by Communications Team | Jul 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
Dear Activist, For this week’s check-in, I felt it was important to bring this space back in alignment with what it’s intended to be: a space for community and self-care for activists. This week’s featured leader reminded me of how necessary it is to encourage...
by Communications Team | Jul 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
Albany, NY— In response to Governor Andrew Cuomo’s latest extension of New York’s full eviction moratorium, which delays evictions in New York until August 5, Ivette Alfonso, President of Citizen Action of New York released the following statement: “Governor Cuomo...
by Communications Team | Jul 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
Dear Activist, The past few months have been heavy, to say the least. The threat of Covid-19 is still very real, although cases have slowed here in New York. Legislatively, there’s still major ground we need to cover. The boost to unemployment insurance benefits is...
by Communications Team | Jun 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
Dear Activist, Yesterday was Juneteenth, the official holiday commemorating the end of slavery in America. On June 19, 1865, Black communities in Texas learned of their freedom, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. We celebrate Juneteenth on June 19, not on...
by Communications Team | Jun 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
Dear Activist, This week, we won significant police reforms! After years of grassroots organizing by family members of people killed by law enforcement and our statewide coalition, Communities United for Police Reform, the governor signed a package of 10 police reform...
by Communications Team | Jun 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
Dear Activist, This week and the weeks leading up to it have been extraordinarily heavy, to say the least. We’re in the middle of a pandemic and a revolution. In communities across the country, people are demanding an end to state-sanctioned violence against our Black...
by Communications Team | May 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
In New York 6 years ago, Eric Garner’s last words were identical to George Floyd’s this week as a Minneapolis police officer choked George to death: “I can’t breathe.” Police across the country continue to kill Black people with no repercussions. What...
by Communications Team | May 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
Dear Activist, Yesterday, May 8, would have been Ahmaud Arbery’s 26th birthday. In his memory, people all over the world participated in 2.23-mile runs and walks. On February 23, Ahmaud was shot and killed while jogging in Brunswick, Georgia, not far from his home. A...
by Communications Team | May 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
Dear Activist, Yesterday, we celebrated International Workers’ Day, also known as May Day. Protests were happening around the world for expanded rights and protections for workers, including a better response to the pandemic and more support from governments. Workers...
