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Crime, Punishment and the Black Community: the Untold Story of the Rockefeller Drug Laws
Next month marks the launch of Murphy Professor Michael Javen Fortner’s eye-opening new book, Black Silent Majority: the Rockefeller Drug Laws and the Politics of Punishment. A controversial and important account of the role that some in the African-American community played in encouraging punitive policies during the 1970s, in particular the Rockefeller Drug Laws, the book asks…
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Community Organizer for Race and Policing Reform Campaign at NAACP
The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) seeks an experienced, dynamic and innovative Community Organizer to advance its Race and Policing Reform Campaign. LDF and the Thurgood Marshall Institute at LDF: LDF is the nation’s first and foremost civil and human rights law organization. Since its founding under the leadership of Thurgood Marshall…
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Tenant Support Specialist at Public Engagement Unit
We are seeking Tenant Support Specialist with deep experience with community- based outreach and case management. Successful candidates should have at least one year of community, issue, labor or political organizing experience, and excellent communications and outreach skills. The candidate should have demonstrated ability to recruit and engage volunteers, closely tracking metrics and outcomes, and…
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High Road Coordinator, Fair Workweek Initiative at Center for Popular Democracy
Position Location: Preferably Brooklyn, NY or Washington, DC. Working from other locations will be considered The Center for Popular Democracy (CPD) is seeking a High Road Coordinator to: develop a pilot program that rebuilds career ladders in the service sector, and collaborate with workforce management software companies to optimize existing technology to improve work-family balance…
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