by Maggie Ellinger-Locke | May 9, 2019 | Blog, Featured, Protest
Dangerous anti-protest legislation is working its way through state assemblies all across the U.S., chipping away at the right to protest and undermining social justice movements. State legislators have introduced nearly 100 bills curbing your right to protest since...
by Lenny Sanchez | May 8, 2019 | Blog, Featured, Future of Work, Jobs and Growth, Organizing, Protest
Today, I’m doing what Uber drivers all around the world are doing: I’m going on strike. I’m far from alone. What started on a Chicago streetcorner last September has blossomed into an international movement: we’re now joined by thousands of rideshare drivers - in New...
by Vernell Robinson | May 7, 2019 | Blog, Featured, Housing, Protest
My name is Vernell Robinson, and I live on front lines of our nation’s housing crisis. My voice, and other voices of those directly affected by this crisis, belong at the table with decision-makers - because we are the ones who know what needs to change, now. That’s...
by Leo Gerard | Apr 15, 2019 | Blog, Education, Future of Work, Protest
Alison McIntosh learned early that life is a little easier with help from friends. Her first professional job reinforced that notion. And now, as a University of Pittsburgh graduate student, she is asking her co-workers to embrace collectivism. McIntosh, who is...
by Naomi Runder | Apr 12, 2019 | Blog, Education, Election, Featured, I Speak, Protest
My name is Naomi Runder. I’m an organizer with Iowa Student Action and a student at Grinnell College. I never expected to be a student in Iowa. For a while, I wasn’t even sure whether I could be a student anywhere. As I was preparing to graduate high school in...
by Jawanza James Williams | Mar 29, 2019 | Blog, Featured, Housing, Protest
Did you ever hear about the time President Ford told New York City to “Drop Dead?” That was forty-four years ago - I wasn't even born yet - but I know exactly how New Yorkers felt then, because that’s EXACTLY how we feel now about Governor Cuomo's failure to address...
