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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.

  • Worker’s Justice Project (WJP) Seeks Workers Rights Organizer (Brooklyn, NY)

    Worker’s Justice Project (WJP), a fiscally sponsored project of TSNE MissionWorks, was founded in 2010 to address the racial and economic injustices that day laborers face by building collective power to win institutional change. WJP runs a long-standing worker’s center in South Brooklyn and organizes female day laborers in Williamsburg through our Women’s Economic Justice…

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  • University Settlement Society of New York Seeks Managing Director of Institutional Advancement

    Overview: University Settlement Society of New York is one of New York City’s most dynamic human services institutions, with an impressive legacy as the first settlement house in the country, serving over 40,000 New Yorkers with a range of critical social services at 31 sites across Manhattan and Brooklyn. Together, these sites offer a comprehensive network of…

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  • New Labor Forum Highlights: April 30th, 2018

    The New Labor Forum has a bi-weekly newsletter on current topics in labor, curated by the some of the most insightful scholars and activists in the labor world today. Check out some highlights from the latest edition below. The wildly successful teachers’ strike in West Virginia earlier this spring has not only inspired walkouts in Oklahoma, Kentucky, Colorado and…

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  • Event: The Future of Capitalism and the Future of Work (Watch Livestream)

    Can’t make it in person? Watch the livestream here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qu6xkfFF4o Friday, May 4th, 2018, 9:30am-6:30pm The Murphy Institute 25 W 43rd Street, 18th Floor New York, NY, 10036  RSVP HERE Co-sponsored by The Murphy Institute’s Labor Studies Program, CUNY and The NYC Chapter of the Scholars Strategy Network In recent years, structural changes in the…

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