A crowdsourced chronicle of actions taken by people and groups that support and encourage immigrants in the neighborhood of Jackon Heights and surrounding regions of Corona, Elmhurst, and Woodside.
A landmark settlement secured $328 million from rideshare companies Uber and Lyft. The companies were found liable for cheating the immigrant majority population of hire car drivers out of wages between 2014-2017. This settlement also guarantees paid sick leave.
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Since the bussing of immigrants from Southern states began in the spring of 2022, 44,000 asylum seekers have come to NYC. The number of people in the shelter system has grown from 45,000 last year to 77,000. Activists decry the situation.
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The act was signed into law seven years after the Manhattan District Attorney learned that Carols, an Ecuadorian immigrant worker from Queens, had been buried alive on a construction site. The law increases criminal liability in the hope that safety protocols and procedures will be followed.
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ICE Out! NYC worked with DRUM, Make the Road NY, African Communities Together (ACT), and other immigrant justice organizations to advocate for three crucial bills being considered by the City Council. The proposed legislation would further restrict the city from funneling people into ICE custody and detention by: ensuring accountability and compliance with existing detainer laws; limiting the Department of Corrections from communicating with ICE about a person’s release; and limiting the NYPD’s ability to hold a person for ICE.
>> African Communities Together, Desis Rising Up & Moving, Make the Road NY <<
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Split into three sections: Know Your Rights, Rapid Response to Raids, and Deportation Defense, the manual gives information for immigrants and the groups who advocate for their rights.
>> Make the Road NY <<
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Street Vendors seek the same protections as other small businesses and demand an overhaul to the current outdated system. According to the Street Vendor Project, roughly 90% of vendors are immigrants. New York State Sen. Jessica Ramos stated, "They are not criminals, they are hard-working people looking for dignity and looking for the legalization of their businesses."
>> Street Vendor Project <<
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Electorally divided communities have been historically underserved by the government and the redistricting efforts are part of a mandatory process to reflect population changes. The groups are advocating for the adoption of a Unity Map that was jointly deliberated upon by three legal organizations which represents the city’s Latino, Black and Asian-Pacific American (APA) communities.
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Riaz Talukder is a Bangladeshi immigrant who has been living in the US since he was a teenager. He was granted amnesty in 1990 under Catholic Social Services which gave him work permission. He filed for political asylum but government policy changes resulted in his receiving a deportation order. Many Jackson Heights/Queens organizations joined in petitioning against his deportation. It took five years for the US government to finally grant green cards allowing the family to stay together.
>> Desis Rising Up & Moving, Jackson Heights Immigrant Solidarity Network, United We Dream <<
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In response to the bussing of immigrants to New York City by governors in Arizona, Florida, and Texas, the NYC Mayor announced the Open Arms initiative. The various city agencies that provide different services to immigrants will now create coordinated and comprehensive support as an interagency initiative. Queens took in 33% of the 6,000 newcomer students. At 26% the Bronx took the next highest, Brooklyn has 20%, Manhattan 17% and state island had just 4%.
>> Mayor's Office Of Immigrant Affairs <<
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The Secretary for the Department of Homeland Security stated that the action taken by the Texas Governor causes problems for the proper processing of immigrants and makes the work of DHS more difficult. This marked the start of a multi-year initiative in which NYC and its immigrant support organizations attempted to welcome immigrants to the city instead of blaming them.
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After a year of street vendor enforcement under the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection not much has changed. City Limits reports that the police department is still involved and the number of violation tickets remains as it was previously. Enforcement is primarily focused on Queens majority-immigrant districts. Complaints to DWCP about vendors in Jackson Heights were less than one-fifth of the number it received about vendors in Chelsea. But 162 violations were given to Jackson Heights vendors and only 64 in Chelsea. Coney Island had the highest number of complaints, but only 12 tickets were given.
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Raga stepped down as the executive director of Woodside on the Move and won 71 percent of the vote, beating the incumbent Ramón Cando. His campaign ran with a platform of bail reform, increasing criminal and civil penalties for gun traffickers, increasing mental health services and increasing funding for the police.
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Porzio wrote - The New York State Constitution expressly states that citizens meeting the age and residency requirements are entitled to register and vote in elections. - By extending the right to non-citizens, he said, the city was exceeding its constitutional authority. Those who support non-citizens voting in municipal elections indicated there was no engagement with any arguments to support their case. While the constitution certainly grants the positive right to vote to citizens, it does not mean only citizens can vote.
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Over 200 people joined the celebration as a new street sign was put up in the Woodside area known as Little Manila. The co-naming ceremony also included cultural performances and dancing which coincided with Philippine Independence Day.
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Asian Americans for Equality held a fair housing & discrimination workshop in Spanish in the open air on 34th ave. in Jackson Heights. Participants did not have to go too far from home to get the helpful information while their children participated in additional programming.
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Prior to these changes it was noted that nearly 20,000 entrepreneurs — primarily immigrants, people of color, military veterans and women — are employed as street vendors, keeping our streets and sidewalks vibrant. Yet for decades, street vendors have struggled with an unequal regulatory system, due to lack of available permits and licenses and strict rules and penalties, To help these diverse entrepreneurs succeed, New York City must simplify requirements, bring clarity to the legal street vending market, and invest deeply in our commercial corridors to support street vendors, pedestrians, and brick-and-mortar storeowners alike.
>> Street Vendor Project, The New York Immigration Coalition <<
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Cops arrested the vendor strip-searched the vendor and held her for over two hours in the transit complex. This was one of the many enforcement events that have revealed the problems of street vending regulations and the impact they have primarily on the immigrant population.
>> Street Vendor Project <<
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Make the Road NY members joined labor leaders and allies on a march down the streets of lower Manhattan. As part of their demand for a path to citizenship and worker protections, they staged a die-in and laid down on the street holding signs that spelled out "Immigrant Labor is Essential".
>> Make the Road NY <<
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The third series of the Queens memory podcast features a number of immigrant voices in Queens. In episode 3, the work of Adhikaar wich works for the Nepali-speaking community to support human rights and social justice is featured along with the Himalayan Elders Project.
>> Adhikaar <<
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With the brokerage of NY Senator Chuck Schumer, O'Brien-Staley Partners signed on to participate in the Medallion Relief Program that reduces debts to $170K, halts seizures, and offers the same terms to those in court. The New York taxi drivers had gone to Minnesota where OBS is located to advocate for the deal. This success came just 5 days after the news that people could start using the Uber app to hail yellow cabs, which the New York Taxi Worker's Alliance does believe benefits yellow cab taxi drivers.
