During this year’s DSC Week of Action, students, parents, teachers and advocates across the country held over 100 events in 52 cities to raise awareness about the #SchoolPushout crisis in our nation’s schools and to help launch and support local campaigns. DRUM youth members and allies held a community speak out to discuss issues of bullying, and…

On September 25th, DRUM YouthPower! members organized a People’s Court to hold President Obama and Senator Chuck Schumer accountable to their actions and inaction when it comes to the undocumented immigrant community. Every day 1,100 people are deported and under the current Obama administration, over 2,000,000 people have been deported.  Over 80 DRUM members and…

DRUM members joined over 400,000 people for the Climate Justice March on September 21st to demand real solutions, and not fake schemes for climate justice. As low income immigrants, we know climate justice is critically linked to racial, economic, migrant, food, gender justice and more. In solidarity with indigenous, migrant, people of color, and all…

In light of the emerging videos of NYPD’s use of violence against New Yorkers, including the resulting death of Eric Garner, DRUM members joined CPR and people from across the city to call for an end to police abuse and “Broken Windows” policing. Since the appointment of the new NYPD Commissioner Bratton in January 2014, our communities have seen massive increases in…

  DRUM’s YouthPower! Program hosted our 14th annual Summer Youth Organizing Institute to develop 20 new youth leaders. The youth engaged in political education workshops, building solidarity, and hands on organizing work for our racial and immigrant justice campaigns through teams dedicated to outreach/fundraising, media, and action planning. The six-week intensive ended with the Graduation and a…

  Over the past seven months, DRUM members have organized for Administrative Relief that benefits all immigrants, and won a commitment from President Obama that he would take executive action this summer. But on September 6th, the President announced that that he would delay taking action until after the mid-term elections. This political decision comes at the…

Summer Internship for Desi Youth  Click here for YP! Summer Application 2014 Organize for Better Schools Organize for Immigrant Rights in your community Build your Leadership Get Paid!     DRUM (South Asian Organizing Center) Youth Power! is looking for Desi Youth ages 14-21 (9th & 10th graders will be prioritized) for a leadership development…

PRESS RELEASE April 15th, 2014 Contact: Fahd Ahmed: 917-744-5526, fahd@drumnyc.org In Response to Disbanding of NYPD “Demographics Unit”, Communities Acknowledge Symbolic Step, but Await Real Change The Demographics Unit mapped every aspect of the lives of NYC Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian Communities, but questions about the actual practices still remain On Tuesday…

On National Day of Action, South Asian Immigrants Demand an End to Deportations, and to Grant Administrative Relief   On Saturday, April 5th over 120 members of DRUM South Asian Organizing Center, immigrant organizations, and community members rallied in Jackson Heights, Queens as part of the National Day of Action to demand that President Obama end…

Over 500 undocumented and immigrant youth leaders from across the country attended the 2014 United We Dream (UWD) National Congress.  DRUM leaders attended the Congress which was held from February 21st – 23rd in Phoenix, Arizona.  We all met with the purpose of strategizing and determining the fight for the dignity of immigrant families in…