I've just started volunteering on the Virginia Fields campaign for mayor of NYC. Last Monday I worked at the sign-in table at her fundraiser in a fancy hotel on the East Side. Here's a picture from that event, with the ever impressive Rev. Calvin Butts speaking (I was about 15 feet away). From left to right are: pioneering actress Ruby Dee, Rev. Butts, Manhattan Borough President and Mayoral canidate Virginia Fields and State Senator Ruth Hassell-Thompson.