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Hester Street Fair’s Girl Power Fair

Hester Street Fair’s Girl Power Fair is back for its fourth edition on June 15th with the best and the boldest womxn in New York! Our beloved Girl Power event is proud to showcase a line up of owned and operated businesses, vendors, artists, and performers—a packed day powered by womxn! EVENT DETAILS Charitable Partners Lower East Side Girls Club Hester Street Fair has partnered again with The Lower Eastside Girls Club of NY which provides a place where middle school and high school girls can grow, learn, have fun, and develop confidence in themselves and their ability to make a difference in the world. By delivering strong arts, literacy, science, health and leadership programs we provide girls with the vision to plan – and the tools to build – their future. The Lower Eastside Girls Club will have a Made By Us booth and Hester Street Fair will be making and collecting donations.   Special Features What is Girl Power: We collectively take a look at What is Girl Power through self-expression and individuality. Hester Street Fair will provide paper & supplies in our workshop tent to write, draw and color “What Is Girl Power”. Once finished each participant will pin […]

BioBus Science Happy Hour — Drugs for Bugs: Friend or Foe?

Lower Eastside Girls Club Center for Community 402 East 8th Street, New York, NY, United States

Enjoy drinks and light bites, hear some of the latest science about our microbiome from our guest speaker, and ignite your natural curiosity using our microscopes.

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Girls Make Music New York 2019

Lower Eastside Girls Club Center for Community 402 East 8th Street, New York, NY, United States

The Lower Eastside Girls Club is taking it to the streets again! Come party with us on Friday June 21st as we celebrate the beginning of summer and Make Music NY! Enjoy performances by the Girls Club Avenue DJs, our Girls Club Step Team, Girl poets, singers, rappers, and hip-hop dancers! We’ll also be featuring guest performances by the Kim Clarke Quartet, an all-women jazz ensemble; Moon Moon Moo, Dai Burger with Lynelle Whichard's Kids Ensemble, RKHTY, Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir and many more!

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Cocktails for Camp 2019

The Standard, East Village 25 Cooper Square, New York, NY, United States

Join us at The Standard, East Village for our annual Cocktails for Camp summer party for an evening of cocktails, appetizers, and breathtaking New York City skyline views — all for a great cause!

$100

Photoville: Water is a Women’s Issue

Brooklyn Bridge Plaza 17-31 Water St, Brooklyn, NY, United States

For the third year in a row, we are exhibiting in Photoville, a free outdoor photo destination with over 90+ exhibitors. This year our installation is titled Water is a Women’s Issue; a national collaborative project organized by the Lower Eastside Girls Club, which examines how water impacts women’s bodies, our home communities, and our daily life.

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LUNGS Festival

Lower Eastside Girls Club Center for Community 402 East 8th Street, New York, NY, United States

The Loisaida United Neighborhood Gardens (LUNGS) is dedicating a day to the Lower East Side’s Gardens. Join us on our Rooftop Farm for private tours at 11 AM and 1 PM, given by our very own LESGC members.

Free

Love No Border: An Artists’ Call for Action

Art + Community Gallery 402 East 8th Street, New York, NY, United States

"Love No Border" showcases the work of artists from throughout the United States and Mexico who are using their time and talents to give voice, witness, and love to those who, like them, are standing up for others.
Many have asked: “If not us, who? If not now, when?”.

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Microplastic Madness

Lower Eastside Girls Club Center for Community 402 East 8th Street, New York, NY, United States

Join us in honoring NYC youth climate activists for a free screening of the world premier of Cafeteria Culture's documentary, Microplastic Madness.

Free

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11th Annual Walk-A-Thon and Block Party for Girls’ and Women’s Health

Lower Eastside Girls Club Center for Community 402 East 8th Street, New York, NY, United States

WALK-A-THON A fun parade winding through the parks and streets of the East Village and ending at an "old school" Girls Club-style block party, where we'll be dancing to the beats of the Girls Club’s own Avenue DJs. The Health & Wellness Fair and Block Party will host an array of community health providers and organizations, street games and participatory activities, healthy food for purchase, and our Fair Trade & Girl Made products for sale. Teams gather outside the Lower Eastside Girls Club at 10:30 AM to register for the walk. At 11:15 AM, the Brooklyn Express Drumline Marching Band will kick-off the Walk-A-Thon with their energetic rhythms and beats.HOW IT WORKS Sign up your team or become a team captain at girlsclub.org/walkathon Gather 10 or more people to form a team. Each team member raises a minimum of $100 through small donations. Round up your team for October 5th and get creative with your team’s dress code and name (there will be prizes and t-shirts!) Bonus! Find a matching sponsor and double your support. YOUR SUPPORT MATTERSOur annual Walk-A-Thon and Health and Wellness Fair support the health and wellness programming we provide for over 1,000 low-income girls and young women […]

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NASA Space Apps Challenge 2019

Lower Eastside Girls Club Center for Community 402 East 8th Street, New York, NY, United States

Making Space for Girls in SpaceChallenging Girls to Reach for the StarsCalling all women dreamers, doers, star-gazers and space cadets!We're looking for women in tech to join our NASA Space Apps Challenge team! Mentor a girl at one of our half-day “Space Boot” Camps and then join a team to develop a world-changing Space App at our Girls & Women Hack-a-thon Weekend! Our location is limited to 100 participants; once we're full, there will be a waitlist. More info and bootcamp dates to be announced!How to Join Us  Register to create an account on the Space Apps Challenge website: www.spaceappschallenge.org After registering, visit your email to verify your account. Go to the Girls Club page or search "Girls Club" and click on the register button to join our location: 2019.spaceappschallenge.org/locations/girls-club-nyc Once registered, you will receive further information and instructions from the Girls Club. Questions? Ideas? Email: jocelyn@girlsclub.org Get ready to blast off! October 18–20, 2019 Friday October 18 6pm—8pm Form a team and choose a challenge to work on. Saturday October 19 9am—7pm Teams build out their apps. Participants are allowed to stay until the building closes at 9pm. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner will be provided. Sunday October 20 10am—3pm […]

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