We live in an island community, so let's start acting like it! Meet with other local sailors to organize outings. The meetup is designed to encourage crew to get connected with boats they can go sailing. We hold educational events to help boat owners and crew sail safer and farther with better results. We hold races and BBQ's and occasional cruises as well. The meetup is free to join and many of the events are free. Owners are cautious, therefore we strongly urge you to get some training exper …

Meditation -With a little help, anyone can meditate. When people hear about meditation, they almost always say that they either never tried it, or that they were not able to do it. Someone may have told you that thoughts were supposed to go away, but when you closed your eyes, more thoughts than ever came up. Williamsburg Meditates (WM) Mind is a terrible thing to waste! In a modern world and urban society, we are constantly exposed to an ocean of experiences.  Our common tendency is to begin i …

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 …

WELCOME TO UNITED LATINO PROFESSIONALS! Friends. Culture. Community. EXPLORE THE CULTURE! MAKE NEW FRIENDS! GIVE BACK! ULP Vision: United Latino Professionals(ULP) will be the leading social networking group in the nation, with chapters in all major urban areas. Our activities will continue to unite people and celebrate Latino culture. ULP Mission: United Latino Professionals (ULP) is a social networking platform designed to foster strong connections between its members. ULP offers varied, high …

Urban Girl Squad is a social group for lively, bright, and friendly women in their 20s and 30s that provides special access to New York City. Urban Girl Squad partners with exclusive, new, or unique locations to offer perks like meeting store owners and designers, tasting gourmet food and drinks, receiving individualized attention from popular venues, and more -- often at a reduced price (and with gift bags!). The welcoming atmosphere at events gives women an opportunity to spend time with fri …

Passionate about using design thinking for social innovation? Want to collaborate with a dynamic group of changemakers, social entrepreneurs, designers and artists. Want to get involved and do something with your skills. You love to network but you are really looking to collaborate. Then your in the right place. We are a interdisciplinary group devoted to bringing together communities and designers with one goal: Projects that are socially conscious.

Cuddle Party ™ is a playful social event/workshop designed for adults to explore communication, boundaries and affection. You can come to a Cuddle Party ™ to meet new people, to enjoy amazing conversations, to touch and be touched, to have fun, to practice asking for what you want, to practice saying "no" to what you don't want--all in a setting structured to be a safe place for exploration and enjoyment. People who participate in this group should have a strong sense of integrity, kindness, fun …

Fathers, mothers, accountants, doctors, investment advisors, brokers, attorneys, teachers, business executives, business owners, machinist, mechanics, artist and………… There is a movement of self-sufficiency, preparedness, self-reliance and survival. These people have many names ranging from self-reliant, preppers, homesteaders, and survivalist. All share a need for quality of life, economic adaptation, and if necessary survive a catastrophic local or global event. New and wanting to learn how to …

Hi Friends,  this Meetup is about going on Art tours, activities and experiences led by locals in local galleries. The goal is to learn and enjoy Art through the guidance of people who love Art. We will strive to have at least 1 to 2 Meetups a month. If you love Art, Galleries, Museums, exploring new artists and galleries, and meeting new people, this is the group for you. Not only will you find fantastic Art experiences, you'll make awesome new friends. =) The meetup group was started b …

CALLING ALL MOTOCYCLETTERASTS NY area wahlbergs, spankys, pacinos, urkels, pitts, jolies, cobains, rossis, nikitas, connerys, thurmans, diesels, snipes, lucy lius, vangoghs, austin powerses, clouds, griers, bruce lees, spidermen and other accomplished, slick, boffo two-wheeled bohemians, burners and other creatives in search of a home . . . A new concept in motorcycling based outta NYC "An unconventional, paradigm-shifting motorbike think-tank, entertainment and riding group" What is Bik …

Urbanists, activists and any other –ists are welcome.  Our work is based on the Upper East Side and in East Harlem, but, at our meetups, we’ll be discussing citywide land use, transportation and environmental issues.  More information about CIVITAS is on: www.civitasnyc.org.

Metro New York is a creative hotbed, but it's often difficult for ad hoc teams to sync-up for that perfect project... The NYC Talent Union is a Meetup group dedicated to helping designers, creatives, architects, writers, producers (and the like) stay connected, share war stories, and keep updated on seminal ideas, noteworthy projects, cool work, innovative techniques, fresh materials, upcoming exhibitions...and anything else inspirational.