>> New York Taxi Workers Alliance <<
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Members of Adhikaar’s Nail Salon Workers’ Association Steering Committee are joined with the bill's champion, Jackson Heights' Senator Jessica Ramos, in worker/owner Deepa Shrish’s salon in Ridgewood. The act is proposed 111 years after the famous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in Manhattan, showing how the power of immigrant women fighting for safe and dignified workplaces continues over 100 years later.
>> Adhikaar <<
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Deliveristas, domestic workers, taxi drivers, street vendors and construction workers marched across NY Bridges to demand an additional $3 billion for the state’s Excluded Workers Fund. Among those marching were immigrants from all boroughs an neighborhoods including Corona, Queens. NICE and DRUM were other Queens-based advocacy groups with a significant presence at the march along with los Deliveristas. Watch the video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF3XoVGOeRo
>> Los Deliveristas, New Immigrant Community Empowerment <<
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Rally to demand the Biden administration shut down detention centers, including Orange County Correctional Facility, end deportations and release people from detention now and cut ICE and CBP’s budget.
>> , Queer Detainee Empowerment Project <<
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New Immigrant Community Empowerment (NICE) rallied in Times Square as part of a nationwide demonstration of the impact immigrants have on society. Led by Diana Moreno, immigrants were encouraged nationwide to stay away from work, school, and to spend no money to show their economic value to the US.
>> New Immigrant Community Empowerment <<
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The FEW Coalition built a campaign demanding permanent change with a $3 billion fund for workers who were unemployed and excluded from previous COVID emergency support. To support it they took action across NY State with clear demands to Governor Hichul and ensure workers are #ExcludedNoMore by legalizing street vending providing health coverage for all, providing one fair wage and passing the EmPIRE Act
>> Fund Excluded Workers Coalition <<
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Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, the bill’s primary sponsor, said the law will give more people who live in New York City and pay taxes there a say in how the city is run. A year from now, noncitizens can begin to register to vote and begin voting in local elections as of Jan. 9, 2023. Tiffany Cabán, an incoming councilwoman from Queens (including some of Jackson Heights), said some of the voices were divisive for opposing the legislation for fear it would dilute the voting power of other groups, "Expanding the right to vote for some folks does not in any way diminish or tarnish the right to vote for others."
>> Mayor's Office Of Immigrant Affairs <<
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After 46 days of picketing and 15 days of a Hunger Strike, NYTWA announced on Twitter: "We have won a city-backed guarantee! Loans will be restructured to max $170K! No more debt beyond our lifetime. No more risk of losing homes." In their success messages they mentioned Jackson Heights related elected officials, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as an early champion of their cause and Jessica Ramos as a champion of theirs for state legislation. https://twitter.com/NYTWA/status/1455988973411737604
>> New York Taxi Workers Alliance <<
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Make the Road New York in partnership with The Illuminator & Center for Popular Democracy, sent a message to Senator Chuck Schumer and Democrats: near the senator's home at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn by projecting images of undocumented workers on the arch. They called for citizenship for DACA recipients, TPS holders, essential workers & farm workers.
>> Make the Road NY <<
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On August 10, Potri Ranka Manis—a nurse from Jackson Heights—was handing out free protective masks on the E train. A family who refused the masks was insulting to her and then got aggressive, resulting in her going to the Emergency Room for treatment. The rallywas held to denounce hate crimes against Asian Americans, as well as to encourage Asians to come forward when they are victims of such attacks.
>> National Alliance for Filipino Concerns <<
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The South Asian American Digital Archive had gathered online stories and photographs about the South Asian experiences throughout the USA. When they published a hardcover version of their archive there were stories about local organizations, Adhikaar, Andolan, and DRUM, as well as accounts about or written by people who live(d) in Queens neighborhoods and the activism they support, like the NY Taxi Workers Alliance.
>> Adhikaar, Andolan, Desis Rising Up & Moving, New York Taxi Workers Alliance <<
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Starting in Corona Plaza there are three main demands the 10th Annual Trans Latinx march prioritized: 1. Dismantle NYPD vice units that disproportionately target and criminalize trans women of color 2. Decriminalize sex work 3. Provide a pathway to citizenship for all
>> Make the Road NY <<
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Any workers — including undocumented immigrants — who weren’t eligible for unemployment benefits, finally were given access to an online application form on the NY State Department of Labor website to request funds from the $2.1 billion Excluded Workers Fund. The intent; provide support to over 300,000 food service workers, domestic workers, construction workers, cleaners, farmworkers, care workers, street vendors and other workers who had been excluded from government support provided during earlier COVID programs. There are still concerns about the way the fund will be administered, applications reviewed, and how funds will be distributed.
>> Fund Excluded Workers Coalition <<
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Although legislation providing a path to citizenship for all was proposed (mixed with green infrastructure and proposals for jobs that pay a family-sustaining wage) immigrants and excluded workers have yet to feel any relief or recovery after bearing the brunt of maintaining critical food, care, and health infrastructure throughout the pandemic. Over 5000 excluded workers and immigrants converged at Union Station on the Capitol to underscore the urgency for Congress to ACT NOW, BE BOLD, and demand the House of Representatives pass strong legislation as part of the budget reconciliation process to meet the urgent needs of immigrants and excluded workers.
>> Make the Road NY <<
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In addition to voting for the 2021-2022 Board of Directors members learned about Damayan's accomplishments and financial report for 2020, approved the organization's Proposed Action Plan and Budget for 2021. The event honored and celebrated their unity and resilience through the pandemic as the community came together to build a stronger Damayan that continues to serve and fight for members' rights and dignity!
>> Damayan Migrant Workers Association <<
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Adhikaar member leader Rukmani Bhattarai participated in a small roundtable meeting with Vice President Kamala Harris to share her story of being TPS holder and nanny. As part of the national #WeCantWait campaign for immigration reform, Rukmani also brought to the Vice President’s attention the lives of countless other TPS holders and essential workers like her who need a pathway to citizenship.
>> Adhikaar <<
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Corona Plaza was the focal point for a call made on lawmakers to stop heavily enforced fines from being issued to street vendors struggling to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Starting in June unlicensed food vendors could receive fines of $1,000 and merchandise vendors without permits would receive $250 fines. But there is a cap and the waiting list is massive and in recovery from the pandemic people need to be able to sell on the street. During the pandemic a required $50 training program for food prep which was available online was only offered in English. Senator Jessica Ramos has sponsored Bill S1175A to legalize and decriminalize sidewalk vending across the state.
