LARENCORE: U.S (VOCAL NEW YORK) : VOCAL-NY Guide to Your Week !

lundi 20 mars 2023

U.S (VOCAL NEW YORK) : VOCAL-NY Guide to Your Week !

Wednesday, March 22: Get on the Bus to Albany ! VOCAL-NY Day of Action : Join VOCAL-NY in Albany on March 22nd for a Day of Action. VOCAL-NY will be in the final stretch of the fight to ensure that the NYS Budget is passed with our priorities in place, things like, the Housing Access Voucher Program, Good Cause eviction, Daniel's Law, ending Wrongful Convictions, rest-of-state AIDS Housing, authorizing Overdose Prevention Centers and decriminalization of Buprenorphine. We will have transportation from NYC and Western New York.

Where : Albany

Contact : Jawanza, jawanza@vocal-ny.org, 917-488-4961 RSVP : HERE

NYC Upcoming Events.

Tuesday, March 21 @ 9 AM: Peers Not Police Rally & Mental Health Hearing : Join us for a rally and hearing calling for investments in peers as first responders to people in crisis, not police. Rally will take place at 9am at the corner of Broadway and Murray Street on the City Council side. Reach out to Keli directly if you're interested in testifying.

Where : 250 Broadway, Corner of Broadway & Murray St, NY 10007. (Metal detectors) Trains : 4/5/6 to Bklyn Bridge City Hall. R/W to City Hall. A/C/J/Z/2/3 to Chambers St.

Contact : Keli, keli@vocal-ny. org, 929-363-4713 RSVP here to join us!

Thursday, March 23 @ 9 AM:Close Rikers Rally and Criminal Justice Budget Hearing : Join us ahead of the City Council Criminal Justice Committee's Preliminary Budget hearing to insist on a budget that supports the closure of Rikers by moving resources from the bloated Department of Correction to crucial community needs. Reach out to Keli directly if you're interested in testifying

Where : Tweed Courthouse Steps (52 Chambers St.) We will view the hearing at the VOCAL-NY office afterward Trains : 4/5/6 to Bklyn Bridge City Hall. R/W to City Hall. A/C/J/Z/2/3 to Chambers St.

Contact : Keli, keli@vocal- ny.org, 929-363-4713 RSVP here to join us!

Thursday, March 23rd: Statewide Vigils for Daniel Prude : March 23rd marks the 3 year anniversary of the killing of Daniel Prude. Join us in remembering him and all lives lost to police brutality.

Where : 6 PM - Crown Heights Utica & Montgomery (Trains : 2/3/4 to Utica Av), 6:30 PM - Rochester, Buffalo, and Albany

Contact : Stanley, stanley@ vocal-ny.org, 703-473-3905 RSVP here to join us

Upstate Upcoming Events

Thursday, March 23 @ 2 PM : SNY VOCAL-NY Leadership Meeting : Join us for our Bi-Weekly Leadership Meeting

Where : 69 State St Albany, NY or Zoom

Contact : Imani imani@vocal-ny.org,929-239-0544 ZOOM LINK

Save the Date

Thursday, March 30 @ 5 PM: Civil Rights Union Town Hall : We'll build community, we'll hear each other out and we'll keep organizing our efforts to end mass incarceration and abusive policing Where : Hybrid Meeting (Online OR In-person) In-person : The People's Forum, 320 West 37th St, Manhattan, NY, 10018 (between 8th & 9th Aves) (Food & Metrocards provided) Trains : A/C/E/F/1/2/3 to 34th St-Penn Station ZOOM LINK Contact : Luis luis@vocal-ny.org, 347- 425-3068 RSVP here to join us!