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We are NYCAHN, NOT NYCANT
  • Directors Report
  • June 6, 2006

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NYC AIDS Housing Network
  • The NYC AIDS Housing Network is a membership led
    organization bringing together homeless and
    formerly homeless people living with HIV/AIDS,
    AIDS service organizations and nonprofit housing
    providers
  • Given that housing is a human right, it is our
    mission to empower low-income people living with
    HIV/AIDS to organize our community, including the
    nonprofits that serve us, to advocate for more
    and better housing and sound public policies for
    all New Yorkers living with HIV/AIDS.
  • NYCAHN brings together tenants housing
    providers, clients service organizations.
  • Decisions are made at quarterly general
    membership meetings and weekly campaign meetings.
  • We are governed by low-income people living with
    AIDS. Members should control this organization.
  • NYCAHN has over 3,800 individual members, and has
    had 67 dues paying member organizations.
  • NYCAHN has trained over 1,900 low-income people
    living with HIV/AIDS in community organizing and
    advocacy skills.
  • NYCAHN has trained hundreds of staff members from
    nonprofit service organizations in community
    organizing and advocacy skills.

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Projects of NYCAHN
  • HASA Human Rights Watch Tracking human rights
    violations at welfare centers that serve
    low-income people living with HIV/AIDS.
  • POWER Academy (People living with HIV/AIDS
    Organizing for Welfare Equal Rights) our core
    leadership development course offers political
    education to low-income people living with
    HIV/AIDS and basic community organizing and
    advocacy skills. NYCAHN has trained over 1,900
    low-income people living with HIV/AIDS in
    community organizing and advocacy skills. NYCAHN
    has trained hundreds of staff members from
    nonprofit service organizations in community
    organizing and advocacy skills.
  • Oral History Project Homeless PLWAs tell it
    like it is to be homeless and HIV on the streets
    of NYC. Form of participatory research, and
    human rights documentation. NYCAHN has produced
    a booklet of Oral Histories, is currently working
    on a video and has had our storyboards on
    display in City Hall.

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Projects of NYCAHN (cont.)
  • Parolee Human Rights Project we track violations
    committed by parole officers in an effort to
    bring about systemic reform. In addition the
    project members organize to improve access to
    healthcare in prisons and access to housing upon
    release.
  • Youth CAHN Once our members become recognized
    leaders, their family members want to get
    involved. Youth CAHN is training the next
    generation of leaders in the fight against AIDS.
  • Building Community Project a weekly drop-in
    center (modeled on worker centers) which
    provide a place for our members to socialize,
    take showers, get assistance with their welfare
    case or finding housing and tenant organizing
    projects in buildings where 2 or more low-income
    people living with HIV/AIDS live. We house over
    150 homeless people living with AIDS each year.

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We Believe In Community Organizing
  • Community Organizing is a set of basic principles
    that, when followed, allows your organization to
    grow, and allows more and more people to become
    activists on your issues. It is the how to of
    movement building.
  • Community Organizing is not just outreach, not
    just forming a speakers bureau, not just
    engaging in direct action, or meeting with
    elected officials.
  • Organizing acknowledges moves POWER from the
    hands of a few people into the hands of many.
  • Organizing develops LEADERSHIP.
  • Advocacy and activism should be components of
    organizing.
  • Organizers work on campaigns, not issues.

6
1998
  • NYCAHN was formed as a project of the Supportive
    Housing Network of NY.
  • Jennifer Flynn was hired as the Coordinator of
    this project.
  • Jennifer worked at the McBurney YMCA in their
    AIDS Transitional Housing Project as a
    Re-Housing/Daily Living Specialist.
  • McBurney was one of the original member
    organizations of NYCAHN.
  • NYCAHN successfully advocated for an increase in
    the amount of money service providers could
    allocate towards administrative overhead.
  • NYCAHN held first rally for housing on Election
    Day. Photo above.
  • NYCAHN received first press in Westsider.
  • NYCAHN began first AIDS Housing Organizing
    Advocacy Training Institute course. 15 people
    graduated.
  • Jennifer created NYCAHN logo.