>> Centro Corona, New Immigrant Community Empowerment, Queens Neighborhoods United, Street Vendor Project <<
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During NYC's 17th Annual Immigrant Heritage Month the city created a campaign to ensure that immigrants were aware of the new Ranked Choice Voting process and the rights they have at the ballot box. As part of a series of graphics to encourage more immigrants to vote the city worked with Adhikaar and Nepali artist www.instagram.com/untamedanatomy to create a set of get out the vote images for distribution on social media and around the city. The graphics were also prominently projected on massive monitor displays in Union Square.
>> Adhikaar <<
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Dignity Not Detention bills have been introduced in multiple states after first passing successfully in California in 2017. In New York the bill would prohibit governmental entities from entering into agreements to house individuals in immigration detention facilities; requires governmental entities to terminate existing contracts for the detention of individuals in immigration detention facilities; and prevents the zoning, building, or reuse of buildings, for immigrant detention.
>> Bronx Defenders, Brooklyn Defender Services, Center for Constitutional Rights, Freedom For Immigrants, The Legal Aid Society, The New York Family Immigrant Unity Project <<
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Shot almost entirely in Corona, Jackson Heights and Elmhurst, this 15 minute film is primarily an audio documentary which has visual footage that supports the audio that was gathered during the COVID-19 pandemic. At the web launch the film maker spoke specifically about the work that Centro Corona did to support over 1,000 people during a time that devastated NY CIty's Latin population. The film was made with support from Documented and Waterwell
>> Documented, Waterwell <<
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As part of the tenth year anniversary of its anti-trafficking campaign, Baklas: Break Free From Labor Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery, Damayan held an online premiere of the short film about Sherile Pahagas, a domestic worker, trafficked by Pit and Mareike Koehler-her German diplomat employers. The short film details the story of Sherile, a Damayan member who, together with Damayan, filed a humanitarian visa (T-visa) which was won. In 2017, she and Edith Mendoza, a Damayan member and Filipina domestic worker also trafficked by the Koehlers, filed a stolen wage case. But the iron-clad protection of diplomatic immunity meant the case was dismissed and the stolen wages never paid.
>> Women Organized to Resist and Defend, Damayan Migrant Workers Association <<
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Starting a week of protests raising awareness of police brutality in Colombia, Kaleidospace members joined in a candle lighting, on 5/4, at the Manuel de Dios Unanue Triangle park (at Roosevelt Ave at 83rd street). Then, on 5/5 many brought instruments to march and make noise at the Colombian Consulate; followed by a March to the United Nations; and on to NYU. Then, after another march to the United Nations on 5/6. the week's events ended on 5/7 with a march down 34th Ave from 93rd Street to 78th. Kaleidospace is a Queens-based collective focused on the intersection of art, activism, and community. They create platforms for Black, Brown, AAPI, and LGBTQIA+ creatives many of whom have family connections beyond the USA.
>> Kaleidospace <<
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Including two undocumented immigrants from Jackson Heights and Corona, artist and activist Paola Mendoza created a series of 7 paintings which memorialized the lives of people lost during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to an online presence and an art gallery showing the images were displayed in a SOHO storefront for a week in April
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Although the Biden administration says it will do an audit of the agencies responsible for managing immigration, The Eyes on ICE: Truth and Accountability Forums are designed to expose the truth of immigration enforcement practices, spotlight the stories of those who have organized and been impacted by ICE, and share solutions for a free future. Testimonies from the Truth and Accountability Forums will be submitted to impact the Biden administration’s review and lay the groundwork for dismantling the current deportation and detention systems.
>> Abolish ICE New York <<
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Premilla Nadasen and her students at Barnard College came together with Damayan to amplify stories of suffering and resilience. Students of the Barnard Engages course "Pandemic Tales" and Damayan staff, worker leaders and labor trafficking survivors collaborated to amplify the stories of some frontline workers and organizers, humanizing the statistics, and illuminating the impact of exclusion from government protection. This tale of government neglect and community resilience becomes clear during a pandemic, but it speaks to the systemic ills in the US that needs healing. These stories reveal the struggles being faced by those in Little Manila in the Queens area.
>> Damayan Migrant Workers Association <<
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Centro Corona had focused it's fundraising efforts on the mutual aid it provided to families in need during the COVID pandemic. But in April they launched a very successful campaign to raise enough money to cover all the rent they would owe for the space they use for the rest of the year (almost $4,000 per month). They surpassed their $50,000 goal and, while giving thanks to all who supported them, they encouraged people to donate money to improve the lives of those incarcerated by supporting survived and punished and also to support The North Bronx Collective reclaim their green space.
>> Centro Corona <<
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The Fiscal Year 2022 Enacted New York State Budget creates a $2.1 billion program to provide cash payments to workers who have suffered income loss due to COVID but who are ineligible for Unemployment Insurance or related Federal benefits due to their immigration status or other factors. Details of how people would apply and how much money they would get are yet to be determined. Local immigrant activist groups warn the local communities to not trust anyone charging fees for services in securing these funds.
>> Fund Excluded Workers Coalition <<
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Amir Khafagy, a freelance journalist who covers labor issues for Documented, hosted a panel discussing how the pandemic affected low wage jobs and the NY City’s immigrant essential workers. Joined by: Nelson Mar, President of Local 318 Restaurant Workers Union, who represents workers from the Jing Fong restaurant located in Manhattan’s Chinatown; Sarah Ahn of the Flushing Workers Center; Rosanna Aran of the Laundry Workers Center.
>> Documented <<
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A family and community event at Diversity Plaza to express grief, pain, and show solidarity in the face of anti-Asian hate attacks that have become more apparent throughout the city, especially with the offensive/racist political rhetoric blaming Asians for the COVID-19 pandemic.
>> Diversity Plaza <<
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The protest had participants from Jackson Heights/Corona and began in front of the Church of the Ascension by workers who were overlooked in federal relief funding. Mostly immigrants and undocumented they are demanding $3.5 billion in aid be added to the next New York State budget deadline on April 1 to provide retroactive, direct cash assistance to those who did not receive any government help. Apeakers revealed the ways they have been left behind in government aid despite working through the entirety of the COVID-19 pandemic.
>> Fund Excluded Workers Coalition <<
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On the side of a three-story building at 2517 41st Ave, Queens, N.Y. a reimagining of Norman Rockwell's "Freedom of Worship” illustration was painted with immigrant subjects and people of color. "For Freedoms" is an artist-led organization, established in 2016, that centers art as a catalyst for creative civic engagement, discourse, and direct action.
