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

 

 

 

NYC Upcoming Events

Tuesday, July 11 @ 11:30 AM: RALLY MOURNING THE STATE'S INACTION ON THE OVERDOSE CRISIS : After another record-breaking year of overdose deaths, our state has failed again to authorize life-saving Overdose Prevention Centers. Join us at Governor Hochul’s NYC office to mourn our loved ones and community members who have died from a preventable overdose, and call on the governor to authorize Overdose Prevention Centers (OPCs). Please wear all black. Where : Governor Hochul’s NYC office, 633 3rd Ave New York. Trains : 4/5/6/7 train to Grand Central. Contact : Steven, steven@vocal-ny.org 917.774.5907 RSVP HERE!   Tuesday, July 11 @ 12 PM: EMERGENCY DAY OF RAGE : New York City's jails killed Felix Taveras, the 39th person killed by NYC jails since 2021. Officers also brutalized James Carlton to the point he is paralyzed. These and other atrocities must stop. Join us to express our RAGE and demand freedom for our people. RSVP: Click here to join us! Where : Foley Square Trains : 4/5/6 to Bklyn Bridge City Hall. R/W to City Hall. A/C/J/Z/2/3 to Chambers St. Contact : Luis, luis@vocal-ny.org, 347-425-3068   Wednesday, July 12 @ 12pm: EMERGENCY RALLY; JOIN VOCAL-NY IN SUPPORTING CITYFHEPS PACKAGE VETO OVERRIDE : We are calling for an Emergency Rally on Wednesday, July 12th at City Hall. We will be meeting to call on City Council to override Mayor Eric Adams' veto of our CityFHEPS Package. These bills would make the CityFHEPS voucher accessible to more people and easier to use to permanently house homeless New Yorkers. Join us in telling City Council to override Eric Adam's veto ! Where : City Hall Trains : 4/5/6/J/R/W train to City Hall. Contact : Krys, krystal@vocal-ny.org 917.941.6397 RSVP HERE!

Week in Review

July 1st marked 50 years since the establishment of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). Last week, VOCAL-NY launched a letter campaign for the public to demand federal representatives reallocate at least half of the DEA’s $3 billion budget to fund public health, services, and care for people who use drugs. To demand your representatives support this measure, click here to send a letter.  On Monday, the MTA opened 36 bathrooms across subway stations – signifying a victory for the #FreetoPee campaign led by those experiencing homelessness in New York City. VOCAL-NY continues to advocate for public bathrooms to be accessible to all New Yorkers. Also, last week, VOCAL-NY’s Positive Leaders Union held its monthly town hall assembly to share more about our city campaigns, which include demanding a functional and accountable HASA, and affordable permanent housing.

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.

What We're Reading

Curbed : “New York’s First Narcan Vending Machine Is Working” Stat News : “‘The Drug Bust Paradox’: Study Shows Opioid Deaths Double After Police Action” NY Daily News : “NYC homeless advocates claim housing voucher expansion will save money, Mayor Adams disagrees” Hell Gate : “When Will the City Council Stand Up to Eric Adams?”

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Alassane NDIAYE (Sénégal).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KASSAK, LA DANSE DES CIRCONCIS.

Comme je marchais bredouille dans des rues de hasard

J’entendis au loin dans la nuit blonde

Des cloches de rires et des chansons païennes.

La lune mature éclairant mes pensées

Je pressai le pas vers la soudaine ambiance.

 

 

Des circoncis s’étaient assis les jambes roides-équerres.

Une foule autour d’eux chantait et dansait.

Un feu de bois réchauffait les corps

Et sa fumée âcre empoignait les chœurs.

 

 

Le tam-tam arrogant parlait aux étoiles

Et les étoiles complaisantes riaient aux éclats

Tant la morsure aiguë des fouets des selbés

Avait perturbé les déhanchés arythmiques

De ces danseurs sous contrainte.

 

 

Je reviendrai demain après le couscous

M’offrir entier aux chants suaves des selbés

Ces aèdes conteurs et poètes des kassaks

Je reviendrai demain.

 

 

Sera-ce pour une coupe de chants aux sceptres de bois

Ou un sceptre de bois sur la coupe dénudée des circoncis ?

Je reviendrai demain chanter danser et rire

Je reviendrai demain.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alassane NDIAYE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jean-Louis ROBERT (La Réunion).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UN HOMME DE PAROLES.

Il a l’air de rien

et les paroles qui vont avec.

Il a l’air de quelqu’un

qui n’a rien à dire

mais qui parle beaucoup,

qui dit de belles paroles,

paroles en l’air que d’autres

pour argent, contents, prennent

au pied de la lettre.

Ils les boivent littéralement

sans mot dire.

Le silence est d’or – cela va sans dire.

C’est ainsi qu’il s’enrichit,

l’air de rien.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jean-Louis ROBERT.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S (FORWARD BLUE) : NO bloated PENTAGON budget; SIGN !

 

 

 

Right now, Congress is considering a RECORD $886 billion Pentagon budget.

Tell Congress: prioritize the people, not defense contractor profits. NO to wasteful Pentagon spending.

As Republicans work to slash taxes for the rich and gut essential programs for working families, they’re hoping to pass a record Pentagon budget.

Instead of blindly shoveling more money at a bloated Defense Department, Congress must put human needs first, and crack down on defense contractor profiteering.

Thanks to intensive lobbying and big campaign spending from defense contractors, we’re spending more taxpayer money than ever on outdated ships and malfunctioning planes.

Enough is enough. Sign the petition to Congress: Say NO to a nearly $1,000,000,000,000 Pentagon budget!

SIGN ON

Last year, Congress sent the Pentagon $58 billion more than it asked for.

And while we’re sending the Pentagon money it didn’t even need, we don’t know where it’s going - the Pentagon has never passed an audit.

The defense budget is supposed to take care of our nation’s security, not serve as a feeding frenzy for well-connected contractors and members of Congress bringing bacon home to their districts.

Sign the petition: REJECT a record Pentagon budget. Put the people first.

Thanks for your support, 

 

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