New York Coalition to Expand Voting Rights
Posted Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 5:57 pm
Coalition that wants to give "immigrants" voting rights in New York City.
Site: immigrantvoting.org/Coalition/nycoalition.html
"Statement of Principles": immigrantvoting.org/Coalition/principles.html
One of those is: "We need to close the gap between local government and the people it serves. New York government officials 'do not adequately reflect the faces of the people they represent."
Members of the group:
- ACORN - NY
- ADCNY
- African American Progressive Association
- Alianza Dominicana
- Alliance for Inmates with AIDS
- ABFA
- Asian Pacific American Voters Alliance
- Asian American Legal Defense & Education Fund
- Asociacion Tepeyac de New York
- Astorians for Peace and Justice
- Batey Relief Alliance
- Breakthrough: building human rights culture
- Catholic Migration Office
- Center for Constitutional Rights
- Center for Law & Social Justice - Medgar Evers
- Centro Hispano "Cuzcatlan"
- El Centro de Hospitalidad
- CHHAYA CDC
- Coalition for Asian American Children and Families
- Community Service Society
- Coney Island Avenue Project
- Dominican Bar Association
- Dominico-American Society
- DRUM
- Filipino American Human Services, Inc. (FAHSI)
- Frente Unido Inmigrantes Ecuatorianos
- The Greater New York Labor-Religion Coalition
- Guyanese-American Workers United
- Hermanas Mirabal Family Center
- Hispanic Federation, Inc.
- The Human Rights Project of the Urban Justice Center
- Humanist Center of Cultures
- The Immigrant's Journal
- Independent Commission on Public Education (iCOPE)
- National Institute for Latino Policy
- International Socialist Organization
- The Latin American Integration Center
- Latino Commission on AIDS
- Make the Road by Walking
- Myanmar Youth Association
- National Association of Korean Americans (New York Chapter)
- National Coalition for Asian Pacific Community Development
- National Coalition for Haitian Rights
- National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice
- New Immigrant Community Empowerment
- New Jersey Immigration Policy Network
- NYC AIDS Housing Network
- New York City Labor Against the War
- NYC LCLAA, Labor Council for Latin American Advancement NEW!
- New York Civic Participation Project
- New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH)
- NYU Law Students for Human Rights
- Restaurant Oppurtunity Center of New York (ROC-NY)
- Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant Rights
- Professional Staff Congress (CUNY)
- PRLDEF
- Queens Empowerment Centre for Haitian Immigrants
- RACCOON
- Sharing Hearts Network
- St. Mary's Episcopal Church
- Sikh Coalition
- United Neighborhood Houses
- World Policy Institute
- Women of Color Policy Network
- Young Korean American Service and Education Center (YKASEC)