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Organizers Gather to Fight Poverty | Poverty Initiative Leadership School
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Poverty Initiative Leadership School. Reigniting MLK's poor people's campaign. Organizers Gather to Fight Poverty. August 12, 2009 in Uncategorized. John Wessel McCoy holds his 1-year-old son, Myles, on his shoulder as his wife Colleen looks on during the first day of a leadership conference Sunday at Camp Virgil Tate. The Poverty Initiative is sponsoring the school, which is hosted locally by the Direct Action Welfare Group. The global economic crisis has pushed more people into poverty, as the concentr...
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Leadership School update | Poverty Initiative Leadership School
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Poverty Initiative Leadership School. Reigniting MLK's poor people's campaign. August 31, 2009 in Uncategorized. Hello all Poverty Scholars Program Participants! DOCUMENTATION AVAILABLE FROM THE LEADERSHIP SCHOOL. UPCOMING POVERTY SCHOLARS PROGRAM EVENTS. Second, I want to let you and your organizations know about two upcoming events this year that the Poverty Scholars Program will be hosting. I hope that you will save the dates for these gatherings. Artists for A Better America, Brooklyn, NY. Families a...
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ZAPAGRINGO: From El Barrio to Durban
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Zapatista-inspired rebellion on Turtle Island and throughout the galaxy. Thursday, October 01, 2009. From El Barrio to Durban. Eyewitness video from the recent attacks on the Kennedy Road Settlement and Abahlali baseMjondolo. UPDATE October 13 '09:. Here's Picture the Homeless' reportback. From Friday's consulate protest here in NYC. UPDATE October 8 '09:. And Domestic Workers United. UPDATE October 6 '09:. Before we get to Movement for Justice in El Barrio. S message to Abahlali baseMjondolo. Transfer d...
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National Employment Law Project
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NELP National Employment Law Project. Living Wage and Minimum Wage. Economic and Workforce Development. Enforcement of Workplace Standards. Job Creation and Economic Recovery. Criminal Records and Employment. Strengthening Government Enforcement of Wage Laws. Because violations of minimum wage and overtime laws are growing in low-wage industries across the country, government must play an active role. Overhauling state labor departments:. Strengthening state enforcement authority:. We help community grou...
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Rally in solidarity with the Shack Dwellers Movement |
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Rally in solidarity with the Shack Dwellers Movement. Picture the Homeless, the Poverty Initiative, and Domestic Workers United invite you to. Rally to Support Abahlali basemjondolo. Under Attack in Durban, south africa. Friday, October 9 2009. Outside the South African consulate. St, btwn 1. Near 4/5/6 trains at 42nd St). Members of Picture the Homeless. And Domestic Workers United. For more information, contact Picture the Homeless at 646-314-6423 or brandon@picturethehomeless.org. You can also take ac...
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Boycott Cafe Goodfellas: February 2011
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They don't pay their workers. Wage Theft is a Crime! Press Conference and Protest, Wednesday, April 20, 2011. How much are the workers owed? Wage Theft in America. Journal Entry #5: The community has come out to show their solidarity with Cafe Goodfellas workers once again! Without police or owner harassment, the protesters peacefully walked the picket line. Come out and join us next week! Slow night for Cafe Goodfellas. Keep up the BOYCOTT! Goodfellas owes $23,000 to his workers. Thanks to Queer Liberat...
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Domestic and Care Worker Organizing | The Discount Foundation
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Skip directly to content. Organizing for Worker Justice. Domestic and Care Worker Organizing. For the Connecticut Domestic Workers Organizing Project. Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles. General operating support for expanding benefits and protections for domestic workers in California and Los Angeles. Mujeres Unidas y Activas. General operating support for domestic worker organizing. TakeAction Minnesota Education Fund. For pioneering a new model of home care worker organizing. General...
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Kayford Mountain Reflections | Poverty Initiative Leadership School
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Poverty Initiative Leadership School. Reigniting MLK's poor people's campaign. August 14, 2009 in Uncategorized. I was responding to it on two levels. The first one to me was visceral and religious. The other was in terms of politics and activism. Little man vs. big corporation. What should we do? Who determines how that power is disseminated is the crucial issue of our time. I once said to myself about the roles and responsibilities to protect our communities and our people who protects us? I came back ...
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