Update on QEJ’s financial crisis and next steps: What you can do NOW to sustain QEJ!
Dear Friend, As you may already know, earlier this week, QEJ faced the real possibility of having to furlough our staff, suspend vital services for its constituents and temporarily close its doors today. This was due to a cash flow crisis created by the delay in the release of a promised $40,000 grant by New York State that has been stalled for months due to political fighting in Albany. To meet this crisis head-on, we at QEJ mobilized quickly. We cut expenses, our Board gave what they could,... [Read More...]
Emergency: QEJ Urgently Needs Your Support TODAY!
Dear Friend– On behalf of Queers for Economic Justice, I write to respectfully ask that you consider making an emergency gift of $100 to QEJ today to help us meet an unexpected financial crisis. Your gift will also count towards a matching gift of up to $11,000 created to meet this crisis. To those who have already given, thank you so much for your support. Why QEJ is seeking your help Over the past few months, the fighting in Albany has held nonprofit groups hostage by stalling disbursements... [Read More...]
Emergency: QEJ Urgently Needs Your Support TODAY!
Dear Friend– I’m writing to humbly ask that you consider making an emergency gift of $100 to QEJ today. QEJ was told for months that a $40,000 government grant we are counting on would come in by now, but politics in Albany stalled NY State’s legislative agenda last fall and delayed the disbursement of grants to nonprofit groups, including QEJ. This has caused an unexpected cash flow crisis for us this month. As a result, we are turning to our supporters as a last resort. Without your... [Read More...]
Welfare Justice Campaign Delcare Victory; Reina Featured in Gay City News
After 5 years of struggle, the Welfare Justice Campaign declares victory for transgender and gender non-conforming New Yorkers accessing welfare. Gay City News writes; Appearing at a February 17 press conference at the Housing Works Bookstore in Soho, Reina Gossett, a representative of Queers for Economic Justice, hailed the breakthrough, which won final approval in December from HRA Commissioner Robert Doar, but cautioned, “We still have far to go. In the past, similar city policies have failed... [Read More...]
2/19: Farrow Speaking on ‘Myth of a Post-Racial Society’
Saturday, February 20, 7pm The Myth of a Post-Racial Society Post-Obama, has America become colorblind—and is that even a worthy or achievable goal in this country? How does the supposed “post-racial” society measure up to the reality of poor and working people’s lives, 60 years after the Black civil rights movement? Join a freewheeling discussion and celebrate the ongoing struggle for “Freedom Now!” Speakers will include Norma Abdulah, a retired school teacher and longtime Harlem civil... [Read More...]