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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…

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…

  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…

DRUM Coverage and Statement: “Borough Muslims Boycott Bloomberg’s Annual Breakfast” Queens Ledger   MOTHER OF NYPD’S VICTIM’S OPEN LETTER TO LEADERS OF MUSLIM COMMUNITY   Mayor Bloomberg’s Breakfast is Unacceptable   Since Mayor Bloomberg still publicly supports the NYPD…   In the past, NYPD has met with certain Muslim communities and leaders many times, and…

“DESERTED: HUMAN RIGHTS CRISIS ON OUR SOIL” Breakthrough releases the second video produced during from the Border Justice and Solidarity delegation organized by DRUM (Desis Rising Up & Moving), VAMOS Unidos, and Derechos Humanos in August of 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dobue_Anrxg The remains of at least 6,000 migrants have been found in U.S. desert land since U.S.-Mexico…