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Expanding Civil Rights Promoting Health Improving Housing Winning Workplace Justice Improving Public Education

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Make the Road New York promotes equal rights and economic and political opportunity for low-income New Yorkers through:

Community and Electoral Organizing,
Leadership Development,
Adult Education,
Youth Development,
Legal and Support Services,
Strategic Policy Advocacy.

Together, these strategies enable Make the Road New York to transform lives and catalyze systemic change within our five Impact Areas:

1. Expanding Civil Rights and Civic Engagement
2. Promoting Health for all New Yorkers
3. Improving Housing and Fostering Environmental Justice
4. Winning Justice in the Workplace
5. Promoting Access and Opportunity in Education

Our multifaceted approach to promoting justice in each of these impact areas transforms individual lives and catalyzes broad-based policy change at the city, state and national levels.

How We Work | Community Organizing | Leadership Development | Adult Education | Youth Development | Legal/Support Services | Policy Advocacy

Charges Against Innocent Young People Are Dropped
In a vindication of what Make the Road New York and community allies have been asserting for months, charges have been dropped for all but ten of the thirty-two young people who were arrested last May on the way to a friend’s wake.

Saturday, 9/13/08
MRNY Annual Diva Bash! Please join us at MRNY's Bushwick office for an evening showcase of LGBTQ dance, drama and fashion. Not to be missed! Including performances by old favorites and new talent.

Wednesday, 10/1/08
Please join us for our 2008 Annual Event to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the successful merger of the Latin American Integration Center and Make the Road By Walking!