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

lundi 24 juillet 2023

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

NYC Upcoming Events

Thursday, July 27 @ 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 (AKA policing.) Our VOCAL-NY Civil Rights Union is led and made out of folx who've been impacted by mass incarceration and abusive policing. Our lived experiences make us experts. RSVP: Click here to join us!

Where : Hybrid Meeting (Online OR In-person) In-person : The People's Forum, 320 West 37th St, Manhattan, NY, 10018 Trains : A/C/E/F/1/2/3 train to 34th St-Penn Station -OR- ZOOM Link and Meeting ID : 894 4720 6910 Contact : Luis, luis@vocal-ny.org 347-425-3068

Mourning VOCAL-NY Board Member, Linda Beal, 1960-2023

It’s with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of our Board Member and long-time Westchester leader Linda Beal. Linda was a founding member of our Westchester chapter, a member of the NY HIV Planning Council, and was vocal in demanding investments, political action, and organizing in Yonkers and the surrounding area.

Linda was a leader in the fight for improving housing access for people living with HIV. Last year, she penned an Op-ED sharing her experience living with the virus and called for statewide investment in stable housing.

As her health deteriorated, Linda remained an active Board Member guiding the organization. Linda will be remembered for her fire and friendship. Her activism and love. And her commitment to ending AIDS, the drug war, mass incarceration and homelessness. Rest In Power Linda.

Week in Review

This past Tuesday, leaders with the Civil Rights Union rallied in Foley Square ahead of the Board of Correction’s meeting to demand officials put a stop to NYC DOC’s violence by committing to decarceration. On Wednesday, Homelessness Union leaders joined the NYC Fair Chance for Housing Coalition’s speakout to demand the end of housing discrimination against formerly incarcerated people. Also this week, Tracie Adams, a leader in VOCAL-NY’s Positive Leaders Union based in Rochester, was spotlighted on social media.

Are you facing a welfare hearing ? Legal Aid Society, Empire Justice Center, and New York Legal Assistance Group in partnership with Columbia Law School’s Lawyering have launched fairhearinghelpny.org , a free, virtual legal resource for welfare benefit hearings. Anyone facing a hearing without representation can find information on that site that will allow them to more fully participate in their Fair Hearings, and exercise their due process rights.