NY2NO
New York 2 New Orleans Coalition
Food Justice Photos are now online!
Not only are we blogging this Summer, we are photo blogging as well! NY2NO will be adding photos of every trip to our website, so people can see what we are up to. Click here to see the photos that are up now!
NY2NO featured in the Daily News!
NY2NO was in the Daily News last Wednesday June 30th in a full page article by Holly Reich. In the Big Town Big Heart section, Reich discussed out Summer programs in both New York and New Orleans; the piece featured interviews with organizers Alexander Goldman and Alexander Eacker. Thank you Daily News!
Growing Youth Organizers!
Despite it being Summer vacation and prime beach weather, Growing Youth Organizers (GYO) continues to meet weekly. GYO is creating and working on more workshops for our Summer brigades as well as coming up with plans to hold fundraisers. Check out our "Growing Youth Organizers" page for more information! Here are most of GYO's members at a meeting:
Food Justice Summer has begun!
NY2NO 2010 Food Justice Summer has officially started! After our kickoff fundraiser at the Sixth Street Community Center we have started with a real bang, everyone involved is very excited and pumped for what is to come.
Each of our ten groups will be blogging throughout the whole Summer (and adding pictures as well!). Check out NY2NO's blog and click Food Justice Summer 2010 to catch up on what has been going on. Our School at Blair Grocery will update their blog weekly as well.
JUNE FUNDRAISERS: Jewelry Sale on the 17th, Dance Party on the 18th, and Food Justice Summer Kick-Off Party on the 25th!
NY2NO has 3 amazing events planned for June. For more info click HERE.
Thursday, June 17th: Sample Jewelry Sale at AV Max - EVERYTHING BETWEEN $5-$25 - 12-7p.m - 60 W. 38th st on the 4th floor.
Friday, June 18th - DANCING FOR DECOLONIZATION PART DEUCE - 8pm - 1am - 638 East 6th St. between Ave. B and Ave. C.
Friday, June 25th - FOOD JUSTICE SUMMER KICK-OFF PARTY - 7pm -11pm - 638 East 6th St. between Ave. B and Ave. C.
NY2NO launches Growing Youth Organizers 2010!
LEARN HOW TO BE A YOUTH ORGANIZER!
Growing Youth Organizers will provide students will the knowledge and skills they need to organize in Louisiana during Food Justice Summer and to empower their own communities. Participating youth will build and facilitate their own workshops focusing on social and environmental inequities and the actions needed to resolve them. NO ONE WILLING TO LEARN AND FUNDRAISE WILL BE DECLINED.
The project will officially begin at our Spring Convention on April 17th @ 2PM at 567 6th Ave, Brooklyn NY, between 15th St. and 16th St. Take the F/G train to 7th Ave. or 15th St. Prospect Park, walk down to 6th Ave. and over to 16th St. OR Take the R to Prospect Ave. and walk up to 6th Ave and over to 16th St.
Click HERE for more information on the project and curriculum.
a.v. max Sample Sale!
This Thursday, June 17th, trendy, NYC-based jewelry company a.v. max Accessories will be hosting a sample sale to benefit NY2NO and New York Cares! a.v. max sells at Bloomingdales and has been featured in Elle and Vogue Magazines but everything at this sale will be only $5-$25! Please stop by to support these two organizations and stock up on jewelry for the summer. Dropins are welcome anytime between 12 and 7 pm. a.v. max is located at 60 W. 38th st on the 4th floor. See you there! For more information about a.v. max click here.
Set Up a Presentation at Your School or Community Group!
Want to learn more about the situation in New Orleans? Want to get your friends and fellow youth involved? Have an NY2NO representative make a presentation for your school or youth group.
If you are interested in setting up a presentation, you can now fill out an inquiry on our presentations page and we will contact you right away.
Alum/College Students Found National Organization!
Not in High School Anymore? NY2NO Alum are still doing organizing under the new organization Youth Coalition for Community Action!
NY2NO is an organization that works specifically with High School-aged youth in order to keep their leadership sustainable; however, once the organizers and participants graduate High School they still hold the organizing skills and the desperate desire to keep working towards a just world. NY2NO has (unintentionally) gone national as many of their members leave New York City to continue on their own path. This group is called Youth Coalition for Community action. As Alum and other college youth, we have begun organizing together from across the country, working in solidarity with our High School counterparts and taking direction from them in the spirit of bottom-up organizing.
Check out their work here.
NY2NO Conducts First Census of the Lower Ninth Ward Since Katrina
NY2NO Organizers complete Map Project Via Computer Software!
According to a recent report by Common Ground Relief, no survey of the Lower Ninth ward has yet to be conducted to identify its post-Katrina population demographics, and the needs that its residents face. Therefore, throughout the summer of 2009, NY2NO volunteers partnered with Our School at Blair Grocery in the Lower Ninth Ward to conduct such a census survey. NY2NO volunteers walked through every street and canvassed every home in the Lower Ninth Ward over the course of this past summer, and have thus been able to finally identify the community demographics, as well as the most significant community needs. Find out more about the NY2NO Summer 2009 Map Project HERE
New York Trip
NY2NO's first ever "NY Trip" has ended!
NY Trip is an experiential learning retreat building solidarity between different communities in New York.
We explored our city while working with activists and organizers on solutions to environmental and social injustices!
For more information on what went on on the "NY Trip" click HERE
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