As the locations for public programs vary, please note where each is held. Please complete and send your Registration Form and nonrefundable payments as soon as possible before the scheduled date to: Women’s City Club of NY, 307 Seventh Avenue, Suite 1403, New York, NY 10001. You also may reserve a place by faxing the Registration Form to 212.228.4665, by calling our office at 212.353.8070 x. 200, or by emailing us at info@wccny.org. Please indicate the program you wish to attend and give your name, address, telephone number and email address. MEET THE PUBLIC ADVOCATE: HON. BETSY GOTBAUM Date: Thursday, July 17th, 2008 Speaker: BETSY GOTBAUM, Public Advocate who has contributed to quality of New York through her strong commitment to public service. Over the past three decades, Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum has led a distinguished career in the public and private sectors, a period throughout which she has shown a strong commitment to community service. Elected Public Advocate in 2001 and reelected in 2005, Mrs. Gotbaum serves as the City's watchdog and New Yorkers' ombudswoman, solving problems on behalf of all New Yorkers. As many of her priorities dovetail those of the WCC, she will speak about how she and the Public Advocate's Office are working to promote positive results in our areas of common concern, and discuss what she sees as the role, challenges and future of the office including the legacy (and standard) she wishes to leave for those who will hold this position in the future. Following the program, there will be an interactive Q & A. FILM: CITY OF WATER In it, public officials, academics, community activists, recreational boaters and everyday New Yorkers share their aspirations for the waterfront's future. After the film Jennifer Stark-Hernandez, Waterfront Organizer with the Waterfront Alliance, will host a question and answer session. TOUR: NEW YORK’S HIDDEN HARBOR Date: Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 Have you ever wondered when you've escorted visitors on one of those ubiquitous Circle Line tours around Manhattan, what the real New York harbor looks like? Here's a unique opportunity to see the harbor that has fueled New York's economy for centuries, a place that very few tourists get to view. We'll join a cruise run by the nonprofit Working Harbor Committee aboard the luxury sightseeing yacht Zephyr. Our narrators will be harbor experts and officials of the maritime industry. We'll see the Red Hook Container Terminal, the Erie Basin where barges and tugs depart and fireworks are loaded, the old docks and tugboat yards of Kill Van Kull, container terminals at Port Elizabeth and Port Newark, a large graving dock at the Military Ocean Terminal, the Robbins Reef Lighthouse and a container port and automobile ship dock at the Global Ocean Terminal. We'll end with a sunset nod to the Statue of Liberty. The vessel has two full bars and serves light snacks. If you so choose, you may bring along a bagged sandwich or other light meal but no picnic spreads or alcohol. Tour leaves rain or shine. LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION! Date: Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 Speaker: HON. KATHERINE OLIVER Each year, thanks to the efforts of The Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting, New York City serves as the backdrop for feature films, commercials, television shows and music videos - so much so that New York City has become a larger-than-life presence in the imagination of audiences everywhere. On August 6th, KATHERINE OLIVER, Commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting, will speak to us about how this office – the first established in the country – has become the one-stop shop for the entertainment production industry. She will discuss how the office markets the five boroughs of New York City to production companies, the cultural and labor benefits derived from its work, permit requirements and street location decisions, the challenges facing filming in New York City, and her goals for the future of this office. |
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