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New Organizing Institute — Digital Boot Camp
From New Organizing Institute: Since 2006, the New Organizing Institute has trained an army of progressive organizers to run and win powerful campaigns by leveraging digital tools and tactics. We know we’ve got to keep and grow our digital talent advantage — that’s why we created BootCamp. This 7-day intensive program prepares organizers to run…
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Taking It to the Streets! Street Vendors in the New Labor Economy
The Murphy Institute is known for its public programming, bringing thinkers, leaders and policymakers together to discuss the issues vital to making change in our city and our world. Watch Javier Valdez, Co-Executive Director, Make the Road New York and Diana Robinson, Campaign & Education Coordinator, Food Chain Workers Alliance discuss the prospects and challenges of organizing…
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Los Angeles to Increase Minimum Wage to $15/hour
Following in the footsteps of Seattle, San Francisco and Oakland, the Los Angeles City Council voted today to increase its minimum wage to $15/hour by 2020. The NYTimes is calling this “perhaps the most significant victory so far in the national push to raise the minimum wage.” “The effects here will be the biggest by far,”…
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Mind Graffiti
Photo Credit: Ankhe Tomer By Jed-Rene Tuliao I have a tendency to think and write in a stream of consciousness when it comes to poetry and short stories. I have wanted to write something like Mind Graffiti (below) for a couple of years now. It was like a huge itch in the back of my mind and…
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