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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.

  • Millennials and Boomers Explore Shared Challenges

    Last Friday, the Murphy Institute hosted Building Bridges Across the Generation Gap, an event designed to bring millennials and baby boomers together to talk about the challenges faced by the two groups. Jillian Berman covered the event for MarketWatch: “This notion of generational warfare is a red herring,” Eric Kingson, a professor of social work at Syracuse

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  • Work for Progress Seeks Regional Organizing Director (NYC)

    Impact is a project of leading advocacy organizations, that creates the action, energy and power it takes to make an impact on important issues. We run field campaigns for groups like Environment America and U.S. PIRG. No single day with Impact looks quite like another. Campaign tactics like running a petition drive or persuading a

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  • The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Seeks Network Coordinator (NYC)

    The Network Coordinator is responsible for the support, coordination, implementation and maintenance of The Center’s management of The New York State LGBT Health and Human Services Network (“the Network”), a coalition of organizations providing LGBT health and human services across the state. These services will: administer and organize the Network; assess, assemble and disseminate information

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  • National Network for Safe Communities Seeks Field Associate, Intimate Partner Violence Intervention (NYC)

    THE NATIONAL NETWORK FOR SAFE COMMUNITIES AT JOHN JAY COLLEGE (NNSC) seeks a full-time Field Associate for the Intimate Partner Violence Intervention (IPVI) team to manage day-to-day support and advising to jurisdictions implementing the IPVI. The Field Associate will provide hands-on strategic advising to project managers and law enforcement executives; manage the process of jurisdictions’

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