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Queens7.com (News Site for Immigrant Communities in Queens)

Queens7.com

Queens7.com is a hyperlocal online news site for immigrant communities in Queens. It covers the neighborhoods along several stations of the 7 Train from 61st Street to 82nd Street.

Queens7.com’s objective is to provide relevant news and information to the immigrant communities in Woodside, Jackson Heights and Elmhurst.

Specifically, Queens7.com aims to:

  1. Make the immigrant communities aware of what’s happening in their neighborhoods to enable them to make informed decisions;
  2. Help explain issues affecting the immigrant communities;
  3. Advocate for immigrant rights and immigration reforms; and
  4. Help forge solidarity among various immigrant groups in the neighborhoods.

Leading the project is the Philippine Forum, a not-for-profit organization providing advocacy and direct service to Filipino-Americans and people of Filipino heritage. Several other not-for-profit organizations serving immigrant communities in the three Queens neighborhoods have been invited to take active roles in Queens7.com.

 

Make the Road

Make the Road

Make the Road New York* promotes economic justice, equity and opportunity for all New Yorkers through community and electoral organizing, strategic policy advocacy, leadership development, youth and adult education, and high quality legal and support services.

*Caminante, no hay camino. Se hace el camino al andar. Searcher, there is no road. We make the road by walking. –Antonio Machado, Selected Poems, (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1982).

NY New Immigrant Community Empowerment

NY New Immigrant Community Empowerment

New Immigrant Community Empowerment (NICE) is a community-based, non-profit organization that works to ensure that new immigrants can build social, political and economic power in their communities and beyond.

NICE envisions a world where all people -regardless of status- live and work with dignity and justice.

 

RIF Asylum Center

RIF Asylum Center

The Refugee Immigrant Fund welcomes any person who had to flee their country because of persecution and/or torture. We provide free legal and psychosocial assistance in order to help you access asylum and protection in the US.

RIF, un centre d’acceuil pour demandeurs d’asile, vous aide à trouver une représentation juridique.  RIF offre aussi des services sociaux et un suivi psychologique.

Bienvenido al Centro de Ayuda para solicitantes de Asilo. RIF les ayunda a contactar organizaciones legales, y con servicios sociales y psycologicos.

Jornaleros Unidos de Queens

Jornaleros Unidos de Queens

Un grupo de jornaleros que desde hace tiempo esta trabajando para ver ala raza organizada , para demostrar ala jente que somos capases de organizarnos con nuestros propios medios y ser parte de nuestra comunidad.

 

Dominican-American Society

Dominican-American Society

The Dominican-American Society of Queens, Inc. (DAS) is a nonprofit organization created in 1993 in response to the educational, social and cultural challenges that impede the development of the Hispanic community in the United States.  Our mission is to improve the community’s self-image in order to help our population reach its highest goals and aspirations.

 

Latina Women in Action

Latina Women in Action

Latin Women in Action, Inc. is a comprehensive community based social service agency, founded and incorporated in 1990 by and for Latina Women. Its mission and goal are to provide essential services to Hispanic women and their families within New York State.

 

Mexicanos Unidos de Queens

Mexicanos Unidos de Queens

Mexicanos Unidos is a not-for-profit volunteer organization, serving the Mexican and Latino/a community in New York City. Our mission is to provide HIV/AIDS prevention, through education, referrals and advocacy.  Mexicanos Unidos uses art, the Mexican culture and traditions and other forms to promote the prevention of HIV/AIDS as well as to encourage solidarity and understanding towards people who are infected and affected by HIV/AIDS.

 

Pachama Peruvian Arts

Pachama Peruvian Arts

Pachamama Peruvian Arts serves the needs of immigrant and American children with a free after-school arts program. Based at PS 212, Jackson Heights, Queens, Pachamama offers children the opportunity to explore the cultural arts of Peru as they build self-esteem and develop positive peer interactions.

Pachamama Peruvian Arts serves over 4500 with our free educational classes, workshops and concerts.

 

Voces Latinas

Voces Latinas

Voces Latinas (VL) started it’s work in 2003 as part of the Western Queens HIV Care Network. A group of certified social workers in the HIV field who were also part of the Network were concerned about the high rates of HIV among women of color, particularly immigrant Latinas, as there exists a gap in services for this hard to reach population due to immigration status, documentation status, language barrier, and cultural norms.  Voces Latinas saw a need for more outreach, education, advocacy and resources in Spanish for this population.  VL began raising money in order to hold conferences and forums in Queens targeting immigrant Latinas living with and at risk for HIV. This was an opportunity to invite the HIV specialist to come to Queens and talk to the population at hand, as it is often impossible for these women to attend conferences often times held in English and in other parts of the country. The response to the conferences and forums was so positive that Voces Latinas began holding bi-monthly community workshops around issues placing Latinas at high risk for HIV/AIDS such as domestic violence, alcohol and substance abuse, depression, isolation, low self esteem, trauma, etc. These workshops quickly turned weekly. The workshops continue to be held weekly and also serve to provide an opportunity for Latinas to meet and provide each other emotional support and an opportunity to tell their stories, which for many of them is the first time ever openly talking about their lives.