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Antoinette Isable-Jones created the event The Battle for Democracy: Voting Rights, Labor, and Electoral Power
Title: The Battle for Democracy: Voting Rights, Labor, and Electoral Power Session 3
SLU’s Spring 2023 “Civic Engagement and Leadership Development” seminar will examine a range of on-the-ground organizing in light of their potential and the challenges they face. Speakers will discuss the work of organized labor and social j…[Read more]
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Antoinette Isable-Jones created the event The Battle for Democracy: Voting Rights, Labor, and Electoral Power
Title: The Battle for Democracy: Voting Rights, Labor, and Electoral Power
SLU’s Spring 2023 “Civic Engagement and Leadership Development” seminar will examine a range of on-the-ground organizing in light of their potential and the challenges they face. Speakers will discuss the work of organized labor and social justice o…[Read more]
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Antoinette Isable-Jones created the event The Battle for Democracy: Voting Rights, Labor, and Electoral Power
Title: The Battle for Democracy: Voting Rights, Labor, and Electoral Power
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SLU’s Spring 2023 “Civic Engagement and Leadership Development” seminar will examine a range of on-the-ground organizing in light of their potential and the challenges they face. Speakers will discuss the work of organized labor and social justice org…[Read more] -
Antoinette Isable-Jones created the event The Fight for Reproductive Justice: New U.S. and Global Strategies
Title: The Fight for Reproductive Justice: New U.S. and Global Strategies
Learn from national leaders about new emerging strategies in the current fight for reproductive justice, and how abortion access and women’s health rights are vital racial and economic justice imperatives for our society.
How are U.S. & global m…[Read more]
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Antoinette Isable-Jones created the event Learning from Global South Unions: Student Voices on Climate Action and a Just Energy Transition
Title: Learning from Global South Unions: Student Voices on Climate Action and a Just Energy Transition
Join us to learn from SLU students and Trade Unions for Energy Democracy about the launch of TUED South in Africa, and upcoming opportunities for students and other activists to learn about climate action and organizing with…[Read more]
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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 altho […]
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For Pedro Freire (Class of 2022, MALS) the journey has been long from South America to Connecticut to CUNY to California—and often arduous. But now he can see how all his experiences, good and bad, have brought h […]
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What’s next for Advanced Certificate graduate Samantha Norris? Pursuing a Ph.D. in Social Welfare from The CUNY Graduate School Center
Samantha Norris believes in the power of collective spaces to dismantle […] -
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The Joseph S. Murphy Scholarship for Diversity in Labor program is designed to foster diverse leadership in the labor movement and in the academic discipline of labor studies. Students from underrepresented […]
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Ruth Milkman and Stephanie Luce have published their annual report on the geographic, demographic, and occupational makeup of union membership in New York City, New York State, and the nation. This new study […]
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It took a while—and support from her DC37 union educational benefits—but Marie Lodescar Francois is ready to raise her voice … and perhaps a few roofs.
“I believe in lifelong learning. And DC37 offers lifelon […]
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City & State’s Labor 40 Under 40 highlights an impressive array of rising stars in labor and this year the list includes two CUNY SLU students: Olando Marlon Charles who is pursuing a certificate in Labor R […]
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Tsering Lama knows something about story-telling. Perhaps that’s because she herself has quite a story to tell.
Tsering is a Tibetan refugee, born and raised in Nepal. She came to the U.S. in 2008 hoping to wo […]
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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 internsh […]
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Kayleigh Truman was destined for the spotlight. Not in it: the person behind it, running the show.
Kayleigh grew up in the theatre. “My parents met at a famous old vaudeville house, Proctor’s in Sche […]
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My name is Sephora Wembo and I am a senior at CUNY’s Hunter College majoring in Sociology and minoring in Women and Gender Studies, graduating this December. In the fall of 2019, I got nominated by my professor t […]
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Yvette Clairjeane is determined to succeed. And with a Master’s degree in Urban Studies from SLU, that is exactly what is happening.
How did she arrive at SLU? “I was working (and still am) at the NYC Depa […]
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Six years ago, Deran Cadotte was weighing his options for a degree in urban policy. He walked into The Murphy Institute (SLU’s predecessor) and met with June Cumberbatch, advisor to the Urban Studies BA Program […]
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Gabriela Quintanilla is a DREAMer. And she has some big dreams.
Born in El Salvador, Gabriela came to the U.S. as an undocumented immigrant at age 13 and grew up in the Catskills region of New York. She […]
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In this piece from Organizing Work, Marianne Garneau debates with labor organizer and journalist Chris Brooks and veteran union negotiator Joe Burns about Bargaining for the Common Good and its use as a model for […]
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