 NEDAP News | Vol. 1 Issue 9 | September 2006
Welcome to the September edition of NEDAP News, the monthly e-newsletter of the Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project.
Save the Date: NEDAP's 10th Anniversary Celebration is Dec. 7th!
Join us on December 7th as we celebrate NEDAP’s 10th anniversary! Festivities begin at 6:00 p.m., at the Housing Works Used Book Store Café, at 126 Crosby Street, in Manhattan. Enjoy live jazz, hors d’oeuvres and South African wine, as we honor valued allies and celebrate NEDAP's 10 years of economic justice work in NYC! Keep an eye out for the invitation, or RSVP now.
NEDAP Opens Legal Clinic in Harlem
NEDAP is excited to announce the opening of the NYC Financial Justice Clinic. NEDAP's law clinic provides one-on-one legal consultation to low income New Yorkers facing discrimination and other abuses in the banking and credit systems. The clinic expands NEDAP's Consumer Financial Justice Project, and is located at the LES People's Federal Credit Union's Harlem branch. The clinic receives clients by appointment only. For information call NEDAP’s Hotline at (212) 925-4929.
Welcome New Staff
We are excited to announce two new additions this month to the NEDAP staff:
Rebeca Gamez Djokic, NEDAP's new Community Education Coordinator, will spearhead our community financial education and fair lending programs. Before coming to NEDAP, Rebeca developed ESL and workers’ rights programs for immigrant families at New Immigrant Community Empowerment (NICE), in Queens. Rebeca is a 2005 graduate of Princeton University.
Saara Nafici joins NEDAP as the Financial Justice Organizer. Saara will staff the New Yorkers for Responsible Lending (NYRL) coalition, provide technical support to community groups on financial justice issues and organize NEDAP’s annual Community Reinvestment Workshop Series. Saara recently received a master's degree in City Planning from M.I.T. and was active in urban agriculture and environmental education in the San Francisco Bay Area as well as youth education and affordable housing organizing in Boston.
Press and Community Training Roundup
Highlights of NEDAP's community workshops and media coverage over the last month include:
- Sarah Ludwig was invited to write a short piece for Gotham Gazette on Banking and Poverty in NYC, following the mayoral commission's recent report on poverty.
- Dey Del Rio trained staff and constituents of African Services Committee on immigrants' rights in the financial services system; and appeared on ITV Gold, a cable TV station serving New York's South Asian community, to talk about immigrant homeownership issues and how to avoid predatory mortgage lending.
- Rebeca Gamez and Dey Del Rio led an economic justice workshop for high school students and recent graduates at Sueños del Barrio, Esperanza del Barrio's youth project, engaging them in discussions about wealth inequality, redlining, and immigrants' economic rights.
- Claudia Wilner offered advice on how to get abusive debt collectors off your back on WBAI’s “You and the Your Money” (click here to find out how to listen online).
- Mark Winston Griffith provided information and training about how to avoid predatory mortgage lending at Queens County Civic Association and Far Rockaway Gateway Council.
NEDAP Kicks Off Individual Donor Campaign!
To celebrate our 10th Anniversary, NEDAP is launching its first individual donor campaign. We welcome your contributions, which may be made online or by mail. NEDAP thanks the following individuals for kicking off our campaign with their recent generous donations:
- Elizabeth Serkin
- David Ludwig
- Edmund V. Ludwig
- Anonymous donor
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