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Teachers Unite Seeks Organizing Director (NYC)
Teachers Unite (TU) is an independent membership organization of public school educators in New York City, collaborating with youth and parents to transform public schools. We resist institutions that segregate and criminalize Black and Brown youth, such as the school-to-prison pipeline, by organizing educators to work as allies in campaigns for social and economic justice.…
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La Colmena Seeks Executive Director (Staten Island, NY)
About La Colmena: La Colmena is a community based organization with the mission to empower the immigrant community through education, organizing and economic development. It was founded in 2014 by domestic workers, day laborers and community allies to establish a membership based organization that advocates and improves the lives of Staten Island’s low wage immigrant…
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The Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI) Seeks Census Coordinator
Organizational Summary: The Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI) is a racial justice and migrant rights organization which engages in education, advocacy, and cross-cultural alliance-building in order to strengthen a national movement to end racism, criminalization, and economic disenfranchisement in African American and Black immigrant communities. BAJI’s headquarters are in Brooklyn, NY and we have additional…
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Spotlight on Staff: Congratulations to Isaac Rodriguez of LEAP to Teacher
By Becky Firesheets Lehman College’s new LEAP to Teacher Coordinator Isaac Rodriguez is certainly not new to SLU. After two years as the Writing and Research Consultant for the Murphy Institute at Queens College, Isaac is thrilled for this opportunity to step up – and not just because his commute is shorter now. “I love…
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