May 18, 2012
9th Human Rights Film Festival
Welcome to the 9th Annual Human Rights Film Festival of Barcelona. For the first time since its inception, the festival will showcase films simultaneously in NYC and Paris as part of an international world tour.
The NYC festival be will be held on May 18th-22nd at the illustrious Poet’s Den Theater in the hip and trendy neighborhood of East Harlem.
The films hail from all over the world (Greece, Germany, Russia, Belarus, Iran, South Korea, Poland, Africa, Spain, etc.) and deals with very powerful and relevant human rights issues. The films have also screened and won awards at international prestigious film festivals.
For more information on the films, screening dates and time, please visit the following Website:http://
June 8, 2012
NYCUP Visits OCM
Jonathan Walton shares on how the Gospel is the answer to our complacent culture. Join the Cornerstone Fellowship of OCM as they discuss how to get involved in the community.
When: 6:30pm
Where: Overseas Chinese Mission Church, 153 Hester St. Chinatown
June 20, 2012
CATW & NYCUP’s Backpage Protest June 20
Save The Date
June 20, 2012
5:00 – 7: 00 PM
Protest Backpage.com’s Facilitation of Sex Trafficking In Front of Its New York City Office!
The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW) in partnership with Prostitution Research and Education (PRE) and other co-sponsors will hold our second protest in front of the Village Voice building at the New York City office of Village Voice Media Holdings, LLC (VVM), owner of Backpage.com. This protest will bring attention to Backpage’s ongoing facilitation of and profiting from sex trafficking.
“VVM mainstreams online pimping by providing a vehicle for sex traffickers to reach buyers of human beings for prostituted sex,” says Norma Ramos, Executive Director of CATW. Since August 2011, 51 Attorneys General have called upon Backpage to cease its facilitation of sex trafficking, citing more than 50 cases across 22 states in the past three years that involve Backpage’s facilitation of sex trafficking. Recently, corporations including T-Mobile, Starbucks, Barnes & Nobles, and Macy’s have pulled their advertisements from VVM in protest of Backpage.com’s facilitation of sex trafficking.
Backpage generates an estimated $2 million per month largely by functioning as a virtual red light district for pimps/traffickers and johns in the U.S. and in 10 other countries.
Join us as we hold VVM accountable for its role in facilitating the rank exploitation of others. We call upon Village Voice Media Holdings, LLC to engage in corporate responsibility by ceasing to host ads that facilitate sex trafficking on Backpage.
When: Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 5:00 – 7: 00 PM (rain or shine)
Where: The Village Voice, 36 Cooper Square, Manhattan - Take N/R trains to 8th Street or 6 train to Astor Place
Contact: SAndar@catwinternational.org
For protest updates:
“Like” Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW) on Facebook
and follow @CATWIntl on Twitter.
www.catwinternational.org
July 7, 2012
NYCUP Alumni BBQ July 7th!!!
Where: The Crespo’s, 2283 Lyon Avenue Bronx NY
When: July 7, 3pm-8pm
Who: NYCUP Students, Friends & Alumni!
God has been so good since we gathered last year! Thousands of students and volunteers have been called to faith and action in the past year and many have responded!
More importantly, a man who finds a wife finds a GOOD thing!
Last November, Priscilla Pan said “Yes!” when NYCUP Director Jonathan Walton proposed.
Come and celebrate all the good that God has done. He is faithful and worthy of praise.
Food, fellowship and more good food!
Please RSVP here.
For the $5 contribution for Food if you are not bringing a dish please use the PayPal button after you complete your RSVP
July 8, 2012
NYCUP Summer Visits Grace Faith Church
What would it look like to take a vacation with Jesus? Most of us when we work full-time jobs are looking for a place to “do nothing” when vacation finally comes; but what if Sabbath was part of our regular schedule and restoration was what we were seeking. Jonathan will share from Phillippians 2 on just what that would look like.
When: 10am
Where: Grace Faith Church, 65 Chrystie St.
