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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…