Nov. 6th Elections: GOTV & Viewing Party

When: Tuesday, November 6, 2012 - 7:00pm - 9:30pm
Where: 

FUREE's offices at 81 Willoughby St., 7th fl in Downtown Brooklyn (between Bridge and Lawrence).

November 6th is Election Day 2012! Planning to vote? Show your support by tweeting or facebooking you will with the hashtag #onevoicestronger.

Come to FUREE's Election Night Viewing Party on November 6th, from 7pm to 9:30pm. The event is free and open to all, even if you don't vote or are unable to vote.  Join us at 81 Willoughby St. on the 7th floor.  We’ll have snacks and will be projecting live coverage as early returns come in! Read more »

Campaigns: Voter Engagement
FUREE In the Media

Beyond Scandal, NYCHA Residents Seek More Power

City Limits, 09/05/2012 -

Amid the controversy over the management of New York's public housing, NYCHA officials are contemplating historic changes to how the agency operates. Tenants are looking for more ways to weigh in on those ideas.

Campaigns: Public Housing
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ACTION ALERT: Move the Money Press Conference & March

Posted on 08/07/2012
When: 
Wednesday, August 8, 2012 - 2:00pm
Where: 

PRESS CONFERENCE AT NYCHA HQ, 250 B’way, NYC & MARCH to HUD, 26 Federal Plaza, NYC

Join residents across the city who are OUTRAGED by the recent exposé revealing that NYCHA sits on $1 BILLION in unused federal funds while ignoring residents’ needs.

Quality housing is a human right and public housing residents deserve TRANSPARENCY and RESPECT from NYCHA.

It’s time to STAND UP and FIGHT to preserve and protect public housing, for our rights to timely repairs, jobs for residents, replacement of lost units, resident control of public housing and to make OUR HOMES a symbol of quality housing! Read more »

Campaigns: Public Housing

Behind the Scenes: FUREEous Youth Take on the NYC Council (Video)

Posted on 04/19/2012

FUREEous Youth knows what the issues are for unemployed young people: They need training and experience so that they can secure sustainable jobs!!

Unfortunately, Mayor Bloomberg doesn't seem to prioritize this need, seeing how he continues to cut funding for programs that do exactly that. In response to these budget cuts, FUREEous Youth led a direct action at the City Council Youth Services Committee's public hearing for the budget of DYCD. Read more »

Campaigns: FUREEous Youth
FUREE In the Media

Brooklyn tenants take NYCHA to court

Brooklyn Downtown Star, 03/06/2012 -

Residents who say they are forced to live in dangerous, health-hazardous conditions for months and years at the hands of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) banded together last Thursday, March 1, calling the housing authority a “slumlord.”

With the help of South Brooklyn Legal Services, nine tenants filed a group lawsuit against NYCHA to force repairs in three Brooklyn NYCHA properties – the Farragut, Whitman and Ingersoll houses.
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Campaigns: Public Housing

Free Film Screening: Black Power Mix Tape

When: Friday, February 10, 2012 - 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Where: 

FUREE, 81 Willoughby Street, #701, Brooklyn, NY 11201

 

Join us for a FREE screening of The Black Power Mix Tape, an award-winning compilation documentary that displays the story of the African-American community from 1967 to 1975—the people, the society and the Black Power Movement that fueled change.

Includes appearances by Angela Davis, Stokely Carmichael, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Erykah Badu, Kathleen Cleaver, Harry Belefonte, Talib Kweli, Bobby Seale, & Ahmir-Khalib “Questlove” Thompson.

For more information or to RSVP, contact Desiree Marshall at dez at furee dot org or call (718) 852-2960 x. 301 Read more »

FUREEous Youth Video Game Night

When: Friday, March 2, 2012 - 4:00pm - 8:00pm
Where: 

The event will be held at FUREE located at 81 Willoughby Street, 7th floor in Downtown Brooklyn.

Our first FUREEous Youth fundraiser of 2012!

We will have Modern Warfare 3 for X-Box 360 on the big screen projector, and Marvel vs. Capcom 3 for Playstation 3 on the TV. MW3 will have a free for all play for $2 and 2-on-2 play for $6 per team. Marvel vs. Capcom 3 will be $2 a game. Winner takes half of the winnings. Proceeds go directly to FUREEous Youth. If you are a youth age 13-25 or know any, please feel free to come through.

FUREE In the Media

Valery Jean, Executive Director of Families United for Racial and Economic Equality, on FUREE's 10th Anniversary Party

The Village Voice, 12/14/2011 -

It's the holidays and time for nightly benefit parties. This month, we're be circling back to non-profits and art groups we've talked to through out 2011 as they gear up for their annual shindigs. Read more »

ACTION ALERT: STRAIGHTEN OUR BACKS AND WORK FOR FREEDOM!

Posted on 11/15/2011
Where: 

What: Mass March of the 99% (Occupy Wall St. action)
When: Thursday, November 17th, meet at FUREE at 4pm.
Where: FUREE's offices at 81 Willoughby St., Suite 701, leave together to Foley Square in Manhattan

MASS ACTION ALERT - HIT THE STREETS with FUREE on THURSDAY!

“Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom.”-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Read more »

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