In response to the November 8 election of Donald Trump, City Councilmember Dan Garodnick is teaming up with several other East Side elected officials as well as progressive nonprofit groups to host a discussion and resource fair about how the community can advance “New York values” in the face of the abrupt change in direction in Washington.
According to Garodnick, the aim of the event – planned for Thursday, December 8, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the High School of Art and Design, 245 East 56th Street – is to help residents “get involved in advocacy on the local level, fight for causes in which they believe, and offer support to their neighbors.”
Garodnick will be joined by Rashida Richardson, the legislative counsel at the New York Civil Liberties Union, Daniel Altschuler, an organizer at the social justice group Make the Road New York, Yasmin Safdie, senior manager of organizing and advocacy at the New York City Anti-Violence Project, which serves the LGBT and HIV-affected communities, and a representative from Planned Parenthood NYC.
Another 20 community organizations will participate in the resource fair.
The event is co-sponsored by Congressmember Carolyn Maloney, Borough President Gale Brewer, State Senator Liz Krueger, and Assemblymember Dan Quart.
For more information, contact Garodnick’s office at 212- 818-0580.
