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S27 Rally for NYPD Accountability and Community Safety Act
DRUM – DESIS RISING UP & MOVING and COMMUNITIES UNITED FOR POLICE REFORM RALLY IN SUPPORT OF 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 of the…
Oct. 27th DRUM Gala- Buy Your Tickets or Donate Here
Friends and Allies! DRUM is hosting it’s very first Gala in 12 years. We hope you will join us in celebrating all the work we’ve done together! Join us from 6-9pm as we honor: General Baker, (original) DRUM (Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement)- Keynote Speaker Moni Alam- Deported DRUM Leader & Founder of our sister…
YouthPower! OpenMic :: We Want Peace & Justice! Not War!
YouthPower! OpenMic :: We Want Peace & Justice! Not War! For the past 11 years, the U.S. has waged endless wars with countries such as Afghanistan and Iraq. The wars have expanded through the use of drone strikes on Pakistan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen. The wars have resulted in thousands of innocent lives lost and…
DRUM’s South Asian Workers Report and Media Coverage
Over 100 Workers, Allies, and Media Come Out to Support South Asian Workers Report Launch in Jackson Heights on July 18, 2012 Full South Asian Workers Report link here Media Coverage: “S. Asian workers underpaid: Study,” Times Ledger, July 27, 2012 “Interview with Monami Maulik, ED of DRUM,” WBAI, July 26, 2012 “Desi Workers in…
Statement and Actions in Support of Sikh Community in the Wake of the Wisconsin Gurudwara Shootings
We stand with Sikh Americans in solidarity today during the National Day of Remembrance and Solidarity, Wednesday August 8th, as we mourn the victims of the Oak Creek shootings. We urge you to attend vigils in your areas today and throughout the week to show support and solidarity. Visit http://bit.ly/OakCreekVigils for information on vigils and…
South Asian Workers Center to Launch Historic Report on Conditions of South Asian Immigrant …
FOR PLANNING PURPOSES: For July 18, 2012 CONTACT: Emma Woods, 646-200-5303/203-568-4780, emma@berlinrosen.com Wednesday: New Report on Working Conditions for South Asian Low-Wage Workers in NYC Hundreds of Surveys and Interviews Conducted with Workers in Queens Report To Reveal Truth About How NYC’s Second-Largest Immigrant Group is Faring in The Workplace Queens, NY – At a…
DRUM and Damayan Migrant Workers Association are hiring a Shared Grantwriter.
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT Shared Grantwriter Damayan Migrant Workers Association (Damayan) and DRUM- Desis Rising Up and Moving, two membership based, non-profit organizations organizing for social and economic justice in New York City, are pleased to announce an opening for a shared Grantwriter position. Position Title: Grantwriter Hours: 35 hours per week Term: May-November 2012 The…
As more allegations of NYPD spying emerge, over 400 Muslim community members, elected officials…
PRESS ADVISORY February 3, 2012 Press Contacts: Fahd Ahmed (940) 391-2660 Linda Sarsour (917) 306-3323 As More Revelations of NYPD Spying Emerge, Muslim and Ally Communities to Rally Calling for NYPD Accountability Today, as the Associated Press reports more secret NYPD documents showing targeted surveillance of thousands of Shi’a Muslims and their mosques…