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The National Geographic Society’s Emergency Fund for Journalists supported a year-long photographic project to document how trans Latinx immigrants in Queens mobilised throughout the COVID pandemic. As a starting point for the project, Joana Toro selected the death, due to COVID-19 illness, of immigrant activist Lorena Borjas.
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An interactive online workshop and discussion with four organizations that successfully built power through the crisis. Attendees listened to leaders from Poder in Action, Put People First! PA, Youth United for Change, and DRUM - Desis Rising Up and Moving who shared first-hand stories and lessons from the frontlines.
>> Desis Rising Up & Moving <<
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Grassroots organizations, State Senator Jessica Ramos and Assemblymember-elect Jessica González-Rojas (both representing Queens), joined with excluded workers and activists to unroll a three-block long, 650-foot scroll in Central Park to symbolize New York billionaires’ $600 billion in net worth. Speakers called on Governor Cuomo and the State Legislature to return to session, pass an emergency tax on New York’s wealthiest and immediately raise emergency relief for struggling New Yorkers.
>> Fund Excluded Workers Coalition, Make the Road NY <<
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NICE was one of three groups to receive The Lehrer Prize for Community Well-being: recognized, distinguished for the work they had been doing before as well as during COVID. Brian Lehrer discusses with Manuel Castro how the day laborers, domestic workers, and newly arrived immigrants have been impacted by COVID especially since they are excluded from all government support. They highlight the significant problem of wage theft where employers exploit a worker's immigration status and conclude by noting that despite all the efforts of the Trump administration and the problems of COVID 19 that NICE has not seen a change in the number of immigrants coming to Corona and Jackson Heights.
>> New Immigrant Community Empowerment <<
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New Sanctuary Coalition produced a series of public awareness events featuring immigration scholars and activists. Intended to deepen our understanding of the intersection of the #AbolishICE and broader abolition movements, and to explore the path towards abolishing ICE in practical, tangible ways. Members from local queens groups participated to learn from these events.
>> New Sanctuary Coalition <<
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In September ICE announced it would increase raids targeting sanctuary cities. Queens Neighborhoods United teamed up with the Immigrant Defense Project (IDP) for a virtual community training on immigrant rights, how to spot ICE, what to do if you witness a raid, insight as to how ICE functions, etc. QNU talked about experiences coordinating patrols and organizing against ICE. Know Your Rights training was also covered.
>> Immigrant Defense Project, Queens Neighborhoods United <<
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In partnership with Center for American Progress (CAP) and the U.S. Immigration Policy Center (USIPC) Adhikaar produced the first systematic survey of Nepali Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders. The survey shows a definite bi-directional benefit for both those receiving TPS and the positive impact they have on the economy of the location in which they live.
>> Adhikaar <<
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Paola Mendoza, a filmmaker, author, and activist based in New York, was joined by Sarah Sophie Flicker, Becky Morrison, Niama Sandy, and Tanya Selvaratnam in creating the Mourner's Walk that started at Elmhurst Hospital. They marched through Jackson Heights to 95th Street, nearing the neighborhood of Corona, the former epicenter of the pandemic in New York City. Ten women took turns reading the names of those who lost their lives to the virus in the US.
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Protesters gathered at Diversity Plaza (Roosevelt Avenue near Broadway) in Jackson Heights calling for the end of ICE and their practices. Demonstrators held up signs and medical gowns speaking out after a recent whistleblower complaint alleged that an alarming number of women at the Irwin County Detention Center in Georgia, have received hysterectomies for unexplained reasons.
>> Diversity Plaza <<
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A video created to ensure people know their rights when it comes to ICE and understand the tactics they use which stretch those rules. Hosted by Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas, with representatives from Make The Road NY, and The Immigrant Defense Project, the video was intended to teach and for people to share information with their communities, even by citizens. Marketed as a way to "Learn how to organize networks of solidarity to resist ICE. Learn how to protect yourself and your neighbors. This workshop is for everyone, both documented and undocumented."
>> Immigrant Defense Project, Make the Road NY <<
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Set in 2032, where US citizens are chipped and the US government has a Deportation Force, this story about an undocumented family includes a reference to a church in Jackson Heights where sanctuary is found.
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Newsweek's article provided insight to the work of Damayan and the issues faced by the community they serve including Elmhurst, JH, and Woodside. Ortiz summarized, "These workers are also largely undocumented, survivors of labor trafficking, with no access to stimulus checks or other insurance benefits, Ortiz said. They often live in cramped, crowded apartments that leave little room for social distancing and a large number are elderly and have preexisting conditions that make them particularly susceptible to worst-case scenarios. Some have already tested positive for COVID-19 but can't afford to quarantine." Damayan does various fundraisers, and at the time of this article they were raising money to help those in need during the pandemic.
>> Damayan Migrant Workers Association <<
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The letter concluded by respectfully requesting that those with the powers and knowledge to halt deportations during the coronavirus pandemic do so to prevent further destabilizing the country and region, and to prevent the massive loss of lives.They noted the availability of more narrowly tailored measures that can protect U.S. interests, such as releasing and monitoring detainees to shelter in place with their families, rather than deportations to a country which was already buckling under an over-burdened infrastructure.
>> Adhikaar <<
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Lorena Borjas was the founder of the LGBT Center Intercultural Collective Inc. She was an immigrant activist, mother, guardian, hero and healer of the transgender community in Jackson Heights, Queens
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The first confirmed case of Covid-19 in New York City was in March. By the end of the month, there were almost 31,000 cases and thousands of deaths. Queens was the worst-affected borough, with over a third of total deaths. The New York Times reports that "A group of adjoining neighborhoods — Corona, Elmhurst, East Elmhurst and Jackson Heights — have emerged as the epicenter of New York’s raging outbreak."
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Listed as Elle Magazine's Most Anticipated Books of Summer 2020, People, Time, and Parade all listed it as a Best Book of Summer. Co-authored by Rosayra “Rosy” Pablo Cruz, who sought asylum from Guatemala in the US with two of her her children. Rosy was detained in Arizona while her children were separated from her by ICE agents and put in foster care in New York. All because a bond of $7,500 could not be paid. Written in collaboration with Julie Schwietert Collazo, who helped start Immigrant Families Together, the organization which helped reunite the family by first raising the bond money and then raising money for Rosy's transportation to New York.
>> Immigrant Families Together <<
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Joana Toro, a documentary photographer published her work featuring Jackson Heights as a focal point for Dreamers seeking protection from deportation.
