At the Half Year Mark…
DWU PAUSES
TO THANK THE HEROIC PRESENTERS
WHO JOINED US ON WEEKLY TOWN HALLS
TO HELP NYC DOMESTIC WORKERS GET THROUGH
THE PANDEMIC OF 2020
MARCH
Dr. Charlotte Phillips & Dr. Oliver Fein (Brooklyn for Peace):
Telemedicine Sessions on Covid-19Tito Sinha,TakeRoot Justice and Prof. Chaumtoli Huq & Students, CUNY Law School: Executive Order 202.6: Are Domestic Workers Essential?
APRIL
John August Bridgeford and Vincia Barber from H.O.P.E.
and Prof. John Whitlow, CUNY Law on
Rent Forgiveness & Organizing Your BuildingTanjila Rahman & Zanib Ahmad, NYC Dept of Consumer & Workers Affairs (DCWA): Know Your Rights during PandemicVioleta Gomez-Uribe/Mayor's Office on Immigrant Affairs: Immigrants' Rights during Pandemic
MAY
Sally Stone-Mguni, Shari McIntosh & Debbie Conrad:
Self-Development during LockdownAmalia Torrentes/DCWA: Workers' Rights during Pandemic IMr. Christopher Pollard, Savings & InvestmentArlene Roberts, Esq./Maple Street Community Garden: The Fresh Food Box ProgramDr. Jerome Martin, Chicago Pediatrician: Recognizing Kawasaki Syndrome in Children
JUNE
Amalia Torrentes, DCWA: Workers' Rights during Pandemic IIAndrea "Sistah Cuchy" Brathwaite: Herbal Medicine for HealthMichelle Greer/Maintaining Mental Health during PandemicTiffany Aliche/The Budgetnista: Financial Empowerment
JULY
Amalia Torrentes, DCWA: Workers' Rights during Pandemic IIIYolanda Zhang, The Ain't I a Woman Campaign:
24 Hr Pay for Overnight WorkRavi Ragbir, New Sanctuary Coalition: Importance of Community in Protecting Immigrants' Rights
AUGUST
Charon Hribar & Arelis Figueroa/NYC Poor People's Campaign Christine Paia, Human Rights Commission: Know Your RightsPeniel Guerrier and Amanda Mulea: KB Minokan Haitian Dance ClassesXandi McMahon (NYU Gallatin Fellow/DWU Intern):
Comparative Values of Smartphone Plans
SEPTEMBER
Mark Nowak/PEN Worker Writers School:
Starting a Daily Writing PracticeDanniel Swatosh, Breaking Bread:
Food Justice and Herbal Medicine
DWU also thanks Imani Henry, Equality for Flatbush, for fundraising mentorship; Prof. Chaumtoli Huq/CUNY Law School for secure Zoom access; Mutual Aid NYC for publicizing DWU's services; Prof. Missy Risser, CUNY Law School for continued allyship; Ninaj Raoul/Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees for continued allyship; Zoe Freilich & Vanessa Bretas for building the new website (in progress); Xandi McMahon for posting Town Hall summaries and phoning food box recipients every week; Arlene Roberts, Esq. and Team at the Maple Street Community Garden; Brooklyn for Peace; New York Women's Foundation; Brooklyn Community Foundation; The Public Theater; and the generous individual donors who helped provide DWU workers with "love offering" stipends to help pay the bills.
You stood by us and we thank you.
Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees
Repost from @undocublack - Haitians and Sudanese TPS holders are among the over 300,000 families nationwide that will be impacted by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in favor of the Trump’s administration’s attack on protections for El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, and Sudan.
Yesterday together with our partners we participated in rallies in both New York & DC to demand that Congress stands for our communities and provides immediate action to protect TPS holders from potential deportation following the Ramos decision.
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Please support by signing the petition https://actionnetwork.org/.../sign-the-petition-urge...
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Community Garden
DWU partnering with Maple Street Community Garden to receive fresh, local and seasonable produce from the garden.
On Labor: Who Speaks for the Artist?
It all begins with an idea.
As the United States faces the largest unemployment crisis in modern history due to COVID-19, workers will need tremendous advocacy on their behalf to recover from this economic disaster. In this conversation, Christine Lewis, Mark Nowak, and Natalie Diaz offer their thoughts about considering creative workers within a broader “workers movement” and how artists can work beyond the institution in service of deeper organizing efforts.
A Conversation with Christine Lewis, poet, member of Domestic Workers United, and founding member of the Worker Writers School; Mark Nowak, poet, professor of English at Manhattanville College, and the founding director of the Worker Writers School; and Natalie Diaz, poet, professor at Arizona State University Creative Writing MFA program, and the founder of Center for Imagination in the Borderlands.
Mental Health in the Time of COVID-19
It all begins with an idea.
Recognizing COVID-19’s Effect on Mental Health in Communities of Color
Digital Town Hall Sponsored by Brooklyn For Peace, Peace Action New York State, Peace Action Bay Ridge, Domestic Workers United, Veterans For Peace - NYC Chapter 034 and Occupy Kensington
The New York Women’s Foundation Response and Recovery Fund
It all begins with an idea.
We released our second round of grants under our 2020 #ResilienceNYC: #COVID19 Response & Recovery Fund awarding $125,000 total to nine organizations.
One of the organizations receiving emergency funding to support their #COVID19 efforts is Domestic Workers United. Domestic Workers are on the front lines of the fight against coronavirus - they are nannies taking care of children so there parents can go work in medical centers, they are home-care workers keeping the elderly safe and healthy in their homes, they are keeping homes and hospitals clean - yet they are not afforded the same protections such as paid sick leave, job security, or safety nets such as unemployment. Staying home for them also means no income. We provided funding to Domestic Workers United so they can respond to the economic and health needs of NYC workers impacted by COVID19. The funding will also strengthen DWU's virtual communication capabilities to share life-saving resources and provide emergency financial support to workers who have lost jobs and income when they become ill from the virus.
These emergency grants will ensure and financially stabilize organizations that are providing critical services to their community (and in some cases, increase their capacity to serve more people), counteract violence fueled by racism and xenophobia, advocate for fair economic policies to protect vulnerable communities from eviction and homelessness, and provide resources to the most vulnerable and marginalized communities such as domestic workers, low-income entrepreneurs, Latinx and South Asian survivors of sexual and domestic violence.
Stay tuned as we deploy new resources to organizations that are quickly adapting community-led solutions to meet the immediate needs of girls, women, TGNCNB people and their families.
If you are able to make a donation to our emergency fund, please visit the link below or text STOPTHESPREAD to 44-321.