Letter to City Council re S-Comm
UJC signs on to 
Letter to Speaker Christine Quinn
regarding the devastating effects on our clients of the US Immigration
and Custom's Enforcement Secure Communities (S-Comm) program.
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residents through a combination of direct legal service,
systemic advocacy, community education and political organizing.
We often defend the rights of people who are overlooked or turned away by other organizations. We reach a wide-ranging client base through our Projects. |
News and Events
Introducing a New Participatory Action Research Toolkit from the Community Development Project
Introducing CDP’s
Research for Organizing Toolkit, our new website and
toolkit that provides resources for organizations to conduct
participatory action research (PAR), a people-centered, power-building
research method. We have compiled trainings, tools and tips from our
work over the last decade into a web-based resource that includes case
studies featuring CDP’s community partners, workshops, worksheets and
templates. This toolkit is designed for organizations and individuals
that want to use PAR to support their work towards social justice.
For more information, please visit:
www.researchfororganizing.org.
Sex Workers Project on ABC News, O'Reilly Factor, and in the New York Times
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Street Vendors Project in New York Times
"City Council to Assess Easing Steep Fines on Street Vendors,"
New York Times,
April 23, 2012
8th Annual Community Justice Awards Luncheon
Congratulations to our honorees:
Edward Turan, Esq.
General Counsel Litigation
Citi- Institutional Client Group
Community Leadership Award
And thanks to all of our sponsors!
Click here for a photo gallery of the event!
Here is video from the event!
Sharon Stapel
Executive Director
Anti-Violence Project
Social Impact Award
CDP Shares Participatory Budgeting Results
The Community Development Project (CDP) joined Council Members Brad Lander (D-Brooklyn), Melissa Mark-Viverito (D-Manhattan), Eric Ulrich (R-Queens) and Jumaane D. Williams (D-Brooklyn) on the steps of City Hall Wednesday with partners from Community Voices Heard, the Participatory Budgeting Project to declare the results of the groundbreaking participatory budgeting vote held last week. Participatory budgeting is a new process for capital budgeting in which voters directly decide how to spend millions of their own tax dollars, a first in New York City and only the second such initiative in the United States. CDP coordinated research and evaluation for the process and collected over 4,000 thousand surveys to track participation, attitudes towards government, civic engagement and leadership skills.
Read coverage of CDP's work in New York Times:
"Putting In Their 2 Cents,"
The New York Times,
March 30, 2012
"The Voters Speak,"
New York Times,
April 6, 2012
Listen to Alexa Kasdan, CDP’s Director of Research and Policy on WNYC:
WNYC, The Brian Lehrer Show
Read data summary: Summary of Key Data from PBNYC
Homelessness Outreach and Prevention Project Legal Advocate, Geoffrey Leonard, Honored as having the Fair Hearing of the Month
"FAIR HEARING OF THE MONTH,"
Empire Justice Center,
March 16, 2012
Sienna Baskin, Co-Director of Sex Workers Project, in New York Times
"Bill in Albany Would Bar Condoms as Evidence of Prostitution,"
The New York Times,
February 29, 2012
Street Vendors Protest Fines
The Street Vendor Project of the Urban Justice Center held an historic rally at City Hall this week, calling for new laws that would lower punitive, draconian fines. New York City street vendors receive exorbitant fines for minor violations that have nothing to do with health or safety. Violations such as having a license in your pocket, having boxes beside your table, or being one foot too close to the crosswalk become $1,000 each. This system puts hardworking vendors out of work!
See the New York Times coverage below, and read more on our press page.
"At City Hall, Street Vendors Protest Fines,"
The New York Times,
February 16, 2012
"Op-Ed: Street vendors deserve a break,"
NY Post,
February 21, 2012
Police Reform Organizing Project Director, Robert Gangi, in NY Times
"Stop-and-Frisk Opponents Set Sights on Mayoral Race,"
The New York Times,
February 22, 2012
Letter to the NY Times Editor by Sienna Baskin
"Portrait of a Prostitute,"
The New York Times,
January 9, 2012
Letter to the Editor by Sienna Baskin, Co-Director of the Sex Workers Project
UJC 2011 Annual Report
Check out our
2011 Annual Report.
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