Citizenship Prep New York

Harlem Kingdom of GOD Worship Experience: Sunday Service w/ JESUS Faith Family

Metropolitan is The Healing ❤️‍🩹 Place Metropolitan Baptist church provides Healing From Heaven by The HOLY Spirit We seek to provide Inner Healing ❤️‍🩹 People are Hurting! We care about that. There is a famine in the land. We Cry out…To GOD & Get Ready! Something serious 🧐 is going to happen real soon 🔜 So much Rain 🌧️ (Angels weeping over this City 🏙️) Can’t you see…Flooding is happening regularly in NYC. We need an Ark of Safety. We need church. We need a church family. That is what the church is supposed to be! We are Not White Washed Walls We are different. We don’t just look clean on the outside and stay dirty on the inside. GOD is cleaning us up to help others clean up for HIS Kingdom! They must come totally into The Kingdom 👑 Metropolitan is where you will learn how to serve JESUS and be saved, healed & delivered.

Habla Español? Spanish/English Practice Session

The Venture Garden, Jersey City (Entrepreneurs Welcome!)

Build ideas. Share tea. Turn conversations into real businesses. Join us every other week in Jersey City for a relaxed but intentional gathering of entrepreneurs, builders, and curious minds. This is not a pitch event. This is not a lecture. This is a space to think, connect, and actually move forward. We bring together people who are: * Starting or growing a business * Exploring new ideas or income streams * Looking to connect with other serious, thoughtful builders * Interested in tea, wellness, and intentional living Over tea, we create space for: * Real conversations about business and life * Sharing ideas, challenges, and opportunities * Meeting potential collaborators, partners, and friends * Gaining clarity on your next step What to Expect Each session is lightly structured: 1\. Welcome \+ Tea \(10–15 min\) Settle in, pour tea, meet the group 2\. Introductions \(15–20 min\) Who you are, what you're building (or thinking about), and what you need 3\. Open Discussion/Brainstorm \(30–45 min\) What's working & what's not Pricing and positioning Finding customers Turning ideas into action 4\. Connections \+ Next Steps \(15–20 min\) Connect, exchange info, and identify opportunities to collaborate Who This Is For Early-stage founders. Side hustlers. Creatives and operators. People serious about building something real. Anyone who values thoughtful conversation and community A Note on the Community This meetup is the foundation of a growing local network supporting entrepreneurship in Jersey City. For those who want to go deeper, there are opportunities to: * Join smaller working groups * Get hands-on support building your business * Access a broader venture support network * No pressure—just come, connect, and see where it leads. What to Bring: An idea, a business, or just curiosity. A willingness to share and listen. Come for the tea. Stay for the ideas. Leave with momentum.

SpeakIt Language Exchange: Meet friends, practice, and share a language!

SpeakIt is a group where the goal is to **practice and learn languages** naturally: By talking and meeting new people! 🥳 this, of course, includes English learners 😍. [Traducción](https://www-meetup-com.translate.goog/speakit-nyc/events/299532447/?_x_tr_sl=en&_x_tr_tl=es&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp&_x_tr_hist=true) We hope to have all the cultures that New York City represents, so we welcome **any language and all language levels**. Here's how it works: 1. 👨‍🎓You spend part of your time practicing a language you are learning; 2. 🧑🏻‍🏫You spend the other part of your time speaking in your native language, helping others! *(even if you only speak one language, that's fine)* When you arrive at the venue, we will have flag stickers 🇺🇳 representing any country of your choosing. Put your most fluent language on top and any language(s) you are learning or already know below. Then find someone else wearing a flag and say hi in your preferred language 👋🏼. **FAQ's** * 💰**Event is $2 (suggested, cash or Venmo)** to help cover the cost for the flags and the meetup subscription. * 🍻Please support the venue that hosts us by ordering something from the bar. 😎 * ***Will there be speakers of (my language) here?*** That depends! We don't organize who comes to the event, so we can't be 100% sure your language will be there. You may want to invite a practice buddy, or message us in advance and we can try to find you one. Otherwise come say Hi and find out! * **Can I show up late?** Show up any time during the event. * Coming alone? Welcome! Just bring a friendly face and some words. * Or feel free to bring along some friends, too. **When and Where:** * [Heart of Gold Bar](https://goo.gl/maps/csmu6MycKxirFvYv9), Astoria * Get off at Broadway on the N/W train or Steinway M/R. * Look for the flag table out back and say hi!

