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Happy Thursday! 

Here are a few things you should know about that you can take action on this month:

Did you know that Black Giving Day is August 28th? Check out Young Black and Giving Back Institute all year long for inspiration on this topic.  Major shout out to Founder and Executive Director, Ebonie Johnson Cooper and partners for engaging us in funding the magic in our communities. 

Everyone is welcome to join ThresholdWorld at Rapha Center located at 78 Saratoga Avenue Brooklyn, NY for Black Giving Day on Tuesday, August 28th 7:00pm-9:00pm. $28 contributions are being asked from each attendee as we remember historic events of August 28th. They'll be music, food and wine to be blessed with a goal of $1,120. Making this goal will cover space for 11 organizations to host community events at the center into the fall season.

Shout Out to MomsRising.org for sharing the important action item below!

*Can you speak up now to stop a discriminatory question on the U.S. Census?

What’s happening? Every 10 years the U.S. Census takes place and its results have very real impacts on our day-to-day lives, including determining if a state gains or loses seats in the U.S. House of Representatives AND also how redistricting happens. The results will also impact funding for schools, housing, health care, as well as business investment in our communities.

It’s critical that the U.S. Census gets an accurate headcount of everyone in the United States, but — here’s the bad news: The Trump Administration is using the upcoming U.S. Census as a backdoor attack on immigrant communities by adding a discriminatory question related to citizenship, with the goal of discouraging participation and threatening the accuracy of the count.

But it’s not too late to stop the addition of this question! We have a chance to stop this from happening by adding our voices to the public comments.

Submit a public comment telling the U.S. Secretary of Commerce: No discriminatory questions on the Census!

The Brooklyn NAACP will be at RAPHA on Wednesday, August 29th for Census in the City, a workshop to educate, share and gain information on the 2020 Census. Leaders are encouraged to attend in order to motive your organizations in the community.

Are you a Community Ambassador?

ThresholdWorld is looking for 2 people from each of the 5 boroughs of NYC to help represent. You know the one that knows all of the community happenings. The one abreast in politics, always at the community board meetings or know what occured at the meeting. The one that doesn’t mind taking folks on historic and personal tours of the neighborhood as well. If you know a person with these qualities have them blessmelanie@gmail.com to join team ThresholdWorld as we go through new wide open doors in every season! We'll walk through old ones as well to show some community members what was there all along for their use.