Community Accountability and Transformative Justice Groups Connect with S.O.S./ALP, YWEP, Creative Interventions, and the Revolution Starts at Home Collective

August 2, 2010

Connect with us!!

Creative Interventions, the Revolution Starts at Home Collective, the Safe OUTside the System Collective of the Audre Lorde Project, and the Young Women's Empowerment Project are seeking to connect with groups who are working to reduce and eliminate violence in our communities without relying on policing and state systems.

We are hoping to build a broader network of organizations so that we can intentionally share  

ALP's New Green Home Provides Room to Grow, Better Accessibility!

May 18, 2010

New York, New York - May ­­18, 2010  - The Audre Lorde Project (ALP) has successfully concluded its Capital Campaign, A Space for Many Movements. In June 2010, ALP will open a new Manhattan office at 147 West 24th Street, which also houses grassroots organizations FIERCE!, Queers for Economic Justice and the Sylvia Rivera Law Project. The Audre Lorde Project is a community organizing center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two Spirit, Trans and Gender Non Conforming (LGBTSTGNC) People of Color in New York City.

Become an Audre Lorde Project Member

May 17, 2010

In direct response to our community the Audre Lorde Project (ALP) has created a membership structure that holds the needs of our organizing areas and commitment to community building, political education, skills building, holistic health and wellness. 

Our new membership structure provides multiple ways to be a part of The Audre Lorde Project, whether you have a lot of time or just a little.

Join our growing ALP Community to build power across identity and organize for Justice.  

Volunteer with the Audre Lorde Project for Pride

May 13, 2010

 

Volunteer with the Audre Lorde Project for Pride

The Audre Lorde Project has started preparing for Pride celebrations and we are calling on you to join us for this busy season. This is a fabulous time to connect to other Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two-Spirit, Trans and Gender Non-Conforming people of color while recruiting new members and spreading the word about the Audre Lorde Project, Safe OUTside the System and TransJustice.

Needs Assessment Survey for LGBTSTGNC POC Members of the Audre Lorde Project

April 13, 2010

Dear Audre Lorde Project Community,

The Audre Lorde Project understands that our services and organizing efforts are most successful when they involve the communities we serve.  We are committed to developing and implementing culturally specific and effect programs and services that reflect your needs.  We are guided by your your hopes, your concerns, your voice. 

In order to stay committed to this guiding principle, we are asking you to please take the time to fill out this survey. 

Starlite, a Safe Space in the S.O.S. Collective’s Safe Neighborhood Campaign

February 25, 2010

 

Here is an update on Starlite, a Safe Space in the S.O.S. Collective’s Safe Neighborhood Campaign. They’re one of the oldest black owned, non-discriminating, Gay Friendly bars in the city and facing eviction.

Please read below on ways you can help stop the eviction of the Starlite Lounge.

 

Save Starlite Community Meeting

Historic Victory: Welfare Procedure Approved to Address Discrimination Against Trans and Gender Non-Conforming People

February 8, 2010

 

MEDIA RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – February 5, 2010 Contact: Jen Roman, Kris Hayashi

E-Mail: jroman@alp.org

Phone: 718-596-0342 x 32, 646-305-4177(cell)

HISTORIC VICTORY: WELFARE PROCEDURE APPROVED TO ADDRESS DISCRIMINATION AGAINST TRANS AND GENDER NON CONFORMING PEOPLE, BRINGING NYC CLOSER TO BEING INCLUSIVE FOR ALL NEW YORKERS.

NEW YORK CITY HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION (HRA) APPROVES PROCEDURE FOR SERVING TRANS AND GENDER NON CONFORMING CLIENTS

Community Win for Welfare Justice!

December 23, 2009

Over the last six years as a community we have made our voices heard, culminating over the last two days in a fax and phone blast, and ending today with approval of a new procedure for serving Trans and Gender Non Conforming clients at New York City’s Human Resources Administration (HRA). Trans and Gender Non Conforming communities, allies, friends and family have let the New York City Human Resources Administration know of our demands an end to transphobic discrimination and harassment in New York City’s Welfare system. Supporters from across the country called and faxed HRA. 

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