7
1999
  • NYCAHN began strategic planning process, which
    led to seperation from Supportive Housing Network
    of NY.
  • Joe Bostic, Cliff Mosley, and J. Edward Shaw
    begin volunteering.
  • Bailey House hires Ed Shaw as Organizer for
    NYCAHN.
  • Joe Jennifer conduct our Organizing Advocacy
    Training.
  • Joe Capestany is among 18 graduates and upon
    evaluation, rewrites our training course,
    creating POWER Academy!

8
2000
  • NYCAHN Board of Directors votes to become
    independent organization, hires Jennifer Flynn as
    Executive Director.
  • NYCAHN has 2,000 in bank. Jennifer works
    voluntarily and secures office space on Broadway
    for only 700 per month.
  • All office furniture and equipment are donated.
    Jennifer raises 150,000.
  • Joe B. Joe C. begin working on stipend at
    NYCAHN.

9
2000 continued
  • Welfare reform tactic diversion is implemented
    at HASA, denying emergency housing. NYCAHN
    launches HASA Human Rights Campaign.
  • Full-time Hunter School intern joins staff.

10
2000 continued
  • NYCAHN secures new office space.
  • Creates weekly drop-in center
  • Jennifer gets all office furniture donated,
    office is cleaned, floors are redone.

11
2000 continued
  • NYCAHN is lead organization in newly formed
    coalition called NYC Communities of Color
    HIV/AIDS Coalition.
  • Coalition successfully wins 5 million for AIDS
    prevention, treatment Services in communities
    of color.
  • Lead organization in Mayoral Accountability
    Session on HIV/AIDS.

12
2001
  • POWER Academy graduates 200th person.
  • NYCAHN attends International AIDS Conference in
    Durban, South Africa conducts housing
    organizing training for HIV women outside of
    conference.
  • Joe Bostic wins OSI Fellowship for Oral History
    Project.

13
2002
  • NYCAHN guarantees right to emergency housing
  • Jennifer is selected as first US based focused
    US Human Rights Advocate for Columbia University
    Human Rights Advocates Fellowship
  • Joe Capestany wins NYAC Vanguard Award
  • Jennifer, Joe B., Joe C. win Union Square Award

14
2003
  • NYCAHN leads coalition for World AIDS Day Demo.
  • NYCAHN convenes Still We Rise Coalition
  • NYCAHN wins funding for 1200 units of housing for
    homeless people living with HIV/AIDS.
  • NYCAHNs Parolee Human Rights Project, under
    leadership of Jennifer, gets Assembly to hold
    Harlem Hearing ( one in Albany) on prison
    healthcare legislation.
  • NYCAHN leads campaign to save HASA and keep HIV
    NYers out of workfare.

15
2004
  • NYCAHN wins increased funding for homeless people
    living with HIV/AIDS, drug users and transgender
    individuals
  • NYCAHN expands office space.
  • NYCAHN creates Youth organizing project.
  • NYCAHN leads 50,000 person Still We Rise march
    rally.
  • NYCAHN leads AIDS march in DC
  • Joe Capestany honored post-humously by Latino
    Commission on AIDS

16
2005
  • Through our advocacy, City Council passes three
    separate pieces of legislation, including right
    to permanent, medically appropriate housing for
    homeless people living with HIV/AIDS.
  • Jennifer is selected as Community Health Leader
    by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

17
2006
  • We are Conveners and Leaders in the following
    Coalitions
  • UNGASS Action
  • Housing Here and Now!
  • NYC Continuum of Care Coalition
  • Healthy Homes Steering Committee
  • Coalition for Asthma Free Homes
  • NYC Participatory Budgeting Initiative
  • Legislative Action Coalition on Prison Healthcare
  • NYC Communities of Color Coalition
  • NY VOTE
  • Alliance for Social Justice
  • Campaign to End AIDS
  • US Human Rights Network
  • Received Awards from
  • Harlem YMCA (Jennifer Flynn specifically)
  • Marist College (Jennifer Flynn specifically)

18
Kick Started and Helped
  • CHAMP
  • 218 Gates Ave. Tenant Association
  • Amysyth Womens Program
  • VOCAL

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