This is a group to get people together who support animal rights. We will list all types of events from animal group tricky trays to just general animal events around northern new jersey. A number of friends of mine love these kinds of events so I'm sure there are more of us out there. With Hurricane Sandy a few people I know have been taking donations for furry friends as well as the humans who need help and what better way to reach out to people to help with donations than on a meetup site.

Ethical Culture is a movement centered on ethics, not theology, whose mission is to encourage respect for humanity and nature and to create a better world. Members are committed to personal ethical development in their relationships with others and in activities involving social justice and environmental stewardship. What We Believe We believe all individuals have inherent worth and dignity, the potential to grow and change, a responsibility to strive for ethical growth, and a responsibility to …

Meet other local Humanists, people who believe in the basic goodness of the human spirit without supernaturalism. Join others in good conversation and learn more about what you can do with other who think the same way. Join us each month for Movie nights, the popluar book club, and once a month Sunday Brunch. We have many more events and sometime join other groups. Check out Center for Inquiry and Richies List for other events to attend.

Our mission is to prevent and ultimately end forced labor and sexual exploitation of men, women, and children. We raise awareness in communities through hosting educational events and speaking engagements. We collaborate with government agencies and non-governmental organizations to establish acceptable preventive measures, identify victims, expose traffickers and users, and promote slave-free practices. We provide funding for programs that support survivors of human trafficking through medical …

New York City's chapter of the Tech Recruiter Society is creating and furthering a community of technical recruiters for purposes of networking, exchanging best practices, professional development and mentoring, and promoting the field of technical recruiting. We will encourage software engineers to attend our events for insight and feedback as to what they want out of a technical recruiting experience. Our agenda includes job fairs, seminars, and paid training events. Join this group if you're …

Meet other local Humanists, people who believe in the basic goodness of the human spirit without supernaturalism.

We've started this group for local dogs of all breeds to get out and enjoy a walk in the park. Pit bulls and bully breeds are welcome! Don't have a dog? Adoptable dogs and fosters are welcome, as well! ***Please note that if you would like to bring an adoptable dog from the Liberty Humane Society you must first be a registered volunteer who has completed the volunteer orientation and dog handling seminar.  More information is available at: http://www.libertyhumane.org/volunteer.php.  You will al …

We are a budding, multigenerational community of people eager to explore the edges of human understanding and foster the emergence of a holistic worldview, spirituality, and way of being that will accelerate the shift toward a more connected, sustainable, resourceful, joyful and just human society. Our quest takes many forms and is radically inclusive of any and all who seek to continue the journey toward a more authentic way of living, working and communicating.

Learn with us—Explore the Films, Fora, & "Arts That Spark" our ideas, discussion, debate. Arts and creative spirit delight and entertain us. They also open our minds, show us different worlds, immerse us in another's culture, and challenge us to learn and explore the great questions of human society— the past, the present and the futuristic. Welcome all students • artists professionals • entrepreneurs Who should attend? If you love to learn, think and share, then we welcome you!  Join our fri …

February is Responsible Pet Owner Month... At PoochHealth.com, we thought now is the best time to start this group and educate pet owners about free services available to take responsibility for managing their loved one's health records and documents. Our goal is to bring together pet owners and share stories about our pet's health, what works, what does not, where to get help, where to find trusted services, all in our community. Our aim is to host workshops (with guest speakers) and sponsored …

Welcome to the New York City branch of the Center for Inquiry (CFI). The mission of the Center for Inquiry is to foster a secular society based on science, reason, free inquiry, and humanist values. The Center for Inquiry-New York City sponsors leading thinkers for lectures and panel discussions on science, philosophy, and religion; supports local community events and campus groups; works with media and opinion makers; and hosts the Center's mission to the United Nations. For more information, …

Meet other lovers of the arts! We will be attending films, theater readings, book clubs and exploring the role of arts in ethical living. There will be many events each month to choose from. Some regular events each month will include: 1. Ethics in Film- films are chosen for their ethical issues and a short discussion follows. 2. Ethics and the Theater- These are readings that include both professional and amateur actors and directors- a wine and cheese reception starts the evening and the pla …

Brooklyn Futurist Meetup is designed as an authentic forum to discuss what the world might look like in ten years plus. Like the social and artistic Futurist movement of the past, we explore emerging trends that have the ability to transform our world. Our events take place in Brooklyn where most members work or live. Topics are not Brooklyn-focused. They are open to attendees and speakers from anywhere. Many people are concerned about our society's inability to think and plan more than a handfu …

The Four Noble Truths are not any religion at all. They are a methodology: 1. to understand the problem; 2. to realize the origination of the problem; 3. to cease the problem only if the origination of the problem is ceased; 4. to establish the procedure and path to cease the origination of the problem; 5. to practice the right path to cease the problem; 6. to liberate from the problem. Let's explore the original teachings of the historical Buddha Sakyamunibased on the Suttas (or Sutras) from or …

Mission: Formed in early May 2009, The Art Song Preservation Society of New York (ASPS) is dedicated to preserving and revitalizing the art song while simultaneously promoting the art song recital. Through pragmatic monthly workshop discussions, lectures, master class series, concert and recital performances, competitions, outreach programs and education for singers, accompanists and the broader public, ASPS plans to ensure that New York’s classical singers, accompanists and art song enthusiasts …

