African Roots Center Open House and Community Meal 43 Gill St. August 20, 2-6 pm

Learn about the African Roots Center Find out how you can get involved Check out our collection of books and other materials Sign up to volunteer Share your ideas Become part of the African Roots Community Center Share a meal together

Attica Was Just the Beginning: Sat, Sep 10

As organizations that help the Hudson Valley Community, we would like to invite you to participate in our coalitional event "Attica was just the beginning." This community day is designed to remember the political protest at Attica by educating community members on the history of Attica and the fight for prison abolition.

One important aspect of this event is tabling, where participating organizations are able to talk about and promote the work they do. This is a free event, meaning that the selling of merchandise or vending is not allowed, but you can accept donations. 

The event will take place on Saturday, September 10, 2022 from 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM at the City of Poughkeepsie Waryas Park. If you would like to join please fill out the form in the QR code or linked below:

https://bit.ly/Attica22orgs

In community,

DHV

 

Fighting for the right to choose

 

Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro does not support a woman's right to control her reproductive health Molinaro - who is seeking a seat in the US Congress in an August special election - refuses to say how he would vote on a nationwide abortion ban (see Daily Freeman article) which we all know the Republicans will introduce if they get the majority in Congress in November.  Make sure to mark your calendars to VOTE in the Special Election August 23 for Democrat Pat Ryan for US Congress!  Molinaro must not be able to vote on our collective reproductive health as a US Congressman.

Please march with us tomorrow at The Women's March's WE WON'T GO BACK March Poughkeepsie, New York Corner of Main & Market Streets 10 Market St Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 Saturday, July 2 - 1:00 p.m.

We won't go back - Sat, July 2

DECISION DAY: WE WON'T GO BACK!

WE WON’T GO BACK

We Won’t Go Back
Corner of Main & Market Streets
10 market st
Poughkeepsie, NY 12603

Saturday, July 2, 1:00 PM

We will march down to waryas park! There will be *SOME* signage available and also shirts for sale!

Check out more events here https://map.wewontgoback.com/

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In Love and Gratitude,

- Isis Benitez
(she/her/hers)

Juneteenth Celebration

We wanted to send out a reminder about two Juneteenth events this weekend:

Poughkeepsie Community Juneteenth Celebration

Saturday, June 18th, noon to 6:00 pm

Mansion Square Park

https://www.scenichudson.org/events/poughkeepsie-community-juneteenth-celebration/

ENJAN will be tabling at this event and we are still looking for volunteers to sit at the ENJAN table to hand out pamphlets and sign people up for our email list.  If you would like to volunteer for any amount of time during the event, please send an email to kgcarswell@gmail.com with the times you may be available to help out.

Celebrating Juneteenth: Imani Perry

Sunday, June 19th at 5:00 pm

The Bardavon 1869 Opera House

https://poklib.org/celebrating-juneteenth-imani-perry/

We hope to have a good turn out for both events.  Thank you.

The ENJAN Curators

Less Is More NY Campaign

 

This is a reminder to join our upcoming #LessIsMoreNY Campaign Update via Zoom, this Tuesday, May 24, from 2:30 - 3:30 pm. Register for the meeting here!                                                                                                                          Since March, many of the transformative provisions of the Less Is More Act went into effect and we are actively working to make sure these provisions are effectively implemented. So far, the Less Is More Act has led to more than 8,000 people being discharged from parole early, more than 1,500 people getting released from jails and prisons across the state, and aided in closing 6 prisons across NY.    Got questions about how the provisions of the law apply to you or a loved one and what else is needed in the implementation process? Join us for Tuesday's call as we will answer these questions and more!   Join us for our #LessIsMoreNY Campaign Update call on Tuesday at 2:30 pm!   During the campaign update call we will: Address your questions about #LessIsMoreNY Share updates about the status of #LessIsMoreNY and the efforts by opponents to repeal the law Discuss next action steps Provide details about how to get involved with the campaign to defend and implement the bill We hope you can join us on Tuesday to hear updates about the implementation of the Less Is More Act. Please don't hesitate to reach out with any questions.   Best,   Unchained Katal Center for Equity, Health, and Justice

More details are available on the campaign website, www.lessismoreny.org   Kenyatta Muzzanni http://www.katalcenter.org/

Mental Health Marathon

Please reach out to Heather Ann Pitcher at 

hapitcher.namimh@gmail.com

for more information.