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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Dromm en Una Sola Voz: MARCHANDO A FAVOR DEL MATRIMONIO
From Una Sola Voz:
Cerca de 300 personas participaron el Domingo 14 de Septiembre en la Quinta Marcha Anual por el derecho al Matrimonio, el cual ha sido organizado por Christine Quinn y Daniel Dromm, una de las más importantes aliadas con las que cuenta el movimiento LGBT de la ciudad de Nueva York.
La movilización partió de City Hall y portando banderas con los colores del arcoíris los participantes se dirigieron al famoso Puente de Brooklyn, donde recibieron el apoyo y los aplausos de decenas de transeúntes que pasaban por el lugar.
Dromm in Gothamist: All Legal Residents Should Have Vote
From Gothamist: "I believe anyone who pays taxes should be able to vote," said Dromm, a Democrat. "That's the principal our country was founded on. It's a basic civil right. Voter participation is the basis for our democracy."
Earlier this month, dozens of protesters, many wearing facemasks emblazoned with the word "Voiceless," gathered on the steps of City Hall. Organized by the New York Coalition to Expand Voting Rights, they demanded that non-citizens who are legal residents be allowed to vote in municipal elections. They said they deserve political representation because they are law-abiding New Yorkers.
This is hardly a new subject in the New York City public debate. For many years, pro-immigrant groups here have called for allowing non-citizens to vote but to no avail. Now, with candidates prepared for the 2009 mayoral and City Council elections, the campaign for non-citizen voting right has gotten a new burst of energy and is making a comeback. This time, the advocates are hopeful.
"There are going to be big elections in New York City in 2009, so we are latching on this big event to bring more attention to this issue," said David Andersson, the rally's main organizer. "It is a fantastic time for us." He added that many City Council members will have to leave office at the end of next year, and if non-citizen voting is not a reality by then, he hopes to garner more support from the new members.
From New York Blade:
For the fifth year, supporters of same-sex marriage equality rallied near City Hall in lower Manhattan. Once again, elected officials encouraged folks to keep up the good fight. Then, just like before, everyone lined up, received a colored umbrella then marched across the Brooklyn Bridge, creating a rainbow for LGBT equality across the iconic waterway.
From Gay City News:
If there's any question as to whether conventional wisdom has swung around to the view that marriage equality is inevitable in New York State, just consider the size of the crowd that turned out for the fifth annual Wedding March on September 14. No, not the size of the crowd of lesbian and gay participants - though in numbers easily approaching, if not surpassing, 1,000, they made an impressive sight, small umbrellas in a rainbow assortment of colors hoisted high as they traveled across the Brooklyn Bridge from a City Hall rally to a Cadman Plaza picnic.
Join District Leader Daniel Dromm (along with Speaker Christine Quinn and other elected officials) to watch Senator Barack Obama debate Senator John McCain in the first Presidential debate. Friday, Sept 26th 8:30pm-11pm at Room Service, 35 East 21st Street.
Carmen's Place, a homeless shelter for LGBTQ youth, will honor Daniel Dromm for his work with homeless LGQT youth and for co-founding Generation Q Youth Services Center. Sadly, several transgender youths and Father Braxton (who runs the shelter) were the victims of an horrible Anti-Gay attack last summer. It will be held at Cavalier Restaurant on 37th Avenue & 86th Street in Jackson Heights on Friday, September 26. To attend, please email [email protected].
Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center and Archives will honor Daniel Dromm for his commitment toward ending hate crimes and his willingness to speak out about it. The honoring ceremony will take place at an opening of an exhibit called "From Star of Shame to Star of Courage" on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 at 7 PM. Admission is free and the public is encouraged to participate. Fellow New Visions Democratic Club member and Holocaust survivor Hannah Deutch will also be honored. The exhibit will be held at: Queensborough Community College
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Daniel Dromm, Democratic District Leader and City Council candidate, supports Democratic Presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama's commitment to education policy and public school reform.
From Blabbeando and Gay City News:
"During a September 7 City Hall press conference in support of Barack Obama, leading New York LGBT Democrats, many of whom had supported Senator Hillary Clinton during the spring primary season, sounded a strong message of unity, while a key operative for the Illinois senator made clear the campaign would push back on any effort to muddy the distinction between him and John McCain on critical gay issues." Daniel Dromm, District Leader and City Council candidate, spoke about the need to elect Barack Obama as the next President.
Dromm Supports Intro 245 to Increase Voter Participation
from www.ivotenyc.org
(NYC, September 7th, 2008) A broad coalition of New Yorkers gathered on the sunny steps of City Hall this afternoon to express their support for Intro 245, legislation that would grant the right to vote to non-citizens in city elections, enfranchising over 1.3 million voters.
A dozen speakers, including City Council Member Robert Jackson, 5 Council candidates, and several community organization representatives championed the legislation as a means to give political voice to silenced New Yorkers. Two candidates for City Council (2009), Julissa Ferreras of District 21 and Daniel Dromm of District 25 in Queens, highlighted the injustice in their districts, where over 35% of the adult population is unable to vote.
Daniel Dromm, the Queens Lesbian and Gay Pride Committee and the New Visions Democratic Club will host a very special screening of "Divided We Fall: Americans In The Aftermath", a powerful documentary film about the South Asian American, Arab-American & Sikh-American experience after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Valarie Kaur, the filmmaker, will appear to discuss the film afterwards. Thursday, September 11, 2008 7pm Jewish Center of Jackson Heights 37-06 77 Street, Jackson Heights
From Queens Chronicle:
When Daniel Dromm, a Democratic district leader who organized the event, first saw “Divided We Fall,” he found that the film paralleled some of the most difficult moments in his life as a gay man living in Queens, and wanted to bring the film to Jackson Heights, his community. The movie has found resonance in many different communities.
“There was a line in the film, when someone tells a Sikh man to stop wearing a turban,” Dromm said. “It reminded of people telling me to stay in the closet, that it would be easier. I choose to express my patriotism in this way, to bring diverse groups together.”
When the movie showed disturbing scenes of racism—for instance, one Sikh rescue worker pulled someone out of the rubble at Ground Zero, only to face harassment moments later on the streets in downtown Manhattan—one Queens resident found herself transported back to her memories of the racism she experienced as a Jewish child living in Germany, escaping to the United Kingdom right before the Holocaust.
“It made me want to apologize, that people in America are feeling this,” said Hannah Deutch, who later found a safe home in Queens, New York, but felt her experiences come back together during the film screening. “Tears were running down my cheeks.”
Daniel Dromm, Democratic District Leader and candidate for City Council, will join other elected officals and community organizers on the steps of City Hall to call for legislation that will give documented immigrants the right to vote in municipal elections.
On Sunday, September 7th, the New York Coalition to Expand Voting Rights is organizing a rally at 3pm to remind the public that when New Yorkers head to the polls on Tuesday, 1.3 million New Yorkers, or 1-in-5 adult New York City residents will not have the right to join them.
Join Daniel Dromm in making our democracy more inclusive and responsive to our newest residents.
