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Through the Lens of the Gentrified
On March 24, 2015, 6:00-7:30pm, join the Murphy Institute for Facing Gentrification: Reclaiming Communities by Exercising Political Power. Panelists will examine ways in which neighborhood residents can develop political influence and strategic alliances to enable them help shape affordable housing initiatives that will not end up displacing the very people they are meant to serve.…
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News Round-Up
One step closer to Right-to-Work in Wisconsin, ACA comes before the Supreme Court once more, the Feds release a report on policing in Ferguson, and more… Wisconsin takes a big step closer to becoming a right-to-work state as the State Assembly passes legislation barring unions from requiring workers to pay the equivalent of dues The…
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Remembering Philip Levine
By Samina Shahidi Philip Levine wrote unflinchingly and with nuanced craft about American working class life. Levine died on Saturday, February 14th, at the age of 87. Hear him talk about and recite his poem, “They Feed the Lion” at the National Endowment for the Arts website. Read more on this elder and former Poet…
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ALR China Team Honored by IBEW Local 3 Asian American Cultural Society
This past Sunday, Murphy’s ALR China team was honored by the IBEW Local 3 Asian American Cultural Society. There were 400 attendees at this annual dinner-dance in Flushing and a troupe of Chinese dragon dancers added to the festivities celebrating the Year of the Ram. The plaque awarded to the China Project read, in part “IBEW Takes Great Pride in…
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