CUFFH Gala 2026: Seventeen Years of Fighting for Home, Celebrated at the Weylin
Churches United For Fair Housing, the Brooklyn faith-rooted coalition behind some of the city's most determined tenant organizing, marks 17 years with a festive, formal evening in Williamsburg on Tuesday, December 1.
Few buildings in Brooklyn make a better case for the city's capacity to reinvent itself than the Weylin, the grand domed former bank at the foot of the Williamsburg Bridge. It is a fitting stage for Churches United For Fair Housing, an organization whose entire purpose is to make sure that as neighborhoods change, the people who built them are not pushed out. On Tuesday, December 1, CUFFH holds its 2026 gala there, an evening that celebrates 17 years of work and, in the organization's words, "the strength of communities that come together to reclaim their neighborhoods."
What the charity supports
CUFFH works with working-class communities on housing, immigration and economic justice. Tenant organizing and practical resources are part of a wider effort to help residents remain and thrive in the neighborhoods they have helped build. Explore the organization’s work.
Where support goes
The organizer explicitly connects gala support with grassroots advocacy, tenant organizing and community services, including housing resources and legal protection. Its church and community network hosts free public workshops. This gives the benefit a practical link to residents’ daily needs as well as longer-term change.
The people behind the work
Community organizers, faith leaders, residents and allies form the network behind CUFFH. Its history begins with organizing around Brooklyn’s Broadway Triangle. The gala brings those relationships together; the residents and organizers remain central to the work after the celebration. Meet the organization.
Why this evening matters
Housing is the defining New York story, the subject that touches every dinner party and every block. Galas tend to keep their distance from it; this one puts it at the center of the room. There is something especially resonant about raising money for tenant protection inside a former bank, and about an organization rooted in churches choosing to celebrate with dancing and a midnight after-party rather than a lecture. For anyone who cares about what kind of city Brooklyn becomes, CUFFH's 17th-anniversary gala offers a lively, purposeful way to be part of the answer.
The date and how to take part
2026-12-01 · Weylin, 175 Broadway, Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Read our event guide for the evening’s details and visit the organizer for tickets, tables or admission inquiries. A public event page does not guarantee that tickets remain available or that every package includes the same access.
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