PHC believes that to be human is to be interdependent and interconnected with all of humanity. The absolute sacred nature of each person is the beginning and the end of a just society. The guiding principles of all human interaction must be empathy, love, and respect. We stand for a fully democratic distribution of power at all levels of society and economic justice through an equitable distribution of wealth. Society must also enable the full human development of all persons, including thier me …

Libertarians: We are not primarily political, we simply respect property rights and thus live by a code of non-aggression. Property rights are sacred to us because civilization is built on social cooperation and social cooperation is only made possible by the clear delineation and respect of property rights. Entrepreneurs: in a general sense, we are the creative and energetic members of society seeking to produce value; weather it be economic, social or personal. The Society of Libertari …

This is for Geniuses, Awesome people on the highest level, Super-Stars, Rock-Stars, Artists, Passionate people, Creative Forces, Feelers, Intellectuals, and Awesome people in general to meet finally, perhaps out of a lack of this society, association, and social network, and desperation, and to inspire each other, have passionate experiences, enjoy life, savor and take a bite out of Life, be and make friends, make and have the highest level contacts, and have an Awesome Life. Share with only peo …

The purpose of this group is to create an informal setting to discuss, share and learn about mediation and its relevance in our lives today. We engage in a wide range of topics like role of meditation in our life and community, balancing our life from within, creating a harmonious peaceful community. We organize free meet-ups, workshops and training sessions for members of the community. Most of our venues are local cafes, libraries and universities. Natural Path Meditation (also known as Sahaj …

Muslim women suffer from various oppressions from their loved ones as they grow. UMA Center for Women will provide education, training and support to those who need the most. We are a not for profit agency has been working in the muslim community for over 12 years assisting disadvantaged women to become financially independent by identifying their weakness and work on short or long term goals to overcome those identified weaknesses. Women on action is a model to make a bridge between community I …

Do you want to reduce your consumer impact on earth, humans and animals? Are you concerned about the wastefulness of our consumer society? Learn how to find useable goods in the refuse of our throw-away culture, to identify wild edibles, to repair and rebuild bikes, clothing and more. Learn more about our group at our website, freegan.info. And join our mailing lists on Riseup (https://lists.riseup.net/www/home) organized by what you're interested in — events only, discussion, a spontaneous dump …

Storm Yoga is a not for profit founded on the principle that yoga is not for a small niche of people, but is an integral part of a broader movement to transform our society. To this end we provide both FREE and donation based yoga classes across New York City. Taught by top instructors, these classes are designed to promote health, fitness, detox, meditation, concentration, and peace of mind. Whether it’s a partner class or a solo class, whether it’s on the banks of the Hudson River or on the ro …

Dog people who are interesting in more than "the basics" of dog owning. Monthly seminars are a new monthly dog-centric seminar series designed to enrich the relationship between canines and their human companions. "Your Dog is Smart, Now it's Your Turn" is presented on the second Thursday of each month at 7 pm at the Ethical Culture Society, 53 Prospect Park West, 11215. Seminars are co-hosts and co-produce by FIDO in Prospect Park, in conjunction Brooklyn Bark, dog walking & pet sitting service …

Meet other local fans of author Ayn Rand and her philosophy Objectivism—a philosophy of Reason, Purpose, and Self-Esteem that holds human life on this Earth as the standard of all values and your life as an end in itself instead of a means to the ends of others. You are invited, if you are a rational person who: values reason, integrity, independence, and productive work; holds that no one may initiate the use of force against others and a proper government is necessary to secure it; deals with …

The group is to foster the vision of community leaders looking to create centers of learning and spiritual development in the Greater New York and Connecticut area. Our founding members are looking to create a school for children based on spiritual growth and creating leaders who are harnessing the best of human potential. Meetings will be bi-monthly or monthly in Manhattan and in the summer months we will find locations in outdoor areas of New York and Connecticut to enhance our connection to n …

If you want to live a more fulfilled life, first you will want to know your potential, who you really are. Meditation is the route to that knowing. It is the methodology of the science of awareness. Many meditative techniques require one to sit still and silent. But for most of us accumulated stress in our bodymind makes that difficult. Before we can hope to access our inner powerhouse of consciousness, we need to let go of our tensions. Osho Active Meditations have been scientifically designe …

Meet other anarcho-capitalists, market-anarchists etc for an enjoyable monthly lunch. For once, get to talk politics at lunch without ruining the party :) This group is purposefully narrow. It's great that you're a Libertarian, a constitutionalist concerned with the erosion of freedom, a pacifist, an anarcho-curious minarchist, *BUT* please understand that the point of this group is to be restricted to anarcho-capitalists only. This is not a statement about your worth as a human being, we ju …

This is for Geniuses, Awesome people on the highest level, Super-Stars, Rock-Stars, Artists, Passionate people, Creative Forces, Feelers, Intellectuals, and Awesome people in general to meet finally, perhaps out of a lack of this society, association, and social network, and desperation, and to inspire each other, have passionate experiences, enjoy life, savor and take a bite out of Life, be and make friends, make and have the highest level contacts, and have an Awesome Life. Share with only peo …