Chronicles
The Queens Defenders Chronicles is a regularly updated run-down of the variety of events and programs we offer.
Runway to Success
Most fashion shows aim to showcase high-end merchandise worn by willowy girls. “Hour Fashion Night,” an event organized by Johanna Flores, Employment Coordinator at Hour Working Women Program (HWWP) and sponsored by Queens Defenders (QD), turned that concept inside out by featuring real women in affordable clothing.
Justice 456
Understanding the U.S. Constitution’s Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment rights is critical for black and brown people, especially adolescents and young adults. Queens Defenders is launching Justice 456, an educational tour of schools, community centers, churches, and other community venues. We want to teach those most at risk of a wrongful conviction how to protect themselves.
The Messenger
In 2012 I was just another teenager looking for answers. What would my life be in 5 years? Things began to take a turn that year. I was 17 years old and a junior at Grover Cleveland High School.
Twitter Feeds
Queens Defenders is proud to be part of the Alliance to Protect Kalief’s Law. This past Monday we joined advocates across the state to call on Albany to protect discovery reform, because New York's discovery laws work!
NEW YORK'S DISCOVERY LAWS WORK!
Repealing NY discovery laws will not “reduce delays,” “streamline case processing” or “close loopholes,” as the Governor claims. Instead, it will gut #KaliefsLaw, leading to more wrongful convictions, coerced plea deals, and clogged courts.
JOIN US: Thurs. @ 11am, we're rallying in NYC + Albany to demand an end to prison abuse. Guards have brutalized, sexually assaulted & killed Black and brown people in New York's prisons for decades. We demand basic rights for incarcerated people, real pathways to release & more.