Category Archives for "ECONOMIC JUSTICE"

Mar 22

Environmental Justice in RVA: Coal Ash or Community

By Jason Sawyer | COMMUNITY CHANGE , ECONOMIC JUSTICE , ENVIORNMENTAL JUSTICE , RESOURCES , SOCIAL JUSTICE

Listen Here:  Community Against Coal- With Good Reason Jason Sawyer, Assistant Professor of Social Work at Norfolk State University and think.create.change co-founder talks to Sarah McConnell from “With Good Reason” about his work as a community organizer for the Neighborhood Resource Center of Greater Fulton.  As a part of a community engagement and planning initiative […]

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Jan 24

Immigration Policy and The Syrian Refugee Crisis: Values, Ideology, and the Clash of Misinformation

By Vanessa Eddington | ARTICLES , COMMUNITY CHANGE , CULTURE WORK , ECONOMIC JUSTICE , IDENTITY , RACE , RESOURCES , SOCIAL JUSTICE

This is a three part series exploring American Values, Immigration Policy, and the Syrian Refugee crisis within the context of the current political climate in the United States. Pt. III- Refugees, Politics, and the Fear of Difference We live in an age of terrorism right now, and a new argument currently surging is that an […]

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Jan 18

The Power of the Pantsuit: The Women’s March on Washington

By Melissa Ooten | ARTICLES , COMMUNITY CHANGE , ECONOMIC JUSTICE , FEMINISM , IDENTITY , RESOURCES , SOCIAL JUSTICE

  On January 20, Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States. The day after, many thousands will gather in Washington, DC to participate in the Women’s March on Washington. The march represents a long history of activists gathering in large numbers to pressure presidential administrations and Congress to either […]

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Oct 03

Labor Day Blues: A Three Part Series on the Fight for a Fair Wage / Part Two: The Poverty of Exemption

By Melissa Ooten | COMMUNITY CHANGE , ECONOMIC JUSTICE , SOCIAL JUSTICE

  Earlier this year, the Obama administration announced new rules that would significantly increase the number of workers eligible for overtime. Previously, the only salaried workers who could receive overtime, that is, one and a half times their salary for any hours worked over forty in a given week, made $23,660 per year or less. […]

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Aug 20

Entering Silently, Listening to Learn, and Building Authentic Relationships:

By Jason Sawyer | COMMUNITY CHANGE , ECONOMIC JUSTICE , RACE , SOCIAL JUSTICE

Seven Tools in Shifting From Well Meaning Whiteness to Useful Ally This is the third and final portion of a three part series on navigating difference in community organizing and social justice work. Targeted at members of my own community, it covers seven essential tools in moving through the process of ally consciousness. Part one […]

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Aug 16

Is Netflix the Most Family Friendly Company to Work for in the US? Hardly.

By Melissa Ooten | ECONOMIC JUSTICE , FEMINISM , SOCIAL JUSTICE

As Netflix broadcast its new parental leave policy last week, new sources around the country lauded what they viewed as a shockingly generous leave policy. The policy? Unlimited, paid leave for parents (both mothers and fathers) during the first year following their child’s birth. The company, which generated over $5.5 billion in revenue in 2014, […]

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