FRIDAY: Velazquez, FEMA to Discuss Security Grants for Non-Profits

Meeting Comes Amid Rise in Hate Crimes and Vandalism

New York, NY –Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez along with representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will host a workshop Friday afternoon at 1:00 p.m. to empower communities and nonprofits to understand the resources available to them through the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP).

The workshop comes in the wake of a recent rise in hate crimes within the New York City Metropolitan area. Over a month and a half in 2016 there were thirty-one hate crimes reported and during the same period in 2017, fifty-six were reported. The NSGP program offers the tools to prevent and recover from biased-based crimes and acts of vandalism.

WHO: Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

WHAT: Workshop to Understand the Purposes and Goals of the
Nonprofit Security Grant Program

WHEN: Friday, April 7th, 1:00 p.m.

WHERE: The Museum at Eldridge Street
12 Eldridge Street
New York, NY 10002

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