ALL YEAR LONG:

	Please make a general donation to RightRides! For every $25, approximately 10 riders get a safe ride home. THANK YOU for your support!

2011 EVENTS:
	Wednesday, December 21 The Will Clark Show feat. P*rno Please join us for a fun night of Bingo - 100% of all proceeds to benefit RightRides! Pieces 8 Christopher Street, NYC 8pm to 10pm 1 train (Christopher Street) or A/B/C/D/E/F lines (West 4th). with special performances by Drag Empress of the Universe, Gusty Winds, with music by Sarah Kendall (courtesy of Rock and Rawhide promotion) and go-go hottie Geronimo! Plus a special visit by Matt from San Francisco (with presents!). Gusty's Birthday Extravaganza!
	Tuesday, September 27 PLEASE JOIN US! The Friends of RightRides Social Celebrating 7 Years and 5,000 Safe Rides Home ! La Pomme 37 West 26th Street, Manhattan 6 to 9 pm Click Here for Ticketing Information 2011 Distinguished Defenders Ileana Jimenez and Joe Samalin plus two outstanding RightRides Volunteers Colleen Kavanagh Pablo Gonzalez OPEN BAR from 6 to 8 pm COMPLIMENTARY HORS D’OEUVRES VIP BALCONY AREA with food & drink service and special gifts For every General Admission Ticket sold, RightRides can provide 5 rides home!  Since 2004, RightRides has safely ushered 5,000 riders home with your support we can keep RightRides operational and serve greater violence-targeted individuals. Click Here for Ticketing Information Silent Auction Items from: Aimee McNally Bluestockings Brooklyn Tattoo Bushwick Country Club Catbird Chelsea Piers Chok Sabai Gym The Civilians Death + Company Dvir Salon Habana Outpost Heathers Kara Martin of vital corps Laura Cattano Linsday Sullivan Museum of the City of NY Northern Spy Food Co. Paper Source Sheffield Print Symphony Space WORD ...and many more! 2011 Host Committee Members: Miriam Ackerman Becky Burns Courtney Chadwell Andrea Davila Maria Luisa Gambale Grace Glenny Nicole Haroutunian Aquila Haynes Stephanie Joson Co-Chair Jaclyn Leader Anne Lieberman Leah Pryor-Lease Rachel Pryor-Lease Ildi Sebestyen Co-Chair Lindsay Sullivan Daniel White
	Saturday, August 20th RideOn! A pre-SlutWalk NYC fundraiser for RightRides Stonewall Inn 53 Christopher Street between 7th Ave and Waverly Place New York, NY $10 suggested donation at the door Ride On! is our community coming together to channel the activist energy created around the Slut Walk into supporting a local organization dedicated to fighting violence. Ride On! is an evening of performances - burlesque, spoken word, song, dance, and comedy! Stay tuned for updated lists of performers, including: * Robin Redbreast, performing an excerpt from her one-woman show The Slut Project. * Monica Day of The Sensual Life, performing an excerpt from Song of the Sacred Whore. *The hilarious musical comedy of Miranda Dubner and dirty ditties by Jessica Delfino! *The brilliant music of Project Girl Performance Collective! *And the sultry burlesque of Iris Explosion, Lydia Ransom! All backed with sweet tunes by our extremely attractive DJ, EYETOOTH! Ride On! is an evening of discussion with feminist speakers on various topics surrounding the Slut Walk and how we can make our community safer! Speakers include Mariah Maccarthy, co-founder of Purple Rep Theater Company! Ride On! is an evening of fundraising, including a raffle! Stay tuned for updates on our amazing prizes, including gift bags from Babeland and Essex Adult Emporium, lap dance classes, tickets to an steamy open mic night, a copy of a sexy new book of erotic short stories and photography by Quickies New York, a couples' massage workshop from SHAG Brooklyn, a Kiki Smith photo book, a Movie Night Gift Basket, and a pie that will exceed your wildest dreams! Ride On! is also a Consensual Dance Party!
	Thursday, August 11th The Cameo 93 North 6th Street  Brooklyn $10 at the door Romantic Rock Designs will be hosting a glamorous fashion show showcasing over 25 local New York City based sexy and sassy pin up models made-up by Brooklyn’s own Hair Design Institute.  These ladies will be strutting The Cameo catwalk to your favorite rock 'n roll hits by NYC DJ Rob Hitt. Your senses will be stirred with local live artists to rock the dance floor all night long including Black Taxi, Christina LaRocca and Reckless Son! And while you dance, there will amazing Cameo drink specials such as $6 shots of whiskey and beer keeping you hydrated till the sunrise! Hour23 sponsor this one-night extravaganza, hosting a “Kissing Booth” featuring beautiful pin up models whose sweet and sassy lips will be collecting donations on behalf of RightRides!
