UPDATE: QEJ Moves & Amazingly Queer Race Date Announced!
Dear Friend, QEJ has some great news! NEW SPACE We’re moving! QEJ is excited to announce we are relocating our offices from our current space to a new location on 147 West 24th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10011. Sound familiar? We are moving into the same building where FIERCE! currently resides, and Sylvia Rivera Law Project is also moving this month! QEJ’s base is growing. We were in dire need for a space to accommodate the growing base of Shelter Project facilitators and Welfare Warrior... [Read More...]
Act Queer! Teleconference: Movement Building in Queer Organizing
Many of the mainstream LGBTQ organizations focus on single issue, electoral and policy based organizing/advocacy. Whereas the work done by many of the radical, grassroots LGBTQ groups focuses on grassroots strategies, with a heavy focus on movement building. Often we’re told this work doesn’t have impact, or doesn’t have measurable goals. What is movement building and why is it a cornerstone of the grassroots movement? What are the strategies being utilized by different queer... [Read More...]
Update: Thank You for Helping QEJ Through Its Crisis
Dear Friend, Last week we reached out to our supporters because we needed your help. QEJ faced a major cash flow crisis due to political fighting in Albany which stalled $40,000 in funding we were awarded in late summer of 2009. Thanks to the generosity of supporters like you, we raised $18,000, also meeting the matching gift of $11,000 created by friends of QEJ . Because of this support, we did not have to furlough staff and shut down operations. This funding will help us continue to our... [Read More...]
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...]