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Those kinds of loans “diverge” from federal and industry standards, according to a report by the Center for Popular Democracy and the ACCE Institute.
In addition, the activists, which included Chelsea City Council President Damali Vidot and members from activist groups Alianza por Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico Me Llama, Vamos4PR, the Center for Popular Democracy and Hedge Clippers, want the judge to dismiss $6 billion of the debt that the territory
In the more professionalized field of community organizing, state-based groups are collaborating on an interstate agenda through national organizing networks like the Center for Popular Democracy and People’s Action.
Small-donor participation in the state is low, which means that large donations wield significant influence in New York, even by the standards of other states.
“Health insurance companies, the pharmaceutical industry, and other corporate players make billions of dollars off of America’s illness — and they want to keep it that way,” said Jennifer Flynn Walker, director of mobilization and advocacy at the Center for Popular Democracy, an advocacy group th
Gym, the first Asian-American woman to serve on Philadelphia City Council, is also the national vice chair of Local Progress, a national network of progressive elected officials from local governments across the country.
The Justice Department's recent move is "absolutely outrageous," says Jennifer Flynn, a co-organizer of Birddog Nation, a national grassroots network of activists who hound candidates on health care, funded by Housing Works and the Center for Popular Democracy.
The prison-industrial complex also included financial services firm JP Morgan Chase & Co until recently. Under pressure from activist groups Make the Road New York & the Center for Popular Democracy, JP Morgan committed to stop funding private prison companies last week.
City officials in Newburgh threw their support behind a statewide initiative to regulate rental rates and bolster protections for tenants and landlords through universal rent control laws.
Mayor Steve Noble and Police Chief Egidio Tinti endorsed the proposal, which drew support from Ulster County Sheriff Juan Figueroa and Saugerties Police Chief Joseph Sinagara last week.
