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.
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CASA Seeks Lead Tenant Organizer (Bronx, NY)
Join CASA’s amazing, dynamic, powerful and growing team of organizers and be a part of leading this important work! We are looking for an organizer with at least two years of organizing experience who can supervise organizers, organize tenants’ associations and lead our campaign work. Apply to grow, learn, and shape our important work. See
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Reflections from the Verizon Strike
After 45 days on strike, nearly 40,000 Verizon workers have agreed to head back to work. Having reached a tentative agreement with the communications giant, the workers state that they have achieved their goals: raising working families’ standard of living, creating over 1,300 new union jobs and achieving a first contract for retail store workers.
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New Labor Forum Highlights: May 31st, 2016
The New Labor Forum has launched 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. In this week’s newsletter, we begin by taking a closer look at workers in the energy industries. New Labor Forum
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File Under: “It’s a Small World”
By Abraham Marcus On Friday, March 25th, 20 students, friends, and family of the Murphy Institute’s College Prep Program got all dressed up to go see and listen to a princess at Carnegie Hall. Shiran Wang, the “piano princess” delighted the audience with a full recital program of Schummann, Liszt, and Rachmaninoff without the aid
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