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Harlem United Community AIDS Center Seeks Community Organizer
Position Description Harlem United is recruiting for a Community Organizer to build the grassroots political power of the communities we serve in Harlem and beyond. With support from the policy, advocacy, and communication’s team, the Community Organizer implements Harlem United’s core commitment to empowering clients through leadership development and civic engagement so they can educate…
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NYC Network of Worker Cooperatives Seeks Coordinating Director
The NYC Network of Worker Cooperatives (NYCNoWC), a trade association for worker-owned cooperatives in the metro New York area, is hiring a Coordinating Director. JOB DESCRIPTION As Coordinating Director for NYCNoWC, you will advocate on behalf of our member base of worker-owned cooperative businesses in the NYC metropolitan area as well as ensure the overall…
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The Debra E. Bernhardt Labor Journalism Prize
The Bernhardt Prize is an award of $500 given to an article or series of articles that furthers the understanding of the history of working people. Articles focused on historical events AND articles about current issues (work, housing, organizing, health, education) that include historical context are both welcome. The work should be published — in…
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Dial-an-Organizer: Using Storytelling and Emotion to Build Movements
By Kressent Pottenger Imagine: you call a hotline to complain about how you were fired for being pregnant or harassed by your manager. On the other end, an operator gives you advice on organizing and labor law. It sounds unlikely today, but in the 1970s, a group of women clerical workers, frustrated with their treatment,…
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