Events

Join parents, caregivers, kids, and the JFREJ Arts & Culture Role Network for an afternoon of singing and flyering to spread the word about the mayor's reckless budget cuts!

Help us win #CareNotCuts by joining us for phone banking. You'll be helping to defend essential services like libraries, pre-K, CUNY, schools, childcare, and more while aiding in the push for less wasteful spending on NYPD and DOC. Volunteers will be calling constituents in local districts and asking them to call their council member to… Read More »Phone Banking for #CareNotCuts

Sign up to do outreach to City Council Members ahead of their stated meetings, where they introduce and vote on legislation. This is a key way to plug into our efforts to win a significant reduction in the size and scope of the NYPD, and to defend libraries, pre-K, CUNY, schools, and more against Mayor… Read More »City Council Outreach for the People’s Budget

PSC members, students and CUNY allies will rally outside City Hall before the stated meeting of the City Council on Thursday, May 11. By that date, the state budget should be resolved, the Mayor’s Executive Budget will be public and negotiations between the council and the mayor will be ongoing. It will be just the… Read More »PSC Rally to Fund CUNY

VOCAL-NY is looking to take direct action THIS Thursday, 05/11/23, by having a press conference and vigil in response to the lethal and irresponsible narratives toughted by New York's Mayor and Governor that has reinforced a system of negligence and emboldened the type of anti-Black, self-deputized vigilantism responsible for the murder of Brother Jordan Neely.

Join JFREJ’s Freedom to Thrive City Budget Campaign Meetings to defend essential services against Mayor Adams' cuts and reduce the size and scope of the NYPD. Mobilize with us to pressure Council Members to hold the line on #CareNotCuts!

For organizations and organizers: Join our organizing call learn more about the fight to push AGAINST Mayor Adams' proposed budget cuts and their devastating consequences on essential services such as libraries, pre-K, CUNY, schools, and more, and FOR a budget that prioritizes communities over policing and criminalization.

Most parents and kids do not know their schools are being cut again this year in Mayor Adams' anti-education budget! Join us as we canvass during school pick-up and let parents and families know about cuts to schools and how they can help us defend education budgets!

Help us win #CareNotCuts by joining us for phone banking. You'll be helping to defend essential services like libraries, pre-K, CUNY, schools, childcare, and more while aiding in the push for less wasteful spending on NYPD and DOC. Volunteers will be calling constituents in local districts and asking them to call their council member to… Read More »Phone Banking for #CareNotCuts

Urban Librarians Unite is staging a funeral procession to mourn the lost services in our public libraries caused by Adam's terrible budget cuts.

Rally with us ahead of the City Council Criminal Justice Committee's Executive Budget hearing to call for a budget that supports closing Rikers by moving resources from the bloated Department… Read More »Rally for a CLOSE RIKERS Budget

Most parents and kids do not know their schools are being cut again this year in Mayor Adams' anti-education budget! Join us as we canvass during school pick-up and let… Read More »5/19 School Canvassing in the Bronx

Join us as we make art, signs, and props for our upcoming March for #CareNotCuts! Bring your families, children, and loved ones as we get creative for our vision for… Read More »5/21 Art Build for #CareNotCuts

There is an urgency in this political moment to get out and talk to our neighbors about a vision for public safety that doesn't involve more dehumanization and policing. We're… Read More »Brooklyn #CareNotCuts Canvass

The mayor is once again cutting funding from our city’s public libraries; beacons of safety and access for all New Yorkers. He is ignoring the pleas of families who frequent… Read More »Parents & Kids Take Action for #CareNotCuts!