Chicago Desi Youth Rising - CDYR

We still have a handful of spots left for this coming Saturday's training! Thanks to everyone who got their names in by the priority deadline.
We'd love your help spreading the word in these last couple days, especially to youth - Have you signed up yet? Have you told a young person in your life about the event? Let's build power together!!

https://form.jotform.com/230066879678170

In the meantime, let's throw some shine on the rad people that will be bringing you the goods on the 28th

Hello!

CDYR is hiring a paid, part-time contractor to support the volunteer collective by overseeing and executing administrative and logistical tasks. This individual will work closely with the collective members and be responsible for short- and long-term tasks and projects related to CDYR’s programming and general operations.

Please note, this is a grant-funded, one-year position with the possibility for extension of contract dependent on funding.

Apply here
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf214HGlUQ_JiPiGjx6XLfU2JafrBVyikmGqd56aWa2459h3A/viewform?usp=sf_link

You're either with us or against us. And Sendhil Revuluri decided he was on the wrong side of history yesterday when he led efforts to renew CPS' contract with the Chicago Police Department.

After meeting with desi and Latinx youth where we invited him to join us and build an alternative plan to get rid of the school to prison pipeline, Sendhil came out with a resolution that would actually create more harm for students and gives CPS more power over the process.
.. in the midst of reports of multiple stories of massive corruption within the district AND while the police have escalated terrorizing young Black people in the streets.

To say we're disappointed is an understatement. We are disgusted. But we are not defeated. We will get one day, with or without you. Like we said to you before, "if you choose to stand on the side of the police continuing to brutalize Black and brown young people every day, we have no choice but to oppose you with all the love we have for each other."

https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/08/26/cps-board-votes-to-keep-police-officers-in-schools-again/