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VOCAL-NY (Voices Of Community Activists & Leaders) Seeks Community Justice Organizer (Brooklyn, NY)
Organizational Background VOCAL-NY is a grassroots membership organization dedicated to building the power of low-income people affected by the drug war, mass incarceration, HIV/AIDS and homelessness to create healthy and just communities. We accomplish this through community organizing, advocacy, direct services, and strategic communications. You can learn more about our work through our website and Facebook and Twitter pages. Position Description
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El Puente Leadership Center @ Williams Plaza Seeks Assistant Director (Brooklyn, NY)
As a staff member of El Puente, the Assistant Director is expected to uphold and work within the mission, philosophy and principles of the organization. She/he must work with the Director and other staff members to: design & manage a holistic arts & academic enrichment program; ensure the integrity of El Puente’s Membership Process; and
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The Bronx Defenders Seeks Immigration Civil Legal Advocate (Bronx, NY)
Description Overview The Bronx Defenders – an innovative, progressive, holistic indigent defense office in the South Bronx – seeks an energetic advocate with a commitment to social justice to fill a position as Civil Legal Advocate in our Immigration Practice. Since opening our doors in 1997, The Bronx Defenders has served over 300,000 clients in
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Welcoming the Spring 2018 Union Semester Class
Nadja Barlera Born in New York and raised in many places, Nadja is a recent graduate from USC with a degree in English. She was a community and labor organizer with the Student Coalition Against Labor Exploitation and service worker unions on campus. She is excited to join the Union Semester and learn about the
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