CNPI Partner Groups
Right now, we are working with some amazing groups: Nah We Yone, Domestic Workers United, The Street Vendors Project, and the Katrina Evacuees Coalition of New York.
- In NYC our partners are: Nah We Yone, Domestic Workers United, The Street Vendors Project , Families for Freedom, New Immigrant Community Empowerment (NICE) and the Katrina Evacuees Coalition of New York
- In Louisiana our partners are: United Houma Nation, Renaissance Village Teen Learning Center
- In Mississippi our partners are: North Gulf Port Community Land Trust, Coastal Women for Change, Mississipi Workers Center, Moore Community House.
Below is a brief description of Organizations that parter with CNPI:
Coastal Women for Change
The mission of Coastal Women for Change is to make a difference in our communities through securing and revitalizing our neighborhoods. We do this by ensuring that our communities have adequate information in a timely manner so that we can both influence and make informed decisions about the recovery process and community development, now and in the future. (www.cwcbiloxi.org)
The United Houma Nation
The United Houma Nation is geographically, not politically, comprised of several communities. There is one overall chairperson and several representatives per district.
The tribe is state recognized but not federally recognized. The tribe has submitted a rebuttal against the proposed finding which was denial of federal recognition. A review is in the future. One can view the BAR's report from the links on this site but it is long. After reading that, then read Bruce Duthu's article "The Houma Indians of Louisiana: The Intersection of Law and History in the Federal Acknowledgement Process". It may be found in the journal 38 Louisiana History page 409(1997). To read only the BAR's report leads to speculation as to the truth of our identity. I will refrain from personal comments but if you do research you'll understand why certain things were stated or you can ask me when you see me. (http://www.geocities.com
Nah We Yone
(which means "It belongs to us" in the Krio language) was created to proactively respond to the absence of culturally informed programs and services for distressed peoples from the various communities within the African Diaspora. Nah We Yone offers culturally informed programs and services to facilitate adjustment within the
United States. We do this by providing psychological and social support, including the provision of pertinent information, the strengthening of community ties, wellness activities, and crisis intervention for adults, children and families. (www.nahweyone.org)
Domestic Workers United (DWU)
Founded in 2000, Domestic Workers United [DWU] is an organization of Caribbean, Latina and African nannies, housekeepers, and elderly caregivers in New York, organizing for power, respect, fair labor standards and to help build a movement to end exploitation and oppression for all. (www.domesticworkersunited.org)
The Mississippi Workers' Center for Human Rights
The Mississippi Workers' Center for Human Rights is a worker advocacy organization that sees as its mission, providing organizing support, legal representation and training for low-wage, non-union workers in the state of Mississippi. Through direct action campaigns, organizing sessions and trainings, we seek to raise awareness among workers as to the many ways their human rights are violated in the workplace and in
their communities. Through strong partnerships with our worker members, we seek to develop strategies to combat racism, sexism, homophobia and other forms of oppression. Through local, national and international networking and coalition building, we seek to build bridges between workers in the southern region, other parts of the country and the world. ( www.msworkerscenter.org)
North Gulfport Community Land Trust (NGCLT)
The North Gulfport Community Land Trust (NGCLT) is a community development tool of flexibility, easily accommodating a variety of land uses, a range of income groups, and a diversity of building tenures and types, either scattered throughout a NGCLT's holdings or integrated within the same mixed-use, mixed income projects. Land is the common ingredient, linking them all. The NGCLT is the social thread, connecting them all. ( www.ngclt.org)
Families For Freedom
Deportation is a mandatory minimum that is tearing our families apart. The government provides no counsel to people facing deportation (exile), and in some areas as many as 90% of immigrant prisoners (detainees) have no attorney. The laws are so cruel that even with a good lawyer, most people will be deported. Deportation is a surprise punishment. New laws and heightened enforcement continue to erode the rights of immigrants. Founded in September 2002, FAMILIES FOR FREEDOM is a New York-based multi-ethnic defense network by and for immigrants facing and fighting deportation. We are immigrant prisoners (detainees), former immigrant prisoners, their loved ones, or individuals at risk of deportation. We come from dozens of countries, across continents. FFF seeks to repeal the laws that are tearing apart our homes and neighborhoods; and to build the power of immigrant communities as communities of color, to provide a guiding voice in the growing movement for immigrant rights as human rights. www.familiesforfreedom.org
Street Vendor Project
The Street Vendor Project (a part of the Urban Justice Center) is a membership-based organization of individuals who sell food and merchandise on the streets and sidewalks of New York City. We help vendors stand up for their legal rights, help them obtain small business training, and act as a center of advocacy for the approximately 10,000 hard-working people who earn their living as vendors in our city. For more information, go to www.streetvendor.org.
New Immigrant Community Empowerment (NICE)
New Immigrant Community Empowerment (NICE) is a cross-cultural, non-profit organization that uses organizing, advocacy, and public education to ensure that new immigrants are active, informed, and influential in civic, governmental and public affairs. Central to NICE's mission is challenging the access gap between recent immigrant communities and government, seeking systemic solutions to improving immigrants' voting rights, full language access, health care, and workplace protections under local, state and federal laws. www.nynice.org
