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  Jonathan Westin, NYCC · [email protected]
December 19, 2019 at 5:57 PM

All we do is win

I want to take this moment to celebrate the victories we’ve accomplished together in 2019: Friend -- When you’ve been organizing for as long as I have, it can feel like all you do most of the time is fight to hold back the tide. We fight to stop cuts to essential programs. We …
  Alicé Nascimento, NYCC · [email protected]
December 14, 2019 at 12:00 PM

Where's Wall Street Pete?

Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg's visit to New York this week didn't quite go as planned. Friend-- Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg's visit to New York this week didn't quite go as planned. "Wall Street Pete" thought he could quietly visit our city for back to back…
  Jonathan Westin · [email protected]
December 13, 2019 at 3:46 PM

Save the Date: New Year, New Officewarming Party!

Dear Friend, You are cordially invited to our officewarming party on Friday, January 10th, from 4-7pm! Friday, January 10th 4-7pm @ 470 Vanderbilt Ave., 9th Fl. Brooklyn, NY 11238 RSVP Here 2019 was a monumental year for us. We: stopped a $3 billion giveaway to Amazon; …
  Alicé Nascimento, NYCC · [email protected]
December 5, 2019 at 4:19 PM

Let them eat cake

Last night we crashed Governor Cuomo’s $20,000 a plate birthday fundraiser with a crowd of activists and a cake Friend, Wow— in less than 24 hours our petition demanding a Billionaires Tax has gained more than 1000 signatures. Can you help us reach our goal of 1600 signatures…
  Alicé Nascimento, NYCC · [email protected]
December 4, 2019 at 8:25 PM

The bad news about billionaires

Tonight, Governor Cuomo is throwing a $20,000 per plate luxury birthday fundraiser in Central Park South. Friend-- Tonight, Governor Cuomo is throwing a $20,000 per plate luxury birthday fundraiser in Central Park South. We will be there to deliver a birthday cake and a messa…
  Myriam Hernandez · [email protected]
December 3, 2019 at 8:04 PM

Fight back against Amazon this Giving Tuesday

“Working at the Staten Island Amazon Fulfillment Center was like working on a modern day plantation. We were worked to the bone. By blocking Amazon HQ2 from coming to Queens, we won big over the most powerful corporation in the world and inspired each other to see the possibil…
  Jonathan Westin · [email protected]
December 1, 2019 at 2:01 PM

Dear billionaires, you’re not part of our movement

Dear Friend, In case you missed it, billionaire and former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg featured NYCC in a recent campaign ad, to which we responded: take this down. He can buy media coverage, but he can't buy us. The ad tries to claim that the planet is his priority, a…
  Jonathan Westin · [email protected]
November 4, 2019 at 5:00 PM

Naranja Newsletter: October!

Cuomo and BlackRock Can’t Hide We launched a new campaign for a Green New Deal in New York and blocked the entrance to BlackRock’s HQ, in a busy October! Alongside allies at DSA-NYC, Food & Water Action and the Sunrise Movement, the Movement for a Green New Deal that we’…
  Patrick Houston · [email protected]
October 8, 2019 at 10:03 PM

RSVP for a Green New Deal

Hi Friend, Along with other groups and activists, we’re launching an uprising for the Green New Deal to make Governor Cuomo and state government act - not talk about acting - at the scale of the climate and inequality crisis: *Stop all fossil fuel infrastructure *100% rene…
  Sol Freire · [email protected]
October 2, 2019 at 3:02 PM

September Naranja Newsletter🍊

Friend, In the time since we last sent this newsletter, the world stood up for climate in one of the biggest mobilizations in history. And of course, we were part of it. Dive in our newsletter for September and learn more about what we’ve been up to. Puerto Rico no se vende!…
  Gina Dejesus · [email protected]
September 20, 2019 at 5:46 PM

Join the youngest activist in the fight for Climate Justice

Friend, today is the day when thousands of people across the country are marching for meaningful action on climate change. Marisol Rivera, climate activist and NYCC Youth Leader, is taking the stage now to remember the victims of hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico and tell her sto…
  Sol Freire · [email protected]
September 13, 2019 at 3:03 PM

Friend, our data is being exposed

Friend, Ever since 2001, a critical section of the PATRIOT Act has allowed the government to collect an astonishing amount of sensitive data about American’s daily lives. And now, Congress could make this permanent. It’s called Section 215, and right now Congress is debating …
  Sol Freire · [email protected]
September 3, 2019 at 7:03 PM

Goodbye Summer: Naranja Newsletter August

Hola hola Friend, with school starting and the weather cooling down, we are already saying goodbye to our beloved summer. August is always a slow month, but not for us. We had a bunch of activities that kept us all busy. Read more about them here: Puerto Rico We released a…
  Sol Freire · [email protected]
August 6, 2019 at 9:30 PM

Naranja Newsletter: July! 🏖️ 🍊

Friend, July has been a month of resistance, of strategy and of victories! We came together with sister organizations for the "People's Convention", organized by the Center for Popular Democracy. Our members had fun but most importantly, we were able to build power with leader…
  Sol Freire · [email protected]
July 18, 2019 at 8:03 PM

Workers vs. Billionaires

today, lawmakers introduced new federal legislation that proposes to close the loopholes that... Big news Friend, today, lawmakers introduced new federal legislation that proposes to close the loopholes that have allowed Wall Street to destroy our economy. Hundreds of thousan…
  Sol Freire · [email protected]
July 17, 2019 at 5:47 PM

It’s a Prime Day for Amazon to CUT ties with ICE

Friend these past days have been busy for us. With Amazon Prime Day coming in, hundreds of community members who are immigrants, workers, children and their families united to demand Jeff Bezos cut Amazon’s ties with ICE and truly respect their warehouse workers. Right this s…
  Sol Freire Figueroa via ActionNetwork.org · [email protected]
July 13, 2019 at 4:44 AM

Thanks for taking action! 🍊✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽

Friend, Thanks for taking action to help us build power among our communities. We are thrilled to have you in our fight! You can now join us in some of our most significant fights in New York. We love to keep you up to date on everything, from the Fight for $15, worker and im…