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Hand in Hand: The Domestic Employers Network Organizing to make every home a fair workplace. Raising standards and winning investments in care.

ICE Out of New Yorkđź—˝ The NYC Coalition for Domestic Work demands an end to all ICE activities in NYC. The October 8th sh...
10/12/2026

ICE Out of New Yorkđź—˝

The NYC Coalition for Domestic Work demands an end to all ICE activities in NYC. The October 8th shooting of Oscar Belgal in the Bronx, with his 5-year-old son in the backseat, confirms ICE’s continued criminal behavior.

Read the NYC Coalition for Domestic Work’s our full statement.👇

The community integration mandate is under threat, putting at risk the freedom of millions of people with disabilities t...
10/09/2026

The community integration mandate is under threat, putting at risk the freedom of millions of people with disabilities to live and thrive in our own homes and communities.

We will not stand by. We’re calling on California Attorney General Bonta to sign the commitment to people with disabilities.

Join us on Wednesday, October 14 at 1pm for Our Homes, Our Rights, a virtual Action Hour to take action to protect the integration mandate in California!

Register and share access needs via link in the comments below. ⬇️

We won't go back! ✊

Yesterday, ICE agents shot Oscar Belgal in New York City while he was in his vehicle with his 5-year-old son in the back...
10/09/2026

Yesterday, ICE agents shot Oscar Belgal in New York City while he was in his vehicle with his 5-year-old son in the backseat. This is at least the 43rd shooting by federal immigration agents, 11 of them fatal, since the federal government began executing its mass deportation agenda in January 2025.

This is what $75 billion funds. Money that could pay for the care we need is instead used to terrorize communities, separate families, and injure and kill our immigrant neighbors.

NOT one more. NOT one penny more.

ICE out of our cities. ICE out of our communities.

Defund ICE. Fund Care.
Protect Our Communities.

Abolish ICE.

10/08/2026

“This is a real shift that’s going to create a serious gap in access to healthcare services… The folks who have survived the most trauma, whether it’s war, natural disaster, or sexual assault, are going to be the folks who are going to be losing coverage.” — Adriana Cadena, executive director of the Protecting Immigrant Families Coalition

Care should be a right for all.

Everyone regardless of income or immigration status, should have the right to high-quality care and supports.

Read our statement in our previous post, and find the complete The Hill article to read or listen to via link in the comments below 👇



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Care should be a right for all.In its latest attacks on publicly funded care, the federal government is now penalizing i...
10/08/2026

Care should be a right for all.

In its latest attacks on publicly funded care, the federal government is now penalizing immigrants who receive public benefits such as SNAP and Medicaid by restricting their ability to apply for a green card.

Nobody should be punished for needing publicly funded care and support.

Read our statement.

Last night, Hand in Hand NYC members joined our friends and partners at We Dream In Black - National Domestic Workers Al...
10/07/2026

Last night, Hand in Hand NYC members joined our friends and partners at We Dream In Black - National Domestic Workers Alliance for their 10-year anniversary celebration! 🎊

We were honored to celebrate the work they have done to build a strong movement that centers the voices and experiences of Black, Afro-Latina, and Afro-descendant domestic workers.

We look forward to supporting them and working alongside them for many more years to come. ✊

Hiring someone to work in your home takes more than paperwork. It takes a relationship that lasts.Join our FREE interact...
10/07/2026

Hiring someone to work in your home takes more than paperwork. It takes a relationship that lasts.

Join our FREE interactive session for care consumers and domestic employers (IHSS recipients and private employers alike) to build skills in communication, conflict resolution, mutual expectations, and person-centered care, including addressing power dynamics, ableism, and intersecting identities. We'll also walk through DB101 California, the free plain-language guide to state benefits.

Co-hosted with our partners at the World Institute on Disability.

When: Tuesday, October 13 at 1pm PT
Where: Zoom
Register via link in the comments below. ⬇️

This is Session 3 of our 3-part series — our final session, don't miss it!

"For too long, domestic workers have faced workplace hazards without adequate protections, information, or support. This...
10/06/2026

"For too long, domestic workers have faced workplace hazards without adequate protections, information, or support. This partnership creates new opportunities for workers, employers, and advocates to learn together, build stronger relationships with Cal/OSHA, and ensure that the health and safety of domestic workers remains a statewide priority." -Megan Whelan Escobar, director of CA Domestic Workers Coalition (CDWC)

Last week, we joined our partners at the CDWC and Cal/OSHA for the signing of a new two-year Alliance Agreement to improve workplace health and safety for California's 325,000+ domestic workers.

Housecleaners, home care workers, and nannies support our families and communities every day, yet many still face hazards like chemical exposure, injuries, and falls. This partnership will expand health and safety training, strengthen outreach to workers and employers, and keep the conversation going about safety in private homes.

So proud to see this step forward for the health, dignity, and safety of California domestic workers. đź’ś

Deport Hate! ✊This past Saturday at the London Terrace Street Fair, Hand in Hand NYC member leader Daniel Sutton joined ...
10/05/2026

Deport Hate! ✊

This past Saturday at the London Terrace Street Fair, Hand in Hand NYC member leader Daniel Sutton joined Chelsea Neighbors United to share resources on protecting domestic workers and our immigrant communities from ICE.

You can find all of our national and regional Sanctuary Homes guidance to help you show solidarity with immigrant domestic workers and neighbors via link in the comments below. 👇

10/05/2026

“Laws are only as powerful as the systems that governments set up to enforce them. And we just watched our government take a sledgehammer to the systems helping enforce disabled people’s right to integration.” — Kaleigh Brendle

We all deserve the right to live, thrive, and age in our homes and communities. That right is now in jeopardy for millions of disabled people, because the federal government has eliminated the mandate requiring states to provide the supports they need.

We will fight this. We won’t go back.

Read/Listen to the complete NPR piece via link in the comments below. 👇




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