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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…

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…