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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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Murphy Student Awarded Scholarship to Attend National Organizers Workshop
Congratulations to Sahar Khan, Labor Studies MA student at Murphy, who was recently awarded a scholarship to attend the National Organizers Workshop! The National Organizers Workshop March 6-7th, 2015 in Washington, D.C. will bring together 400 frontline organizers from union and community organizations. Large group dialogues and workshops are being designed and led by frontline…
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Urban Play
In New York City, we play in public spaces and our play proposes a broad range of social meanings.