Billions have been raised in the name of Sandy victims but the poorest, people of color in the Rockaways and some of the hardest hit are being denied those donations—including the recent denial of the Robin Hood Foundation’s Board of Directors to even entertain a proposal from the Action Center. Continue reading
Join Occupy Sandy to collect, digitize and pre-process data that includes canvasing forms, Amazon registry records, and more. At the end of the day, we’ll apply for an Open Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL) so that Occupy Sandy data can be used to inform civil action, community initiatives and research more broadly. Continue reading
In the parts of our city where Sandy flooded homes and businesses, residents and volunteers are hard at work in a race to obliterate mold before the spring. There is more. Occupy Sandy coordinators are stepping up again with a new warehouse, continuing to provide over 2000 meals a day, and giving legal assistance. The best way for you to … Continue reading
Dear Occupy Sandy Network, On Sunday, February 17th, you are invited to the largest climate change rally ever in our nation’s capital. Residents and volunteers from the Rockaways will be traveling to DC to take action to stop the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. You can join them by signing up for a bus from your neighborhood. Bus lists can … Continue reading
Dear Occupy Sandy Network, On Sunday, February 17th, you are invited to the largest climate change rally ever in our nation’s capital. Residents and volunteers from the Rockaways will be traveling to DC to take action to stop the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. You can join them by signing up for a bus from your neighborhood. Bus lists can … Continue reading
New York Cares + Attention USA have partnered to encourage users to support New York Cares’ Sandy relief efforts and year-round volunteer programming through a curated visual and shareable experience. We witnessed tremendous conversation spikes immediately after the storm but, unfortunately, this decreased exponentially once the communication vacuum was filled by the next crisis. Sadly, this ebb in conversation religiously … Continue reading