Winter 2020 Newsletter
Read on to learn more about Carroll Gardens Association’s recent updates.
Meet our Census 2020 Organizing Team
From now until June we will be mobilizing people all over Brooklyn to secure our fair share of billions in funding and political representation from the 2020 Census. These efforts will be lead by our organizing team made up of domestic worker and tenant leaders: Althea from the Southwest Brooklyn Tenant Union, Noreen and Rosemary from the Carroll Gardens Nanny Association, and Tachet from CGA Tenants! You can commit now to self respond to the Census and email Ben at bfgoogins@cganyc.org for opportunities to help us get out the count!
CGA Goes to Las Vegas
In February, members of the Carroll Gardens Nanny Association and Hopewell Care Cooperative traveled to Las Vegas to join over 1000 workers from across at the country at the National Domestic Worker’s Alliance Assembly. We will be sharing a longer report back with testimonies from members of our delegation but in the meantime, check out this short video to get a feel for how powerful the weekend was!
Dreaming Up Tenant Power
Leaders from the Southwest Brooklyn Tenant Union held their first planning retreat, calling forth individual and collective visions for deepening community and advancing housing justice in 2020!Get involved with SWBTU by emailing Balanda at balandaj@cganyc.org
Play Date for Paid Time Off
We organized a Valentine’s Day play date with Hand in Hand: The Domestic Employers Network at Council Majority Leader Laurie Cumbo’s office, urging her to support Paid Personal Time legislation. Passing Paid Personal Time will allow low-wage workers, mostly immigrant workers and women of color, to take up to 10 days paid vacation. You can #showyourlove for Paid Time off by signing and sharing the petition!
Self Defense for Domestic Workers
With our neighbors at Brooklyn Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu we organized our first self defense class where nannies learned about creating safety plans for themselves and the children they care for. There was so much interest we are exploring a pilot nanny self defense certificate program!
