Past Events

It’s time to for City Council to pass Right to Know Act, a pivotal legislative package that aims to protect the civil and human rights of New Yorkers while promoting communication, transparency and accountability in everyday interactions between the NYPD and the public. The Right to Know Act is sponsored by a majority of City Council Members, and we need to build momentum to ensure that we pass these bills in 2017. Join CPR members JFREJ for an afternoon of in-district leafleting in Forest Hills, Queens. We’ll talk to our neighbors about police accountability, gather signatures on our petition, and build momentum.

The Legal Aid Society has been sponsoring a series of Know Your Rights sessions to discuss concerns about immigration under the Trump Administration. Legal Aid lawyers will discuss concerns about Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and the rights of undocumented and documented immigrants.

Join Jews for Racial and Economic Justice and our allies in Communities United for Police Reform at City Hall to build power and momentum towards the passage of the Right to Know Act–a pivotal legislative package that aims to protect the civil and human rights of New Yorkers while promoting communication, transparency and accountability in everyday interactions between the NYPD and the public. Maintaining a highly visible & organized presence at City Hall before every City Council Stated meeting is an important way to build momentum to pass these critical police reforms. Join JFREJ for a great opportunity to champion our message and make our growing movement felt — and one of the few moments to engage a majority of the Council at one time.

Do you want to be more involved in community-based efforts to resist police violence? JFREJ’s Copwatching Working Group would like to invite you to our Know Your Responsibilities training. All are welcome! Copwatching involves observing, recording, intervening and offering support when your fellow New Yorkers are stopped by the police. Everyday copwatching is that radical and mundane act of watching out for each other!