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The Green Light Coalition worked to ensure that those without lawful status in the USA could apply for a Standard NY State Driver's license. Importantly the law specifically prevents access to DMV records by immigration enforcement agencies and prohibits the use of the data for immigration enforcement purposes.
>> Adhikaar, CHHAYA CDC, Damayan Migrant Workers Association , Desis Rising Up & Moving, Emerald Isle Immigration Center, Make the Road NY, Minkwon Center For Community Action <<
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Although the organising of this group had been in action in Woodside from July of 2019, it launched in Jackson Heights after a group of Bangladeshi's came together to organise in support of the grassroots campaign to support Tiffany Cabàn for Queens District Attorney. Two of BAPP’s members — Mary Jobaida and Joy Chowdhury — challenged Assembly Members Cathy Nolan and Michael DenDekker, respectively, while Shaniyat Chowdhury challenged Rep. Gregory Meeks.
>> Bangladeshi Americans for Political Progress <<
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Guest Speakers: - Suketu Mehta, finalist for Pulitzer Prize and author of This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto - Javaid Tariq, Co-Founder of New York Taxi Workers Alliance - Denise Romero, DACA Recipient, Legal Advocate, and Tenant Organizer at Mobilization for Justice Legal Services - Ambien Mitchell, Accompaniment Coordinator, New Sanctuary Coalition - Julie Schwietert Collazo, Immigrant Families Together Musical Performances by Miriam Elhajli and Famoro Dioubate Endorsers: Adhikaar, Jackson Heights Beautification Group, Project Rosie, Queens Neighborhoods United, Rise and Resist
>> Adhikaar, Immigrant Families Together, Jackson Heights Beautification Group, Jackson Heights Immigrant Solidarity Network, Mobilization for Justice Legal Services, New Sanctuary Coalition, New York Taxi Workers Alliance, Project Rosie, Queens Neighborhoods United, Rise and Resist <<
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Every Year, Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducts mass raids detaining and deporting hundreds of undocumented community members across the country. Hate Free Zone, created by frontline-impacted communities of Jackson Heights, Woodside, Elmhurst and Corona created a Rapid Response Network where impacted community members can learn how to defend our communities against these aggressive mass raids.
>> Damayan Migrant Workers Association , Desis Rising Up & Moving, Global Action Project, Hate Free Zone, Immigrant Movement International, Jews for Racial & Economic Justice, New Immigrant Community Empowerment, Queens Neighborhoods United, Ugnayan Youth for Justice & Social Change <<
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August 15th marked the 7th Anniversary of the DACA program's implementation. After a 9 year fight for The Senator Jose Peralta NYS Dream Act, undocumented New Yorkers finally gained an equal opportunity for higher education. Senator Ramos, with colleagues, Assemblywoman Catalina Cruz, and Assemblyman Jeffrion Aubry, hosted an information session to learn about the TAP application process, scholarships and many other resources available for our youth in District13.
>> Make the Road NY <<
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A 2 day, weekend event raised funds to get kids and parents out of the unsanitary, unsafe concentration camps at the border. Recruitment too place on facebook.
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Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Invited NY-14 District Residents to an Immigration Town Hall with grassroots advocacy groups. The event came days after Trump tweeted that 'Progressive' Democrat Congresswomen should 'go back' to where they are from (a white supremacist trope). The impact of national policies on New York immigrants was discussed including a concern for more raids by ICE and how changes to the public charge rule had noticeably resulted in fewer people seeking to use services for which they were still eligible.
>> African Communities Together, Asian Americans For Equality, Desis Rising Up & Moving, Make the Road NY <<
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A first information distribution event by JHISN at 78th Street and 37th Avenue was held from 11am to 2pm. A second, hosted by Team AOC at the Queens Night Market, was scheduled from 4pm to 7pm. A March against ICE was also scheduled from 2pm to 5pm: starting at Manuel de Dios Unanue Triangle on Roosevelt ave and 83rd street it went to Corona Plaza where UNLOCAL had legal experts providing information on Know Your Rights, deportation, and how to reopen an immigration case. Over 600 people participated in the March which was co-organized with Mirror, NYC's Transled Beauty Worker Cooperative, Queens United Independent Progressives, UnLocal, Inc., and Queens Neighborhoods United
>> Jackson Heights Immigrant Solidarity Network, Mirror, NYC's Transled Beauty Worker Cooperative, Queens Neighborhoods United, Queens United Independent Progressives, UnLocal, Inc. <<
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Celebrating the diversity of Make The Road New York's membership in a space that creates visibility, awareness and demands the rights of the TGNCIQ community so we can have social equality and stop transphobia and homophobia.Trans people exists and are part of of this neighborhood. Joined with Trans led and community organizations whose mission secure and create a safe and healthy city for our members and some elected officials.
>> Make the Road NY <<
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The author moved to Jackson Heights with his family during his teenage years. This book weaves the stories of his life in Jackson Heights with the phony narratives of populist ideologues to juxtapose the ordinary heroism of laborers, nannies, and others, from Dubai to Queens, and explains why more people are on the move today than ever before.
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Podcast of interviews in Queens discussing stories about Migration
>> Queens Library Memory Project <<
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>> Make the Road NY <<
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The arts and craft build at the Jewish Center of Jackson Heights culminated in a kid-led parade to celebrate our neighborhood’s victory over Amazon and to call for the participatory economic development and democratic city of our wildest dreams. The event was a cooperation of Make the Road NY, Chhaya, DRUM, Caaav Organizing Asian Communities, Hate Free Zone, and Jews for Racial & Economic Justice as well as other Jewish organizations.
>> Caaav Organizing Asian Communities, CHHAYA CDC, Desis Rising Up & Moving, Hate Free Zone, Jewish Center of Jackson Heights, Jews for Racial & Economic Justice, Make the Road NY <<
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U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and State Senator Jessica Ramos attended the opening ceremony for the new Jackson Heights Branch of the AAFE on 84th street near Roosevelt Avenue.
>> Asian Americans For Equality <<
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José Peralta was a NY State Senator representing Jackson Heights. He was a strong advocate for immigrant rights and support and this act gives undocumented and other students access to New York State‐administered grants and scholarships that support their higher education costs.
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Leafleting in front of the Jackson Heights Post Office to inform neighborhood residents about the proposed change to the "Public Charge" rule and to encourage them to submit a comment before the December 10 deadline. Laptops were available on site for people to input their comments.
