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Anjali Deshmukh 3/23/25 Anjali Deshmukh 3/23/25

March 24, 2025: Solidarity Check-in #2

Join Racial Justice Investing (RJI) and MJN on March 24 from 1 to 3 p.m. ET on Zoom for group check-in #2, focusing on strengthening networks to support justice and solidarity.

Anjali Deshmukh 3/23/25 Anjali Deshmukh 3/23/25

March 23, 2025: Mental wellness resource co-share

Queens mutual aid is holding an-person mental health resource sharing session on March 23, 3-5pm ET at beloved 2nd Story Pilates & Yoga— thank you Elaine!

Anjali Deshmukh 2/18/25 Anjali Deshmukh 2/18/25

Feb 18, 2025: South Queens Women's March welcome zoom

Join Queens mutual aid for an intro to South Queens Women’s March on Feb 18, 6pm, on zoom. The South Queens Women’s March amplifies the voices of South Queens’ diverse women. They are an all-volunteer multi-generational, intersectional platform taking sisterhood to the streets.

Anjali Deshmukh 1/15/25 Anjali Deshmukh 1/15/25

Gathering during Earth month in NYC?

Street Works/MJN teams and El Puente are co-organizing an event at El Puente’s beautiful home in Brooklyn, NYC, around April 20-27 in honor of Earth Month, and we want to hear from you! Are you planning Earth Month activities? Would you be interested in coming? Still deciding? Email anjali@makejusticenormal.org & mpulido-velosa@elpuente.org to brainstorm.

Cari Hanson 1/15/25 Cari Hanson 1/15/25

A Day of Solidarity

Join Racial Justice Investing (RJI) and MJN members in a Day of Solidarity this Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

It is a time to find inspiration from each other, heal, use our strengths, and stay connected.

January 20, 2025, from 1:00 - 3:00 pm ET / 10:00-12:00 pm PT.
Register on Zoom

Anjali Deshmukh 12/2/24 Anjali Deshmukh 12/2/24

Dec 11, 2024: Elmhurst Community Partnership Coat Drive Recap

In 2024, Queens mutual aid, hosted by Kaleidospace, Veggie Nuggets, and MJN/Street Works supported Elmhurst Community Partnership’s (ECP) big warm clothing drive. Thanks to community, our young network gathered and distributed 47 pairs of socks, 10 pairs of women's tights, and 15 pairs of gloves in less than one week and in partnership with 3 local shops. If you'd like to help us plan activities, sign up here.

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Supporting NY HEAT act & climate justice legislation

MJN stands with NY Renews and our fellow CJ and EJ peers holding a Climate Justice Action Week starting May 20th to mobilize for climate action. (Image designed by Anjali Deshmukh.)

Thanks for joining us at the Queens Botanical Garden’s climate art fest

MJN members, Ernest Verrett and Anjali Deshmukh, were glad to promote 34 Ave Open Streets Coalition, Queens Climate Project, and NY Metro Climate Reality Project at the Queens Botanical Garden for their Climate and Art Festival on April 27! (Photo by Ernest Verrett.)

Launching Street Works, public-space galleries for co-creative art

We're excited to announce Street Works, a platform collective members are building for artists who practice co-creation in public spaces. This is one way in which we hope to make justice normal in a cultural asset ecosystem that has not not served justice. (Image: Art: “Bending the Universe,” by Anjali Deshmukh. Photo: by Chasi Annexy.)

Listen to our podcast: Into the Record

What if justice were normal? What and who will it take to imagine new habits, processes, and structures that default to loving care, anti-bias, pro-Earth, and solidarity?

Thanks to the Racial Equity Asset Lab (The REAL) for supporting Into the Record podcast!

We’re grateful for the support from the Racial Equity Asset Lab (the REAL) to design and launch MJN’s podcast Into the Record, as part of our Narrative Change work.