QEJ Applauds NYC Comptroller Audit of DHS Program
QEJ Applauds Comptroller Report On the Department of Homeless Services’ Work Advantage Program On July 15, 2010 the New York City Office of the Comptroller released the results of an audit of the Department of Homeless Services’ (DHS) Work Advantage Program (WADV). The report contains conclusions drawn from a review of WADV operations and procedures, as well as recommendations to DHS for correcting the problems that were found. Queers for Economic Justice applauds Comptroller John Liu and... [Read More...]
Queer Left At US Social Forum Pledge A Movement for ‘Safe Self-Determination’
For Immediate Release: June 28, 2010 Press Release Contacts: Caitlin Breedlove, Southerners On New Ground: 404-549-8628 Kenyon Farrow, Queers for Economic Justice: 212-564-3608 Joaquin Sanchez, Communications Liaison for the Queer and Trans Peoples’ Movement Assembly: 917-575-3154 Queers to the Left, to the Left Queer and Trans Peoples’ Movement Assembly at the United States Social Forum Broaden LGBTQ Movement Agenda to Include Immigration, Racial and Economic Justice Detroit - A newly formed... [Read More...]
Low-Income LGBTQ New Yorkers Reveal “A Fabulous Attitude” in New Report
The Welfare Warriors’ Research Collaborative (WWRC) of Queers for Economic Justice celebrate Pride by releasing the findings of a three-year community participatory action research project, “A Fabulous Attitude: Low Income LGBTGNC People Surviving & Thriving on Love, Knowledge & Shelter.” WWRC co-researchers conducted surveys with 171 low-income LGBT and gender nonconforming (GNC) people, gathering information about the economics of peoples’ lives, struggles with social... [Read More...]
QEJ Latest Achievements/ Race Update!
QEJ LATEST ACHIEVEMENTS & PROGRAMMATIC UPDATES: 1) Amber Hollibaugh–QEJ Board Member–delivers QEJ’s Tidal Wave Report to the Whitehouse! QEJ is proud to announce that the Obama administration now has several copies of QEJ’s Tidal Wave Report–a collection of much of the existing data on LGBTQ people, poverty, health-care, housing, disability, and other economic justice issues with particular attention to dynamics of race, gender, geographic location, and immigration... [Read More...]
Act Queer! Teleconference: Research in Queer Organizing
Research is something many grassroots movements shun, given its history of pathologizing low-income, queer and trans people, people of color, the disabled, etc. And yet, there is a wealth of research happening by grassroots organizations, and researchers interested in the strength & resilience of communities. What are the research strategies being utilized by different queer and progressive groups? What has been successful and what has failed in the past? When complete, where and how is this... [Read More...]