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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.

  • Abortion Access Front Seeks Community Engagement Coordinator (Brooklyn, NY)

    Position Summary Coordinates volunteer cultivation and engagement, grows the organization’s volunteer networks, and supports growth of partner organization collaboration through community building events and direct actions Essential Responsibilities and Tasks  Determines volunteer needs and opportunities within AAF’s departments and programs, including production projects, community building events, clinic support work, organizing and advocacy, social media, and

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  • Work for Progress Seeks Democracy Campus Organizer (Newark, NJ)

    Students are often at the forefront of movements to build a better future for our country. Whether or not those students make real progress depends on whether they are organized, have the skills to be effective and a strategic plan to get things done. The Student PIRGs have been working for over 40 years to

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  • NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. Seeks Senior Community Organizer (NYC)

    The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) is the country’s first and foremost civil and human rights law organization. Founded in 1940 under the leadership of Thurgood Marshall, who subsequently became the first Black U.S. Supreme Court Justice, LDF was launched at a time when the nation’s aspirations for equality and due process

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  • Introducing: City Works

    City Works is a NEW monthly news magazine program produced by the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies (SLU) in collaboration with CUNY TV and hosted by Laura Flanders. The show’s mission is to create is a visual and thematic presentation of work, workers and worker organizations, employing topical examinations of the changing nature

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The School of Labor and Urban Studies (SLU) comes out of a singular collaboration among labor unions, city workers, community organizations and academic institutions and their faculty and staff.

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The opinions expressed in both original and cross-posted articles on this blog belong to their authors alone and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SLU or CUNY.

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