>> Jackson Heights Immigrant Solidarity Network <<
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This digital collection of poems, written by Queens-based authors many of whom are first and second-generation immigrants, offers "poetry for the people online." The project connects one poem to each of the dozens of subway stops in Queens, creating a virtual poetic map of our borough and its complex, rich immigrant communities. The project is ongoing and submissions are open. Contact: queensboundproject@gmail.com.
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Forum speakers: Afaf Nasher (CAIR), Heather Ramirez (Legal Aid Society), Alfredo Flores (immigrant threatened with deportation), Wendy Valverde (his wife), Julie Schwietert Collazo (Immigrant Families Together), Phillip Josselyn (CISPES), Ellen Whitt (Immigrant Rights Committee of Central New Jersey)
>> Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Immigrant Families Together, Immigrant Rights Committee of Central New Jersey, Jackson Heights Immigrant Solidarity Network, The Legal Aid Society <<
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The Journey for Justice is a 12-week 50-city bus tour in which over TPS holders are calling to keep families together and fight for permanent legal residency. The goal is to lift the collective voices against the termination of TPS, the cruel dehumanization of families at the southern border and against the criminalization of immigrants throughout the United States.
>> Adhikaar <<
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Queens Borough President Melinda Katz's Office of Immigrant and Intercultural Affairs produces a directory of all the organizations, governmental and NGO alike which provide services to immigrants in Queens.
>> Queens Borough President's Office of Immigrant and Intercultural Affairs <<
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Invited speakers and public encouraged to speak out against family separation at the Southern border; abolish ICE; defend DACA recipients; protest the end of TPS protection; defend detained immigrants living in our community. Invited speakers: Carolina Rubio MacWright (artist and attorney), Julie Schwietert Collazo (Immigrant Families Together), Wendy Valverde (wife of immigrant), Kisha Bari (photographer and member of Families Belong Together).
>> Families Belong Together, Immigrant Families Together, Jackson Heights Immigrant Solidarity Network <<
Posted by: LILAM
A government study showed business in Jackson Heights is booming, and immigrants are driving the thriving economy.
>> NY State Government <<
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a bilingual and multicultural movement that defends and promotes the Human Rights of Trans * people and with gender-diverse identities in the US, promotes active participation and democracy in all its forms
>> LGBT Center Intercultural Collective Inc. <<
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>> Make the Road NY <<
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Hosted with Queens Neighborhoods United. This was the culmination of series of storytelling, oral history, art, and video workshops from April-July 2017. Standing against gentrification and displacement, criminalization, and hyper-policing of immigrant communities in Jackson Heights, Elmhurst, and Corona, Queens.
>> Casi Llegando a Casa, Queens Neighborhoods United <<
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Through the Lorena Borjas Community Fund, started in 2012, Borjas had raised over $20,000 in bond money to secure clients' release from unsafe detention centers.
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Hosted at the Queens Museum by the Ecuadorian International Center, a Ricardo E Causo Documentary about two cobblers who build a business, and a family in NYC despite the barriers to becoming citizens.
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"The Ordinary Virtues: Moral Order in a Divided World" was a 3 year, 8 nation journey by author Michael Ignatieff. Jackson Heights' Diversity Plaza is the discussion point for Chapter One. He concludes that this is a place where people choose to live side by side, its super-diversity is a rare exception, and that it is a starting point from which people will move away to other places, rather than being a destination for people.
>> Diversity Plaza <<
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Documentary short by Yolanda Pividal about the stories of men and women who leave their families and countries behind to work in the United States and pay $2 per dance of happiness.
>> Jackson Heights International Film Festival <<
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As described by the publisher, Monthrly Review Press, "First published in 2007, this updated and expanded edition is an effective tool to confront current stereotypes and disinformation. Those who believe immigrants take jobs from citizens, don’t pay taxes, strain public services, and threaten the dominant culture will find their assumptions challenged with compelling arguments and hard data. Ideal for classroom use, The Politics of Immigration provides those who are undecided about immigration with the facts and clear reasoning they need to develop an informed opinion."
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Inspired by an immigrant rights forum at P.S. 69
>> Jackson Heights Immigrant Solidarity Network <<
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Meera Nair, Amy Treesa Paul, and Nancy Agabian launched this regular meeting for spoken word to re-inaugurate our democracy after the election of Donald Trump. Meeting in Terraza 7, a bar on the edge of Elmhurst and Jackson Heights. At future events, the group would raise money specifically for groups who were supporting immigrants
>> Queens Writers Resist <<
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The People's Walking Tour becomes a feature in the curriculum of a course on urban change by the University of Toronto.
>> Adhikaar, CHHAYA CDC, New Immigrant Community Empowerment <<
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Mahbubur Rahman escaped from Bangladesh when targeted for his political opinions. After crossing 12 countries to seek asylum in the USA he was held in detention for 2 years. He co-launched a hunger strike in opposition to the way asylum seekers were treated which resulted in harsher treatment and eventual deportation. DRUM published the letter in which he described his experience of being beaten, shot with rubber bullets, and given electric shocks to raise support for immigrant led organizing against detention centers.
>> Desis Rising Up & Moving <<
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Throughout the summer, the cohort of 14 artists volunteered and created arts and activism projects in collaboration with in partnership with nursing homes, hospitals, and, community centers: providing both multilingual, one-on-one cultural and social services to more than 150 elderly immigrants in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens.
>> Queens Museum of Art <<
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A film by Frederick Wiseman - without a guiding narrative explanation, Wiseman takes the viewer on a 3 hour long view of street scenes that show the neighborhood diversity.
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The experiences of over 200 Nepali-Speaking nail salon workers in NYC is reported on. With research gathered since 2005 this reports outlines the appalling conditions in which these women work, for little pay, and outlines a series of recommendations for making improvements.
>> Adhikaar <<
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Produced with funding from the Citizens Committee for New York City, Hibridos (pronounced e-bree-dos) is an interdisciplinary collaborative working to reenvision spaces through community-based arts practices. The DiverCity map started in June 2013 and concluded in December 2014. It captured cultural, social, historical, artistic, religious and green spaces using mapping tools and icons created by Green Map System (GMS). It included, among many other items, a Photo shared by Zahida Pirani showing the crowd during "The Day Without An Immigrant" mobilization on May 1, 2006 in Jackson Heights. It features Make The Road NY, NICE, and Chhaya CDC.
>> Citizens Committee for New York City, Hibridos <<
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Dedicated to the social and economic mobility and academic success of New York City immigrants originating primarily from Tibetan, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian communities.
