Voces Ciudadanas

In 2016, Voces Ciudadanas launched the Make Space for Quality Schools campaign to address school overcrowding in the Sunset Park neighborhood. Through a series of efforts, including surveys, marches, demonstrations, and public hearings, the coalition of organizations organized by Voces Ciudadanas successfully pressured the School Construction Authority and the Department of Education to construct five new schools in the area.

Since then, Voces Ciudadanas has continued to actively work on creating community spaces for local immigrant communities to address the increasing inequalities in the neighborhood. Their commitment and determination have been a great inspiration to all of those who have collaborated with them in the past. Their new campaign to keep the Interim Sunset Park Public Library as a vital community resource is uniting again the community in search of a better future for all.

Source: Make Space for Quality Schools in Sunset Park, Facebook.

18 July 2018