NHN’s members knock doors, make phone calls, distribute information to neighbors, and more to strengthen our connections and cause.
We empower neighbors through cultivating strong community connections and pairing it with community and civic education.
Through organizing and empowerment, we intend to strengthen the advocacy power of our neighbors and our community.
We are a group of neighbors who live in one of the 5 remaining public housing developments in Rockaway, Queens, NYC. Our goal is to uplift, encourage and inspire one another to be involved in housing and civic matters so that we may better advocate for our rights and wellbeing.
We believe in the mission of grassroots organizing, which is to build deep and meaningful community networks and relationships. We also believe strongly in community education, and work with researchers and legal advocates and do our own in-house research when needed. We also know that we alone can not take on the challenges we face, so we work in partnership with neighbors citywide through coalition work.
Rockaway Neighbors Helping Neighbors is committed to advocating for our community on the basis of facts. For this reason, we have carried out multiple community surveys – and are continuing to do so! Our previous Read more…
In the second half of 2023, Neighbors Helping Neighbors organized and hosted their first iteration of the Nguzo Saba Community Education Project, which sought to bring together an intergenerational cohort of neighbors to collectively reflect Read more…
Prior to the culmination of the Community Unity Cultural Celebration of Kwanzaa on December 28, 2023 there will be an eight-week project where participants will learn about the Nguzo Saba, or “The Seven Principles”. Through Read more…
