As an ICE raid operation is starting in 10 cities across the country this SATURDAY-WEDSNESDAY, the levels of fear and panic are very high in many immigrant communities But these biannual raids have been ongoing for many years, under both the Trump and Obama administrations We have to be able to make an assessment of…

On July 7, 2019, 15 DRUM gender justice leaders and members performed a natok(play) about how regular community members can intervene in domestic violent and street harassment situations as well as other times when women are being being controlled and repressed. We demonstrated that we do not have to rely on big organizations, lawyers, or people…

DRUM members have been agitating and organizing against the citizenship question for nearly a year! From mass public education, to gathering comments for the public commentary period, court mobilizations, to media work. The citizenship question on the 2020 census would have endangered the safety of our communities at a time of such an anti-immigrant administration,…

Yesterday the mayor announced the implementation of citywide restorative justice, funding for 85 new social workers, a capping of suspensions to 20 days, and will not arrest students or issue summonses for low-level infractions. From speaking at rallies and protests to speaking with City Council members asking for the things our youth need in our…

For the past 16 years, DRUM’s members, along with several different communities and grassroots organizations have fought to restore drivers licenses for immigrant New Yorkers. Today the people of our state are one step closer to victory. With the Assembly having passed the legislation on June 12th, and the Senate having passed their bill today,…

Street vendors do the work through rain and shine  So yesterday, we honored and celebrated a major victory by street vendors against abuse by city agencies in a press conference despite the rain  Street vendors won a major lawsuit, led by Street Vendor Project, against the city for trashing the carts, materials, supplies, and food of…

The victory over Amazon was a watershed moment for our city, and our very ideas of how economic development should happen  This past Saturday, we kicked off community conversations to talk about why Amazon HQ2 was a bad deal for New Yorkers, but also to deepen our understanding of the need for economic development that…

15 years ago DRUM members helped launch the Queens Drivers License Coalition. This past Tuesday DRUM members continued the fight for drivers licenses in Albany with over 1,000 community members from Green Light NY Driving Together : Luz Verde NY Manejando Juntos to demand drivers licenses for all New Yorkers. After a rally outside the capitol building,…

“As an immigrant worker and mother I know all too well the dangers of allowing Amazon to come into NYC. Not only because women workers will face the brunt of abuse by Amazon, but also because of how ICE collaborates with Amazon to tear families apart. Our work kept Amazon out of NYC and we…

                  We beat the world’s richest corporation from taking over our city! We beat the world’s richest man from taking over our neighborhoods! We did this as communities of workers, immigrants, residents, women, youth, and so many more! We know that this is a turning of the…