PMN Winter Convergence, January 24-26, 2025 - NYC
PMN WINTER CONVERGENCE, January 24-26, 2025 (East Harlem, NYC)
This event emphasizes:
The convergence begins with arrival and choral singing on Friday, January 24, 2025. On Saturday and Sunday (January 25 & 26), we’ll have participatory workshops and song swaps, and a Saturday night Round Robin Collaborative Concert – all highlighting the role of music in progressive social change. Expect numerous opportunities to share music, sing together, and to join efforts to bring music into the heart of struggles for justice and freedom today.
- Music to inspire dreams for a better world.
- Traditions that strengthen social justice struggles.
- A welcoming community of singers, activists, songwriters, spoken word artists, and allies committed to using the arts as catalysts for peace and justice.
FULL SCHEDULE (View as a Google Doc)
If you would like to submit a workshop proposal, please fill out the Workshop Proposal Form!
Meals served by Pacifeast Caterers (Joanne Sheehan and Rick Gaumer). Omnivorous, vegetarian and vegan meals are included in the registration price, and are served from Friday Dinner to Sunday Lunch. Read the Menu: Page 1; Page 2.
Indicate on your registration form if you'd like to sell CDs or other merch during the gathering. Items for sale may be left on the sales table, with or without a price. You may leave your phone number or Venmo, so that potential customers can text or pay you. For questions, check in with the sales table coordinator, Paul Kaplan, when you arrive.
Masks are not mandatory, but we encourage participants to wear them at their own comfort level. We will provide masks to those wanting them. We ask that people stay at home if they feel sick or if they had flu-like symptoms within five days of the event. We encourage attendees to take a rapid antigen home test within two days of the weekend, even if they are feeling well, and we encourage people to bring extra tests. Full refunds are available due to sickness. Should you test positive for Covid while at the gathering, please notify designated members of the PMN Health and Safety team (contact person, Erland Zygmuntowicz <erlandzyg3@gmail.com>), so that attendees at the weekend can test and take appropriate precautions. (Note as of September 26, 2024, you can order free covid tests here: https://covidtests.gov/)
Request a Home Stay: The registration form for the PMN Winter Gathering includes an option to request to be matched with a volunteer host in New York City. For years, PMN has fostered a welcoming community-oriented feel for the whole weekend by matching PMN members from out of town with PMN supporters in the hosting city. We will try to find housing options within a 30 minute commute of East Harlem, but some options may involve longer commutes. PMN checks references for the individuals offering to welcome out-of-towners into their homes, but does not take responsibility for any possible adverse experience. We provide this service for out-of-town registrants to make gathering participation more affordable.
Please register by January 10, 2025 to guarantee a home stay match. Although we can’t guarantee that the match will meet every specific need, our housing coordinators, Erland Zygmuntowicz and Christine Glave, will do their best to assign appropriate housing for the needs you indicate on the registration form and inform you if he can’t find an appropriate match. Questions? Contact housing@peoplesmusic.org.
Offer a Home Stay: Please read our hospitality appeal for the nights of January 24 & 25, 2025. Please fill out the online form if you can offer to host an out of town PMN registrant.
Find a cheap place to stay nearby:
- Hostel International 891 Amsterdam Avenue (103 St): Prices are cheap. For all ages. http://hinewyork.org/reservations/
- Vanderbilt YMCA 224 E 47 Street OR Harlem YMCA 180 West 135th Street: More expensive than Hostel International, but cheaper than a hotel. https://ymcanyc.org/guest-rooms
WHAT TO BRING: We ask out of town guests to bring what they need to be comfortable, and not necessarily assume that linens, bedding, and toiletries will be provided by hosts.
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Contact these people who are coordinating carpools to NYC from the following metropolitan areas (coming soon):
The Winter Convergence will be held (January 24-26, 2025) at:
Central Park East II School
Enter at "1st Ave. & E 101st St, New York, NY"
Click for a map to the main entrance of the school.
*** The main entrance to the school is via a pedestrian walkway at the intersection of First Avenue and East 101st Street. Once you arrive, walk eastward along the pedestrian path that would be a continuation of 101st Street.
Parking Options:
- Street Parking: Street parking can be found near the school. Start by looking for options on E 100th Street.
- M99 Parking Lot: There is a parking lot at the school across the street from CPE II. (TO ACCESS from First Avenue, turn right on 102nd Street, which ends at the FDR service road. Keep to your right on the service road to E. 100th Street. Turn right onto E 100th Street and the entrance to the parking lot is on your left. See a map from the pedestrian entry point to CPE2 to the entry point of the M99 Parking Lot.) Although signs indicate towing for unauthorized vehicles, this is only in effect when school is in session and not in effect for the weekend. To get to CPE II from the parking lot, cross 100th Street and look for signs along to the pathway to the school.
- Garage: There are many commercial parking garages in the neighborhood. The closest is at 408 East 101st Street.
- Public Transportation: Read detailed public transportation options for getting to the school.
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Print out promo materials:
- Event Flier (8.5x11 in, cut in half)
- Event Poster (8.5x11 in)