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Community
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The
low-income residents of Washington Heights and Inwood
have traditionally played little direct role in policy
decisions or in the allocation of resources that affect
their daily lives. Most of these residents are recent
immigrants excluded from the oligarchic civic life of
their native country and with scant experience in civic
life here. Our community-organizing department encourages
community members to get involved in their community and
tackle neighborhood issues on the city level.
Impact:
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Staff
supports and trains the Unión Comunal (Washington
Heights and Inwood Community Union), a grassroots organization
of 2,300 members.
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The
Unión Comunal has worked on issues ranging from
local ones, such as the quality of service at our local
post office, or encouraging the Police Department to
prevent drug trafficking in targeted areas, to City-wide
issues, such as passage of the City’s Lead Paint
Law, and use of Battery Park City funds for low-income
housing.
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Our
Happy Faces Daycare Network was a direct result of Unión
Comunal members banding together and requesting formal
training and certification for their informal daycare
businesses. The program has now expanded to over 110
daycare workers, some of which are making up to $75,000
a year. For more information on the Happy Faces DayCare
Network, click here.
For
more information: Contact Evan Hess at 212-822-8300
or
For information on our tenant and leadership workshops,
click here.
Leadership
Workshops
To
find out when our next Leadership and Community Organizing
Workshop will be held, call our Community Organizing Department
at 212-822-8300. For more information on our community
organizing, click here.
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