	Wednesday, April 27th Please join us for some after-work cocktails to benefit RightRides. Special guest bartenders!! SideBar 120 E 15th St, at Irving Place Manhattan 6-9 PM $10 suggested donation We are raising money to improve the dispatch service with some crucial technical upgrades and to expand the service area to include all neighborhoods in Manhattan. Sidebar has generously agreed to donate a percentage of the bar total directly to RightRides, so in honor of this, we are making this more than just a cocktail party...we will also have some special guest bartenders to help keep the drinks flowing, including Executive Director Oraia Reid, Board Member Leah Pryor, and Volunteer/First Runner Up for Miss LEZ 2010, Ariel Speedwagon. More bartenders to be announced later...or email info (at) rightrides.org to sign up for a shift yourself and live out your Tom Cruise-inspired Cocktail fantasies. Then, encourage your friends to come and imbibe for a cause!
2010 EVENTS:
	Wine & Beer Tasting fundraising event to benefit RightRides Friday, May 7th 6-9 PM Belleville Lounge 330-332 5th Street (at 5th Ave) Park Slope, Brooklyn $40 advance tickets $50 at the door.  21+. Featuring tastings of: Borghese, Channing Daughters, Ravines Wine Cellars, Smith & Vine, Communal Brands, Brooklyn Brewery Hors d'oeuvres courtesy of Stinky Bklyn Auctioning VIP tours and tastings with:  Millbrook Vineyards & Winery, Martha Clara Vinyards.
Benefit - performed by Toys In Babeland Staffers!	Sunday, April 18th The Vagina Monologues, performed by a group of talented performers and sex-positive activists, to benefit RightRides! 8:00 PM second show, 10 PM 43 Mercer Street (Broome/Grand) New York, NY 10013 $15 in advance, $20 day of show 212.966.2120 Babeland staffers are joining the global effort to stop violence against women and girls by presenting Eve Ensler’s award-winning play, The Vagina Monologues. This event features an all-Babeland cast. Proceeds from all ticket sales benefit Right Rides, and the V-Day 2010 Spotlight on Women of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Experience this groundbreaking play about women’s empowerment. Contact Store for More Information
A community gathering hosted by RightRides!	In honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, RightRides for Women's Safety is hosting a FREE event to celebrate anti-violence advocacy, civic involvement, and commitment to creating safer communities! Please join us and learn about the work we're doing to prevent sexual assault and harassment in our communities and to advocate for more progressive legislation addressing gender-based violence. Come out for some drinks and music among your fellow activists dedicated to building a stronger, safer city and society! Tuesday, April 6 6 to 9 pm Heathers Bar 506 East 13th Street between Aves A & B FREE
Build-A-Beard Ball	Thursday February 4th, 2010 Matchless 557 Manhattan Avenue Greenpoint, Brooklyn 8 PM - late cost: $5 Build-A-Beard is holding the 1st Beard Ball, a celebration of all beardos and those who display a commitment to the excellence of facial hair growing whether fully maintained, trimmed daily, or free flowing. All tickets sold in advance (and at the event) will be going to RightRides! In addition, Beard Ball will feature three amazing bearded bands including: 9:00 p.m. Transatlantic FM 10:00 p.m. Quiet Loudly 11:00 p.m. Julius C Prohibition Distillery is offering a 8:00-9:00 p.m. specialty cocktail (for only $5) where all sales of the drink during that time frame will be going to RightRides.  Firefly Vodka has graciously offered $5 cocktails (until the cases donated run out!) where a percentage of drink proceeds will go to RightRides, throughout the night. Please be sure to ask about the specialty drinks upon arrival to help RightRides raise more funds! There will also be a $1 raffle featuring items from Zipcar, Armour Beauty, Miss Lonelyhearts! Thanks to Larry and the staff at Matchless as well as the fine folks who are organizing this event!
