Dear friends,
Have you received your stimulus check from the government? If you need it, you know exactly why it’s called relief. On the other hand, if you and your family have come through the pandemic without financial hardship, you might want to share your check with folks who need help. Make the Road New York will redistribute funds to provide much-needed support to immigrant and working-class families through their Emergency Response Fund.
Share some or all of your check with fellow New Yorkers. The Emergency Response Fund provides direct cash support to people left out of the stimulus package.
If you find courtroom drama fascinating, consider getting trained for court watching, which brings members of the public into courtrooms as observers to document and report the behavior of prosecutors. Court watching is a tool to hold the criminal legal system accountable for treating everyone fairly.
Register to participate in a Brooklyn Community Bail Fund court watching training this evening.
It’s budget season and we are always fighting for full funding for public education at every level. Here’s a very fast, very important action.
Write your state legislators to let them know that “investing in CUNY will increase economic mobility for low-income New Yorkers and people of color.” This is a one-minute, ready-made action!
There’s a special election is on Tuesday, March 23 to fill a city council seat in the Bronx (CD 11). Mino Lora, a progressive Latina, is one of five candidates running against Eric Dinowitz. There’s a fat pile of money from real estate firms behind Dinowitz, but people power can prevail.
Join the Working Families Party phone-banking effort this Thursday on behalf of Mino Lora.
Have a great day!
with love,
L