21. Muslim Holidays in the NYC Public Schools Calendar (Issues & Projects/Issues & Action)
~ By DFNYC intern Sharon Fleischer The Coalition for Muslim School Holidays, an alliance of more than 80 religious, immigrant, education and labor organizations, is working to add two Islamic holidays to the NYC public...
22. August is Healthcare Action Month (Issues & Projects/Issues & Action)
August Needs Healthcare Action
Healthcare reform is under attack this month. Right wing activists, funded by the health insurance industry, have been screaming at Town Hall Meetings about how much they hate the idea of government ...
23. DFNYC Supports Stella D'oro Workers (Issues & Projects/Issues & Action)
DFNYC joined Stella D'oro workers and supporters at the rally at the Stella D'oro plant on Saturday, August 15, 2009, to celebrate their accomplishments and show support for the battle ahead.
In two weeks, the workers at Stella D'oro will mar...
24. Tell Attorney General Eric Holder to Prosecute Torture: Help Get Prime Time Ads on the Air (Issues & Projects/Issues & Action)
President Obama and Eric Holder say that waterboarding is torture and that it's illegal. Holder said in Newsweek and elsewhere that he's considering appointing a special prosecutor to investigate.
David Ippolito, whose brilliant music v...
25. Heathcare Debate Update from Sally Swisher (Issues & Projects/Issues & Action)
August is a hot month for Healthcare Reform
Since Congress is going home with healthcare unfinished, it looks as if August is where true reform will be won or lost. Three bills have passed in committee—two in the House, one...
26. Low-cost Spay/Neuter Clinics to Low Income Pet Owners (Issues & Projects/Issues & Action)
There is now a bill in Albany - A6158 in the Assembly and S4278 in the Senate - that would provide low-cost spay and neuter clinics for low-income New Yorkers with pets. Offering low-cost spay and neuter to low-income pet owners leads to fewer ...
27. Superfund the Gowanus Canal (Issues & Projects/Issues & Action)
Action: Write the EPA About the Gowanus Canal & Should DFNYC Support Superfund?
It’s not only the banks who are getting stimulus money, the EPA has been given money which will allow them to create new Superfund projects, and t...
28. Stella D'oro Workers Ask for Boycott (Issues & Projects/Issues & Action)
Since August 11, 140 workers at the Stella D’oro bakery in the Bronx have been on strike. The workers are mostly women (Latinas and immigrants from Asia and Africa).
The workers state they are on strike because the new owners re...
29. Support Animal Friendly NYC Bill (Issues & Projects/Issues & Action)
Bill to create low-cost spay and neuter clinics in NYC
Four years ago,
Animal Friendly NYC launched an effort to get NYC to fund low-cost spay and neuter clini...
30. Justice Will Be Served" Campaign Update (Issues & Projects/Issues & Action)
NYS Department of Labor announces $2.3 million settlement on behalf of restaurant workers
Democracy for NYC has long supported the Justice Will Be Served! Campaign in fighting against unfair treatment of restaurant delivery workers by ...
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