Perhaps it’s just too darn logical that actually listening to the very people who drive our economy, who know something about business, and spending, about costs would be vital during this national debate on immigration reform. Small business owners have been outspoken proponents of comprehensive immigration reform—and for good reason.
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Announcing the 5th Institute for Pragmatic Practice Symposium
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”
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.
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.
Conservatives Continue Their Budget Myths While Threatening to Make Childhood Hunger a SNAP
Who crashed the economy? If one turns the pages of Paul Ryan’s spine-chilling budget one sees who conservatives like himself believe to be the biggest threats to the US Economy: Hungry children and pregnant mothers.
Organizers Gathered for Annual Alliance CORE Training
Dedicated to the struggle for justice, organizers from across the country came together for the Alliance’s annual 4-day training from May 16-19, with aims to grow, invigorate and innovate. This core training is offered to new organizers from state affiliates’ staff and volunteers, with trainings on basic organizing skills. “I’ve seen what community organizing canContinue reading “Organizers Gathered for Annual Alliance CORE Training”
Economic Growth Stalled by Wage Gaps
Last week, Sarah Bloom Raskin, Board of Governor of the Federal Reserve System, shared increasing concern over the nations’ wealth gap. Reports by the Huffington post relay, “In my view, the large and increasing amount of inequality in income and wealth, which has been an ongoing development for decades, may have exacerbated the crisis.”
Laundering The Message
How big insurance bought and paid for the “small business” attack on Obamacare Last week, the National Journal reported that in 2011, the health insurance industry lobby group AHIP (America’s Health Insurance Plans) quietly funneled $850,000 to the NFIB – the self-proclaimed “Voice of Small Business” – as part of a campaign to repealContinue reading “Laundering The Message”
Homeowners Protest Dept. of Justice Failure to Prosecute Wall Street Crimes
17 Homeowners Arrested On Monday, Alliance members from Colorado Progressive Coalition and Washington CAN! joined over 500 homeowners for a day of action targeting the Department of Justice for its continued failure to prosecute Wall Street banks and their executives for major financial crimes. In March, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told the Senate JudiciaryContinue reading “Homeowners Protest Dept. of Justice Failure to Prosecute Wall Street Crimes”
Foreclosure Crisis
PRESS Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 16, 2013