ONE NIGHT ONLY! Mexico City's Culinary Icon Contramar 🇲🇽 @ JBF [PREPAID]

***\*\*\*SOLD OUT. CLOSING RSVPS\*\*\**** ***Note: JBF Dinners have recently been sold out before posting menus so that's your heads up!*** We are heading to JBF Platform! **Dinner: A Taste of Mexico City's Culinary Icon Contramar. If you've been living under a rock, see YouTube video below where Chef Gabriela schools Gordon Ramsay on Mexican Cuisine.** Presented by Don Fulano Tequila. **Save on the trip to/from CDMX! ✈️🇲🇽** #### Savor Premium Tequilas with the Famed Restaurant’s Buzziest Dishes Few culinary institutions hold as permanent a spot on the global must-eat list as Gabriela Cámara’s Contramar. The Mexico City powerhouse transformed modern Mexican dining by serving refined, seafood-centric cuisine rooted in coastal tradition. For this exclusive dinner, executive chef Mariana Alfarache brings that celebrated style to New York, delivering the restaurant's greatest hits and the vibrant energy behind Contramar’s most iconic dishes—including the legendary pescado a la talla, a whole butterflied red snapper grilled with smoky red chili adobo on one half and a bright parsley-garlic sauce on the other. The menu will be accompanied by cocktails and pours showcasing Don Fulano Tequila’s estate-grown tequilas crafted in Jalisco by a family of fifth-generation agave farmers using historic copper stills and volcanic spring water. **[Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted | Holy Mexico: Exploring Oaxaca's Famous Cuisine](https://youtu.be/up8BUFWtRhM?si=3qckEFlswzQBTCUV&t=1956) (NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC)** Cost: $200+ Menu: (TBD) Please arrive with an open mind and palate *This one-night-only dinner will feature a cocktail reception with passed hors d'oeuvre upon arrival, an expertly crafted multi-course menu with thoughtfully curated wine or beverage pairings, and a Q&A with the featured chefs.* *James Beard Foundation events permit guests age 21 years and older to attend events where alcoholic beverages are served.* \~A La Cuisine

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AYCE Omakase Sushi Counter Redux Unlim Sake/Soda @ HATSU 🍣🍶 [PREPAID]

***ONLY LIMITED Seats! Due to their Credit Card Policy, Venmo $128 to @i8NYC and add yourself to the Waitlist to be moved over to 'Going'. No Refunds!*** We are heading to East Village! **Redux by IYKYK!** Since everyone loved Sour Aji & Hayashi, let's hit this place again!*This is the **Only AYCE Omakase place that includes*** ***[AYCE Raw Shrimp](https://www.instagram.com/p/DKIkbBapTE8/?hl=en&img_index=1) AND [AYCE Salmon](https://s3-media0.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/2ty3RVZU5fxeFVuIIpiJ6A/o.jpg)!.*** **(YMMV but they always take care of us!)** Perfect for an Omakase experience that doesn’t break the bank. Please be ON TIME! 😊 **[IG REEL](https://www.instagram.com/p/DGl0l-KPgKG/)** **[IG REEL2](https://www.instagram.com/p/DGs-KokO9yx/)** **[PICS FROM LAST TIME](https://www.meetup.com/i8and8/photos/35832311/)** **[PICS FROM 2ND LAST TIME](https://www.meetup.com/i8and8/photos/35671009/)** **[PICS FROM 3RD LAST TIME](https://www.meetup.com/i8and8/photos/35220197/)** [4.3/5 on Yelp](https://www.yelp.com/biz/hatsu-omakase-new-york), 4.5/5 on Google Cost: \~$128 (ALL IN) [Menu:](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipPuWKLOH2I4eM-DLpLc1bVENdbVJLNYeyLN15KH=s1360-w1360-h1020) (based on avail, NOT SHARED) We will ALL be ordering the $95 Sushi Omakase set (13 courses) w/ **UNLIMITED Add-On Sushi +** **UNLIMITED Sake (90min Limit) + AYCE Dessert (mochi ice cream)!** 🍣🍡🍨 Note: Reorder as many pieces as you want **TWICE. For 2 Rounds of UNLIMITED Sushi. Recent review selections:**: 1. Raw Shrimp, 2. Salmon, 3. Fatty Tuna, 4. Wagyu. **🚨 Note: Finishing rice is mandatory before getting served additional pieces. $10/pc charged for each unfinished piece of reordered sushi 🚨** “They did 5 rounds in total - asking how many we wanted of each fish separately in the first 4 rounds, and then the final round you call out how many of each fish together.” \~A La Cuisine

