At our Nourishing USA's headquarters in New York City volunteers preform direct service in the community and strive to achieve “nutrition for all”. Nourishing USA is a United States-based non-profit organization. It consists of a nationwide network of more than 2000 community advocates and food rescue organizations that serves in the United States as well as Puerto Rico. The organization supports approximately 500 local charitable agencies operating including pantries, soup kitchens, senior cen …

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 …

NYC Preppers Network is an Emergency Preparedness group for city dwellers that are concerned with preparing for disasters.  Some of us don’t live in a home, have garages, wells, basements or attics to store our survival gear in. Most of us live in apartments. City occupants face a different set of challenges.  Space, Food Storage, Water, Security, Sanitation, Evacuation Routes & many other issues are of a great concern for city dwellers.  NYC Preppers Network will work to solve these issues by t …

NYC Lean/Kanban ... After Dark! meets fortnightly in a Lean Coffee format. to discuss Lean, Kanban, LSM, Agile and the various challenges we face as practitioners. The group is open to all and so is the agenda. About Kanban Kanban is more than just a tool in our bag of Agile software tricks.  It is an approach to change management and organizational culture.  We use Kanban for four main reasons. Evolutionary, incremental change with minimal resistance Achieve sustainable pace by balance through …

Open Source Fashion brings like minded people together to openly share ideas, contacts, and expertise with each other for the benefit of the entire community, and our individual projects. The continuous emergence of new technologies and products are constantly changing how businesses are being conducted.  If you represent a fashion brand, e-commerce portal, boutique, fashion media outlet, or a related technology - Open Source Fashion is for YOU! We organize events in multiple cities that make l …

hey nerd let's talk about new features in HTML and CSS and Javascript even if they don't work in IE and especially if they work in touch-enabled browsers it's not about HTML5 anymore we can even talk about vendor-specific features if you want is focused on bringing some of the best minds in the industry together to discuss topics around emerging web standards including: HTML5, WebSocket, offline storage, css3, canvas, touch events, media queries and Mobile! special thanks to our primary s …

We're a group of entrepreneurs, techies, VCs, angels, and bloggers who like to check out emerging startups and new features from existing tech companies.

Ann Pale Kreyol is a group for Haitians and Haitian-Americans to connect with each other through participation in various cultural and volunteer events while learning, speaking and improving Kreyol language skills. We all commit to being respectful of other members and open and receptive to people at various levels of their Haitian cultural awareness and Kreyol speaking ability. My hope is that through participation in this group we help each other to honor the language and improve our Kreyol f …

I’ve got an idea I’ve never seen that before. Be First.  Find it at COLLECT. COLLECT is committed to “art for community” – creating work and events that enhance and celebrate culture within the civilization of New York City. COLLECT is committed to artists - providing a forum and mentorship for career development. COLLECT is the first voice on arts in New York City – via its blog and involvement with other media and publications If you are a working artist in New York City we want you to bring y …

This is a group for the founders and leaders of fashion technology startups. The group is here to connect established and up-and-coming leaders. This is not a group for fashion bloggers or plain e-commerce companies, but for #fashiontech startups that leverage disruptive new business models and emerging technologies to sell the beautiful fashion that we all love.

THE RENSAISSANCE WORKSHOP & ARTIST SALON is open to those interested in learning to draw & paint, and to learn the History, Science, Philosophy & Metaphysics of Art. The workshop takes place in the studio of artist and instructor Raúl-Santiago Sebazco in Chelsea, New York. The workshop follows the centuries old tradition of the education of emerging artists in the working studio of a professional artist. It is inspired by the artist’s workshops of Renaissance Europe. These workshops existed, and …

Emerging Artists Connect is a non-profit artist coalition that hosts networking events for artists in various mediums, by turning Performance Venues into Pop-Up Galleries for the night! We host our mixers monthly, and we also book bands with affiliate venues in NYC! Check us out on Facebook for Photos & Videos of our past events: http://www.facebook.com/EmergingArtistsConnect Check us out on Twitter for Updates & posts of local bands and artists! https://twitter.com/EACmix

Cinema & Cocktails is a new and vibrant cinéaste experience in the spirit of salons and international ciné-clubs. This gathering of serious film enthusiasts, independent filmmakers/artists and film lovers in general strives to create a networking community of filmgoers and makers while showcasing emerging, completed and influential finished work of all genres, stages of progress and styles. These convergences offer encounters for collaboration, connection and conversation over cocktails in a fri …

We are a group of Concerned Citizens meeting weekly at a dojo on 14th Street in Manhattan. We are learning and teachings many aspects of Urban Survival and Wilderness survival. Classes are taught classroom style and in the fields on site. We deal with Emergencies, Disasters and Self Suffiencies in general. Skills we are learning are: Gardening; food prep, canning and storage;alternate energy; fishing, hunting, tracking, orienteering; using hand tools; archery; stick fighting, self defense; first …

