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After Haiti HIV Slur, NYC’s HOT 97 Makes Amends
Cipha Sounds, the DJ who inflamed the New York Haitian community after an on-air statement about Haitian women and HIV, is back on HOT 97 after a brief suspension.
“He lost family members to HIV,” said Ebro Darden, vice president of programming for Emmis New York, which runs HOT 97. “So it’s close home for him . . . Obviously he’s a comedian, so he made a stupid joke.”
The station, meanwhile, is working to make amends. On Monday, former Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields appeared on a morning show to talk about HIV. On Wednesday, the station will run a segment about women in Haiti after the earthquake. And HOT 97 will send a music truck to …
Posted on January 11, 2011 at 8:26 pm
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Haiti One Year later Appeal
“Let’s show our support and solidarity with Haiti and demand action!”
—Charles King, president and CEO of Housing Works.One year ago, the world stood in awe of the devastation inflicted on the nation of Haiti. The 7.0 earthquake killed 300,000 and displaced more than one million. While the international community responded with substantial humanitarian aid, significant work remains. The pace of reconstruction has been unacceptably slow.
Today, on the one-year anniversary of the eathquake, Housing Works marches from Times Square to the United Nations with Diaspora Community Services, our partner in Haiti, to demand that world leaders take action now to remove rubble, provide safe and secure shelter for the displaced, provide clean water and sanitation, and provide jobs …
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 11:34 pm
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Happy New Year Housing Works Volunteers!
Happy New Year, Housing Works’ volunteers and prospective HW volunteers! Against all of our excitement, we waited to wish you a Happy 2011 so that we might actually be able to rejoice in our new beginning altogether especially with the debut of a new and improved Volunteer Department program. We’ve been hard at work over the last 5 months creating new volunteer literature and launching a new volunteer program which makes its grand debut this month!
2011 is surely shaping up to be a busy one for us here in the Volunteer Department! If the post-holiday lull affords you the time, we urge you to attend our next Volunteer Information session which is occurring on Tuesday, January 11th, at 594 Broadway on the 7th floor. …
Posted on January 7, 2011 at 4:19 pm
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Volunteer Info Session
Join us on Tuesday, January 11th, as we kick off 2011 with our first annual volunteer info session www.housingworks.org/volunteer.
Posted on January 6, 2011 at 5:13 pm
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Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities
TEAM HOUSING WORKS TENNIS TOURNAMENT BENEFIT
What: We need volunteers to help with check-in, raffle sales, set up & clean up at our Uptown, Down Under Tennis Tournament
When: Monday, January 24
Where: Roosevelt Island Racquet Club, 281 Main Street, Roosevelt Island, NY
Contact: D.Wilson@housingworks.orgKITCHEN DONATIONS PACK-UP HELP
What: We need individuals who don’t mind some heavy lifting, packing, and sorting to help pack up our back stock of kitchenware donations
When: Tuesday, January 11th, Wednesday, January 12th & Thursday January 13th
Where: Soho Bookstore Cafe, 126 Crosby St.
Contact: volunteer@housingworks.orgTHRIFT SHOPS WAREHOUSE VOLUNTEERS
What: We need help bar-coding, …Posted on January 5, 2011 at 6:10 pm
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Wed., Jan 12: Rev. Al Sharpton, City Councilmembers, Other Leaders to Speak at Haiti Rally
Update: This event will happen regardless of weather conditions. One million people have lived in tents for a year. Haiti has already experienced its own storm. We are not canceling for six or even 12 inches of snow!
A slew of prominent New York City leaders, including Rev. Al Sharpton, will speak at Marching for Change, a solidarity march commemorating the one-year anniversary of the earthquake that devastated Haiti on January 12, 2010. The march will feature two rallies, one in Times Square and the other at the United Nations. Speakers include:
Times Square: City Councilmembers Matthieu Eugene and Jumaane Williams; Brooklyn Deputy Borough President Yvonne Graham; National Action Network Executive Director Tamika Mallory; Housing Works Pres. and CEO Charles King
United Nations: …
Posted on January 5, 2011 at 4:12 pm
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Cuomo Reissues Order Protecting Transgender Employees, But Questions Linger
Will New York’s new governor be a friend to the transgender community? It’s only week one, but it looks like he might be.
Cuomo re-signed a Paterson order this week protecting transgender state employees from discrimination. LGBT advocates are hailing the move as a small step toward passing the Gender Expression Nondiscrimination Act (GENDA), statewide legislation that would protect all New York residents—not just those employed by the state—from being discriminated against on the basis of gender expression or identity.
Paterson issued the order in late 2009 but slipped out of office without finalizing guidelines that determine exactly how New York plans to protect its transgender employees. The move (or lack thereof) left Cuomo in charge of establishing those rules.
“The …
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 11:50 pm
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Why We’re Marching: A Closer Look at Hurdles Facing Haiti
On Wednesday, Jan. 12, New Yorkers from all walks of life will gather in Times Square for a march marking the one-year anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti. Speakers will include Rev. Al Sharpton, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, Rev. Jacques Andre DeGraff, Comptroller John Liu and others. The march is a show of solidarity (check out this video)—but it’s also a protest with four key demands for progress in Haiti, which has been agonizingly, unacceptably slow.
The event next week, called Marching for Change, will call on Haitian and world leaders to address the four major obstacles to recovery in Haiti: rubble removal; safe and secure shelter; clean water and sanitation; and jobs. Below, we explain where Haiti stands in relation to …
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 10:41 pm
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