CONTACT: Mariah McGough, mariah@vocal-ny.org VOCAL-NY RESPONDS TO THE DEATH OF ELIJAH MUHAMMAD, THE 10TH PERSON TO DIE ON RIKERS ISLAND THIS YEAR Interviews Available With VOCAL-NY Members Who Are Currently Detained on Rikers, and Those Who Have Been Detained There in Recent Years See Media From Today’s Rally to #CloseRikers Here and Here NEW YORK — In response to news of […]
Graciela Razo (she/her), Drop-in & Syringe Service Program Director, oversees all services onsite at 300 Carl Stubbs Way, including harm reduction supply distribution, care coordination, groups & wellness programming, as well as bathroom, shower & drop-in facilities. Graciela has 11 years of harm reduction & direct service work experience, as well as experience with mutual
The rally was largely composed of members of VOCAL-NY’s User Union, a group of past and present drug users mobilized by demands for safe use, harm reduction and the general right to live in a society that often abandons and fails them. Read More
CONTACT: Mariah McGough, mariah@vocal-ny.org VOCAL-NY RESPONDS TO NYC BUDGET, DEMANDS FURTHER INVESTMENT IN CARE AND COMPASSION The FY ‘23 Budget Continues to Fund the NYPD and Criminalization, While Investments in Housing and Services Pale in Comparison View VOCAL-NY’s Budget Proposals Here NEW YORK – Today, Mayor Adams released New York City’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2023, which maintains a
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“I myself right now am experiencing discrimination still. I have recently gotten a section eight voucher that my landlord fails to actually confirm that he’s actually willing to accept it. Legally he has to, but I haven’t gotten a response to my email asking that,” Felix Guzman of Vocal-NY said. “It just doesn’t make sense
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CONTACT: Mariah McGough, mariah@vocal-ny.org, 203 470 9979 VOCAL-NY RESPONDS TO MAYOR ADAMS BUDGET PROPOSAL NEW YORK — In response to Mayor Adams announcement of his administration’s Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year 2023, VOCAL-NY released the following statement, attributable to Althea Matthews, a Homelessness Union leader and New York City-based harm reduction street outreach worker who is currently experiencing
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Paula Santiago (she/her) is the PDSE & Peer Education Manager for VOCAL-NY. Paula is responsible for training and coordinating PDSE outreach. She conducts VOCAL’s Peer training program, LOUD, as well as manages a public health vending machine. Before joining VOCAL-NY, Paula worked at the National Harm Reduction Coalition for 18 years as a conference organizer.
Two days later, organizers held the same sign again at a people’s public safety rally in City Hall Park, where VOCAL-NY organizing director Jawanza James Williams explained that it was just another way of reclaiming the term “defund.” Read More
CONTACT Celina Trowell, Celina@vocal-ny.org, 347-309-6621 VOCAL-NY RESPONDS TO BRAZEN VIOLENCE AGAINST TWO HOMELESS NEW YORKERS IN NYC NEW YORK — In response to the reports of deadly attacks on homeless New Yorkers, VOCAL-NY released the following statement attributable to Celina Trowell, Homelessness Union Organizer: “To be clear, this tragedy is the direct result of a growing reckless and hateful anti-homeless
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Diyaa Capil (they/them) is the Development Coordinator of VOCAL-NY. Born and raised in New Jersey, Diyaa studied Political Science and American Studies at Rutgers University, graduating in 2020. While at Rutgers, Diyaa found a passion for grassroots organizing as a part of United Students Against Sweatshops, where they worked to form a student worker union
