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Grant Motion to Reopen Case for Riaz Talukder

By drum | November 20, 2017

  December 2017 – Riaz Talukder is a husband and father of two US born sons Rafi age 15 and Radi age 11. Riaz first came to the US in 1981 but went back in 1998. On August 18th, 2010 he was arrested by immigration officers at home and was sent to Elizabeth Detention Center…

When a Whole Community Fights Back We Win!

By drum | November 8, 2017

He’s home! After 5 months in detention, Hardat Sampat is back with his family, and came by the DRUM office yesterday People Power got him out! ✊ And in particular, his wife Savita and his sister Sherry (both of whom are DRUM members) got him out! On May 30, 2017, Queens resident and DRUM member’s…

Raising the Alarm: The DACA Database is a Registry of Undocumented Immigrants!

By drum | September 14, 2017

September 2017 – The DACA database is a registry of the names and addresses of millions of undocumented immigrants (800,000 DACA applicants and the millions of their family members and co-residents), and the fate of this existing registry is currently in the hands of forces that are openly hostile to immigrant communities. When U.S. Attorney…

Defend DACA & TPS!

By drum | August 15, 2017

  August 15th 2017 – It is our duty to fight for our freedom, it is our duty to win! Over 700 people gathered with DRUM, The New York Immigration Coalition, MinKwon Center for Community Action, Columbia County Sanctuary Movement, Black Alliance for Just Immigration, Families for Freedom, Make the Road NY, and many others…

DHABA-CITO NATIN

By drum | August 5, 2017

  August 5th 2017 – Today 100 community members – as young as 7 years old and as old as 70 years old – gathered to celebrate the labor girls and womxn do in our homes, our communities, our world. Surrounded by art we created collectively to represent our visions of a liberated girls and…

Moving Art Into Our Movements! The Exhibit!

By drum | July 9, 2017

            July 9, 2017–  Moving Art held its end-of-program gallery sharing the art that 9 young working-class artists have been working on, grounded in the experiences of our communities and tackling issues of racial, immigrant, and gender justice. Moving Art members performed spoken word, dance, and led everyone in a…

DRUM Members Join Historic Women’s March

By drum | March 8, 2017

  DRUM and Ugnayan joined the NYC’s Women’s March and the Women’s March in D.C. as a part of a nation-wide mobilization to stand up to attacks on reproductive and women’s rights from the Trump administration. Over 400,000 people marched in New York City, making it the single largest mobilization in U.S. history. From the…

First Peoples’ Assembly for Hate Free Zone

By drum | March 7, 2017

May 7th 2017 – 200 community members gathered as part of the Hate Free Zone to begin a conversation on building community defense against raids, criminalization, policing, state violence, hate, bigotry, and repression. We gathered to create a common vision and practice for community building based on mutual respect and cooperation through cultural activities, and…

Moving Art: Where Art Meets Mass-Based Organizing

By drum | February 27, 2017

  February 2017 – DRUM members and leaders launched Moving Art, an arts & organizing program led by Arts & Cultural Justice Organizer Mahira Raihan. Moving Art is a program to build the leadership of cultural workers at DRUM who are also engaged in organizing their communities, and to develop cultural work for DRUM grounded in mass base organizing, movement-building,…

Fighting for Real Sanctuary Schools

By drum | February 21, 2017

  February 21st 2017 – Youth Leader Tami spoke at NYC Youth Rally to End Summons and Arrests in Schools: “Many are calling for “sanctuary” schools. However we cannot have “sanctuary” schools unless all youth in our schools and communities are safe regardless of race, gender, gender identity, sexuality, ethnicity, immigration status, age, religion, and ability.…