Description
The Street Vendor Project is a membership-based project with more than 1,800 active vendor members who are working together to create a vendors' movement for permanent change. The Street Vendor Project reaches out to vendors in the streets and storage garages and teach them about their legal rights and responsibilities. The project holds meetings where the project plans collective actions for getting people voices heard. The Street Vendor Project publishes reports and file lawsuits to raise public awareness about vendors and the enormous contribution they make to New York city. Finally, the project helps vendors grow their businesses by linking them with small business training and loans. The Street Vendor Project is part of the Urban Justice Center, a non-profit organization that provides legal representation and advocacy to various marginalized groups of New Yorkers.
