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FROM NYC TO PARIS
Monami Maulik of DRUM – Desis Rising Up & Moving presented at a public forum in Paris about the powerful coalition, Communities united for Police Reform, which has won major victories in reforming the policies that lead to abusive policing. She shared why DRUM, as an organization of low-income South Asians, has been involved in this struggle for…
DRUM Featured on The Muslim Giving Project Fund!
The Muslim Giving Project Fund is a new venture, launched as a volunteer effort out of Stanford University’s d.school, that aims to foster a more dynamic American Muslim giving culture. The Fund is a fiscally sponsored initiative at the Community Initiatives Fund of the California Community Foundation. The MGP Fund provides American Muslims with the…
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: Educational Justice Organizer
Job Announcement: EDUCATIONAL JUSTICE ORGANIZER (FULL TIME) Join a multi-generational, social justice organizing center in NYC. DRUM is seeking an experienced, full-time Educational Justice Organizer to build the leadership of low-income South Asian youth in social change. We value proven experience, movement building vision, attention to detail, and a collaborative work ethic. Founded in 2000,…
Monami Maulik, Executive Director, to Receive the U.S. Human Rights Movement Builder Award.
The US Human Rights Network (USHRN)’s coordinating center is pleased to announce the winners of the U.S. Human Rights Movement Builders Awards 2013. The presentation of the U.S. Human Rights Movement Builders Awards is an occasion to recognize and celebrate six visionary people and one organization building and strengthening the human rights movement at the grassroots…
DRUM to Anchor People’s Global Action Week during UN High Level Dialogues
Join us for the Peoples’ Global Action on Migration, Development and Human Rights. September 30th – October 4th, 2013 New York City As governments of the world meet in New York for the UN High Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development on October 3 & 4, join migrant organizations and allies from across the world for…
How Investing in Grass-Roots Advocacy Helped Put an End to a Racist Practice by Hugh Hogan
How Investing in Grass-Roots Advocacy Helped Put an End to a Racist Practice By Hugh Hogan September 05, 2013 Despite news headlines almost daily this summer about New York City’s controversial stop-and-frisk police tactics, most journalists missed a key component in explaining why the worst abuses of this policy, in place for over a decade, have…
NYC’s Historic Win for Landmark Civil Rights Legislation is Decades in the Making
We Won! Victory for the Community Safety Act! DARE TO ORGANIZE AND DARE TO WIN! Yesterday afternoon, DRUM membership stood with Communities united for Police Reform and made history. After years of mobilizing hundreds of our members with organizations city-wide, the City Council voted to override Mayor Bloomberg’s veto, and passed both bills of the Community…
YouthPower! Summer Organizing Institute Graduation/Open Mic
Join Us for DRUM’s Annual YouthPower! Summer Organizing Institute Graduation Open Mic: DESIS FOR TRAYVON MARTIN FRIDAY, Aug. 23rd @ 5-7pm at DRUM- 72-18 Roosevelt Avenue, Jackson Heights, NY 11372 JOIN US IN CELEBRATING 20 NEW RACIAL JUSTICE YOUTH LEADERS GRADUATING AS THE 13th CLASS OF DRUM’S ANNUAL YOUTHPOWER’s SUMMER ORGANIZING INSTITUTE! Youth, mothers, and…
DRUM Leaders Speak at United Nations High Level Dialogue on Migration & Development
June 13-15: A team of our staff and leaders joined over 500 civil society groups from around the world to attend and speak at the UN High Level Dialogue on Migration and Development’s Civil Society Day on June 15th. Longtime youth alumni and staff member, Rishi Singh, gave a speech on migrant youth organizing, citing the…