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Immigration Counseling Services at Murphy
New York Central Labor Council (CLC) and Murphy Institute are partnering to provide free immigration consultations. For March and April, the service will be offered at the CLC every 1st and 3rd Wednesday and at the Murphy Institute every 2nd, 4th and 5th Wednesday. For more information, see flyer below.
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National Adjunct Walkout Day
By Steve Brier It is important for us to remember, as members of a university community, that this is also a workplace, a place where people labor in “traditional” jobs like building maintenance, skilled trades like engineering and carpentry, food service, and, of course, as intellectual workers who teach and do research. Most of the…
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New Report on Immigrant Financial Empowerment
On Wednesday, February 25th, the Northwest Queens Financial Education Network, including the Community Development Project, Chhaya CDC, New Immigrant Community Empowerment (NICE), and Queens Community House (QCH), held an event at the Murphy Institute to release a new report entitled Bridging the Gap: Overcoming Barriers to Immigrant Financial Empowerment in Northwest Queens. Check it out!
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Participatory Budgeting Project Hiring Operations Manager
Come work with the Participatory Budgeting Project! You: A practical problem-solver who gets things done and is committed to democracy. You have an eye for executing and improving internal systems, a mind for managing budget numbers and equipment specs, and a heart for supporting a process-oriented and hard-working team. Us: A young non-profit organization growing…
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