These are not your typical software engineering events. Our events cover topics related to software engineering along with business but aim to change the perspective of those who attend.  Our focus is on emerging technologies such as Big Data, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Nanotechnology, 3D printing, Machine Learning, MapReduce, Semantic Web technologies, alongside more traditional topics like Ruby on Rails, HTML5, PHP, node.js, and Python. We reach out to the entire New York metropolitan …

Envision| Enlighten | Emerge™ About eLuminate Network eLuminate is a global network of entrepreneurs in various stages of their businesses– from start up to advanced growth.  eLuminate has been around since 2007 and this Meetup group is where members can coordinate networking events and functions designed to encourage business growth. Our Mission eLuminate’s core mission is to champion “business for the rest of us” and provide a platform for entrepreneurs to envision success, become enlightened …

This group is for our US service heroes who are creating startups or have emerging businesses.  Active and retired service men and woman who are serious about entrepreneurship are welcome to join.  The focus of this group is to actively work toward scaling your startup or emerging business. You may also join the eLuminate Network meetup group at meetup.com/eluminatenetwork to get access to additional entrepreneur resources.

We wanted to get a group of digital media professionals together to talk about emerging media, challenges, anything that we all deal with on a daily basis and to share ideas.

Events will focus on Ruby on Rails engineering best practices and principles along with emerging Rails technologies. We will focus events on mixing Rails with new and emerging technologies as much as possible.  Examples of this will range from using Rails with Big Data and high frequency trading to using rails to develop apps for robots, and new medical devices. We will only allow the best RoR speakers to present, ensuring the quality of the content. Content will range from beginner to advanced …

The Emerging Designer Meetup Group is for fashion designers and industry professionals that want to connect, learn and develop a strong network of peers. The group was started as a way to bring online relationships from our blog, The Emerging Designer, a resource for up-and-coming fashion talent offline.

This is a Back-Up site for the original (APN Chapter) site. After having issues with the original site. We took it upon ourselves to develope a back up site.

This group brings together existing educators and learners, industry leaders and practitioners, tech entrepreneurs and investors to explore how collaborative approaches to professional learning can help to address the growing technology skills shortage in industry and how to learn and thrive as a community. We have teacher discussions, entrepreneur presentations and investor feedback in a monthly meetup series. It's a great place to talk about collaboration, apps, community, funding, education, …

This is a group for both fans and designers of independent fashion. I was thinking we could get together at least once a month and either do something low-key (drinks, dinner, etc.) or go on a shopping/fashion excursion. Some possible destinations include The Market NYC, Chelsea Market, the flea markets in Brooklyn, etc. Pretty much any place that sells or promotes emerging designers is fair game. We are open to suggestions as to activities and dates/times. Designers, this is also a group for yo …

This group is about getting the latest information on enterprise security trends in Mobile computing, Social Media, Bring your own device (BYOD), Governance and Compliance. The meetings will consist of a featured speakers, emerging vendor demos in the security space, hands on workshops, and networking. We are in midst of an era where Cyber Security is taking front page and enterprises are embracing new technologies to defend. Come and join us to both network and learn from one another.

This group is mainly for Brooklynites (and Brooklynophiles) that want to photograph in the borough or a short subway ride beyond. Our focus will be on emerging trends in the borough. We will explore areas such as the emerging Brooklyn waterfront from Long Island City, through Greenpoint/W’burg, to Red Hook and beyond. Suggestions for shoot locations are welcome. Brooklyn is a state of mind, not a destination. If you want to photograph Brooklyn tourist attractions such as the Brooklyn Bridge then …

Money Makers Club for Startups & Emerging Small Business ~ Full description coming soon.

This meetup will serve as a central location for independent & emerging designers in the NYC area to collaborate, ask questions, share resources and learn from industry experts in a range of topics- production, retail strategy, design development, press/social media, sustainability and more. ABOUT MANUFACTURE NEW YORK: Manufacture NY is a fashion incubator/factory hybrid dedicated to providing independent designers with the resources & skills to streamline their production process & transform lo …

Are you: - Passionate about stereoscopy? - A stereoscopic 3D professional? - Interested in 3D and want to find out more? - Or, have you never experienced stereo vision? Join the new 3D Club of NY and enjoy the magical world of stereoscopic 3D! We are a group of passionate Stereoscopers, organized for the purpose of promoting the art, practice, enjoyment and science of 3D imaging. This will be accomplished through open monthly meetings (with 3D projections and programs), events, workshops, …