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Summer internships available

  • Social media Intern
  • Development/Fundraising Intern

  Contact: valeria@nynice.org

  • Organizing Interns

Contact: jessica@nynice.org

  • Administrative Intern

Contact: diana@nynice.org

**Detailed Internship descriptions forthcoming**

NICE IS HIRING!

Workforce Development Coordinator

NICE seeks a full-time Workforce Development Coordinator to help launch a NICE Job Bank and to manage and grow our workforce development programs for day laborers who work mostly in the construction industry with a special focus on placing workers in Sandy related reconstruction projects.

To learn more about this position, CLICK HERE.

NICE members to testify in lawsuit against exploitative bakery

Last week, two NICE members, Ricardo and Patricio, attended their first hearing at the court for the Eastern District of New York to testify for their lawsuit against a well known bakery in Brooklyn. Ricardo and Patricio worked there for several years, but are now suing for unpaid wages, violations on minimum and overtime wages, and general exploitation.  

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To learn more about this case click here

Derechos laborales ahora y para los que siguen

Check it out!  NICE Executive Director, Valeria Treves, writes an op-ed for today’s El Diario:

Derechos laborales ahora y para los que siguen

POR: Valeria Treves / directora ejecutiva de New Immigrant Community Empowerment (NICE).  |   12:01 am  |  04/04/2013  |  El Diario Share on emailShare on print

Durante el fin de semana pasado, la Cámara de Comercio de Estados Unidos y grandes [...]

Immigration Reform: NICE members on the move!

Dialogue continues on immigration reform. NICE members adress U.S. Congressman Joseph Crowley and U.S. Congresswoman Grace Meng at a townhall meeting in Corona.  From Dialogue to Action! NICE member Bus to Washington DC has a few extra seats, we invite to allies to join us. 

 NICE member, Omar Trinidad, address Congressman Joseph Crowley

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CLICK LINKS BELOW TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR HONOREES, PRESENTERS, MC & HOST COMMITTEE!  HONOREES ♦E. Tammy Kim, 2012 Ms. Foundation Fellowship Recipient ♦Consulate General of Mexico in NY:Department of Community Affairs ♦Kirkland [...]

¡No quedemos fuera de la legalización!  POR: Valeria Treves / es directora ejecutiva de New Immigrant Community Empowerment (NICE).  El Diario Hace dos semanas un grupo bi-partidista de senadores y el presidente Obama dieron a conocer sus propuestas sobre la reforma migratoria. Se declaró por ambas partes que ya es hora de otorgarle un camino a [...]

NICE Joins Mobilization Efforts around Immigration Reform

With momentum building for immigration reform, on Sunday and Monday NICE members joined immigrant groups from around New York State and around the country to intensify the call for a comprehensive approach that includes a path to citizenship for all undocumented immigrants.

On Sunday, day laborers and NICE members Vicente Caiza and Jesus Bueno spoke at [...]

Hurricane Recovery is Hard Work! NICE members volunteer in SI

During Thanksgiving weekend, a group of NICE members traveled toStaten Island’s El Centro del Inmigrante to join the Day Laborer Hurricane Relief Brigade.  Organized byEl Centroand NDLON, the volunteer brigade brings together day laborers with affected families to work together in reconstructing their communities.  NICE members worked on three homes in the hard hit areas [...]