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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.

  • ALIGN Seeks Climate Organizer (NYC)

    ALIGN: the Alliance for a Greater New York unites labor and community for a more just and sustainable New York. Formed by the merger of New York Jobs with Justice and Urban Agenda, ALIGN builds upon 20 years of creating good jobs, healthy communities, and a more accountable democracy for all New Yorkers. Successes include

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  • Pratt Center Seeks Community Retrofit Outreach Coordinator (Brooklyn, NY)

    Pratt Center for Community Development seeks to hire an Outreach Coordinator to design, implement and manage a community outreach effort connecting qualified building owners and operators to the Community Retrofit NYC program. Community Retrofit NYC works with buildings from 5-50 units, providing free educational, engineering, financial, and construction management advisory services to building owners, building

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  • Event: Renewing the Alliance: Unions and Co-ops Fight for Worker Power (6/9)

    Friday, June 9, 2017   *   1pm to 5pm Fordham Law School at Lincoln Center   150 West 62nd Street   *   New York City  **FREE** Register at http://bit.ly/2qczTH3        Directions: http://bit.ly/2rL7zNs Under fierce attack from the corporate sector, labor unions are exploring worker co-ops as a way to organize new members, save members’ jobs, create

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  • New York Civil Liberties Union Seeks Organizer – Suffolk County Chapter Office

    The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) is one of the nation’s leading advocates on behalf of constitutional rights and liberties. Founded in 1951, as the New York affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union, the NYCLU is a not-for-profit, nonpartisan organization with more than 100,000 members and supporters, and eight offices statewide. We work in the

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