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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.

  • New York City Anti-Violence Project Seeks National Policy Coordinator

    PRIMARY FUNCTIONS AVP is seeking a dedicated and experienced individual to coordinate a multi-year project to strengthen and amplify the LGBTQ anti-violence movement’s voice and ability to influence policy and legislation on a local, state, and national level. With hate violence and efforts to implement anti-LGBTQ laws and policies on the rise, the National Policy…

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  • VOCAL-NY (Voices Of Community Activists & Leaders) Seeks Civil Rights Community Organizer (Brooklyn, NY)

    Organizational Background VOCAL-NY is a grassroots membership organization dedicated to building the power of low-income people affected by the drug war, mass incarceration, and HIV/AIDS to create healthy and just communities. Ending racially biased policing is an important goal of our work. This position is focused on engaging community members in advocacy and activism who have…

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  • UNITE HERE Local 8 Seeks Union Organizer (Seattle, WA)

    UNITE HERE Local 8 is seeking an Organizer to join our dedicated team. The Organizer will identify, recruit and develop worker leaders, build active worker organizing committees, work with local union team to win union representation and contract fights, and help build the movement of workers in the Seattle region. UNITE HERE Local 8 represents…

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  • Independent Drivers Guild Seeks Lead Organizer (Brooklyn, NY)

    The Independent Drivers Guild (IDG) is seeking an energetic and outgoing individual interested in helping build our organization from the ground up. We are an union nonprofit affiliate of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW, Machinists Union) and represent 60,000 app-based For-Hire Vehicle workers in New York City. We are constantly working…

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