Protesting Walmart CEO Mike Duke DRUM leaders, members, youth, and community supporters joined allies to protest, hold Walmart CEO Mike Duke accountable, and demand for justice. Just days after the Tazreen factory fire in Bangladesh, where clothes for Walmart were made, Mike Duke had the audacity to come to NYC to speak on “Global Womens’…

Queens Residents and Workers Held Press Conference and Rally to Demand Corporate Accountability for Bangladesh Factory Fire that Killed 114 Workers Demanded that Walmart, Disney, Sears, and other corporations must respect workers rights, compensate the affected families, and join the Bangladeshi Comprehensive Fire Safety program View More Pictures Here Guardian: Walmart chief Mike Duke upbeat…

Over the years, hundreds of undocumented DRUM youth have been a part of the work to pass the DREAM Act, and the efforts for full legalization. DRUM youth organizer, Roksana Mun, and DRUM leader, Saneela Rabbani, joined hundreds of others voices to fight for immigrant rights for undocumented youth and their families at the United…

HURRICANE SANDY RELIEF  Grassroots Relief Efforts In the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy, we are again reminded of how low income communities of color are continually underserved and marginalized by the governmental relief efforts. Pursuant to a partnership, DRUM is serving as a drop-off point for relief supplies (dry food, canned food,…

DRUM- Desis Rising Up & Moving and SASI – South Asian Solidarity Initiative present: Globalization, Empire, and Resistance: From South Asia to Desi Migrants in the US Join us for an evening of discussion linking movements in South Asia to radical activism and organizing here in the US, including those of South Asian migrants. Farhad…

Thank You for a Powerful Celebration of Community Power DRUM’s 12th Anniversary Gala Dear DRUM family, Two weeks after the Gala, we are still feeling absolutely inspired by the collective love and support of the DRUM family. There was a magical feeling to the bringing together of an over-capacity crowd of DRUM leaders and members,…

DRUM MEMBERS TESTIFY AT CITY COUNCIL FIELD HEARING IN QUEENS   DRUM members joined alongside communities sick and tired of stop-and-frisk abuses, surveillance of Muslim communities, targeting of low-wage workers, unlawful “gender checks” and searches by the NYPD, and highlighted how the Community Safety Act would bring measure of police accountability and oversight. 14 year…

DRUM – DESIS RISING UP & MOVING and COMMUNITIES UNITED FOR POLICE REFORM PRESS CITY COUNCIL TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY SAFETY ACT!   Communities sick and tired of stop-and-frisk abuses, surveillance of Muslim communities, targeting of low-wage workers, unlawful “gender checks” and searches by the NYPD came together to demand police accountability and oversight through passage…