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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.

  • NEW YORK STATE PARK POLICE HAS AN OPENING FOR A SEASONAL PUBLIC SAFETY RANGER

    DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES Public Safety Rangers provide general security services within the Division of Park Police of the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. They are responsible for insuring patron safety, and the prevention of unlawful activities, through patrol (presence). This i s a seasonal-only position, generally from late May to Labor Day. Public…

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  • Haley Shaffer Builds a Career in the Labor Movement (with a little help from the SLU network)

    Haley Shaffer has been fighting for workers’ rights—including her own—for quite a while.  But she says she’s just getting started. Haley moved from the Milwaukee area to New York City in 2014 for an internship at a non-profit organization, StoryCorps, and later took a staff position. “My coworkers and I were dealing with a toxic…

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  • BRANDWORKERS HAS AN OPENING FOR AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Since 2007, mostly immigrant specialty food manufacturing workers have organized with Brandworkers to challenge employer impunity and pursue an industry with dignified jobs for all. Today, Brandworkers members lead a resilient and deeply rooted organization of food factory workers which is well-positioned to build increasing levels of power. We’re building an industry-wide labor union –…

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  • SUMMER 2021 INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY AT THE FRICK COLLECTION

    Summer 2021 Two placements available. Background The Frick Collection is an art museum with a collection of more than 1,500 works of art—dating from the thirteenth to the nineteenth century—displayed in the intimate surroundings of the former home of Henry Clay Frick. The residence, with its furnishings and works of art, has been open to the…

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