HOW ARE YOU GOING TO SPEND THE LAST WEEK OF RAMADAN?
Let us help you answer that question. Why don't you take the MCN Ramadan Challenge! Here are the upcoming challenges for this week.
The #MCNRamadanChallenge has been a way for us to activate our civic spirit during this holy month and we are ever grateful to those individuals who've taken part in it. Don't forget to contribute to MCN on the last day of the challenge so that we can continue to serve our community and work towards a brighter post-COVID-19 future!
Don't forget to RSVP for our upcoming events this week. One taking place today on how to prepare for the post-lockdown period. Register here: I Want to Be Prepared
Have you taken part in a virtual Iftar yet? You can tonight at the Public Advocate's Iftar event. You'll hear Ramadan reflections from our Program Manager, Kujegi Camara. Watch Live here.
Have you missed any of our events? Don't worry, you can check out all the videos on our facebook page. Check them out here.
With Gratitude,
Aniqa Nawabi
Executive Director
WAYS YOU CAN SUPPORT MCN
PROVIDE IMMEDIATE CASH ASSISTANCE FOR A FAMILY IN NEED
The City of New York will offer free antibody tests to 70,000 New Yorkers. 1,000 tests will be given at each site every day by appointment only. Five sites have been selected to perform these tests:
Bronx: Morrisania- 4006 Third Avenue
Brooklyn: East NY- 127 Pennsylvania Avenue
Manhattan: Upper Manhattan- 21 Old Broadway
Staten Island: Concord- St. John’s Villa 57 Cleveland Place
The City will double its testing capacity at NYC Health + Hospitals and will open 12 new testing sites by May 25. Beginning the week of May 18, 2 new COVID-19 testing sites will be open.Read the press release here.
Job Opportunity: NYC Health + Hospitals is Hiring Contact Tracers
NYC Health + Hospitals is quickly hiring thousands of contact tracers to conduct telephone calls with people diagnosed with COVID-19 to complete case interviews, elicit and trace contacts exposed to COVID-19, and connect people to resources to help them recover and effectively isolate, whether that is at home or in a hotel.
It is crucial that these positions are filled by people who represent the communities most affected by COVID-19.
There is a shortage of blood and blood donations are desperately needed. New Yorkers can help others during the COVID-19 crisis by donating blood.
Make an appointment with New York Blood Center to donate your blood at nybc.org/donate-blood or call 800-933-2566
Funeral Rites and Burial Assistance
In order to ensure that those we’ve lost are treated with the dignity and respect they deserve, the City signed an emergency rule to expand the number of low-income people who can receive burial assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic. The assistance is available to everyone, regardless of immigration status, with proof of low-income status. For more information, visit the Help Now NYC website, call 929-252-7731, or email [email protected]for application assistance.
The NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) has published important information for New Yorkers who have lost loved ones.
On May 14, Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs Commissioner Bitta Mostofi, Department of Social Services Commissioner Steve Banks, Community Affairs Unit Commissioner Marco Carrión, and Office of the Chief Medical Examiner Executive held an Community and Ethnic Media virtual roundtable on funeral rites and burial assistance.
All New Yorkers can access the food they need by picking up grab-and-go meals at NYC Schools, by visiting a food pantry, or by signing up for food delivery assistance.
Go to nyc.gov/getfood to sign up or to find an emergency food location near you.
Visiting a food pantry, picking up a grab-and-go meal, or receiving food delivery assistance will not impact your ability to apply for a green card. If you have questions about how accessing certain public benefits may affect immigration status, call the free, confidential ActionNYC hotline at 1-800-354-0365 for information and connections to legal help.
The GetFood Delivery Assistance Program is seeking nonprofit providers for meal preparation with a focus on culturally sensitive meals and ethnic foods, to staff and serve as distribution sites, and to facilitate home meal delivery.
On May 11th, MOIA Commissioner Bitta Mostofi, COVID-19 Food Czar Commissioner Kathryn Garcia, and Human Resources Administration First Deputy Commissioner Gary Jenkins held a Community and Ethnic Media virtual roundtable on emergency food assistance.
