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Urban Justice Center Seeks Development and IOI Coordinator
The Community Development Project at the Urban Justice Center (CDP) seeks a Development and IOI Coordinator to help administer government funding contracts for legal services, as well as coordinate a coalition of legal service providers recently awarded a $5 million Immigrant Opportunities Initiative contract to provide employment and immigration-related legal services to low-income immigrant communities…
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The Last Hurrah of the “Silent Majority”?
This article was originally posted by Democracy: A Journal of Ideas. By Michael Javen Fortner With audacity and grace, the “Mothers of the Movement” have reminded us of the humanity of their slain children and the inhumanity of the racist practices that took those innocent lives. Standing united at the Democratic National Convention, in the city…
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New TUED Report: Pollution and Warming Are Fueling a Global Health Emergency
A new TUED Working Paper draws attention to the alarming implications for human health caused by pollution and by climate change, both of which are being made worse by the growing use of coal, oil, and gas. Authored by Svati Shah and Sean Sweeney, An Illness to One is the Concern of All presents the main findings…
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CUPE 3902 Seeks Staff Representative (Toronto, Canada)
See original posting here Position Type: Full-Time, Permanent Workplace Environment: Unionised, CUPE 1281 Workplace Location: 180 Bloor Street West with occasional location work at the St. George, Scarborough and Mississauga campuses of the University of Toronto About CUPE 3902 CUPE 3902 is the trade union representing more than 8,000 part-time, contract academic workers at the…
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