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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.

  • Street Vendor Project Seeks Lead Organizer

    Founded in 2001, the Street Vendor Project (SVP) is a grassroots membership-led organization working to defend the rights and achieve just working conditions of the community of workers, self-employed people and small business owners who make their living as vendors on the streets and sidewalks of New York City. Through direct leadership development, education, legal

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  • Participatory Budgeting Project Seeks Manager, Democracy Beyond Elections

    PBP is seeking a Manager of our Democracy Beyond Elections campaign to join the small but effective team of our award-winning organization. The Manager of Democracy Beyond Elections supports our work to build demand and support for participatory democracy practices that enable people to make decisions in government, centering equity. Democracy Beyond Elections is a collaborative campaign

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  • Sadie Nash Leadership Project Seeks Executive Director

    Sadie Nash Leadership Project provides award-winning experiential social justice education to more than 700 young women and gender-expansive youth of color in New York City and Newark each year. Operating with love and rigor, we use the tools o f popular education to build critical consciousness, community, and college readiness. Our programs include a nationally

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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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