>> NY Tibetan Services Center <<
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Attorneys from 3 legal assistance groups co-presented with Damayan organizers Hong-Mei Pang and Linda Oalican who spoke about the experiences of being undocumented. At the end of the forum they reported on the numerous community outreach and collectivist actions they have organized. A call was made to demand that Homeland Security and Secretary of State John Kerry designate Temporary Protected Status for the Philippines three months after Typhoon Haiyan struck and nearly two months after the Philippine Government had requested TPS.
>> Damayan Migrant Workers Association <<
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Adhikaar and NYCOSH had been conducting research and health and safety trainings for nail salon workers for more than a decade. In 2014, Adhikaar and NYCOSH developed a partnership to create a stronger, unified voice for healthier nail salons in New York. Through organizing, research, policy advocacy, and consumer engagement, we seek to influence diverse stakeholders and foster change. Until April 2015, Adhikaar and NYCOSH were the only groups actively working on this issue in New York City.
>> Adhikaar <<
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Held at the Brooklyn Public Library with a panel discussion about the documentary which follows members of Andolan, a Queens-based organization founded and led by South Asian domestic workers as a means to support each other and collectively organize against exploitative work conditions in an industry prone to underpayment of wages, extended work hours without rest, sleep deprivation, lack of health care, verbal and emotional abuse, and sometimes, physical assault, and sexual abuse.
>> Andolan <<
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In 2014, near the end of the Obama administration, a huge coalition of 159 organizations called for a moratorium under the slogan NOT1MORE. Local endorsing groups included the New York Immigration Coalition, Make the Road NY, DRUM, and Chhaya CDC. The coalition asked Obama to “stop the raids, provide relief from unjust removals, and uphold the civil, human, and labor rights of the undocumented population in the US.”
>> CHHAYA CDC, Desis Rising Up & Moving, Make the Road NY, The New York Immigration Coalition <<
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Established from IMI Corona, Centro Corona is sustained and operates primarily through the work of volunteer leaders in the community. It is an intergenerational space run by and in service of immigrant working-class families of mixed immigration status, and individuals from Corona and other nearby neighborhoods such as Elmhurst and Jackson Heights.
>> Centro Corona <<
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Erynn Masi de Casanova Vol. 27, No. 2 (JUNE 2012), pp. 419-440 Based on ethnographic fieldwork and interviews conducted in New York City in 2006 and 2007, this article argues that, confronted with a strong and clear organizational discourse of pan-ethnic Latino/a unity, Latin American immigrants articulated a variety of identities. In contrast to previous studies of Latino/a political activity, no clear link was found between self-identification as Latino/a and participation in political mobilizations for immigration reform
>> Latin American Integration Center <<
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Citing The Jackson Heights Beautification Group and two NYTimes articles by John Freeman Gill on Jackson Heights.
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Ensuring immigrant stories in JH are heard, Amy Paul, founded the 90 minute tour as part of her 2011 role as a Coro Immigrant Civic Leadership Project Fellow. It focused on the working streets of Jackson and works with Chhaya CDC, NICE, and Adhikaar: groups rooted in social justice struggles of immigrant communities. In an interview with Hoftsra Radio Amy talks about the change from 1980's and 90's when JH was known as little India and little Colombia developed into immigrant groups from South Asia and Mexico.
>> Adhikaar, CHHAYA CDC, New Immigrant Community Empowerment <<
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Established by immigrant and trans activist Lorena Borjas to raise funds to pay bonds to release clients from unsafe detention.
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Conceived in 2006 and implemented in partnership between artist Tania Bruguera and the Queens Museum, IMI Corona offered comprehensive educational programming, health, and legal services at no cost. This was the precursor to Centro Corona.
>> Centro Corona, Immigrant Movement International <<
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The Jankari Research Project helped Adhikaar understand how to best serve the needs of the Nepali-speaking community in New York City. They sought to inform other organizations and decision-makers about the reasons for the increase in migration of Nepalis to the New York City area in the past decade, the economic, political and social activities of Nepalis here, and the challenges that they face, especially with regards to work and health care.
>> Adhikaar <<
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Focused on Woodside, Jackson Heights and Elmhurst, Queens7 developed from the Philippine Forum, a Queens-based not-for-profit organization known for providing service, advocating for rights and welfare, and building communities. Possibly ended in February of 2011.
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A story based on facts which offers a fresh take on the issue of new immigrants in the United States. Mariana totes her two children from Colombia to reunite with her husband in Jackson Heights. When her husband abandons the family the woman and her kids have to fend for themselves in a foreign country. Mariana desperately searches for work. In the end, she resourcefully navigates a surprising avenue for making some money, the city's recycling.
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co produced with the PRATT CENTER FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
>> CHHAYA CDC <<
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New Yorker Article on Orlando Tobón who is a Jackson Heights travel agent and tax preparer who also made a name for himself for the work he does to support the Colombian immigrant population in Queens, which included films and books that were created.
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Formed in the fall of 2007 through the merger of two New York City-based organizations, Make the Road by Walking and the Latin American Integration Center.
>> Make the Road NY <<
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>> Desis Rising Up & Moving <<
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The three organizations found a connection in their shared goals to serve the community in Queens, and joined their finances together to support the events in the community space, on the 2,000 square foot second floor of a Jackson Heights block.
>> Andolan, Humanist Center, The Queens Pride House <<
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In Jackson Heights immigrants walked on 37th Avenue - but not as a strike or boycott. People left work or school to form “human chains” for 20 minutes along commercial thoroughfares in various immigrant neighborhoods throughout the city, while holding up signs that proclaim “We Are America” and “I Love Immigrant New York!” 12:16 was chosen symbolically as December 16, 2005 was when the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4437, the Sensenbrenner/King immigration bill, considered at the time, the harshest and most punitive immigration bill in nearly a century. In response to the exactly 12:16pm on May 1st, immigrant workers, business owners, and community
>> Make the Road NY, New Immigrant Community Empowerment <<
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Started in 2005, Adhikaar, meaning rights, is a New York-based nonprofit organizing Nepali-speaking community to promote human rights and social justice for all.
>> Adhikaar <<
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Set up in Astoria, by Maria Blacque-Belair, RIF provides legal, social, and mental health services to help asylum seekers.
>> RIF Asylum Support <<
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This was a controversial bill to construct a 700-mile immigration barrier along the U.S.-Mexican border and to criminalize both illegal presence and giving aid to undocumented immigrants. It met with opposition from legal organizations saying it would would erode critical civil liberties, and embodied an "enforcement-only" approach to immigration reform that has proved to be ineffectual in addressing our immigration challenges. The ACLU noted it would invade the privacy of all United States employers and employees. It was opposed by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, American Jewish Committee, Human Rights Watch, National Council of La Raza, over 100 police departments and 300 organizations, and 70 national groups.
