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RED NYC's First Event
The first ReDefining Economic Development NYC event, “Defining Economic Development,” drew 54 organizations from a cross-section of community, labor, and advocacy groups throghout the City. Panelists from ACORN, Fifth Avenue Committee, Jobs with Justice, the Laborers Union, Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project, New York Industrial Retention Network, Pratt Center for Community Development, and Sustainable South Bronx discussed components of a “definition” of economic development as well as successful progressive efforts toward that definition. Watch the video below:
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Adrianne Shropshire NY Jobs with Justice
"For us, what we hope to get out of (RED NYC) is a commitment from folks to think through how are progressives defining economic development in cities like New York."
Michelle da la Uz Fifth Avenue Committee
"I think how (RED NYC) can help is that right now many of us work in silos... we're not making the connections with eachother... At the very least, we can support one another's efforts, and if we think broader than that, we can help outline an agenda for the city."
Assemblyman Karim Kamara
"I'm on a fact finding mission as a new Assemblyman... finding out about issues of economic justice. I thought (RED NYC) was a great opportunity to meet people and learn."
Mark Winston-Griffith Neigborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project (NEDAP)
"As many people know, the community reinvestment movement has really been turned on its head. For such a long time we were fighting for more access to financial services. What has happened ironically is that we got that access to financial services, but not the kind of financial services we were looking for."
Jobs with Justice
