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Adhikaar for Human Rights and Social Justice

    Our theory of change is to provide services, advocate and organize. Since 2005, Adhikaar has been committed to improving the lives of the Nepali-speaking community and getting our voices heard in the social justice movement. Adhikaar, meaning “rights” in Nepali, is a women-led community and workers’ center that provides direct services to the Nepali-speaking community and organizes low-income workers and impacted community members to promote social justice and human rights. We create access to information, build community leadership, and grow collective power to win rights for our communities, and dignity and equity for all. At Adhikaar, we define the Nepali-speaking community as descendants of Nepal, Bhutan, India, Burma, and Tibet that speak Nepali.

    African Advisory Council ( AAC)

      African Advisory Council (AAC) of the Bronx Borough President aims to serve the African immigrant community in every capacity.

      • 851 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10451
      • (347) 313-5568
      • Sidikidonzo2@yahoo.com
      • Best method of contact: Email, Text Message

      African Communities Together (ACT)

        African Communities Together (ACT) is an organization of African immigrants fighting for civil rights, opportunity, and a better life for our families here in the U.S. and worldwide. ACT empowers African immigrants to integrate socially, advance economically, and engage civically. We connect African immigrants to critical services, help Africans develop as leaders, and organize our communities on the issues that matter.

        African Services Committee

          Afircan Services Committee is a community based organization dedicated to assisting immigrants, refugees, and asylees from across the African diaspora.

          Alliance of South Asian American Labor (ASAAL)

            ASAAL is an advocacy organization ensuring fairness, respect, dignity, and opportunity for the advancement, in every sphere of life, including the workplace, of all South Asian workers. Our desire is to empower the South Asian community so that they get the resources that they have earned through their volunteerism, hard work and dedication. We want the South Asian American community to grow and prosper as other communities have done before them

            Catholic Migration Services

              Catholic Migration Services is a not-for-profit legal service provider committed to promoting justice and compassion. Established in 1971, we are one of the oldest and most respected legal services providers in New York City. We provide free legal services, tenant organizing services and community legal education to low-income New Yorkers regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, or immigration status. By offering these services, we seek to advance equality and social justice for all, including the most marginalized.

              Carroll Gardens Association

                We are a worker center that aims to foster a community where residents and families of all income levels in Southwest Brooklyn’s neighborhoods can live, work, and thrive. Carroll Gardens Association, Inc. fulfills this mission by preserving and developing affordable housing, enforcing quality housing management practices, promoting small business economic development, and providing and linking residents to social services and resources to improve the quality of their lives.

                Asian American Federation (AAF)

                  AAF is an advocacy organization centered on amplifying the influence and enhancing the well-being of the pan-Asian American community. We are committed to driving change through research, policy advocacy, public awareness, and support for nonprofits.  

                  Centro de Recursos Educativos para Adultos (CREA)

                    CREA addresses the educational needs of Spanish speaking adult immigrants. CREA serves over 250 students citywide providing educational opportunities to an immigrant community from a diversity of Central and South American countries. CREA’s primary goal is to provide members of this community with classes to improve their formal education in their native language and become proficient in English as their second language. CREA also prepares students to obtain a high school equivalency diploma as well as receive support to continue their post-secondary high school education. Equally important, CREA provides leadership development, individual counseling, referrals to social services, and peer-to-peer support.

                    Chinese-American Planning Council

                      Chinese-American Planning Council’s mission is to promote the social and economic empowerment of Chinese American, immigrant, and low-income communities.

                      • 45 Suffolk Street, New York, NY 10002 (Main Office)
                        4101 8th Avenue, 4th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11232 (Brooklyn Community Center)
                        133-14 41st Avenue, Flushing, NY 11355 (Queens Community Center)
                      • (212) 941-0920 (Main Office)
                        (718) 492-0409 (Brooklyn Community Center)
                        (718) 358-8899 (Queens Community Center)
                      • info@cpc-nyc.org
                      • https://cpc-nyc.org/
                      • @cpc_nyc
                      • Best method of contact: Phone Call

                      Consortium for Worker’s Education

                        The Consortium for Worker Education (CWE) is a New York City based non-profit workforce development organization, overseeing a network of over 40 job training and placement providers across the five boroughs. CWE serves as the workforce development arm of the New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO, providing vital training services to incumbent members across 36 union locals

                        Construction and General Building Laborers Local 79

                          Construction and General Building Laborers’ Local 79, which serves the five boroughs of New York City, was created in 1996 through the consolidation of ten smaller Laborers’ Locals. Local 79 currently has over 10,000 active and retired members and is the largest construction laborers’ local union in the United States

                          Damayan Migrant Workers Association

                            Organizing Filipino low-wage workers to combat labor trafficking, promote human and workers' rights, and develop social justice leaders.

                            DRUM – Desis Rising Up & Moving

                              DRUM organizes low-wage South Asian and Indo-Caribbean workers for policy change, advocacy, social support, and services.

                              La Colmena

                                La Colmena is a nonprofit community-based organization working with day laborers, domestic workers, and other low-wage immigrant workers in Staten Island through organizing, education, culture, and equitable economic development.

                                Educational Alliance

                                  Educational Alliance , one of New York City’s original settlement houses, was founded in 1889 to offer educational, social, and cultural services to Jewish immigrants arriving to the Lower East Side. Today, EA is a proudly Jewish institution that partners with diverse communities throughout Lower Manhattan. We provide New Yorkers with high-quality, transformational programs that enhance their well-being and socio-economic opportunities, reflecting our belief that everyone in our city should be given the tools to thrive. 

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