History
VOCAL-NY was founded when?
1999
This phrase is a rallying cry in movement spaces, and has been adopted by VOCAL-NY leaders
When we fight, we win
This peer informed and led program connects people to harm reduction supplies across Brownsville, Coney Island, ENY, Red Hook, and Sunset Park
PDSE
July of this year marked the launch of this national project?
VOCAL-US
This leader was invited to attend President Biden's 2024 State of the Union Address
Milton Perez
These two people were featured in a recent PIX11 story highlighting VOCAL-NY’s drop-in
Graciela & Sarge
Named after a longtime VOCAL-NY leader after his legendary career in building power across New York State, 300 Douglass Street was renamed to:
Carl Stubbs Way
Our model of movement building draws inspiration from these three traditions
Traditional community-based organizing, direct action AIDS activism, and Black led social movements for racial justice
The title of the new poetry book crafted by VOCAL-NY’s services staff and participants is this
Today, Tomorrow, and Forever
In what year does NYCAHN change its name to VOCAL-NY
2010
VOCAL-NY has active chapters in which cities?
Albany, Buffalo, Westchester, Syracuse, Rochester, NYC
The focus of this group is to develop concepts of organizing and power with VOCAL-NY’s participants, and be in space with each other
Social Justice Power Hour
TRUE/FALSE: The VOCAL-NY Homelessness Union was the first VOCAL-NY union founded
FALSE: UU
At the end of every General Membership Assembly, we end with this chant:
It is our duty to fight for our people
We must love and support one another
We have nothing to lose but our chains
VOCAL-NY celebrated the 1-year anniversary of the Drop-In center’s grand opening was in what month of this year?
April 2024