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Executive Director of PHENOM
PHENOM is a grassroots organization of public college and university students, staff, faculty, alumni, and parents fighting for an accessible, affordable, well-funded public higher education system that benefits every resident of Massachusetts. Our ultimate vision is of a public higher education system that is free to all. Through grassroots organizing, intensive coalition building, and targeted…
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RETREAT FOR YOUNG ACTIVISTS, JOURNALISTS AND MEDIA MAKERS
Kopkind 2014 Call for Participants Kopkind, the magical retreat in Southern Vermont for media makers and activists is headed for its 16th summer, and is calling for people who are interested in attending to send letters of intent. The political camp for journalists and activists will be held from July 12 through 20. Letters of…
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New Labor in New York discussion on GRIT TV
Here is a discussion of the new book that JSMI faculty members Ruth Milkman and Ed Ott published this spring, NEW LABOR IN NEW YORK, hosted by Laura Flanders of Grit TV. The book, from Cornell University Press, is available for purchase from many booksellers. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKQt4iIrrGM&w=560&h=315]
A conversation about workers, communities and social justice
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