Independent Sector will honor Community Voices Heard with the 2009 American Express Building Leadership Award for empowering low-income people in New York City and State to advocate for public policy changes that improve their lives. CVH will receive its award, which includes a gift of $10,000, at the Independent Sector Annual Conference in Detroit, November [...]
North Star Fund is presenting Community Voices Heard with the Frederick Douglass Award at its 2009 30th Anniversary Community Gala. This award is given to community organizations creating equality, economic justice and peace.
Please join them on April 30th for a memorable evening among philanthropists, activists, business and labor leaders, and grassroots organizers who applaud CVH’s [...]
Pushback Network (PBN) proudly welcomes accomplished social justice leader Peter Hardie as its new Executive Director.
Emphasizing community organizing and voter engagement strategies to empower underrepresented constituencies, PBN continues to grow as an organization assisting people in defining their mutual interests and working together to improve their lives.
“Peter is ideally poised to help lead the Pushback [...]
ADVOCATES INSIST TO CITY
“But the city welfare agency says it’s doing as well as possible under federal welfare rules.”
By Matt Schwarzfeld
Fernando Le’Bron has provided legal assistance to welfare recipients since the 1980s. Ever since welfare reform took hold in New York City a decade ago, he’s seen a steady increase in the percentage of his [...]
