Welfare Rights Campaign: Press Coverage
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ALP In the Media: The Winning Team: The Welfare Justice Campaign Trains Human Resource Administration on Policy to Address Discrimination Against Trans and Gender Non-Conforming People
Sylvia Rivera Law Project , October 19, 2010 -
On October 15th, following the historic and successful organizing campaign to make the Human Resources Administration pass a policy to stop discrimination against trans and gender non conforming people seeking HRA services, members from the Welfare Justice Campaign traveled to the HRA training headquarters in Queens, NY to train workers on the policy.
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ALP In the Media: Transgender Community Turns Up Heat on NYC Welfare Agency
Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, September 10, 2009 -
New York City’s transgender community is making another push in its four-year-old campaign to force New York City’s Human Resources Administration (HRA) to implement a policy to address discrimination and harassment of trans and gender non-conforming people.
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ALP In the Media: TransJustice Now!
Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, July 1, 2009 -
Hundreds gather in support of transgender rights, target HRA feet-dragging; GENDA update (or lack thereof)
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ALP In the Media - Video: Trans Day of Action: “The Rebellion Is Not Over”
Democracy Now!, June 26, 2009 -
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Today is the fourth annual Trans Day of Action for Social and Economic Justice. A rally to the Stonewall Inn is planned for this afternoon to “let the world know, that on the 40th anniversary of Stonewall, the rebellion is not over.” We speak with transgender activist, Mya Leilani Vazquez. (Click the link below to see the video and read the transcript of the interview.) -
ALP In the Media - Video: Trans Day of Action 2008
NYC LGBT Center, July 29, 2008 - Video footage of the 2008 Trans Day of Action organized by The Audre Lorde Project's TransJustice Working Group. Watch the video.