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We Need a Freedom City

May 16, 2017August 14, 2018 by Freedom Cities

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We all need a Freedom City. Since the invention of cities, they have been multicultural sites where opportunity, knowledge, and the arts draws those from monocultural communities nearby and afar. Today, our cities are not doing enough to protect the people who live there. Police forces unfairly criminalize Black/Brown bodies…

Portland City Council votes to End All Corporate Investments

April 16, 2017August 14, 2018 by Freedom Cities

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Broad Coalition Celebrates an end to City Profit from Suffering and Exploitation April 6 – Portland City Council voted yesterday to end investing in all corporate securities, after broad community pressure to end investments in corporations complicit in prison expansion, the occupation of Palestine, the building of Trump’s “wall,” construction…

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Why you should be talking about famine in Africa

April 4, 2017August 14, 2018 by Freedom Cities

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Towards the end of February famine was declared in South Sudan and Somalia largely (AFP/Getty Images/Tony Karumba) caused by war, economic collapse and government policies. We must recognize the policies that cause famine, shift them and then fight for policies that can create prosperity for all. At the Black Alliance…

#EndBrokenWindows & Demand #FreedomCities

March 28, 2017August 14, 2018 by Freedom Cities

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Join the Coalition to End Broken Windows, the New York Worker Center Federation, Enlace, 5 Boro Defenders and the Police Reform Organizing Project (PROP) on the steps of City Hall before the City Council’s Public Safety Committee budget hearing to rally against more funding for the NYPD and to demand…

Building the #FreedomCities Movement featuring Sohel Mahmud

March 13, 2017August 14, 2018 by Freedom Cities

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Sohel is a 2016-2017 Delfino Leadership Institute member and DRUM member-leader. Back in January, worker leaders from the WCF launched the Freedom Cities Movement with the vision of transforming New York into a city that truly provides our communities with both safety and freedom. Their vision of a Freedom City…

What is a Freedom City?

February 27, 2017August 14, 2018 by Freedom Cities

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Freedom Cities demand that our communities have the resources they need to thrive. It’s about making entire cities, towns, and communities safe for immigrants, Black people, Muslims, workers and all oppressed communities. We believe we all deserve to live with dignity and have the opportunity thrive without fear of physical or…

#FreedomCities coming to your town

January 24, 2017August 14, 2018 by Freedom Cities

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On Friday January 20th we launched #FreedomCities in New York City. This campaign redefines what safety and freedom truly means for our communities. We dream of a city where our entire community can live freely with safety and in their full dignity. Our communities can’t wait and neither can our…

#SafetyIs a Freedom City

January 17, 2017August 14, 2018 by Freedom Cities

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Two years ago workers and immigrants convened to form a new coalition, the New York Worker Center Federation. The coalition would bring together workers from vast working sectors and people from all over the world residing in NYC. Workers and immigrants would be the major decision makers for the programming…

Fighting to End White Supremacy

November 22, 2016August 14, 2018 by Freedom Cities

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While the world struggles to digest the sullen reality of the recent election, over a dozen worker-leaders from across communities and organizations have been deepening the roots of our collective power as they participated in the second training of this year’s Delfino Leadership Institute. In the wake of the election,…

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