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Sarah Batchu 白夏雯

@sarahbatchu

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⁣Community Health Activist ~ Public Servant ~ Former City Council Candidate ~ Auntie-Approved

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Mount Sinai is officially closed, making Lower Manhattan a hospital desert.

While Medicaid and Medicare are under attack, our neighborhood just lost a critical hospital, but we cannot afford to give up!

I’m fighting for our public health—and I’m running for City Council in District 2 because I believe in a city that cares for all of us.

#MurrayHill #RoseHill #KipsBay #GramercyPark #UnionSquare #GreenwichVillage #EastVillage #LowerEastSide #NYC #NYCCouncil #CityCouncil taken in Mount Sinai Mount Sinai Beth Israel-ER by @sarahbatchu

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a year ago

still emotionally processing BEGINNER tbh 🌱🥹

Last night gave was a raucous, inspiring, MAGICAL night that included a gloriously botched wooden spoon carving, a housewarming party for a mystery ex-tenant, a decade-in-the-making haircut, a great case for buying the ring light and putting yourself in the spotlight, a burlesque performance complete with licorice tassels and an unexpected maternal compliment, walking away from the dream job to follow an artistic calling, and one very compelling case for blowing up your entire life. Seven storytellers, six decades, one very brave Tuesday.

Thank you to our performers and everyone who packed the room — we hope you left feeling like it's never too late to begin. 🌱

Missed it? Gather your NERVE for our next one: 10/13, 7pm at Joe's Pub — tickets in bio!

📸 @distilled.studio taken in Joe's Pub by @sarahbatchu

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Tomorrow marks 25 years since September 11th. This year, we asked our community what they’ve carried since that day — the grief, the fear, the questions, and the quiet resilience that came after.

From memories of experiencing discrimination, to redefining identity and belonging in post-9/11 America, swipe through to read some of the reflections.

Read the full collection on our iaimpact.substack.com. Link in bio by @sarahbatchu

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us starting something new: 😰 / these six: 😎
here's the BEGINNER lineup

Introducing your Beginner cast: six storytellers, six decades of life, one night of true stories about starting over, showing up scared, and doing the thing anyway:

🌱 Team 20s: Brooke Nagler — works in books, and is here for every queer story you've got

🌱 Team 30s: Sarah Batchu — nonprofit leader, health activist, and former city council candidate, so "brave enough to start something" is kind of her whole deal

🌱 Team 40s: Julie Chang — writer for McSweeney's and The Rumpus on family, identity, and "the absurdity of trying to be a person," which, same

🌱 Team 50s: Lu Chekowsky — Emmy-winning ex-ad exec who broke up with advertising and wrote a whole book about it

🌱 Team 60s: Lulu — IT project manager by day; by night, a veteran of Peruvian shamanism, clowning, burlesque, and stand-up (yes, all of them)

🌱 Team 70s: Maryjane Fahey — on her FIFTH reinvention, founder of Glorious Broads, and proof that starting over never gets old

🗓 9/15, 7pm at Joe's Pub
🎟 Live tickets in bio

Grab your friends and grab your seats for the perfect post summer catch-up and night out. taken in Joe's Pub by @sarahbatchu

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WHERE TO KICK IT IN BROOKLYN 🔥⚽️

Come kick it with us in Sunset Park! We’re throwing Sunset Park Unido — a free World Cup watch party and community festival celebrating the beautiful game in our beautiful neighborhood.

Watch Panama 🇵🇦 vs. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧 and Colombia 🇨🇴 vs. Portugal 🇵🇹 side by side with your neighbors — plus free food from local businesses, a soccer clinic, family activities, and more.

🗓️ Saturday, June 27 | 4:00–9:30 PM

📍 PS 503/506, Sunset Park, Brooklyn (enter on 60th St, btwn 3rd & 4th Ave)

🎟️ 100% FREE — link in bio to register

@nyctourism by @sarahbatchu

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3 months ago

The long standing relationship that Groundswell has had with Fifth Avenue Committee for the past 30 years is something that we hope will last for the next 30 and more!

Thank you Fifth Avenue Committee for your continued support in our mission and we were honored to award you with our Community Impact Award during our Spring Into Summer 2026 Benefit.

#groundswell #fifthavenuecommittee #community #socialimpact #anniversarycelebration taken in Penthouse 45 by @sarahbatchu

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5 months ago

So the mayor was off campus yesterday…

#nycmayor #zohranmamdani #trump #housing #sunnyside by @sarahbatchu

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7 months ago

Year 1 of marriage over, and he’s still the most annoying human that I love.

(The battery life of this card was much longer than 3 hours) by @sarahbatchu

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8 months ago

year in review by @sarahbatchu

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9 months ago

Thank you to every neighbor who lifted up this campaign. I’m deeply grateful to everyone who contributed and organized with hope for a better future. Until then, the work continues. by @sarahbatchu

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10 months ago

Today, Three Bridges Democratic Club is honored to endorse our club member @sarahbatchu for the New York State Assembly in the 74th Assembly District, a district of working families, NYCHA residents, small businesses, artists, organizers, and generations of immigrants who deserve a representative as rooted, prepared, and principled as she is.

Our club was founded on a simple but urgent belief:
communities of color, public housing residents, women, parents, caregivers, older adults, and working-class New Yorkers must have real political power, not as an afterthought, but as the authors of our own future.
Sarah embodies that mission with every step she takes.

With this endorsement, Three Bridges Democratic Club is not simply choosing a candidate, we are choosing a future. A future where our neighbors are seen. A future where public housing residents are respected as decision-makers. A future where women of color lead with unapologetic clarity. A future where our political power reflects our lived reality.

Sarah Batchu is ready.
AD74 is ready.
And we are proud to stand with her.

Three Bridges Democratic Club is all in. Let’s build the future our district deserves, together. taken in Lower East Side by @sarahbatchu

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10 months ago

So proud to have a diverse coalition of community leaders standing with me in this race for Assembly District 74. 💚 From tenants to working families, our community is ready for a new generation of leadership.

Tomorrow night is the county committee vote to select the Democratic nominee for the 74th Assembly district in our upcoming Special Election.

Send good vibes our way, and if you’re a county committee member reading this, I hope I have earned your vote. taken in New York, New York by @sarahbatchu

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