The civil rights activist and author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness Michelle Alexander and Rev. Stephen Phelps of the Riverside Church joined VOCAL-NY for a press conference on May 21st to urge restoration of voting rights for New Yorkers on parole and an end to racist and illegal marijuana [...]
Read moreVOCAL-NY and our allies are working to defend the new state law ending prison-based gerrymandering. On May 18th, top civil rights organizations representing VOCAL-NY and others filed a motion in New York Supreme Court asking to intervene to help defend New York’s new law allocating people in prison to their home communities for redistricting and [...]
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VOCAL-NY joined fellow affiliates from National People’s Action outside the Chase Bank shareholders meeting in Columbus, OH on May 16th for the Showdown in Ohio. We called on Chase Bank to end foreclosures and pay their fair share in taxes. Follow the link for photos taken by VOCAL-NY leaders Wanda Hernandez and Wayne Starks and [...]
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Thank you to all everyone who joined us on May 12th to demand that Wall Street and the wealthiest New Yorkers pay their fair share to solve our city’s revenue crisis and prevent cuts to public services, including HIV/AIDS supportive housing and nutrition programs!
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