Room available in Awesome Brooklyn Apartment!

Hi everyone,

I'm leaving NYC to attend grad school in the fall, if any of you are looking for a place to live, this apartment is an incredible value in an awesome part of Brooklyn. See below for details and email jaisenbrey@gmail.com if you're interested.

Sunny room available in 3 Bedroom Boerum Hill/Park Slope Apartment
$880/month
June 1 or June 15, move in date flexible

The Details (in brief):

Location: 3 blocks from Atlantic Avenue-Pacific Street subway stop (2,3,4,5,M,N,Q,R,B,D trains). Short walk to A,C,G,F trains.
The Apartment: 2nd floor of a brownstone, 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, huge living/dining/kitchen area, hardwood floors, ceiling fans, cool décor, laundry in the building
Your New Room: plenty of room for a full/queen bed, dresser, desk, and all your stuff. Ceiling fan, big window, closet. The other two bedrooms are at the other end of the apartment, so this one is slightly more private.

The Details (much longer version):

We’re looking for someone to fill a room in a 3-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn. The apartment is the second floor of a brownstone, incredibly large and sunny, and has (in our opinion) one of the best locations in Brooklyn. We’re a long walk or a short bike ride from the Smith Street stores/restaurants, BAM, the new Trader Joe’s, Park Slope food coop, and all the Prospect Heights fun. We’re also walking distance from just about every train in the city, so it’s perfect for people who work in (or just frequently visit) Manhattan (or… anywhere else in the city). It’s a little hard to pinpoint the neighborhood- we’re sandwiched in between Boerum Hill and Park Slope, right near the Atlantic Avenue stop. Also, we have a washer/dryer in our basement!

Your roommates will be two girls in their mid-20s. We've both been in NY for a little while and live pretty busy lives. We're vegetarian-friendly, LGBT-friendly (one of us is a lesbian, one is straight), and interesting person-friendly. We keep the apartment fairly clean but can be a little messy in our personal space. Read: we don’t like piles of dirty dishes in the sink or mold in the shower, but we also don’t make our bed every morning and/or alphabetize our CD collections. Clean, but not obsessive. We occasionally have people over (small parties, not really any huge ragers), and often go out.

We're really invested in finding a person who's a good fit for the space, so we would ideally like to go get dinner/drinks/spend some time with a potential future roommate before s/he moves in. We're posting a little early so we can take our sweet time.

If you're interested, send us an email with details about yourself, what you're looking for, and the length of time you'd want to say (we're considering short-term subletters or full roommates who want to stay indefinitely).

Affordable Tickets for NYC Cultural Events!

The Theater Development Fund provides nonprofit staff the opportunity to purchase steeply discounted tickets to Broadway shows and other cultural events:  http://www.tdf.org/

A New Yorker magazine article about attending cultural events on the cheap:  http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/musical/2009/02/02/090202crmu_music_ross

What tips do you have for enjoying New York's cultural opportunities on a limited budget?

Online discussion about starting and building a nonprofit career 4/21 at noon

The Chronicle of Philanthropy is having an online discussion about starting a nonprofit career. See below or visit their web site (http://philanthropy.com/live/2009/04/career/) to learn more:
College students preparing to graduate this spring are facing extraordinary uncertainty about their career prospects. Not only is the job market tight, but they also confront increased competition from experienced nonprofit workers who have been laid off and businesspeople who want to change careers.

So what can new graduates do to land their first professional job? How can they stand out in a crowd of more experienced applicants? What should a college senior be doing now to prepare for a future career in the nonprofit world? And how can people who have been working for a few years for charities and foundations make the most of their opportunities?

Join us on Tuesday, April 21, as we explore these questions and others.
Shelly Cryer is a career consultant and the author of The Nonprofit Career Guide: How to Land a Job That Makes a Difference. As a consultant, Ms. Cryer helped create American Humanics' Initiative for Nonprofit Sector Careers, a research and advocacy project in Kansas City, Mo.

She will respond to questions and comments about these issues on Tuesday, April 21, at 12 noon, U.S. Eastern time. Readers are welcome to post questions and comments now.

Gaza & Beyond: A Feminist Perspective

On Tuesday, April 28th, two Israeli peace activists, Dalia Sachs and Nisreen Mazzawi, one Jewish and one Palestinian, are speaking and engaging in dialogue.

7:30pm
NYU Kimmel Center
KC 802 Shorin
60 Washington Square South

The event is sponsored by the Anatolian Club of NYU, CODEPINK Women for Peace, and Women in Black Union Square. The event is free, but photo ID is required for admission to the building.

Get Involved in PP55's NYC Community!

Hey Fellows,

Interested in volunteering with the PP55 community? There are many opportunities to get involved. You can help plan the PP55 fellow orientation, organize PP55 social events like happy hours or the welcome dinner, organize seminars, and other activities. If you're interested, email Jessica Johson at jessica.dent.johnson@gmail.com and she'll send you more information about the volunteering opportunities.