BHR community health workers Joseph Ellis, Felix Rojas and Cheikhou Oumar Ann doing voter outreach for "The People's Money."
In May to June, BHR was one of 80 New York City community partners doing voter outreach as part of the NYC Civic Engagement Commission’s (CEC) “The People’s Money.” The People’s Money empowers New Yorkers to fund solutions addressing community needs ranging from education, mental health needs, or food access. All NYC residents ages 11 and older, regardless of immigration status, were eligible to vote on how to spend $4M of the city budget to address their community needs. Some of the Bronx ballot ideas included: Multi-Lingual Community Mental Health, STEM Enrichment for Bronx Youth & Teens and Support People with Housing Advocacy Groups. BHR's community health workers Cheikhou Oumar Ann, Joseph Ellis and Felix Rojas successfully outreached to Bronx residents resulting in 685 votes.