Blue Economics is a volunteer organization that strives for economic development in impoverished communities through strategic capacity building. The broadest definition of capacity building is aiding individuals and institutions by solving inefficiencies and breaking barriers that prevent individuals and communities realize all their economic opportunities. We are a group of talented and passionate fulltime professionals from diverse backgrounds including finance, marketing, media, education, n …

Looking to startup cohousing groups in New York City. Cohousing is a type of collaborative housing in which residents actively participate in the design and operation of their environment. Attend our meetings to learn more about cohousing.

Do you want to transform public spaces into vibrant interactive places? Spearhead projects that prioritize bikers and walkers? Improve our public transportation systems? Promote energy efficient buildings? Revitalize our blighted neighborhoods? Infuse art and creativity into our urban spaces? We all have thoughts and ideas on any of these topics. Let’s collaborate. This group is meant to bring together urbanists, planners, designers, environmentalists, artists, developers and anyone else interes …

Sustainability is sexy! The purpose of this group is for like-minded individuals who want to change New York City's landscape through different means. Whether you have a desire to clean up this city, help develop new parks and playgrounds, or build a safer place for your children, we want to meet you! Everyone can make a difference, and we will have weekly meetings and events coming up!

We wanted to have a place to continue to connect with our hundreds of graduates and thought that starting a meetup in Brooklyn would be an excellent way to bring even more people together. We are gathering to create and implement whole systems permaculture designs for our northeastern bioregion and beyond. Join us!

Just moved to New York City and you don't have a clue how to go about making new friends in the Big Apple? Well fear not..... There are hundreds upon thousands of people in New York going through the exact same thing.... And now I think that it is time for all of us to get together, and start SOCIALIZING! How many times have we been to yoga classes, or Zumba classes or even happy hour at the local bar in the hope of just sparking up a conversation with someone... anyone, in the hope that they ma …

Welcome to Fashionably Social. A Fashion Industry Networking Group. This group is for those in the fashion industry including, but not limited to: models, photographers, boutique owners, designers, hair stylists, makeup artists, fashion bloggers, etc. The goal for the group is to get together periodically for industry social mixers where members can collaborate on upcoming projects, sign up for learning workshops and seminars and attend and support each other's projects and events. I plan to fac …

Amplify is a monthly global salon series that is a intimate extension of Influencer Conference (InfluencerCon). It is designed to delve deeper into InfluencerCon themes and create a thought provoking environment. We urge members to join us in framing new conversations around creativity, innovation, mindfulness, collaboration and non-siloing our world. Amplify salons will provide a social & intellectual environment to meet fellow influencers, exchange ideas and create change.

City Growers is a non-profit educational organization based at Brooklyn Grange, a rooftop farm business in New York City. We provide farm explorations and workshops at Brooklyn Grange’s two farm locations. City Growers empowers students to envision a greener and healthier future for their city. City Growers connects urban communities with agriculture, food and environment through farm education and advocacy in order to foster a culture of health and sustainability. We need help preparing various …

For info on weekly Wednesday classes 7pm-8:30 in Hoboken goto: http://meditationinnewyork.org/hoboken/ For info on weekly Sunday morning classes 11:30am-1pm in Jersey City goto: http://meditationinnewyork.org/sundays-jersey-city/ The meditation classes are suitable for both beginners and experienced meditators. Everyone is welcome. What happens at a class? At the beginning of each class the teacher will guide a gentle, relaxing meditation in which he or she will help us to develop a beneficial m …

This is a group designed for Russian American developers, project managers, businesses development managers, entrepreneurs and investors to network and share ideas. With the goal to build relationships, further understanding and explore opportunities between local NY Start-ups and Russia's booming start up scene. Open to anyone interested in learning about Russia's growing tech industry, or anyone who wishes to share their experience in the industry.

This group is for Architects, Building owners, Green building dwellers, Roofers, Engineers, Masons, and Landscapers. Each meeting we will invite an authority on green roofing to speak in detail on application of their area of specialty. This is as much of a research group as it is a podium for presenting design and production of green roof installation. This group is quality oriented and should be a place where you can learn and teach.