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Campaign to Reform the NYPD Hails Major Victory for Landmark Civil Rights Legislation!
Major Victory for the Community Safety Act! New York City Council responds to the demands of New Yorkers! Early into the morning today, the City Council voted to pass both bills of the Community Safety Act, with a veto-proof majority! DRUM was present at City Hall with Communities United for Police Reform (CPR) well past…
Free Monthly DACA Clinics (Deferred Action for Early Childhood Arrivals)
DACA (Deferred Action for Early Childhood Arrivals) is a policy change that would stop the deportation of some undocumented youth and give them work permits for up to two years, which can be renewed indefinitely. After Latinos, Asians are the second largest (22%) undocumented population in New York City. DACA is a huge victory for…
Summer Internship for Desi Youth
Organize for a Better School! Organize for Immigrant Rights in your Community! Build your Leadership! Get Paid! Desis Rising Up & Moving (DRUM) Youth Power! is looking for Desi youth in 9th/10th grade for a Youth Social Justice Organizing Institute this summer. Applicants must be of South Asian origin:…
2 Job Openings at DRUM & Global South Asian Migrant Workers Alliance
2 Job Openings at DRUM & Global South Asian Migrant Workers Alliance DRUM- Desis Rising Up & Moving is a multi-generational, membership based organization of over 1,800 low-wage South Asian immigrant workers, youth, and families organizing for social and economic justice in New York City. DRUM organizes low-income, largely Muslim, undocumented South Asian immigrant families…
Urgent Appeal to Assist Bangladeshi Garment Worker Relief & Organizing Efforts
URGENT APPEAL FOR DONATIONS TO ASSIST RELIEF AND ORGANIZING EFFORTS Send donations to: DRUM – Desis Rising Up & Moving 72-18 Roosevelt Avenue, 2nd Floor Jackson Heights, NY 11372 718-205-3036 Or make a donation online ALL DONATIONS WILL BE SENT TO THE BANGLADESH CENTRE FOR WORKER SOLIDARITY South Asian Workers in Solidarity with Bangladeshi Garment…
Amadou Diallo R.I.P. (RESIST on IN POWER) – 14 years ago today
Amadou Diallo R.I.P. (RESIST on IN POWER) – 14 years ago today, an unarmed street vendor and immigrant, was killed in a hail of 41 bullets by NYPD officers. Amadou Diallo was only 23 years young when he was shot and killed by four police officers of the New York Police Department on February 4,…
BOOK LAUNCH: “The Terror Factory: Inside the FBI’s Manufactured War on Terror”
Is the FBI foiling or creating terrorist plots? A groundbreaking work of investigative journalism, “The Terror Factory: Inside the FBI’s Manufactured War on Terror” shows how the FBI has, under the guise of engaging in counter-terrorism since 9/11, built a network of more than fifteen thousand informants who infiltrate Muslim communities to create and facilitate…
DRUM Stands in Solidarity with Migrant Workers in Greece and the Greek People
DRUM stands in Solidarity with Migrant Workers in Greece and the Greek People In the wake of growing strength of the extreme right wing Golden Dawn party in Greece, and the increasing racist and xenophobic attacks on migrant workers, DRUM members joined a protest outside the Greek Consulate to demand justice. A Pakistani migrant worker,…
Address the Hostile Environment Causing the Growing Incidents of Racial Violence
Address the Hostile Environment Causing the Growing Incidents of Racial Violence QUEENS, NEW YORK (January 8, 2013) – This afternoon, DRUM (Desis Rising Up & Moving), CAIR-NY (Council on American Islamic Relations), City Council members, community leaders and over 150 community members, and friends of affected family members, gathered to mourn the victims of recent…