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Dear New Yorkers,
Across three decades of fighting for justice and dignity for working people, there’s no organization I feel more deeply about than Make the Road NY [ [link removed] ].
So I’m really humbled that they will be honoring me at their gala this coming Thursday, October 16.
It would mean a great deal to me if you would consider purchasing a ticket, sponsoring the event, or making a contribution to them in my honor [ [link removed] ].
As I’m sure you know, Make the Road has been a powerhouse for immigrant-led organizing and high-quality services to immigrant families in New York for more than 25 years. They’ve been central to winning most of the big fights for justice in that time: paid sick leave for all New Yorkers, the Community Safety Act, strengthening rent stabilization laws, the Wage Theft Prevention Act, the Excluded Worker Fund ($2 billion for people who would otherwise have gotten nothing during the pandemic), and many, many more.
In recent months, I’ve been fighting alongside Make the Road’s attorneys and organizers constantly at 26 Federal Plaza. They are not only representing individuals facing detention and deportation but also leading litigation against inhumane policies, including the case that won a federal court order to improve conditions there.
Make the Road’s work needs and deserves support, and I hope you’ll join me in contributing [ [link removed] ].
It’s not only that they pick important fights that matter to working people, and then win them. It’s that they take seriously the responsibility of helping immigrants and working-class people take leadership themselves. A lot of groups talk about it; Make the Road does it. You can feel the power of inclusive, multiracial democracy in their organizing.
That’s what made them so special to Ady Barkan [ [link removed] ], who I first met when he was working at Make the Road, years before his diagnosis with ALS, which took his life in 2023. “Make the Road has been a saving grace for thousands of people. It certainly has been for me. It changed my whole worldview, my whole perspective, my whole career,” Ady said.
“The struggle for freedom is not won in a week or a year,” Ady taught us. “It’s not something that we can cross off our list. It’s something that gets handed down, that we do because it’s in our bones, and because we believe in the road, not only in the destination.”
Hope to see you Thursday night, to keep making the road together [ [link removed] ],
Si se puede!
Brad

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