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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.

  • A Migrant Worker Mother’s Day

    Image courtesy of Damayan Migrant Workers Association The real Mother’s Day present is ending forced family separation – says working Filipino mothers who labor as domestic workers in the US while their children are in the Philippines. It was the day before Mother’s Day at the People’s Forum in Manhattan. Fifty, mostly women, migrant workers…

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  • SLU Urban Studies student Natalie Cassar explores social problems in New York City’s housing market

    In SLU’s Urban Studies undergraduate program, students deepen and explore their interests in social, economic, and political issues affecting city residents.  Students in URB 340: Contemporary Urban Social Problems with Professor Sofya Aptekar helped select which social problems they would study together as a class, then chose one issue for a deep-dive final project.

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  • Dolphin school and BCC partnership

    Dolphin Schools Brooklyn Communities Collaborative and Community Worker Ownership Project Fellowship As a culminating event for our graduate certificate in Workplace Democracy and Community Ownership five Fellows pitched their ideas to a convening of colleagues, comrades and “Dolphins”, (note this was not your standard Shark Tank). With stakeholders, community partners and some financial investors, we…

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  • Zara Cadoux Takes on Amazon

    Zara Cadoux has been a rabble-rouser from the start. “I began thinking about power and justice as a kid,” Zara said. “I was one of three siblings growing up in a suburban household in Westchester, and although we were quite different from each other, we all had a similar critical lens on the world. We…

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