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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…