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Food & Water Watch Seeks New York Organizer
The Organizer will work to develop and implement legislative, field organizing, and media strategies and campaigns in support of Food & Water Watch policy goals. The organizer will represent F&WW and works as a leader in local coalitions to broaden support for F&WW’s policy goals. The position will be based in our Brooklyn, NY office. Contact Email: resumes@fwwatch.org…
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Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Seeking Housing/Benefits Advocate
Job description Lenox Hill Neighborhood House’s expanding Legal Advocacy Department of 20 lawyers and legal advocates is seeking a Housing/Benefits Advocate to join our growing team that provides free civil legal services to low-income individuals and families on the East Side of Manhattan. Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, widely recognized as one of New York’s premier…
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Community Food Advocates Seeks Youth Organizer (P/T) (NYC)
Summary: Community Food Advocates is seeking a Youth Organizer to join our team. We are a policy impact organization working to reform policies and programs relating to food and income so they are more equitable and accessible to low-income New Yorkers. Core to our mission is ensuring that communities most directly impacted by these policies…
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Prof. Sean Sweeney Speaks at Climate Conference in Oslo
On February 19th, Murphy Prof. Sean Sweeney spoke to a mixed group of 650 participants from labor, faith and climate communities at Broen til framtiden — translated as “Bridge to the Future.” Representing Trade Unions for Economic Democracy, Sweeney was the closing speaker. You can watch his remarks below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHdViYgNAb8&feature=youtu.be&t=22343
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