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DESI, UNDOCUMENTED, and UNAFRAID!: DRUM YouthPower! Holds Annual Open Mic to Release…

Desi, Undocumented, and Unafraid. Wednesday, July 27th Youth Open Mic & Immigrant Safe Zones Report Launch Organized by YouthPower! program of DRUM- Desis Rising Up & Moving supported by the Advancement Project When: Wednesday July 27th 5pm – 7pm Where: DRUM Office: 72-18 Roosevelt Avenue 2nd floor Jackson Heights, NY 11372   What: Spoken word, Youth testimonies, Video screening, Youth…

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Job Opening- Community Surveyor for the End Racial Profiling Campaign

JOB OPENING   Community Surveyor End Racial Profiling Campaign   PART-TIME- 8 hours/wk Temporary: July 25, 2011- October 25, 2011     Responsibilities:   •Meet goals to complete surveys in the End Racial Profiling project •Daily outreach to Muslim, low-income adults in mosques and other sites •Outreach with DRUM and other leaders to their mosques…

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YouthPower! Joins Dignity in School Coalition to Testify and Hold Press Conference at Dept. of…

 Media Coverage Daily News, “Increase Counseling to Drop Suspensions” Queens Chronicle, “Protesting School Suspension Rates”  Edvox, “Students Know Best on High Suspension Rates and Zero Tolerance in NYC Schools” NESRI, “Dignity in Schools NY Takes Action” FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 22, 2011 Contact: Roksana Mun, Desis Rising Up and Moving, 646-509-0922, roksana.mun@gmail.com Maria Fernandez, Sistas…

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