Develop skills in advocating for legislative change
On May 11th and 12th, the Advocacy Institute is offering a 2-day in-person training session to help organizers develop their skills in advocating for legislative change. This session, which is focused on the Hudson Valley region, will be held at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library in Hyde Park, NY. The training is free to members of the Advocacy Institute and costs $60 per person for non-members. You can read more about this training in the email below.
Note that the Advocacy Institute is allowing only two participants from each organization, so ENJAN would be limited to two attendees. One ENJAN member has agreed to pay the $60 cost for up to two ENJAN members to attend the training. If you are available and interested in the training, please send an email to Kevin Carswell at kgcarswell@gmail.com. Kevin will then help with the registration. The two available openings will be filled on a first come, first serve basis. Please do not submit a request unless you are sure you are available on May 11th and 12th to attend the training. Also please note that "Participants must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to attend this training."
Thank you.
The ENJAN Curators
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The Advocacy Institute is an organization that supports social justice organizations to build the skills, knowledge, and power they need to shape government policy for a more equitable New York through legislative advocacy training. I’m reaching out to you to invite you to our 2-day in-person training in the Hudson Valley region on May 11th and 12th at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library in Hyde Park, NY.
This is our first official in-person regional training since the beginning of the pandemic and we are very excited to connect with advocates, organizers, and community members on items related to legislative advocacy.
For More Information & to Register:
Stand Against Racism Poughkeepsie May 11
Stand Against Racism POUGHKEEPSIE!!! The YWCA Ulster County is holding a Stand Against Racism Rally in the City of Poughkeepsie! This event will be on Thursday 5/11 at 4pm at the Family Partnership Center field (29 N. Hamilton St. Poughkeepsie, NY 12601).
We will have speakers and performers and then we will Physically Stand and Band together Against Racism!
Email comms@ywcaulstercounty.org for more information.
In Love and Gratitude,
-Isis Benitez
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Isis Benitez
(she/her/hers)
845-750-4706
isispascuala@gmail.com
Keep advocating for the social and criminal justice reforms
We are now in the middle of the New York State Legislative Session, so it is very important to keep advocating for the social and criminal justice reforms that we would all like passed this year. Here are some upcoming Advocacy Days supporting these bills. Please consider participating or helping by calling or emailing your state legislators.
Monday, April 17th: Parole Justice Advocacy Day
- This is an in-person event in Albany
- See attached flyer for details
- To learn more go to the RAPP website: https://rappcampaign.com/
- For questions or to volunteer to phone bank, please email Noel Casey at noelcaseyrapp@gmail.com
Tuesday, April 25th: End Qualified Immunity Advocacy Day
- This event runs from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm in Albany
- See attached flyer for details
- You can register here: bit.ly/ENDQI425.
- To learn more go to this website: www.EndQiNY.org
Wednesday, May 3rd: Treatment Not Jail Advocacy Day
- This is an in-person event in Albany
- See attached flyer for details
- You can register here: https://bit.ly/TNJAdvocacyDayMay2023
For questions please email Casey Dalporto at cdalporto@nycds.org
Thank you,
The ENJAN Curators
The Impacts of Incarceration on Queer Youth
The event, which is being sponsored by the Dutchess County pride Center, Youth Represent, the Newburgh LGBTQ+ Center and the New Pride Agenda, will be held on Saturday April 15th at the Family Partnership Center, 29 North Hamilton Street in Poughkeepsie from 3:00 to 5:00 pm.
You can attend in person or via Zoom. To sign-up just click the link below or scan the QR code in the flyer below. Thank you.
The ENJAN Curators
Shielded, How the Police Became Untouchable
Activist Radio has the following guest on this week:
GUEST: Joanna Schwartz, Professor of Law at UCLA and one of the
country's leading experts on police misconduct litigation, whose writing
has appeared in The New York Times and The Washington Post, talks about
the difficulty of holding police accountable. Her new book is Shielded, How the Police Became Untouchable.
https://www.npr.org/2023/03/06/1159278111/police-brutality-shielded-joanna-schwartz
Activist Radio can be heard: Thursdays 11-12 noon on WRFA 107.9 FM in Jamestown, NY; Thursdays 5-6 pm on WVKR 91.3 FM at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY; Thursdays from 7-8 pm on WBDY 99.5 FM at The Bundy in Binghamton, NY; Sundays 1:30-2:30 pm on WESU 88.1 FM at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT; Sundays 4-5 pm from WIOF 104.1 FM in Woodstock, NY; and Sundays 5-6 pm from the Progressive Radio Network at PRN.live. Past programs are available as a podcast, or anytime on the web at ClassWars.org.
April Lobby Day
April Lobby Day
Please mark April 18th on your calendar for a hybrid virtual and in-person lobby day! We wont have as much transportation support, so the group going up to
Albany will be smaller, but there will be plenty of opportunities to participate in virtual meetings with legislators! Please sign up here and
Albany will be smaller, but there will be plenty of opportunities to participate in virtual meetings with legislators! Please sign up here and
Legislative Updates
Legislators continue to sign onto our bills every day! For our constitutional amendment bill, the No Slavery in NY Act (S225/A3412), we are making great progress- we now have 29 assembly co-sponsors (goal is 76) and 17 senate co-sponsors (more than halfway to our goal of 32!). Fun fact- with the sign-on of Republican Assemblymember Michael Novakhov today, we officially have bi-partisan support for this bill!!
Tell your legislators to sign onto No Slavery in NY!
Check if your senator is signed on here and your assemblymember is signed on here. If not, call their office using this dialer on our website and let them know that passing this bill is important to the people that elected them.
Check out these media pieces on our movement!
- Lead sponsor Assemblymember Harvey Epstein and steering committee member Jesse Koklas discuss our campaign on PBS' MetroFocus. Link here.
- Steering committee members Wilfredo Laracuente and Jesse Koklas on radio show/podcast Abolition Today. Link here to listen as well as wherever you get your podcasts.
Working Group Meeting Cancelled Tomorrow and Next Week
Our Wednesday working group meetings are cancelled for the rest of March as folks focus on passing budget bills, but will restart the first week of April on the 5th!
In Solidarity,
The Steering Committee
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