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Welcome to our story hub—a place where every voice, experience, and perspective comes together. Here, you’ll find all the stories we’ve shared across the site, from inspiring journeys and insightful interviews to behind-the-scenes moments and community highlights. Whether you’re looking to catch up, explore something new, or simply get inspired, this is your gateway to everything we’ve been talking about.

  • COOP Seeks Director of People (NYC)

    Every college grad deserves a fair shot at a meaningful, upwardly mobile career. That’s the promise of higher education in America, but the payoff depends on who you know, not just what you learned. COOP Careers closes the social capital gap by recruiting and investing deeply in diverse, low-income, and first-generation grads from the City…

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  • Athena Seeks Project Associate

    East Coast location preferred Athena works on ​delivering democracy​ by taking on a primary impediment to a democracy that represents us all and an economy that works for everyone: Amazon.com. We are a growing coalition of local, state-wide and national organizations tackling the corporation’s nefarious size, power, scope and operations, in particular: antimonopoly remedies; local…

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  • Joseph S. Murphy Scholarship for Diversity in Labor

    We are currently recruiting applicants for the Joseph S. Murphy Scholarship for Diversity in Labor , designed to bring woman and people of color to leadership roles in the labor movement and in the filed of Labor Studies. Scholarship recipients will receive full tuition for the M.A. in Labor Studies or B.A. in Urban and Community Studies (Labor concentration) programs. Strong candidates: Are…

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  • New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG) Seeks Grassroots Organizers

    The New York Public Interest Research Group, or NYPIRG, seeks qualified candidates for project coordinator position in Brooklyn, NY. Project coordinators gain valuable, hands-on, leadership and organizing skills and are provided a rewarding, meaningful, exciting work experience and the opportunity to educate college students as well as train the next generation of activists. Description: NYPIRG’s campus…

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