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#PrepareNY Launch

June 30, 2011 islamoyankee

Today, PrepareNY officially launched. We are an interfaith coalition dedicated to helping NY heal after 9/11. Below are two trailers we used for today’s launch, and a copy of the press release.

Press Release for launch of PrepareNY

Inter-faith Politics Video

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Humor: NYC Mayor Seeks to Ban Jewish, Muslim, & Catholic religious law | The Shalom Center
Mention: NY1 on #PrepareNY

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