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Student/Farmworker Alliance Hosts 2018 Encuentro in Immokalee, FL (9/20-23)
Each year, students and young people from across the country gather for a weekend of creativity, strategizing, skill-building and reflection to strengthen the SFA network. From Sept. 20-23, we’ll be continuing our decade-long tradition of empowering allies from every corner of the Fair Food Nation. At the Encuentro, SFAers build relationships with like-minded youth leaders,…
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Fall 2018 MA Scholarship Application Now Open (Deadline: July 12th)
The Murphy Institute is offering a small number of tuition-only scholarships for Fall 2018 to both newly-admitted and continuing MA students in Urban Studies and Labor Studies. Students must re-apply each semester to be considered for a scholarship for the next term. (Scholarships and amounts may vary from semester to semester depending on the availability…
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Public Bank NYC Launches Campaign on Laura Flanders Show
The Public Bank NYC Coalition believes public money should work “for the public good, not private gain.” To that end, it advocates for a public bank that can: support vital sectors of our local economy and divest from banks that are financing destructive corporate interests, including speculative real estate, private prison and immigrant detention companies, the…
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Essex Street Market Vendor Association Seeks Part-time Community Events & Vendor Support Coordinator (NYC)
The Essex Street Market Vendor Association (ESMVA) is a not-for-profit organization with a membership comprised of 25 diverse vendors from the historic Essex Street Market. Our mission is to support the market’s small merchant community through marketing, promotional events, and community programming. ESMVA acts as the central point of contact between market management, community-based organizations,…
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