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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.

  • Women’s Institute for Leadership Development (WILD) Seeks Interim Organizing Director (MA)

    The Women’s Institute for Leadership Development (WILD) seeks a dynamic organizer to work in collaboration with the active, engaged, working Board of Directors to advance WILD’s mission of strengthening the number, influence and diversity of women in the Massachusetts labor movement, and building an awareness of all issues of oppression within the movement. See full…

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  • Nobody Leaves Mid-Hudson (NLMH) Hiring for Multiple Positions

    Organizing Director Reports to:  Type of position:  Compensation:  Executive Director Full time, 40 hours $65,000 – $75,000. Benefits including health insurance Mission & Purpose: Based in the Mid-Hudson Valley of New York, Nobody Leaves Mid-Hudson (NLMH) builds power for social justice through mass organizing rooted in the needs of working people and people of color.…

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  • Emerald Cities Seeks Los Angeles Director

    Emerald Cities Collaborative (ECC) is a national non-profit organization comprised of labor, community, business and government based in Washington, D.C.  ECC partners are united around the goal of rapidly greening our nation’s metropolitan regions to advance triple bottom line outcomes:  environmental, economic and equity. ECC envisions a future in which American cities are the greenest…

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  • SLU’s Stephanie Luce Weighs in on Amazon in WSJ

    A recent Wall Street Journal article laid out NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio’s vision for an Amazon-ed Big Apple: a unionized labor force. Katie Honan writes: Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday that New York City employees of Amazon.com Inc. should unionize and that their organizing wouldn’t prompt the company to pull out of a deal to build a…

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