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.