Who's Coming? NYC Mayor's Hindu/Diwali Meeting

Contact Vincent Bruno
vincent.bruno.1229@gmail.com

Hello Everyone,

It's that time again, the NYC Mayor's office Quarterly Hindu Meeting which we established with our activist network last year.  We established the meeting at first to move forward our NYC Diwali Public School Holiday Campaign which seeks to add Diwali and Holi to the NYC public school calendar. However the meeting has evolved also into a general Mayor's Office Hindu meeting where we can bring up topics which are important to the NYC Hindu community. 

Our next meeting is set for the following: 

Sept 28th 2018 

253 Broadway, 4th floor. 

 1:00PM

Add Your Organizatoin

Since we will be discussing Diwali, we will need as much organizational and individual support as possible.  Here is the list of organizations who currently support the project.  If you would like to add your organization to this list, please contact me:

Federation of Hindu Mandirs, Hindu Learning Foundation, Indian American Intellectuals Forum, Hindu Students Association International, Justice For Hindus, Bangladeshi Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council; VidyaDham Panchatatva Gitapith; Vedic American Foundation Inc.; Jamaica Hindu Community, The American India Public Affairs Committee 

Support From Politician


We also need to garner support for Diwali from as many NYC and NY State politicians as possible. If you are able to secure the support of any politician or office holder in the NYC/NY State area than please give us their name so we me create a list to submit to the Mayor.  We also need support from other  Religions (Christian/Jew/Muslim) religious organizations.


Please Attend

If you would like to attend the meeting, please email me with your name and the organization you are affiliated with.  Please take some time to look over the progress we have made so far.


Vincent Bruno
aka Vishnu

WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR

NYC Hindus Get Quarterly Meeting With Mayor's Office

17 Aug 2017 &  25 Aug 2017- NYC Hindus had a second and 3rd meeting with the Mayor's Community Affairs Unit, assisted by Mr. Marco A. Carrion, Nick Gulotta and a city education official and were able to establish a quarterly meeting with the office to discuss Hindu affairs in NYC. - SEE MORE

NYC Hindus Outside White House

11 Dec 2016 - Close to 100 NYC Hindus gathered outside the White House to request that the federal administration take measures to further include the American Hindu presence in school and civic activities, such as consulting the community on Diwali and Holi education. - SEE MORE

NYC Hindus At Comptroller's Diwali Party

2 Nov 2016 - NYC Hindus bring the Hindu Holidays Campaign to Comptroller Scott Stringer’s Diwali party at City Hall. We spoke with both the Comptroller and Assembly woman Neeta Jain on further engaging the NYC Hindu community on such issues as facilitating awareness on Hindu holidays with city law makers. - SEE MORE

NYC Hindus At Mayor's Diwali Party

October 2016 - NYC Hindu Coalition members attended the Mayor's first annual Diwali party at Gracie Mansion in Manhattan.  We distributed information cards to the public and city administrators on the subjects of Diwali and Holi. - SEE MORE

NYC Hindus At Hindu Unity Day

Sunday 08/30/15 (Queens, New York) Hindu Unity Day was put on by the Indian American Intellectuals Forum (IAIF). IAIF is one of the member groups of the NYC Hindu Coaltion. At the event a table was set up for the Hindu Holidays Campaign and hundreds of signatures were collected to request more city recognition of Hindu holidays and better education for schools and administrators on the Hindu religion. - SEE MORE

NYC Hindus 1st Meeting With Mayor's Office

Friday, 04/24/15 - A delegation of different Hindu Organizations met with the NYC Mayor's Office Community Affairs Unit Mr. Marco A. Carrion. Mr. Carrion was assisted by Ms. Halen Ho, Director of the Queens Community Affairs Unit. The delegation handed over a few documents supporting more acknowledgement of Hindu Holidays in NYC schools

NYC Hindus Demonstrate Outside City Hall

Friday, 04/10/15 - More than two dozen Hindu organizations and nearly 200 Hindus demonstrated outside City Hall for better inclusion of Hindu holiday education in NYC public schools. The event made it to NY1 News and was covered by the Times of Guyana. - SEE MORE