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How Investing in Grass-Roots Advocacy Helped Put an End to a Racist Practice by Hugh Hogan
How Investing in Grass-Roots Advocacy Helped Put an End to a Racist Practice By Hugh Hogan September 05, 2013 Despite news headlines almost daily this summer about New York City’s controversial stop-and-frisk police tactics, most journalists missed a key component in explaining why the worst abuses of this policy, in place for over a decade, have…
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NYC’s Historic Win for Landmark Civil Rights Legislation is Decades in the Making
We Won! Victory for the Community Safety Act! DARE TO ORGANIZE AND DARE TO WIN! Yesterday afternoon, DRUM membership stood with Communities united for Police Reform and made history. After years of mobilizing hundreds of our members with organizations city-wide, the City Council voted to override Mayor Bloomberg’s veto, and passed both bills of the Community…
Read MoreYouthPower! Summer Organizing Institute Graduation/Open Mic
Join Us for DRUM’s Annual YouthPower! Summer Organizing Institute Graduation Open Mic: DESIS FOR TRAYVON MARTIN FRIDAY, Aug. 23rd @ 5-7pm at DRUM- 72-18 Roosevelt Avenue, Jackson Heights, NY 11372 JOIN US IN CELEBRATING 20 NEW RACIAL JUSTICE YOUTH LEADERS GRADUATING AS THE 13th CLASS OF DRUM’S ANNUAL YOUTHPOWER’s SUMMER ORGANIZING INSTITUTE! Youth, mothers, and…
Read MoreDRUM Leaders Speak at United Nations High Level Dialogue on Migration & Development
June 13-15: A team of our staff and leaders joined over 500 civil society groups from around the world to attend and speak at the UN High Level Dialogue on Migration and Development’s Civil Society Day on June 15th. Longtime youth alumni and staff member, Rishi Singh, gave a speech on migrant youth organizing, citing the…
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