Road New York

Make the Road New York (MRNY) was created in the fall of 2007 through the merger of Make the Road by Walking and the Latin American Integration Center, two of New York City's most innovative and effective grassroots organizations. The merger was a natural partnership that built on proven successes and created a new citywide organization that combin... es democratic accountability to low-income people and an innovative mix of strategies to confront inequity and economic injustice, while fostering deep and active community roots. The company's organization is membership-led and based in the low-income communities of Bushwick, Brooklyn, Jackson Heights, Queens, and Port Richmond, Staten Island. The company's 7,000+ members are primarily low-income Latino/a immigrants, seventy-five percent of whom are women.Read More