We thought you might want to see the message we're sending directly to the Mayor...
To Mayor Bloomberg and Commissioner Mullgrav,
We, the undersigned members of the Commission on LGBTQ Runaway and Homeless
Youth, are writing to express our concern and alarm at the recently announced
cuts in DYCD support of Street Outreach and Drop-In Centers in FY11 and FY12 -
cuts that have followed shortly on the heels of previous cuts made to Out of
School Time (OST) funding that effectively ended DYCD funding for to LGBT
youth-serving
...
Over the past year, CBST has become increasingly involved in addressing the epidemic of LGBTQ youth homelessness. Rabbi Kleinbaum served on the New York City Commission on LGBTQ Runaway and Homeless Youth and Koleinu’s LGBT Rights Action Team began meeting with organizations like FIERCE, the Ali Forney Center, and the Hetrick-Martin Institute to build relationship with these organizations and learn more about the underlying issues causing the epidemic. CBST also organized and hosted our annual Martin Luther King Multifaith Celebration around this issue and collaboratively developed mutlifaith liturgy to express our religious and spiritual concerns and hopes for the ...