2009 EVENTS:
	Friday October 23rd, Saturday October 24th, Friday October 30th, Saturday October 31st Professor von Awesome's Traveling Caravan of Cautionary Warnings A Terrifying Evening of Theatrical Amusements That Just Might Save Your Life! Music! Magic! Puppetry! The Truth About Urban Legends Revealed! Parkside Lounge 317 E. Houston, NYC 7:30pm doors, 8pm curtain Thanks to Lizz and all who supported RightRides! You helped raise $500!
	Tuesday, September 22nd Friends of RightRides Social Thank you to everyone who helpd us celebrate FIVE YEARS of building safer communities! Anthony Lawrence–Belfair Showroom 53 West 23rd Street, 9th Floor New York, New York 6 – 9 pm
	Saturday, August 8th SAFETY DANCE! benefit dance party for RightRides 10 PM – late littlefield 622 Degraw Street (between 3rd and 4th Avenue), Brooklyn DJ Tikka Masala and Bad Boy Trent of That's My Jam, Bed-Stuy's mixed-queer, all-inclusive dance party, create a hot dance floor vibe. Also performing are DJ Shomi Noise on the decks and outrageously fun dance troop Daisy Spurs who call themselves gogocuntrypunkmashupelectrohouse!
	Wednesday, July 8th Safe Walk benefit! @ The Silent Barn 915 Wyckoff Brooklyn, NY L to Halsey or M to Myrtle-Wyckoff Featuring Lady Bright, the Rude Mechanical Orchestra, Old Hat, and the Eskalators! There will be music, baked goods (vegan and non), beverages, informational tables, and dancing. All funds will go towards SafeWalk operational costs. SafeWalk is a program of RightRides for Women's Safety that offers anyone a free, safe walk to any destination in northern Brooklyn on Friday nights. $6-10 sliding scale
	Thursday, May 21st Please join us for the RightRides Springtime Cocktail Fundraiser at the home of Laura & Tucker 139 W. 82nd #6F New York, NY 6 pm - 9 pm Thank you to our Supreme Supporter Donors: Laura and Tucker, Avon Products, Inc., Bak's Bison Grass Vodka, music by Drew Rose
	Friday, March 20th RightRides benefit in observation of Women's History Month @ Touchy-Feely with DJ's Alex, Brian & Julie Heather's Bar Thanks to everyone who came out and Alex, Brian & Julie and Heather's Bar for raising $200 for RightRides!
First Lady!	Thursday, February 12th Thanks to everyone who supported RightRides, Girls for Gender Equity, and Students Active For Ending Rape for First Lady! You helped raise over $2,000 for our groups! Trophy Bar 351 Broadway (btwn Rodney and Keap St.) Williamsburg, Brooklyn Thanks also to DJ Barney Iller, sponsors for Bush's Yard Sale and Jonah Levy who made a short documentary highlighting the work of the recipient organizations. SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR: Community Organizers Becky Burns Daisy Deomampo Tara Ellison Mary Ferry Beth Fischgrund Clara Flickstein Conra Gist Nicole Haroutunian Leah Hendrick Stephanie Joson Yetta G. Kurland Matt Levy Lauren Lombardo Emily May Jackie Miller Nora Niedzielski-Eichner Samantha Olaya Ami Sheth Dani Simons Cynthia Steele Laura Stein Nichelle Stephens Lindsay Sullivan Lacey Tauber Kaja Tretjak Davinia Troughton Laura Welch Julie Williams Sponsors Trophy Bar Core Pilates Creative Outlet Dance Theatre of Brooklyn Liz Gwinn Raphael Wines Sadie Rosenthal
Trudy Miller Benefit for RightRides	Trudy Miller Layers is having a sale and hosting a benefit event for RightRides. Please join us! Saturday, January 10th 7pm - 11pm 394 Atlantic Ave. Brooklyn Fashion Kits to dress up any wardrobe (Retail Value $118 - $144) will be going for just $80. Other discounts too! Free drinks! Fabulous Raffle Prizes! Such as: games, soaps, animation kits, chime rainbowmakers! Half of the proceeds will benefit RightRides!
2008 EVENTS:
RIGHTRIDES SCAVENGER HUNT	July 21st - August 29th Put up RightRides posters around town for a good cause and a chance to win prizes like a free massage, theater ticket, coffee and more. To enter simply download the forms below, follow the instructions and submit everything with the completed "Submission Form" to erin@RightRides.org. Instruction Form Submission Form Call for Participants Example Photo Below you will find the links to the flyers participants will be posting. Simply download and print as many as you will need, or RightRides can send them to you in the mail, just e-mail erin@RightRides.org and ask for an outreach packet.  Rider Flyer Rider Flyer (Spanish) Volunteer Flyer All photo submissions that are sent via e-mail must be in JPG format, with no less than 150 DPI.  Any print submissions should be sent via snail mail c/o Erin to 26 Court St. STE 505 Brooklyn, NY 11242.  E-mail erin@RightRides.org with any questions or to receive more information.
