We join our grassroots partners in condemning Mayor Adams’ directive and legislative agenda for the sweeping detention of homeless New Yorkers. This policy would provide law enforcement with indiscriminate license to involuntarily hospitalize anyone who they determine to be unhoused
TakeRoot Justice is proud to be a founding organization of Supportive Housing Organized and United Tenants (SHOUT), the city’s first ever tenant union of supportive housing tenants and applicants. The creation and impact of the coalition – just this year!
TakeRoot Justice condemns the decision by the United States Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade and Casey, a decision that violates the rights of pregnant people and deprives them of their agency, bodily autonomy and reproductive freedom. We stand
We are looking for partners who will be able to review translated materials and conduct test workshops with their members in the target language. Materials address housing conditions and NYCHA’s privatization schemes.
TakeRoot Justice stands in solidarity with AAPI communities in New York City and nationwide, and joins our community partners in the demand to stop Asian hate. Along with other allies we shared in mid-March how the hate crime in Atlanta highlights our country’s long history of racism toward Asian
With New York State poised to legalize cannabis, criminal justice advocates and community members are demanding measures to strengthen and invest in the communities of color that have been targeted and devastated by racist drug laws. Pilar DeJesus, on behalf
The year “2020” sounded futuristic for so long that many of us had heralded its arrival in January as reflecting a new moment. As it turned out, we know that the many shocking incidents of this year have demonstrated how
We recently shared the news that Elizabeth Clay Roy was departing from her role as TakeRoot’s Executive Director, and that two long-time TakeRoot staff, Sadia Rahman and April Herms, would be taking over as Interim Co-Directors while TakeRoot searches for
At TakeRoot, like so many around the city, the country, and the world, we are feeling restored and energized by the political sea change that is to come in January 2021. The forces of fascism, xenophobia, and white supremacy have
TakeRoot Justice strongly condemns the fiscal year 2021 budget passed by the New York City Council this week, which utterly fails to live up to this historic moment for Black lives and the demands of New Yorkers. Although the mayor and
