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DRUM Coverage and Statement: “Borough Muslims Boycott Bloomberg’s Annual Breakfast” Queens Ledger   MOTHER OF NYPD’S VICTIM’S OPEN LETTER TO LEADERS OF MUSLIM COMMUNITY   Mayor Bloomberg’s Breakfast is Unacceptable   Since Mayor Bloomberg still publicly supports the NYPD…   In the past, NYPD has met with certain Muslim communities and leaders many times, and…

“DESERTED: HUMAN RIGHTS CRISIS ON OUR SOIL” Breakthrough releases the second video produced during from the Border Justice and Solidarity delegation organized by DRUM (Desis Rising Up & Moving), VAMOS Unidos, and Derechos Humanos in August of 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dobue_Anrxg The remains of at least 6,000 migrants have been found in U.S. desert land since U.S.-Mexico…

NEWS & UPDATES   Dear friends, The Dignity in Schools Campaign would like to thank you all for your amazing work throughout 2011. Thanks to you, we are a strong and growing campaign. You brought your energy and determination to our Days at the Capitol in April and July, where you met with members of…

PRESS ADVISORY November 23, 2011   Contact: Monami Maulik, DRUM (347) 385-9113; monami@drumnyc.org Colin Rajah, National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights; crajah@nnirr.org   U.S. Immigrant Rights Leaders Join Delegation to Migration Forum and Action in Geneva   Queens, NY- Community leaders from DRUM- Desis Rising Up & Moving ( a South Asian low-income immigrant…

NYC Students Push Back Against School Pushout and Demand Alternatives to Suspensions and Over-Policing Video: Week of Action 2011: DSC-NY Rally at City Hall   New York, NY – On October 4, 2011 members of the Dignity in Schools Campaign-New York gathered at City Hall Park to demand an end to the harsh and discriminatory…