Get to know your borough Bike Tour! FREE!	Sunday July 20th 4pm - 7 pm Discover the hidden treasures and oddities of Brooklyn while helping RightRides get the word out about their free late-night rides home for women and transfolk. Participants will be stopping along the way to put up posters and give out flyers about the RightRides program, eat some free corn from Habana Outpost, and drink some free coffee from Gimme Coffee! Co-sponsored by Bust Magazine. Meet at the Northeast corner of McCarren Park at Bedford Ave. and Lorimer St. at 4 p.m.
	Sunday, July 13th Afternoon Clothing Swap to Benefit RightRides! The Delancey $5 admission 4 pm - 7:30 pm with DJ Codex, burlesque dancing by The Lady Aye, drink specials ($3 PBR, $5 well) plus prizes! Thank you to Mary, Toni and Brittony and everyone who helped raise $180 for RightRides!
PRIDE 2008! Two Benefit Events for RightRides!	Saturday, June 14th Laid Party Presents an unofficial post-Brooklyn Pride Party 2nd Annual BENEFIT FOR RIGHTRIDES with The Party Machine (DJ's Bianca & Inge Pop) and live performance by OMG Michelle! Hosted by Sarah FM $10 - proceeds to support RightRides Doors at 11 PM, 21+ South Paw AND Saturday, June 28th Laid Party Takes Manhattan Post-Dyke March THROW DOWN! with DJ Bianca & Noa D, w/ Special Live performances Hosted by Sarah FM $10 - proceeds to support RightRides Doors at 11 PM, 18+ Knitting Factory - Main Space Thank you to Sarah FM and the Laid Party Crew! Your support helped raise $2,200 for RightRides!
Benefit for RightRides in honor of WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH	Columbia University Women's History Month Committee is hosting a benefit for RightRides! Sunday, March 30th 7 - 9 PM Earl Hall - located on the west side of Columbia University's Morningside Heights campus (next to Broadway.) $2 entrance fee for CU students $5 entrance fee for non-CU students Performances by Columbia University Step Team Sarah Dooley The Kitchen Cabinet Because Columbia/Barnard has asked that those attending be on a guest list, please RSVP to activities@barnard.edu
	RightRides has been chosen as one of the beneficiaries for the upcoming performances of The Vagina Monologues and Eve Ensler’s new play A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer at The New School! Saturday, February 9th  A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer Teresa Lang Student Center Sunday, February 10th A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer Teresa Lang Student Center Thursday, February 14th and Friday, February 15th The Vagina Monologues Tishman Auditorium Thank you to the New School and for all who attended - this event raised $2,000!
2007 EVENTS:
	Switch n' Play hosts a multi-genre show to benefit RightRides with Switch n' Play, Midtown Dickens and Malcolm Rollick. Friday, October 26th Outpost Lounge 1014 Fulton Street, Brooklyn   Thank you to Manny and Switch n' Play and everyone who came out to support RightRides! $250 was raised at the event and Switch n' Play are matching these funds, for a total donation of $500!
	Please join us for a special evening of celebration - RightRides third anniversary!  Friends of RightRides ~ 2007 Social Thursday, September 20st, 2007 120 Wooster Street, 2nd Floor New York, New York 6 – 9 pm With the Distinguished Defender awards honoring three RightRides Volunteers, Jackie Lee, Julia Hipp and Samantha Olaya Thank you to all who came and helped raise $13,000 for RightRides!
	Benefit concert for RightRides at Union Pool! BBQ and Bands for a great cause! Sunday, August 26th 2pm - 7pm Union Pool 484 Union Avenue on the corner of Union & Meeker in Williamsburg, Brooklyn L to Lorimer or G to Metropolitan BoySkout The Picture Each Other's Mothers Orange Park Thanks to Tara, Kate and Liza for helping raise $550!
	Super Fun Queer Dance Party, Laid, hosts a Brooklyn Pride benefit event for RightRides - thank you for raising $1,100! Saturday, June 9th Southpaw with: DJs Bianca and Noa D special thanks to Sarah Michaels!
