On Tuesday night, Daryl Cochrane of the Commission on Human Rights led a Know Your Rights workshop for a packed room of SRLP members and staff. The workshop provided an overview of New York City’s Human Rights Laws and how they apply when it comes to housing, employment, and public accommodations. The meeting also […]
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Last chance to make noise for trans healthcare to the Feds!
By Sasha Alexander, SRLP Director of Membership on January 19, 2016 in Action Alert, Legal, Membership, Policy Advocacy
This is a call to action to support trans health! Tonight, comments are due at 11:59 pm on a new proposed rule from the federal housing agency, HUD (Housing and Urban Development) for a change in regulations regarding “Equal Access to Housing in HUD Programs Regardless of Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity (Equal Access Rule)“. Our communities […]
SRLP spoke up against solitary confinement and limitation on visitation rules at BOC hearing
By Sylvia Rivera Law Project on October 18, 2015 in Everyday Abolition, Legal, Membership, News, Policy Advocacy, Prisoner Rights Project, SRLP In The Media, SRLP Prisoner Advisory Committee
On Friday, October 16, SRLP staff and members, including India, Natalia, Olympia and Xena, along with our allies such as the Jails Action Coalition, attended a Board of Corrections hearing to speak up against the Department of Correction’s attempt to increase the use of solitary confinement to over 30 days and its attempt to curtail visitation […]