Category: Inclusion
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How a café is tackling the disability employment crisis
Café Joyeux in Midtown gives job opportunities to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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Broadway is Bustling; Sensory-Friendly Shows, Not So Much
The COVID-19 pandemic has created challenges for the Theatre Development Fund, threatening the number of sensory-friendly Broadway performances it produces.
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The NYC Gay Men’s Chorus is celebrating 40 years of musical activism
As the New York City Gay Men’s chorus (NYCGMC) is celebrating its 40th Anniversary season the first new artistic director in 12 years, Gavin Thrasher, has begun his work.
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Politics are unavoidable at Indigenous Day of Remembrance
Organizers tried to avoid making this year’s Indigenous Day of Remembrance, a memorial ceremony for Native Americans, too political. But attendees brought up everything from Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation to abuse by the Catholic church. As one attendee said, “Indigenous resistance and existence is political in itself.”
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Celebrating women at the Space & Science Festival
The Space & Science Festival at the Intrepid museum strives to get more girls and women interested in STEM fields.
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Public transit in Midtown West often a ‘nightmare’ for the disabled
Just under half of the subway stations in Midtown West are accessible, which often makes commuting miserable for workers and residents who cannot use stairs.
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27 years after the Americans with Disabilities Act passes, advocates push MTA for change
New York City disability advocate organizations speak up about MTA’s lack of accessibility.
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Survey spotlights LGBT senior housing needs
A first-ever, citywide survey of LGBTQ-identifying people over 50 reveals a growing struggle to find comfortable, affordable places for them to live.
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People with disabilities report obstacles despite Lincoln Center’s continuous efforts to improve accessibility
Lincoln Center still falls short when it comes to accessibility for people with disabilities, according to audience members at a recent outdoor concert series.
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A mission for diversity in a ‘segregated’ school district
A diversity committee, assembled by the Community Education Council District 2, aims to dismantle racial inequities in public schools.
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HeForShe hosts a night at MoMA
HeForShe, a UN Women movement speared headed by actor Emma Watson has its 2nd birthday party at the MoMa. HeForShe is focusing on gender parity in academia in the year to come.
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Topless protesters march for equal rights in Midtown
Over 100 topless women and men marched in Midtown, and asked this question: If men can go topless in public, why can’t women?
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Synagogue holds forum on Jewish LGBT concerns
The country’s oldest LGBT Jewish synagogue invites dialogue about the presidential election and its impact on the lives of marginalized communities.
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City’s only theater for the disabled takes on a new challenge
Theater Breaking Through Barrier’s new production, The Granduncle Quadrilogy, is more physically challenging for its cast members than its traditional repertoire. The group has just brought the play to Croatia.
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The NYPL creates the largest audio archive of persons living with disabilities
The New York Public Library’s oral histories project, Visible Lives, is now the nation’s largest audio archive of persons living with disabilities.
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City makes slow progress on subway improvements for the visually impaired
The new Hudson Yards subway station shows what’s being done — and what isn’t — for the vision-impaired traveler.
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City Council considers law easing ID for transgender New Yorkers
A newly proposed bill to ease the process of changing the sex field on a birth certificate has been introduced in New York City, but some transgender individuals say serious challenges remain for the community.
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Bar Association event highlights desire for better women’s networking events
A Women in the Court’s Task force event at the New York City Bar Association highlighted a need for better networking events for female in-house attorneys.
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Blind community struggles for increased fitness access
Fitness accessibility for the blind and visually impaired is problematic around Manhattan.
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Chelsea LGBT center raises record donations from awareness ride
Cyclists pedal 275 miles to raise $606,091 to support Chelsea’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center.
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