>> Federal Government <<
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>> Voces Latinas <<
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Although LAIC planned a human chain, the chain never quite materialized; however, the event turned into an energetic rally with caravans of flag-draped automobiles in the street6 and roadways flooded with people. Young people and adults in school and work uniforms stood in front of the shuttered storefronts of businesses closed by their owners in solidarity with the immigrant community. This event continued with an impromptu march across the Queensborough Bridge into Manhattan, where a large rally was held later that day in Union Square.
>> Latin American Integration Center <<
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Adhikaar, meaning rights, is a New York-based nonprofit organizing Nepali-speaking community to promote human rights and social justice for all. It is committed to improving the lives of the Nepali-speaking community and getting their voices heard in the social justice movement.
>> Adhikaar <<
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There was a significant activist backlash to this bill intending to do more than erect a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border. It would require local authorities to turn over to the federal government undocumented immigrants who had been arrested, immediately deport undocumented immigrants convicted of driving under the influence, and make aiding or housing an immigrant with a standing deportation order a felony. It was recognized on May day 2006, on the protest action called a Day without an Immigrant when at 12:16 pm immigrants throughout the country stopped work.
>> Federal Government <<
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Ines M. Miyares Vol. 94, No. 4 (Oct., 2004), pp. 462-483 Examines how early-twentieth-century transportation development combined with exclusive housing development to unintentionally lay the foundation for one of the most diverse residential and commercial districts in the United States.
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Features Jackson Heights business owner Orlando Tobón and the work he does supporting immigrants who need help.
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In 2003 Damayan officially became a 501(c)3
>> Damayan Migrant Workers Association <<
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Voces Latinas aims to reduce the rate of HIV transmission and violence among immigrant Latinas by empowering, educating, and providing leadership and advocacy training to enable them to make healthier decisions for themselves and their families. Through collaborative relationships, we connect immigrant Latinas with culturally and linguistically sensitive services to address their immediate needs, which allows them to identify with their risk for HIV/AIDS
>> Voces Latinas <<
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EIC is committed to educating and guiding the New York immigrant community by providing resources, programming and services? for employment, youth training, English Language, cultural programs, and public health.
>> Ecuadorian International Center, Inc. <<
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Colombian entrepreneurs were included in research published in the American Sociological Review. Identified as transnational businesses reliant on regular contact with their home country. The research found transnational entrepreneurs are part of the elite in their respective communities in terms of education and legal standing, and they derive from these activities higher-than-average incomes compared with the wage/salaried majority.
>> Comparative Immigrant Entrepreneurship Project <<
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Damayan means "to help each other" in Filipino. Linda Oalican created the grassroots organization based in New York and New Jersey of and for Filipino im/migrant workers and led by Filipino women domestic workers. "Little Manila" in Woodside is along Roosevelt Avenue, from 63rd Street to 71st Street.
>> Damayan Migrant Workers Association <<
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Founded in 2000 to build the power of South Asian low wage immigrant workers, youth, and families in New York City to win economic and educational justice, and civil and immigrant rights.
>> Desis Rising Up & Moving <<
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>> CHHAYA CDC <<
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Founded by Seema Agnani to address the housing and economic needs for low-income South Asian and Indo-Caribbean New Yorkers.
>> CHHAYA CDC <<
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AAFE CDF has helped New Yorkers from all five boroughs by providing homeowner counseling, homebuyer education and making loans to assist both homebuyers and homeowners.
>> Asian Americans For Equality <<
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NICE was founded in 1999 as a response to anti-immigrant billboards posted by Project USA in Queens. They are recognized for their Government Access and Accountability Program which provides a means of communication between undocumented workers and government officials.
>> New Immigrant Community Empowerment <<
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Founded in 1997 as the Jackson Heights' 93rd Street Block Association by Ralph Moreno, an immigrant from Colombia. It was created as a vehicle through which neighborhood residents and small business people of Jackson Heights, Corona, and East Elmhurst can work together to assist individuals in need, regardless of their origin, creed, sex, color, or nationality and to improve and maintain the quality of life in their neighborhoods.
>> Jackson Heights Action Group <<
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Founded in Brooklyn in 1997, Make the Road By Walking began organizing immigrant welfare recipients in the wake of the welfare reforms of the 1990s.
>> Make the Road NY <<
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Sakhi organizes its first March Against Violence in Jackson Heights to call for an end to abuse and to open a space for survivors to speak out within our communities. Sakhi for South Asian Women exists to represent the South Asian diaspora in a survivor-led movement for gender-justice and to honor the collective and inherent power of all survivors of violence.
>> Sakhi for South Asian Women <<
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Chapter 8 in Cityscape, 1998 (Vol. 4, No. 2) describes how Jackson Heights became most ethnically mixed without the same economic changes that are seen in other neighborhoods after racial transition.
>> US Department of Housing and Urban Development <<
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Andolan (Organizing South Asian Workers) was a not-for-profit, membership-based group that organized and advocated on behalf of low-wage, immigrant South Asian workers. Andolan was founded in 1998 by low-income South Asian workers.
>> Andolan <<
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Founded in 1997, Workers Awaaz brought together workers and concerned community members as a spin off from the Sakhi Domestic Workers' Committee who, through activism and organizing, sought to redress unfair practices facing low-wage workers.
>> Sakhi for South Asian Women, Workers Awaaz <<
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LWA is a comprehensive community based social service agency. Providing support in immigration, education, domestic violence prevention, child abuse prevention, counseling and support, as well as referrals on other services such as mental health and aftermath counseling.
>> Mujeres Latinas en Acción, - Latin Women in Action <<
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LAIC was founded in 1992 in Jackson Heights, Queens, provided support to Latin American immigrants in the form of community organizing, adult education, and citizenship assistance. In 2006 LAIC opened a branch in Jackson Heights, and it was one of the precursor organizations that merged in 2007 to create Make the Road NY.
>> Latin American Integration Center, Make the Road NY <<
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Sakhi conducts its first awareness-raising tabling event in Jackson Heights, Queens as part of International Women's Day and marches and leaflets at the India Independence Day Parade for the first time.
>> Sakhi for South Asian Women <<
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Haydee and other community women saw a need to serve Hispanic women and families in the borough of Queens.
>> Mujeres Latinas en Acción, - Latin Women in Action <<
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