The Long Island Progressive Coalition
is a community based organization dedicated to promoting
sustainable development, revitalizing local communities,
enhancing human dignity, creating effective democracy,
and achieving economic, racial and social justice.
ISSUES
Affordable Housing
The Long Island Progressive Coalition has created a new campaign called YIMBY-Yes In My Backyard.
We seek to build a movement to support affordable housing across Long Island by getting organizations to endorse YIMBY and turn their members out to ... MORE
Education
LIPC is organizing the local campaign of the statewide Alliance For Quality Education. AQE believes that every public school should provide a quality education to all its students by having smaller classes, qualified teachers, safe clean and technol ... MORE
Global Warming
A sustainable energy plan for our region.
“What other technology can immediately reduce by 95% the emissions of known hazardous toxins in our air while potentially doubling the energy we produce?”
Clean Election Reform legislation establishes a system under which candidates in New York who agree to limit campaign spending and contributions and who collect a set amount of small contributions from voters, will receive a fixed and equal amount o ... MORE
Long Island Progressive Coalition -- Events
EVENTS
03/28/2009, 11:00am LIPC's 30th Anniversary Luncheon: 30 years of the Long Island Progressive Coalition ...
01/14/2009, 06:30pm Racial Justice Training: LIPC will host an organizer's training on Racial J ...
AQE Organizer Speaks Out Against Proposed Budget Cuts -- The video can be seen here.....MORE
Dec 09 2008 01:37 pm
LIPC Helps Stony Brook Research Assistants Become Unionized -- Stony Brook research assistants vote to unionize
BY ANDREW STRICKLER | andrew.strickler@newsday.com
Decemb....MORE
Nov 19 2008 01:05 pm
LIPC Heads up Albany to Protest Budget Cuts -- The video can be seen here.....MORE
Aug 14 2008 02:08 pm
Global Warming Campaign to Repower Barrett Power Plant -- Decision on IP power plant delayed
By JEFF LIPTON August 14, 2008
A decision by Long Island Power Authority abo....MORE