SOCIAL: Improve Your English & Make New Friends! (3:00 PM)

English Conversation for Intermediate Learners

There is a fee to attend this event. Read the description that follows for more info. Join us for this class and practice conversation with other English learners. Students will participate in instructor-led activities designed to improve listening and speaking skills. This class is for learners at the intermediate level (see our calendar for conversation classes for beginner or advanced students, as well as other ESL classes). This class is part of an ongoing course. Students attending this class have the option to pay-per-session ($20), or receive a discount by enrolling in the full course. Visit our website for more information: https://togetheronenewyork.org/Our-Programs/Language-Classes/English-Conversation-Classes/Intermediate-Advanced-Classes

Improve Your Public Speaking Skills — Columbia University Toastmasters

English Conversation for Advanced Learners

There is a fee to attend this event. Read the description that follows for more info. Join us for this class and practice conversation with other English learners. Students will participate in instructor-led activities designed to improve listening and speaking skills. This class is for learners at the intermediate level (see our calendar for conversation classes for beginner or advanced students, as well as other ESL classes). This class is part of an ongoing course. Students attending this class have the option to pay-per-session ($20), or receive a discount by enrolling in the full course. Visit our website for more information: https://togetheronenewyork.org/Our-Programs/Language-Classes/English-Conversation-Classes/Intermediate-Advanced-Classes

Develop Your Public Speaking Skills While Having Fun! LIVE

People Who Get Ahead In Life Are Those Who Can Communicate Effectively. Wouldn't You Like To Develop This Priceless Skill? Now You Can!” Come to our upcoming **LIVE In-Person** West Side Talkers meeting and Get on The Road to Becoming the Best Speaker in Your Neck of the Woods! Develop your public speaking skills in a Fun, Warm, Friendly and Enthusiastic environment. Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “All great speakers were bad speakers at first”. Emerson was right because great speakers are not born; they are made! But in order to transform yourself into a great speaker you have to show up! Woody Allen said it best. "80 percent of success is just by showing up! " West Side Talkers is vibrant toastmasters club that's creative and thinks out-of-the-box. Over the years we have incorporated additional valuable segments that we offer at our club which have been added on top of the already great Toastmasters model. At West Side Talkers you will experience everything that a toastmasters club can offer and MORE! At our club, our members do speeches and we provide constructive evaluations, and we host table topics, thought of the day, word of the day, etc. (These are all part of the Toastmasters model) We take all the great things that are in the Toastmasters program and we take it up a few notches (well maybe more than a few!) so that we can bring more value to our members and guests. Below are the ADDITIONAL ITEMS that we have incorporated into our meeting agenda which add more value to our members speaking development. (not part of the Toastmasters model) SPEAKING TIP Where you will pick up a valuable Speaking Tip by a Certified World Class Speaking coach which you can immediately use in your very next speech. IMPROV COMEDY As a member of West Side Talkers we take you through "actual" improv exercises to help you develop your emotional expressiveness, characterizations, and your spontaneity in your speaking more quickly and efficiently. Improv can help you FAST TRACK your speaking development and do it WHILE HAVING FUN! COMMERCIAL MINUTE IF you were asked at a networking luncheon to get up and talk for 60 seconds about your business and what you do, would you be able to do it effectively? As a member of West Side Talkers we can help you learn how to deliver effective 60 second commercials. Please contact us via email if you have any questions about our exciting program. At our “West Side Talkers” Toastmasters public speaking meetings we encourage people to challenge themselves and get up and speak. However, we do not force anyone to do so. You can learn a lot by just attending our meetings. By just coming to our meeting you have made an initial step towards challenging your fears...!!! So whether you just want to conquer your fear of public speaking or you want to become a Champion Speaker – “West Side Talkers” will help you get there! If you have ever been to other Toastmasters public speaking clubs, at West Side Talkers, you will experience a Toastmasters club like no other. Come To Our Next West Side Talkers Meeting and Experience it For Yourself! When: Thursday October 8th, 2026 7:00pm - 9:00pm Where: 131 West 86th Street, 10th floor (between Columbus and Amsterdam) New York, NY 10024 Cost: FREE! Reservation is Required! Please RSVP to westsidetalkersrsvp@gmail.com