@RyanNewYork

Ryan J. Davis is the 30 year-old Executive Director of Social Innovation at Blue State Digital. He's also the co-founder of The Four 2012.

He sits on the Broad of Directors of The Ali Forney Center, where he is the founding producer of their annual Broadway Beauty Pageant fundraiser. He's also on the Board of Directors of The Deconstructive Theatre Project and the Board of Advisers of the startup TV Dinner.

He's also a director/producer, who lives in Brooklyn, NY and created the musical White Noise. Ryan writes about politics for The Huffington Post & The Hill. He has been a guest editor for Queerty and is the host of the podcast Gay History: Uncut.


Here Ryan blogs about politics, film, TV, history, religion, science, books, theater, digital media, LGBT issues, Bushwick & Williamsburg, New York City, and anything else he's interested in at the moment. Oh, and he'll probably talk a lot about himself.


This is a personal blog. Any opinions expressed here and on my Twitter represent my own and not those of my employer or clients.

Recent Tweets @ryannewyork
My congresswoman, Rep. Nydia Velazquez, is being primaried by a local machine party hack. She’s been a great representative and has fought for the residents of my neighborhood, Bushwick, and for a broad, inclusive progressive agenda.    If you’re in these neighborhoods, please get out and vote for her in the Democratic primary on Tuesday, June 26th: SUNSET PARK • RED HOOK • BROOKLYN HEIGHTS • DUMBO • DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN • LOWER EAST SIDE • WILLIAMSBURG • BUSHWICK For more info, or to volunteer, please see the below email from my friend Carlos Menchaca. I never do this - but this is a tight race! Please share this info with your friends, next Tuesday 6/26 is a very important Democratic Primary election date!Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez has been a friend of the LGBT community and champion of progressive ideals for her entire career in Congress.  WE MUST RE-ELECT HER.Among other great things, Nydia has: fought for the repeal the Defense of Marriage Act; endorsed the enhancement of hate crime legislation; advocated for increased funding for HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention; intervened to prevent immigrant LGBT families from being torn apart; defended reproductive rights for women; supported the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell; and co-sponsored the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.  Nydia has always put the needs of her constituents first by advocating for affordable housing, securing funding for better schools, and fighting for a comprehensive immigration policy that keeps families together.  She has been a strong and independent voice for her district. Today, Nydia, one of the few Latina voices in Congress, needs our help. She is in a very competitive Primary race, so all of us in the progressive community must stand with her to make sure she wins.More on the race:http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/politics/2012/06/6011782/long-last-brooklyn-boss-goes-knockout-against-nydia-velazquez?top-featured-imageNydia’s website: http://www.nydiamvelazquez.com/Find out your voter registration status:  https://voterlookup.elections.state.ny.us/voterSearch.aspxFind out where to vote: http://gis.nyc.gov/vote/ps/index.htm Cool interactive NY TIMES Website on the changes in the district: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/03/20/nyregion/new-york-redistricting.html Tuesday, June 26th, the democratic primary,  PLEASE VOTE :) If you can volunteer, please contact Carlos Menchaca menchaca@me.com or by phone at 415-350-3434

My congresswoman, Rep. Nydia Velazquez, is being primaried by a local machine party hack. She’s been a great representative and has fought for the residents of my neighborhood, Bushwick, and for a broad, inclusive progressive agenda.   

If you’re in these neighborhoods, please get out and vote for her in the Democratic primary on Tuesday, June 26th: SUNSET PARK • RED HOOK • BROOKLYN HEIGHTS • DUMBO • DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN • LOWER EAST SIDE • WILLIAMSBURG • BUSHWICK

For more info, or to volunteer, please see the below email from my friend Carlos Menchaca.

I never do this - but this is a tight race!


Please share this info with your friends, next Tuesday 6/26 is a very important Democratic Primary election date!

Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez has been a friend of the LGBT community and champion of progressive ideals for her entire career in Congress.  WE MUST RE-ELECT HER.

Among other great things, Nydia has:

  • fought for the repeal the Defense of Marriage Act;
  • endorsed the enhancement of hate crime legislation;
  • advocated for increased funding for HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention;
  • intervened to prevent immigrant LGBT families from being torn apart;
  • defended reproductive rights for women;
  • supported the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell; and
  • co-sponsored the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. 
Nydia has always put the needs of her constituents first by advocating for affordable housing, securing funding for better schools, and fighting for a comprehensive immigration policy that keeps families together.  She has been a strong and independent voice for her district.
 
Today, Nydia, one of the few Latina voices in Congress, needs our help. She is in a very competitive Primary race, so all of us in the progressive community must stand with her to make sure she wins.

More on the race:
http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/politics/2012/06/6011782/long-last-brooklyn-boss-goes-knockout-against-nydia-velazquez?top-featured-image

Nydia’s website: http://www.nydiamvelazquez.com/

Find out your voter registration status:  https://voterlookup.elections.state.ny.us/voterSearch.aspx

Find out where to vote: http://gis.nyc.gov/vote/ps/index.htm

Cool interactive NY TIMES Website on the changes in the district: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/03/20/nyregion/new-york-redistricting.html

Tuesday, June 26th, the democratic primary,  PLEASE VOTE :)
If you can volunteer, please contact Carlos Menchaca menchaca@me.com or by phone at 415-350-3434
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