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Artists Athletes Activists

We are an organization led by Artists, Athletes and Activists that use our platforms to take action and bring awareness to issues that deal with health, fitness, wellness and social justice in marginalized and underserved communities.
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Migrant and Asylum Seeker Response

In August 2022, New York City saw a surge of migrants and asylum seekers arriving from the southern border.  Most were sent by Texas authorities on buses.  While there is a vast network of non-profit and governmental organizations in New York City, there was no “first line of support”; most individuals arrived without the necessary contacts, language skills, or finances to navigate the complex networks of city services.

Since then, Artists Athletes Activists has welcomed with dignity over 3000 buses at Port Authority bus terminal, Penn Station, and major airports.  We connect them to the key services like shelter, food, medical care, education, and legal support.  Even with this referral support, about 250 individuals per week return to AAA requesting additional support because city services are overburdened, challenging to navigate, and not designed to serve this population.
In collaboration with Rauschenbusch Metor Ministries (RMM), we run the Resources, Opportunities, Connections & Community (ROCC) program to support migrants and asylum seekers with the following:
 

  • Non-Specialized Services 

    • Public Benefits (city assistance such as NYCID & HRA)

    • Basic Needs (resource connections to organizations that provide food, clothing, medical assistance, English classes, etc.)

  • Specialized Services

    • Legal support (limited to first come, first serve)

    • Shelter Assistance (navigating conflicts and addressing special needs)

    • Health Insurance 

  • Coffee, Snack & Lunch

  • Games and Play Time for kids, including arts programming
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AAA Successes

Between August 2022-April 2024, we:

  • Connected 100,000 people to critical New York City services, including food, shelter, clothing
  • Transported 50,000 people from airports
  • Referred 30,800 cases to legal services, including change of address or venue and answered asylum case questions
  • Assisted to release 400 asylees including from ICE detention centers and youth group homes and reunited them with family
Community Efforts

Feed Families in Need

In 2021, our goal was to feed 10,000 familes. We ended serving 40,000 familes.
We met our goal for 2023 and fed 40,000+ families and looking into feed an additional 20-40,000 more families in 2024.

Where we are making a difference

Community
plant-based fridges

Overthrow fridge (Starting Summer 2024)

9 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10012

Essex Market fridge (Starting Summer 2024)

220 Broome St, New York, NY 10002

Community Efforts

Youth Mindfulness & Wellness

We take youth from the communtiy and motivate mental and physical activity in a positive environment.
How you can help

Volunteer or Donate!

“Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth”

―Muhammad Ali

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Your tax-deductible donation to Artists-Athletes-Activists will help support Mutual aid efforts in low income and marginalized Communities.  

Artists-Athletes-Activists is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, EIN# 83-0530322.

IN ACTION

Providing Groceries to Families

Example on how we are on-the-ground doing the necessary work to ensure low income families have access to fresh fruits and vegetables.

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