Cell Blocks and Border Stops: Transformative Activism in an Age of Dehumanization Mark Your Calendars! October 17-19, 2013 – New York City Featuring: Dr. Cornel West, john powell and Pramila Jayapal The Alliance for A Just Society and Union Theology Seminary are partnering to bring you Cell Blocks & Border Stops. AContinue reading “Announcing the 5th Institute for Pragmatic Practice Symposium”
Monthly Archives: June 2013
Social Justice in Motion: Video Training Offers Organizers an Engaging Way to Tell a Story
From sharing the perspectives of the children of immigrants to calling out the Speaker of the House for his opposition to a proposed increase of the federal minimum wage, a group of a dozen emerging leaders and organizers from across the country gathered in Seattle last week to learn new ways to tell a story.
Montana Without Senator Max Baucus
How do we want to handle his replacement? Max Baucus assumed the position of US Senator from Montana on December 15th 1978. For 35 years he has been making decisions that affect the lives of not only people from Montana, not only people from the United States, but people from around the world. Continue reading “Montana Without Senator Max Baucus”
Oregon Affiliates Help Lead 2013 Legislative Victories
The Grassroots Meets the Inside/Out, and One-on-One Strategies For advocates of health equity and immigrant rights in Oregon, the 2013 legislative session has been particularly sweet,
Busy Week in Central Florida as Immigration Reform Supporters Engage Key Decision Makers
Immigration reform supporters in Central Florida ratcheted up their work engaging key decision-makers with a string of events over the Memorial Day Recess.
11 years, 6 months, and 15 days
These were the first words from my mother to me after not seeing her for, “11 years, 6 months and 15 days.” That’s how long it took for us to reunite. Here on the cusp of immigration reform, a national policy that can take me from undocumented to citizen, from the shadows, to free andContinue reading “11 years, 6 months, and 15 days”
Payday Lending is a Drain on the U.S. Economy
The Insight Center for Community Economic Development released its latest report finding the payday lending industry cost the American economy $774 million in 2011, causing the estimated net loss of more than 14,000 jobs. Add in the costs caused by an increase in Chapter 13 bankruptcies from borrowers unable to keep afloat of the drainingContinue reading “Payday Lending is a Drain on the U.S. Economy”