Living Liberally is the general name for a multifaceted, grassroots progressive community-building movement started in New York City in 2003. The inception of
Drinking Liberally
Drinking Liberally is a political and social organization where self-identified liberals and progressives gather in bars to socialize and talk politics – it is the most well-known program of the Living Liberally network. Founded in May 2003 ...
and its parent organization, until 2008 known as Cosmopolity, united a growing progressive social network under one name. According to the website, Living Liberally's goal is "providing easy entrance into progressive involvement, using social interaction to promote political action and facilitating collaboration among progressive organizations." Current Living Liberally projects include Drinking Liberally, Laughing Liberally,
Screening Liberally
Screening may refer to:
* Screening cultures, a type a medical test that is done to find an infection
* Screening (economics), a strategy of combating adverse selection (includes sorting resumes to select employees)
* Screening (environmental), a ...
,
Reading Liberally
Reading is the process of taking in the sense or meaning of letters, symbols, etc., especially by sight or touch.
For educators and researchers, reading is a multifaceted process involving such areas as word recognition, orthography (spelling ...
, and
Eating Liberally
Eating (also known as consuming) is the ingestion of food, typically to provide a heterotrophic organism with energy and to allow for growth. Animals and other heterotrophs must eat in order to survive — carnivores eat other animals, herb ...
. The majority of Living Liberally projects are organized by volunteers rather than the national organizers. Living Liberally was founded by
David Alpert,
Katrina Baker,
Matthew O'Neill, and
Justin Krebs.
''Living Liberally''
"About"
In April, 2007, the 200th chapter of Drinking Liberally was created in Pagosa Springs, Colorado
The Town of Pagosa Springs (Ute dialect, Ute language: Pagwöösa, Navajo language: Tó Sido Háálį́) is a List of municipalities in Colorado#Home rule municipality, home rule municipality that is the county seat, the most populous community ...
.["Drinking Liberally Reaches 200"](_blank)
''The Huffington Post'' April 17, 2007
See also
*Drinking Liberally
Drinking Liberally is a political and social organization where self-identified liberals and progressives gather in bars to socialize and talk politics – it is the most well-known program of the Living Liberally network. Founded in May 2003 ...
References
External links
LivingLiberally.orgDrinking Liberally
Organizations based in New York City
Organizations established in 2003
2003 establishments in New York City
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