Make the Road New York

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Make the Road New York (MRNY)
PredecessorMake the Road by Walking and Latin American Integration Center
FormationSeptember 19, 2007;16 years ago (2007-09-19)
FoundersOona Chatterjee, Ana Maria Archila, [1] and Andrew Friedman
Registration no.11-3344389
Co-Executive Directors
Arlenis Morel, Jose Lopez and Theo Oshiro
Website https://maketheroadny.org/

Make the Road New York (MRNY) is the largest progressive grassroots immigrant-led organization in New York state. [2] The organization works on issues of workers' rights; immigrant and civil rights; environmental and housing justice; justice for transgender, gender nonconforming, intersex, and queer (TGNCIQ) people; and educational justice. [3] It has over 23,000 members [4] and five community centers in Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, Long Island, and Westchester County. [5]

During the Donald Trump administration, Make the Road New York made national headlines for its work to end major banks’ financing of private prisons and immigrant detention centers [6] and for leading protests at JFK Airport after the administration's January 27, 2017, announcement of an executive order suspending entry to refugees and to citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries. [7]

At the state level, the organization has championed legislation for immigrant New Yorkers, such as the New York Dream Act, which gives undocumented students access to financial resources in higher education, [8] and the State Driver's License Access and Privacy Act, restoring access to driver's licenses for all New Yorkers regardless of immigration status. [9]

There are sister Make the Road organizations [10] in Connecticut, [11] New Jersey, [12] Pennsylvania, [13] and Nevada. [14]

History

Make the Road New York was created in 2007 through the merger of two New York City-based organizations, Make the Road by Walking and the Latin American Integration Center. [3]

Make the Road by Walking (MRBW) was a Bushwick, Brooklyn-based community organization founded in 1997 by low-income community members of color motivated by the belief that "the center of leadership must be within the community." [15] It helped community members organize in order to change the public conversation about welfare and improving policy. [16]

The Latin American Integration Center (LAIC), founded in 1992 in Jackson Heights, Queens, provided support to Latin American immigrants in the form of community organizing, adult education, and citizenship assistance. [17]

Make the Road New York opened a Long Island office in Brentwood in 2012 to serve Nassau and Suffolk Counties’ growing immigrant communities. [18] In 2018, through a merger with the Westchester Hispanic Coalition, it began working with immigrant and working-class communities in Westchester County out of its White Plains Office. [19]

In April 2021, co-executive directors Deborah Axt and Javier Valdés stepped down, and Arlenis Morel, Jose Lopez, and Theo Oshiro became the new co-executive directors. [20]

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  2. ↑ Acevedo, Angélica (28 July 2020). "Commission on Human Rights finds NYPD discriminated against Make the Road NY's Spanish-speaking members". QNS.com. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
  3. 1 2 McAlevey, Jane (22 May 2013). "Make the Road New York: Success Through 'Love and Agitation'". The Nation. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  4. ↑ Moench, Mallory (2 November 2018). "Trial on N. Y. lawsuits challenging U.S. Census citizenship question to begin". Times Union. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  5. ↑ "Contact". Make the Road New York. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  6. ↑ Lobosco, Kate (26 July 2018). "Immigrant advocates attack banks for financing private prisons". CNN . Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  7. ↑ Rosenberg, Eli (28 January 2017). "Protest Grows 'Out of Nowhere' at Kennedy Airport After Iraqis Are Detained". The New York Times . Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  8. ↑ Amin, Reema (23 January 2019). "New York legislators pass DREAM Act". Chalkbeat . Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  9. ↑ Wang, Vivian (17 June 2019). "Driver's Licenses for the Undocumented Are Approved in Win for Progressives". New York Times. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  10. ↑ "Make The Road Action". Make The Road Action. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  11. ↑ "History for Make the Road Connecticut". Make the Road CT. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  12. ↑ "About Us". Make The Road New Jersey. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  13. ↑ "About Us". Make the Road PA. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  14. ↑ "Make The Road Nevada | The Nevada Team" . Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  15. ↑ "Interview with Andrew Friedman, Co-Director of Make the Road by Walking". Make the Road. 30 August 2006. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  16. ↑ Bobo, Kimberley A.; Pabellón, Marien Casillas (2016). The Worker Center Handbook: A Practical Guide to Starting and Building the New Labor Movement. Ithaca, NY: ILR Press.
  17. ↑ McAlevey, Jane (2014). "The High-Touch Model: Make the Road New York's Participatory Approach to Immigrant Organizing". In Milkman, Ruth; Ott, Ed (eds.). New Labor in New York. Ithaca, NY: ILR Press. pp. 173–186. ISBN   9780801452833. JSTOR   10.7591/j.ctt5hh18v.12.
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