	Good Karma NYC hosted their Spring fundraiser for RightRides and raised over $9,000! Thank you Good Karma NYC! Thursday, March 29th NoCa
2006 EVENTS:
	Thanks to Stephanie for organizing this benfit event and everyone who performed and came out to support RightRides, we raised $900! December 14th, 2006 at Cake Shop with: DJs Brian Price and Dan Selzer High Places These Are Powers w/Carla Rhodes Crash Diet Crew Thanks to our supporters for donating the following amazing items for our raffle: Beacon's Closet - $50 gift certificate Insound - $30 gift certificate Bushwick Country Club - $100 gift certificate/bar tab Film Forum - dual one-year membership Brooklyn Acadamy of Music - two tickets to a 2007 spring season show The Public Theater - two tickets to 'Passing Strange' Kristin Hersh - two tickets to upcoming NY show, plus a drawing from Ms. Hersh herself Bluestockings - $25 store credit, one-year membership, and tote bag Studio Museum - one-year membership Plexifilm - various DVDs Sound Fix - $30 gift certificate
Alayna's Birthday Benefit	RightRides supporter Alayna hosted a happy hour birthday bash and raised $250 for RightRides, the charity of her choice! Thanks Alayna and everyone who joined us! Friday, November 3rd Heather's Bar 506 East 13th between Aves A + B East Village - NYC
	Thank you to all who joined us for a special evening of celebration - RightRides second anniversary!  Friends of RightRides ~ 2006 Social Thursday, September 21st, 2006 120 Wooster Street, 2nd Floor New York, New York 6 – 9 pm With the Distinguished Defender awards honoring: Jerri Lynn Fields – Executive Director, V-Day Harriet Lessel – Executive Director, NYC Alliance Against Sexual Assault Lauren Fardig, Morgan Pulleyblank and Erin Winters RightRides Volunteers We raised nearly $10,000! Click here for photos! Thank you for making RightRides possible!
	The First Annual New York City Festival for Gender Equality is a FREE public event for education, networking, resource sharing, community interaction, arts and recreation. The Festival will feature arts organizations, service groups, youth organizations, schools and nonprofits from every corner of NYC to raise awareness about gender equity. Please join us! Sunday August 27, 2020    10am – 4pm Von King Park Cultural Center corner of Tompkins Ave. and Lafayette St. Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
	Thursday, July 27th Benefit for RightRides and HollaBack NYC Mixtape party @ Galapagos in Williamsburg, Brooklyn Music by: Party Machine (DJ Duo)
	From July to December, 2006 - get your shop on! Shoppers at Buffalo Exchange in Williamsburg, Brooklyn can choose to take a Token instead of a plastic bag as they check out. Shoppers can then support RightRides by putting their token in the RightRides box near the door. For each token received, Buffalo Exchange will donate five cents to RightRides! Buffalo Exchange's Tokens for Bags program has generated $218,000 in donations to hundreds of nonprofit groups since 1994. Learn more
	Brooklyn Take Action! is a FREE, all-ages block party dedicated to raising awareness to end violence against women and girls, part of V Day's Until the Violence Stops campaign. Featuring performances by God-Des&She, Pink Noise, Nakatomi Plaza, A Place to Bury Strangers, the Good Good, BJ from Parts + Labor, and shlshkd - and DJ Tikka Masala spins between bands. PLUS youth theater troupes, radical cheerleaders, Guerilla Girls on Tour and more. Co-hosted with Find Your Light and made possible by Main Drag Music, and D. Rocheleau - special thanks to all the vendors who donated so generously to the raffle!
	Benefit Concert @ Tonic - Hosted by Cardboard Records with Parts & Labor, Big Bear, Aa, Pterodactyl. Thank you for raising $1300!

2005 EVENTS:

	DJ Benefit Party @ Plan B hosted by Alyana Tagariello - Thanks to Alyana & her friends for bringing in $700

	DJ Benefit Party @ Sutra hosted by Kari Syrdahl & Kate Watts - featuring Toke & Cat netting $1000

	Restaurant Night Benefit - Hosted by: Spike Hill, Soma, Fornino, Teddy's Bar & Grill, Inoteca & Essex, raised $600

	Benefit Concert @ Galapagos - Hosted by Camile Acey of Remarkable Booking, featuring Knife Skills, thank you for raising $350

	Benefit Concert @ Cake Shop - Hosted Liz Amoroso, featuring Oceanographer, thank you for raising $330