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Help make sure New York City adopts more just Environmental and Police/Community Relations policies.
These hot issues impact the quality of life in impoverished neighborhoods every day. Your contribution can help "change" become reality for the poor in NYC.
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Organizational Partners
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Become an Organizational Partner! Starting in January 2009, get your logo and a link to your organization's website here.
In 2009, Organizational Partners will also enjoy a monthly NYFJ e-update dedicated to linking NYFJ Members to Organizational Partner events.
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Greetings!
Thank you for your partnership and support in 2008! NY Faith & Justice started with four people in June 2006. Today hundreds of faith-filled New Yorkers are hooking into a growing movement to follow Christ, unite the church, and end poverty through spiritual formation, education, and direct advocacy.
In 2008, your support made Faith Leaders for Environmental Justice possible. Faith Leaders for EJ is a collaborative effort of faith leaders, community organizers, government representatives, and justice advocates to make deep impact for environmental justice in impoverished neighborhoods. Through the coordinated collective action of two working groups, Faith Leaders for Environmental Justice is addressing issues of food justice, climate justice and energy consumption. Help make sure New York City adopts more just food, climate, and energy policies - contribute today to NY Faith & Justice. Your partnership continues to make change possible in black and brown communities where "neighbor" has left the neighborhood. Poverty breeds violence and violence feeds broken trust between the police and the community. NYFJ is working with Walker Memorial Baptist Church, the Latino Pastoral Action Center, the Presbytery of New York - PCUSA, St. Mary's Episcopal Church, the NYPD and several other faith partners to launch Conversations for Change in the South Bronx throughout the month of February 2009! Help make sure the NYPD improves its relationship with communities of color - contribute to NY Faith & Justice.Plus, NY Faith & Justice monthly large group gatherings on The Bridge offer chances to learn more about the issues while connecting them to our faith. Smaller monthly House Fellowship Gatherings in Manhattan, the Brooklyn, and the Bronx (starting in January '09) offer intimate settings to connect, reflect, and pray with our neighbors about the issues facing our neighborhoods. Help unite the church to end poverty in New York City - contribute right now to NYFJ.None of this would be possible without your faithful partnership and prayers! God has done great things since 2006! The church is uniting to end poverty in the city. Yet, we still have a long way to go. Skim through the factoids listed below. See the challenges we face. These are not insurmountable. Through collaboration we are building bridges of understanding and common purpose. By leveraging our collective voice we will make change reality. But we need your support to continue to meet the challenges. |
Did you know...
- More than 17% of children in New York City live in families with income under $15,000 per year.
- 1.3 million New Yorkers live in food insecure households. 417,000 of them are children.
- According to a recent report by New York City Coalition Against Hunger, 68.6% of emergency food providers do not have enough food to meet the rising need in their communities.
- More than one out of every five (21%) NYC residents standing in
line at soup kitchens and food pantries is employed, and among them 57% work full time - a 73% increase over the past three
years. (NYC Hunger Safety Net 2007)
- Fast food restaurants are subsidized to locate on or above 125th Street. Supermarkets are not.
- In Harlem, nearly 11% of the population has diabetes - mostly type two.
- The Bronx has the highest rate of diabetes in the city and the diabetes rate is rising.
- Brooklyn has the highest rates of food discrimination.
- There are 7 bus depots at or above 100th Street in the Harlem, Washington Heights, Bronx area.
- There are 2 bus depots below 100th Street.
- Harlem and the Bronx have he highest rates of asthma in the United States.
- The effects of global warming and climate change impact poor communities of color disproportionately.
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Top 3 Ways to Make Change a Reality!
3. Give your time. Save these dates and join us for one of these upcoming events:
- Faith Leaders for Environmental Justice Breakfast, THIS Wednesday, December 3 @ 8:30-11am, The Interchurch Center, 475 Riverside Drive, New York NY, RSVP to Matt Dunbar at 212.870.2219 or mdunbar@nyfaithjustice.org.
- Brooklyn House Fellowship Gathering, THIS Saturday, December 6 @ 1-3pm, Hosted by The Radical Living Hart House, 32 Hart Street, Brooklyn NY 11206. RSVP to Sharaya at 917.280.1522 or stindal25@yahoo.com.
- Christmas Gathering "on The Bridge", Saturday, December 13 @ 12-2pm, Stay tuned for location!
- Harlem House Fellowship Gathering, Saturday, December 20 @ 5-8pm, Hosted by The Bruederhoff Community, 226 West 138th Street, New York NY. RSVP to Norman at NormanWright@mailstack.com.
- Conversations for Change, Kick-Off February 3, 2009 @ Latino Action Pastoral Center. Conversation circles will meet once a week at various locations in the South Bronx February-early March. Action Forum March 10, 2009. Contact Lisa at lsharper@nyfaithjustice.org for more information.
2. Give your effort. Volunteer or Intern with NY Faith & Justice. Are you looking for ways to contribute your expertise to a non-profit organization? We are currently seeking interns and volunteers for the following positions:
- Web design and development
- E-communications management
- Grant writing
- E-newsletter writing and publication
- Organizing and advocacy
- Arts
- Administration
- Church Liaisons (become the primary point of contact for NYFJ initiatives for your church)
Contact volunteer@nyfaithjustice.org or go to our website to download the volunteer/intern application for more information.
1. Give a donation. Help make sure New York City adopts more just policies and structures! Make your contribution online today.You can make a contribution to the work of New York Faith and Justice online through NY Charities. Fund for the City of New York, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, is the fiscal sponsor of NY Faith & Justice. All donations to NY Faith & Justice are tax-deductible. - Click here to become a member for just $50 today! If everyone who received this email gave just $50, NY Faith & Justice would meet one quarter of its $200,000 budget. Contribute today.
- If you prefer to send your donation by mail, make checks payable to "FCNY/NY Faith & Justice" and send them to: NY Faith & Justice, c/o Donations, 475 Riverside Drive, Suite 500, New York, NY 10115.
or Contact Lisa Sharon Harper at lsharper@nyfaithjustice.org or 212.870.1201 for more information. |
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Thank you again for all you do to help make this world a better place and New York a more just city! May God bless you in this holy-day season, even as you have been a blessing.
Sincerely, 
Lisa Sharon Harper
Co-founder and Executive Director
NY Faith and Justice
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