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Organizing 2.0, April 10-11, 2015: A conference for organizers, techies & activists @ Murphy
Organizing 2.0 brings together hundreds of leaders, organizers, fundraisers, techies and activists to share our collective wisdom, skills, and talents. There will be workshops, trainings, discussions, consulting and networking opportunities, visionary speakers, and a provocative debate around strategy and practices. Over two days here at the Murphy Institute, we will bring together hundreds of people…
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Work, Play, Fight
By Zenzile Greene Our idea for this piece was to use images as a way to explore the extracurricular life of a worker and place it directly into the context of her work space. It is a visual dialogue between her journey as a martial artist and the role it has played in her evolution…
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Full-Time Research Associate at Center for Popular Democracy
The Center for Popular Democracy (CPD) is seeking a full-time Research Associate to work on economic justice, immigrants’ rights and/or racial justice policy initiatives and campaigns. The Center for Popular Democracy builds organizing power and transforms the local and state policy landscape through deep, long-term partnerships with leading community organizing groups and labor unions nationwide.…
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News Round-Up
Longer days, sunny skies: hints of spring’s arrival. And today, a memorable conversation at Murphy with Black Feminist leader and social justice hero Barbara Smith, originator of the term “identity politics.” First Lady of NYC Chirlane McCray also spoke, along with Joo-Hyun Kang, Alethia Jones and Gerry Hudson. Over at In These Times, Bruce Vail…
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