Racial Equity Workshops
ENJAN Poughkeepsie Members
We invite you all to attend the Community Cookout scheduled for Sunday, September 12th from noon to 3:00 pm at Victor C. Waryas Park in Poughkeepsie. The event is sponsored by Decarcerate the Hudson Valley (see flyer below). ENJAN will have a table there to pass out information and talk with people about our organization. If you would like to volunteer to help out with this event, please contact Jeffrey Schneider via email: jeschneider@vassar.edu. Jeff will be discussing the event at the next ENJAN meeting. Please note the rain date is September 19th. We hope to see you all there. Thanks.
Kevin
Make a comment in support of Good Cause Eviction?
We've introduced Good Cause Eviction legislation in the Poughkeepsie City Council. There's a public hearing for it Tuesday, September 7th from 5:30 – 7:30pm at Changepoint Church on 260 Mill St.
This is a really important anti-eviction and anti-gentrification bill. And as we're seeing in New Paltz right now, opponents of it are going to turn out in force to the public hearing. So we really need everyone in Poughkeepsie who supports tenants rights and affordable housing to show up to make a public comment in support of the law.
Here's a link to RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/nlmh/event/407355/
Please let me know if you can be there!
thank you,
March on Voting Rights, August 28 in Kingston
August 28th marks the 58th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s historic March on Washington and his “I Have a Dream Speech”. March On, the Drum Major Institute, SEIU, National Action Network, Future Coalition, Indivisible, and a wide network of partners will march on cities across America to demand that his vision be deferred no longer. We invite all Americans who believe in the power of democracy and free elections to join us.
Join us in Kingston as we march in solidarity with the national mobilization to demand that elected officials stop hijacking democracy, denounce voter suppression and ensure fair, easy access to the vote for all.
Location and event details will be shared after sign up. This event is hosted by NY19 Indivisible.
https://actionnetwork.org/events/march-on-for-voting-rights-3
WE'RE STILL HERE! WE'RE NOT GOING ANY WHERE
The Kingston community is BUSY! WE TAKE CARE OF US!
Don't let people get away with comments about crime and drug addiction without countering with the STRENGTH OF MUTUAL AID IN KINGSTON: food, clothing, therapy, housing, cop watching, legal, education and information.
People don't know what we do because we're not grand standing with photo ops. That's why these people use the death of children by gun violence as a "what about" argument when we protest against police murder.
WE KNOW WHAT WE DO!
We are all on this train and we can't get off now. We know we're moving right because we are getting backlash from all directions.
Between the gentrification of Kingston and the pushback against police reform, we are feeling the pressure!
WW4BL is our voice in the street.
We have many orgs doing the work. RISEUP KINGSTON/DEFUND is trying to allocate $$ for counselors instead of SROs and invest in our community; ULSTER COUNTY COALITION FOR HOUSING JUSTICE and THE REAL KINGSTON TENANTS UNION are doing the work EVERYDAY for housing insecurities; KINGSTON FOOD NOT BOMBS are feeding and clothing people every Saturday @ Academy Green; ESTHERS CLOSET AND UNITY THROUGH DELIVERY does food and clothing DELIVERIES; KINGSTON EMERGENCY FOOD COLLABORATIVE DELIVERIES--NEED DRIVERS! COPWATCH is organized to record police encounters;
A J WILLIAMS-MEYERS AFRICAN ROOTS CENTER provides education, information, childrens programs--NEED PROGRAM COORDINATOR! AND SO MANY MORE!
JOIN THEM! SUPPORT THEM! DO MORE THAN RALLY!!
SIGN UP AT NEXT RALLY! SHOW UP AT DIRECT ACTIONS! MEETINGS MEETINGS MEETINGS
WW4BL
Tanks in Kingston?
Yesterday's protest against police militarization at the Kingston City Council meeting. Yes, the plan was to order a tank. Thanks to Ellen Davidson for the pictur
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