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"Don't Forget Shelters' Role in Homelessness Crisis"

TheSurRealEstate wrote 2 weeks ago: In New York City, 50,000 people live in emergency shelters. To address this issue, each mayoral cand … more →

Tags: Blog, DHS, Homelessness, Department of Homeless Services, Hannah Biskind, shelter system

Press Release: Organized Bronx Tenants Visit Housing Court to Demand Freedom From Harrassment

Cea Weaver wrote 1 month ago: On Wednesday, April 17th tenants from the 1058 Southern Boulevard Tenants’ Association and their all … more →

Tags: Blog, press, 1058 Southern Boulevard, bronx, housing court, Lisa Ortega, Maria del Carmen Arroyo, Tenant Harassment, tenants' rights

NYATN to Present at United Nations 57th Session on the Commission on the Status of Women

New York Anti-Trafficking Network (NYATN) wrote 2 months ago: Update: Thank you to those who attended our successful CSW57 Event!  See you next year! Panelists Sh … more →

Tags: Conferences, Panels, and Other Events, Human Trafficking, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Safe Horizon, Suzanne Tomatore, Women, Florrie Burke, Ivy Suriyopas, Sienna Baskin

NYATN contributed to The Opportunity Agenda's new report on "Immigration and Gender: An Analysis of Public Opinion and Media Coverage"

New York Anti-Trafficking Network (NYATN) wrote 3 months ago: NYATN contributed to The Opportunity Agenda’s new report on “Immigration and Gender: An … more →

Tags: Conferences, Panels, and Other Events, Policy Advocacy, Immigration, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Sex Workers Project, Gender, Juhu Thukral, Sienna Baskin, Opportunity Agenda

Melissa Receives Top Human Rights Report Card Score For the Third Consecutive Year1 comment

MMV wrote 5 months ago: The Urban Justice Center’s Human Rights Project works tirelessly to improve the lives of New Yorkers … more →

Tags: Blog, citywide, Take Action, Participatory Budgeting, NYC, Criminal Justice, New York City Council, Human Rights and Liberties, Human Rights Project

UJC's Sex Workers Project Releases New Report on Human Trafficking Pipeline from Mexico to New York City

New York Anti-Trafficking Network (NYATN) wrote 7 months ago: Today, NYATN member Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Center announces its release of its new … more →

Tags: Legal Resources, service provider resources, Policy Advocacy, Human Trafficking, Sex Workers Project, Melissa Ditmore, Road North, Anna Maternick, Katherine Zapert

NYATN Member Sienna Baskin in the News

New York Anti-Trafficking Network (NYATN) wrote 8 months ago: NYATN member Sienna Baskin, co-director of the Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Center, was … more →

Tags: NYATN in the News, Human Trafficking, sex, Sex Workers Project, Forced Labor, Sienna Baskin, Prostitution, ann jordan, commercial sex

NYATN Member and Sex Workers Project Attorney Lynly Egyes in the News

New York Anti-Trafficking Network (NYATN) wrote 8 months ago: NYATN member Lynly Egyes, attorney at the Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Center, is quoted … more →

Tags: Legal Resources, NYATN in the News, Human Trafficking, T Visas, Sex Workers Project, Crime, LGBT, Times Ledger, Lynly Egyes

Urban Justice Center's Petition on the "No Condoms as Evidence Bill"

New York Anti-Trafficking Network (NYATN) wrote 11 months ago: Urban Justice Center created a petition in support of New York’s “No Condoms as Evidence … more →

Tags: Policy Advocacy, What you can do, Sex Workers Project, Prostitution, condoms, A1008, S323, sex work, Evidence

A Non-Exhaustive List of Tenant Organizing Strategies

elisegoldin wrote 1 year ago: As tenant organizers at UHAB, we work with tenants on campaigns of all sorts.  Those campaigns can b … more →

Tags: Blog, UHAB, Bronx Legal Services, hpd, uhab organizing, organizing strategies

Save the Date! NYATN Networking Breakfast on May 15, 2012

New York Anti-Trafficking Network (NYATN) wrote 1 year ago: Updated: NYATN will host a Networking Breakfast at 10 am on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at the Urban Justi … more →

Tags: Legal Resources, service provider resources, Conferences, Panels, and Other Events, Human Trafficking, Labor, sex, NYATN, Service Provider, attorney

Juhu Thukral Profiled as 21 Leaders 2012 - Seven Who Leverage Power

New York Anti-Trafficking Network (NYATN) wrote 1 year ago: Women’s eNews profiled NYATN’s Juhu Thukral as a “Think-Tanker for Justice.” … more →

Tags: NYATN in the News, Trafficking, Sex Workers Project, Women, Juhu Thukral, Girls, Women's eNews, 21 Leaders

NY Daily Post: "Absentee Slumlord in the Bronx Forced to Cede Control of Fordham Building in Big Victory for Tenants"

elisegoldin wrote 1 year ago: Tenants in a battle with their perpetually absent landlord claimed victory on Wednesday when a judge … more →

Tags: press, organizing, UHAB, uhab organizing, fordham bedford housing corp, The Bronx, 7A, Fordham, Independent Administrator

Crystal DeBoise presents “Human Trafficking and Sex Work: Identification and Special Considerations”

New York Anti-Trafficking Network (NYATN) wrote 1 year ago: NYATN Steering Committee member Crystal DeBoise of the Urban Justice Center presented to social work … more →

Tags: service provider resources, Conferences, Panels, and Other Events, Trafficking, sex, Identification, hospital, worker, human, Crystal DeBoise

NYATN's First Freedom Week 2011 Panel a Success

New York Anti-Trafficking Network (NYATN) wrote 1 year ago: Immigration Law and Human Trafficking AALDEF's Ivy Suriyopas, Klasko Rulon's Suzanne Seltz … more →

Tags: Conferences, Panels, and Other Events, Human Trafficking, Immigration, UJC, T Visas, Smuggling, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, AALDEF, Klasko Rulon

A "Progressive" Kohn Job7 comments

Utah wrote 1 year ago: This is a long post, sorry about that, but it was necessary to get it all said…Stacy McCain has simi … more →

Tags: Politics, Liberty, Culture, taxes, obama, 2012 election, Marxism, Third Wave Foundation, campaign strategist

A blog contribution to Race-Talk

New York Anti-Trafficking Network (NYATN) wrote 1 year ago:  What Can We Learn from the Dominique Strauss-Kahn Sexual Violence Case? - By Juhu Thukral and Melis … more →

Tags: Articles, Human Trafficking, UJC, Sex Workers Project, Dominique, Strauss kahn, DSK, Maid, domestic worker

NYATN Presents at the 55th session of the Commission on the Status of Women

New York Anti-Trafficking Network (NYATN) wrote 2 years ago: The NY Anti-Trafficking Network, Urban Justice Center, Safe Horizon, City Bar Justice Center, and As … more →

Tags: Legal Resources, service provider resources, Conferences, Panels, and Other Events, Human Trafficking, UJC, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, AALDEF, Safe Horizon, antitrafficking

Street Vendors Ask City Council for Respect1 comment

Nigel Roberts wrote 2 years ago: Written and photographed by Nigel Roberts          Street vendors are small businesspeople who need … more →

Tags: nyc city council, Small Business, Street Vendor Project, Street Vendors, New York City, Fines


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