NY2NO

New York 2 New Orleans Coalition

"For example, the media often portray young people, especially young
people of color, as perpetrators of crime, drug takers, school dropouts,
or other problems of society. With these images in mind, many adults
think of young people as problems, and young people accept adult images
of their deficiencies rather than viewing themselves as agents of
change." -by Barry N. Checkoway in Youth Participation and Community Change 

Community Action Project

NY2NO is also focused on organizing within our own communities throughout New York City. Right now, we are networking with NYC-based organizations whose goals align ours. We have made connections with a number of local grass-roots organizations who are committed to fighting gentrification and working toward social equality. With these partnerships, NY2NO now has the opportunity to connect New York City students with these organizations through our community action project, giving them a chance to learn and gain experience in the world of organizing.

Through our Community Action Project, we are trying to give all students an opportunity to :
nBe plugged into organizations who are apart of the Right to the City Coalition in their neighborhoods

nBecome Community Organizers in their own neighborhoods and communities most affected by racial, economic and environmental inequities.

nCreate youth-led education involving radical political analysis, paradigm shifting and developing skills in community organizing to apply to our own communities. 
n Connect Food, Environmental, Reproductive and Social Justice struggles across the city through a powerful coalition of young organizers committed to ending all types of oppression.

Apply Now

The Community Action Project is open to all New York City high school students. We encourage everyone to apply and assure you that no one will be turned away.

It is required that all who are accepted into NY2NO's Community Action Project:

  • Attend a mandatory Orientation.
  • Actively organize with a Right To The City community organization near or in the your community
  • Attend NY2NO's Youth-led Education for Liberation Project which will hold lessons approximately every 2 weeks

Please consider this when you apply.

Before filling out your application, please take a look at the organizations below, as you will be asked to choose your preferred organization to work with.

To apply now, please click HERE

Organizations

NY2NO has recently partnered up with 7 different local community organizations. Anyone who signs up with our program will work with the organization of their choice, as well as attending an NY2NO orientation, and monthly NY2NO workshops. These workshops will be for all of the students in the community service project, from all of the organizations, and will allow us all to reflect on our work experiences and discuss social issues and how students can play an active role in making change. 

Click on the Names to learn more about the organization:

Community Voices Heard (CVH) - Working to organize low-income families (primarily in Harlem) working collectively to influence policy change around issues that impact their lives.

Picture the Homeless - PTH was founded and is led by homeless people, and is working to demand establish a voice for the homeless so that they can share their experiences and be heard at all levels of decision-making that impact them.

Families United for Racial and Economic Equality (FUREE) - FURREE is a Brooklyn-based, multi-racial organization organizing low-income families to build power to change the system so that all people's work is valued and everyone has the right and economic means to decide and live out their own destinies.

Good Old Lower East Side (GOLES) - GOLES is a neighborhood housing and preservation organization that has served the Lower East Side (LES) of Manhattan since 1977 and is dedicated to tenants' rights, homelessness prevention, economic development and community revitalization.

Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence (CAAAV) - CAAAV was founded by Asian women in 1986 as one of the first organizations in the United States to mobilize Asian communities to counter anti-Asian violence, low-wages, and and to expose and struggles within asian communities with the goal of building community capacity to exercise self-determination.