by Nada Khader | Jan 13, 2025 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Director's Blog, Economic and Human Rights, Movement Building
For Immediate Release Sunday, December 22, 2024 Contact: Rev. West McNeill, Executive Director, NYS Labor-Religion Coalitionwest@labor-religion.org, 585-313-8574 Las Posadas procession in Albany calls on Gov. Hochul to address child poverty in the NYS budget More...
by Nada Khader | Jan 9, 2025 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Criminal Justice, Director's Blog, Economic and Human Rights, Movement Building
‘Wasn’t an Isolated Incident’: Black Prison Workers Associations Speak Out on Killing Associations representing New York prison and parole officers are publicly denouncing the killing of Robert Brooks, the 43-year-old incarcerated man who died last month after prison...
by Nada Khader | Jan 8, 2025 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Criminal Justice, Director's Blog, Economic and Human Rights, Immigration, Movement Building, Progressive News Network
Government and Policy Updates To support you in your advocacy, here are some things happening in government and public policy across New York State. Gov. Kathy Hochul will propose initiatives in her State of the State address to reduce delays and improve travel on...
by Nada Khader | Nov 26, 2024 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Criminal Justice, Director's Blog, Economic and Human Rights, Environmental and Food Justice, Progressive News Network
Dear all IADL members and friends, We are announcing the launch of a new issue of the IADL Review on Climate and Social Justice, as well as multiple new statements highlighting key issues and developments in this moment, especially the ongoing Israeli genocide in...
by Nada Khader | Oct 27, 2024 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Director's Blog, Economic and Human Rights, Militarism and Foreign Policy
Please see the disturbing news of the forced disappearance and murder of community leader Edwin Santos by the Venezuelan intelligence agency: https://forms.gle/KDRmZezhkDKQ6EYUA
by Nada Khader | Jul 30, 2024 | Blogs, Director's Blog, Economic and Human Rights, Environmental and Food Justice, Movement Building
Excellent (and lengthy) article about the devastating environmental and human effect of NAFTA and neoliberal policies on a community in Mexico. Persisting even under AMLO and possibly Sheinbaum… US Corporations Pump Aquifers Dry as Police Kill Water Defenders in...