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Community engagement and outreach initiatives
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Commissioner Palma highlights the Commission's extensive community engagement and outreach efforts, emphasizing their focus on education and discrimination prevention.
- The Community Relations Bureau reached over 40,000 New Yorkers through workshops, trainings, and events
- New initiatives include the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Visibility and the NYC Human Rights Summit
- The Commission strengthened outreach efforts with legal service provider roundtables across all five boroughs
- Millions of New Yorkers were reached through community outreach and diverse media strategies
Annabel Palma
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The commission's community engagement and outreach efforts are a key part of our work.
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Through the community relations bureau, we are focused on providing education and preventing discrimination.
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In f y twenty four, the community relations bureau reached over a 40,000 New Yorkers by leading 2,888 multilingual workshops, trainings, and events.
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I'm excited to share that projections for fiscal year twenty twenty five show continued growth.
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FY twenty four also saw the launch of the Martin Luther King Junior Day of Visibility and the New York City Human Rights Summit.
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Summit.
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These are opportunities for us to share information with New Yorkers about their rights and responsibilities and discuss critical issues.
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Our f y twenty five summit focused on housing rights, immigration protections, and LGBT plus rights under the New York City human rights law.
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We also strengthen our outreach efforts with with legal service provider roundtables that take place across all five boroughs, ensuring our services are available to everyone.
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I'm proud to say that we have reached millions of New Yorkers through both traditional community outreach and a diverse media strategy.