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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.

  • Not Alternative Offers Research & Writing fellowship with “The Natural History Museum”

    Not An Alternative (NAA) is seeking a Fellow to assist with research and writing projects associated with our ongoing project The Natural History Museum–a mobile and pop-up museum that highlights the socio-political forces that shape nature, yet are excluded from traditional museums. The museum’s primary subject of study is the fossil fuel ecosystem–characterized by a

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  • Northeast Brooklyn Housing Development Corporation Seeks Food Justice Organizer

    NEBHDCo is seeking a self-motivated and deeply committed individual to fill the position for a Food Justice Organizer (Organizer). The Organizer builds on the NEBHDCo’s Communities for Healthy Food (CfHF) Bed- Stuy programs to increase program participation and awareness, cultivate resident leaders, build relationships with partners, and raise consciousness and action on food justice issues

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  • Unions, Workers, and the Democratic Party

    The Murphy Institute is known for its public programming, bringing thinkers, leaders and policymakers together to discuss the issues vital to making change in our city and our world.  This past September at Murphy, Randi Weingarten, President of American Federation of Teachers, and Larry Cohen of Making Progressive Politics Work and the former President of the Communications Workers

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  • ALR Project Staff Visits Beijing, Shanghai & Chongqing

    This post was originally featured at alrexchange.org. In October and November, in cooperation with Chinese colleagues, the ALR project staff – including Project Director Ruting Chen, Program Manager Jiajing Xu and Labor Extension Coordinator May Chen – visited several cities in China. This was the Project’s third trip to China in 2015, our busiest year of

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