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From The New York Shitty Inbox, Part II: Say So!
This item comes courtesy of my buddy Judy over at Bad Advice. She writes:
Hey Heather,
If you could publicize this, I’d be so grateful… I’m also copying and pasting the press release letter.
No problem. Here’s the 411 per the press release!
Safe Horizon Brooklyn Rape and Sexual Assault Program is proud to present Brooklyn’s second annual SAYSO! (Sexual Assault Yearly Speak Out!). SAYSO! is dedicated to promoting healing and raising awareness about sexual assault and New York City’s specialized rape crisis services. SAYSO! is planned for April 13th 2011 from 3:00 to 7:30 pm and will be held in Cadman Plaza, outside of Brooklyn Borough Hall.
Safe Horizon is the nation’s leading victim assistance organization. The Brooklyn Rape and Sexual Assault Program provides time-limited counseling and advocacy to survivors of sexual assault, along with their families and friends. The program also raises awareness of sexual violence through presentations and outreach.
This year, we are organizing Brooklyn’s second annual SAYSO! event in conjunction with the Kings County District Attorney’s Office. From 6:00 to 7:00 pm on the day of the event, they will be presenting VOICE OUT (Victims On the Impact of Crime Event), a program to honor victims of all crimes.
We are reaching out to you due to your insight and connections to the rape and sexual assault community. We invite you to become involved in the following ways:
- Represent your organization at a table
- Speak – share about how sexual violence has affected you and/or your community
- Perform – dance, read a poem, play music, sing, etc.
- Recruit your clients, friends, family or peers to speak or perform
- Facilitate a healing activity of your choice
- Volunteer to help set up and clean up for the event.
- Other- we welcome any suggestions you have about how your organization might contribute!
We welcome your suggestions and contributions for this exciting event!
Any and all wishing to participate in this event or simply want more information should point and click their way over to Say So Brooklyn’s web site. Thanks for passing this along, Judy!
Miss Heather
From The New York Shitty Photo Pool: Lightning
This lovely capture of yesterday’s thunderstorm comes courtesy of Carnade.
Miss Heather
Atlantic Antic Photo Du Jour: Love Will Tear Us Apart
Filed under: Brooklyn
Because nothing screams I am a narcissistic parent like dressing your toddler up as a goth. In front of the Brooklyn Detention Complex, no less.
Keep your mistakes to yourselves, “hip” parents. Laugh about it with your brood over photo albums in 2020. Do not inflict them on your children now. Otherwise they will grow up to be Republicans (or worse yet: Bloomberg supporters).
Miss Heather
Atlantic Antic Photo Du Jour: Touched By An Angel
Filed under: Brooklyn
This is wrong for more reasons than I care to recount.*
Miss Heather
*But Mr. Swayze’s role in Donnie Darko is a nice place to start!
Great Moments In Entrepreneurialism: Refer A Friend At Hoyt-Schermerorn!
Filed under: Brooklyn
Today the Mister and I concluded his parent’s visit to our fair city with a sojourn to Atlantic Antic. To this end we took the almighty Crosstown Local to Hoyt Schermerhorn. Immediately upon exiting the station we stumbled upon this.
Mister Heather, being the detail-oriented person is, explained the vagaries New York State’s divorce law for my in law’s edification. Among them:
- It is a joint property state, e.g.; all assets will be divided equally. My net worth is zero. This makes for an easy division: zero divided by 2 equals zero.
- I will be entitled to alimony.
Amy Vanderbilt might disagree with me on this one but: I suspect the Mister extolling upon how one gets divorced in New York…
- blocks away from where we were married
- during a family outing
might constitute a breach of etiquette. Or, in my laywoman’s opinion, a colossal party foul. This is not to suggest I didn’t find it amusing: I did. This is in large part why I married the Mister in the first place!*
The previous having been written:
- On the one hand: there is a part of me which is thoroughly revolted by this advertisement.
- On the other: I really want to see this campaign taken to its logical conclusion. Frequent customer punch cards a la Starbucks.
Miss Heather
*And, well, health insurance.
P.S.: This post goes out to Ma and Pa-in-law. I really enjoyed your visit!
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