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New Report Calls for the Elevation of Black Women’s Leadership in Progressive Organizing and Social Justice Movements

April 12, 2017

New Report Calls for the Elevation of Black Women’s Leadership in Progressive Organizing and Social Justice Movements

April 12, 2017

Los Angeles—To close Women’s History Month, the Los Angeles Black Worker Center released a pilot project report, “Black Space for Women: From LA Practice to National Model for Sister Empowerment,” that reveals what Black women experience as barriers to leadership
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#Jobs4Freedom – Getting the Formerly Incarcerated into Good Public Sector Jobs

January 20, 2016

#Jobs4Freedom – Getting the Formerly Incarcerated into Good Public Sector Jobs

January 20, 2016

More attention is being paid to reducing the number of people incarcerated in public and private prisons. But this is only part of the solution: jobs are needed…and not just any jobs…the formerly incarcerated need good jobs. The Bay Area
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“Can you see us now?” Getting Black Workers onto Construction Projects

January 20, 2016

“Can you see us now?” Getting Black Workers onto Construction Projects

January 20, 2016

In 2012, the LABWC successfully ensured that the Los Angeles County MTA’s five-year master Project Labor Agreement included specific diversity language that would establish: 1) broader criteria for the definition of disadvantaged workers, such as those emancipated from foster care;
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