Latino
Truth, Justice and the American Way: Isabel Gonzalez
Vee Bravo |
Organizer, Bushwick sistas
Make The Road
Making Change: The Silence of the Lambasters
Hilary Russ |
Civil disobedience seemed tactless in the days immediately following September 11. Several months later, it is still missing in action.
Latino
TRANSLATION NEEDED
Pat Sisson |
Spanish-speaking residents of Bushwick claim no one at their local hospitals speaks their language, leaving them confused and, at times, without proper care. So a community group has asked the attorney general to investigate for civil rights violations.
Latino
Making Change: Labor of Law
Hilary Russ |
Organizations advocating for immigrant workers are racking up unprecedented victories in the courts. Are they giving up their strength on the streets?
Make The Road
Universal Benefits
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In early October, the city settled a two-year legal battle in Manhattan’s federal court, agreeing to provide translation and interpretation services at all of its 21 food stamp offices.
Manhattan
FOOD STAMPS FOR THOUGHT: CITY TO PROVIDE TRANSLATION
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As the demand for public assistance is expected to grow, the city settled a two-year legal battle last week promising to provide food stamp services and materials in every applicant’s native tongue.
Latino
Urban Legend: Marcelo Moncayo
Matt Pacenza |
“We’re here to fight because our bosses don’t pay minimum wage or overtime,” says Marcelo Moncayo.
Make The Road
TEENS SEEK RESPECT
Nora McCarthy |
Just as the Board of Education prepares to quadruple the Truancy Reduction Alliance to Contact Kids, or TRACK program, some students and teachers say changes are desperately needed before the expansion kicks in.
Make The Road
Making Change: Non-nonprofits Pay Their Dues
Nora McCarthy |
Tiny community groups grow quietly in grassroots New York, even before they brave the paperwork of becoming official nonprofits. Meet the “out-of-pocket sector.”
Hip Hop
Schools of Door Knocks
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Deciding to become a community organizer used to mean post-college purgatory. Now it’s a lifelong profession. City Limits examines 15 organizing schools that prep tomorrow’s rabble-rousers.
