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Building a Freedom & Liberation Movement, Building #FreedomCities
Yesterday, the Freedom Cities Movement took over the streets of lower Manhattan. Along the way we stopped in front of corporations, financial institutions and civic offices that are the root causes of worker exploitation, immigrant detention, police brutality and...
2018 Delfino Leadership Institute Launch: Welcoming Our Newest Leaders!
On Saturday February 24th, the New York Worker Center Federation welcomed its third cohort of worker-leaders, embarking on a four month journey of leadership development and solidarity building as part of the Delfino Leadership Institute (DLI). This year’s cohort will...
#FreedomCities Movement Grows
Last week, Enlace, Black Alliance for Just Immigration, Ella Baker Center and Million Hoodies brought together 40 powerful organizers from across the country to further develop the #FreedomCities vision and seed Freedom Cities and Freedom Campus campaigns across the...
Reflections on resistance
I want to do some time traveling with you. Clear your mind for a bit and think back to the way you were feeling around the start of last year. We were coming out of eight years under then-President Barack Obama. We witnessed an election of a certain reality tv star...
WE Rise: Personal healing through collective liberation.
I believe in my work. I l believe in my team and my community. I believe that we will win.In just three months, the whole Enlace national team has brought me into their work and their vision of liberation. This vision centers Black folks, transgender, women, femmes,...
Beyond Firing: How do we create community-wide accountability for sexual harassment in our movements?
Via MediumThis past spring, as part of the fightback against white supremacy and the Trump regime, Enlace, the organization where I work, was asked to co-sponsor a rally. Usually, this would have been an easy decision. Dozens of organizations we collaborate with had...
We Rise! Levantémonos!
Across our movements, we know that it is often women, femmes, and people with gender oppressed identities, who carry the brunt of the work. Coupled with the double burden of both reproductive and emotional labor which they are also subjected to, women, femmes, and...
#SafetyIs Caring For Our Community! Report-back from #NOSL2017
On Tuesday August, 1st, Enlace joined dozens of organizations from across the country to participate in the Night Out for Safety and Liberation (NOSL), a community-driven alternative action to the National Night Out—a police-centric event that highlights...
On #NOSL17, the New York Worker Center Federation and #FreedomCities Movement Redefine Public Safety Beyond Policing
Dozens of community members in New York City will join people in 30 cities across the country to define and demand a vision of safety centered on what communities need to thrive.On Tuesday, August 1st ,community members and organizers from across the city will...