric in solid colors.

[🚇 Riders Alliance @RidersAlliance]

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[Brian Schatz @brianschatz]

Lahaina Town on Maui is almost totally burnt to the ground. Firefighters are still trying to get the fires under control, and our first responders are in search and rescue mode. If you want to help, please do so here. Thank you. https://t.co/imol6Zr9mI

[Karen Washington @karwasher]

Beyond Delicious https://t.co/E0xaGpFNhR

[Fountain House @fountainhouse]

Tonight, The New Yorker, Theater of War, and The Greene Space at WNYC/WQXR are partnering for a dramatic reading of the New Yorker article "The System that Failed Jordan Neely."

https://t.co/EaCHPFhG1U

[Your People at UPROSE 🌻 @UPROSE]

More space, more popular education, more art builds, more base building, more resistance against climate change ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽💚♥️🖤 #climatejustice

[Queens Botanical Garden @queensbotanicl]

🌻 It's #FarmFriday! Come visit us at the QBG Farm on August 11th, where we will showcase a diverse range of tomatoes bred at Cornell University, up to 24 varieties! You will get to talk to those that participated in this effort as well as taste some yourself and take some home!

[NYC Fair Chance for Housing Campaign @FairHousing_NYC]

"This issue behind Fair Chance for Housing is also a racial justice issue, and that’s why it’s so fundamentally important," said @AAWardSR1 of @thefortunesoc.

In @NYAmNews this morning–why @NYCCouncil & @NYCMayor must pass the #FairChanceForHousing Act:
https://t.co/kxtfx2meAj

[Council Member Sandy Nurse @CMSandyNurse]

On Thursday I’m introducing a bathroom bill that would compel NYC to meet a goal of 1 public 🚽 per 2000 residents by 2035. Why?

💩 You gotta go when you gotta go
🩸 For menstruation equity
👵🏽 For our older adults
👶🏻 For the babies
🚴🏽‍♀️ For workers
🧑‍🤝‍🧑 For everyone!

🧵/1

[NYC H2O @nyc_h2o]

This Sun 8/6 join #NYCH2O at Ridgewood Reservoir:
10AM - 12PM Volunteer Landscaping
https://t.co/jJ3G6birDw
12:30PM - 2:00PM Insect Walk with Steve Nanz
https://t.co/LPPYfwRM7t

Thanks to our environmental events' sponsors @CMJenGutierrez @CMSandyNurse and @CMBobHoldenNYC