Nikki Fortunado Bas
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As we lament the financial meltdown, Bas reminds us that disadvantaged communities face a perpetual recession. The Executive Director of EBASE demonstrates, through concrete personal stories, how the basic concepts of the living wage, the community benefits model, and expanding the pie are pathways to a green and sustainable inclusive jobs movement.
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Work |
2009 |
America Bracho
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Healthcare challenges are intensified in communities of color -- economic inequalities, health disparities, and racial and cultural differences play a role in compounding the challenges. Dr. Bracho discusses these issues in her presentation.
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Health |
2008 |
Tanya Harris
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As a an ACORN organizer born and raised in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans, Tanya Harris shares a firsthand experience of what has happened--and what still needs to happen--since the hurricane.
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Neighborhood |
2008 |
Peter Leyden
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Neighborhood |
2008 |
Gihan Perera
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The co-founder of the Miami Worker's Center traces the dangerous route our infrastructure has taken from public to private benefit, and the effort to build a nationwide movement to reverse this trend in support of democracy and human rights.
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Neighborhood |
2008 |
Maria Teresa Petersen
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Latinos are not only a major consumer of internet content, but Latinos in the United States consume media predominantly in English. More facts about this growing sector of the U.S. electorate are presented by the Executive Director of Voto Latino.
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Neighborhood |
2008 |
Angelica Salas
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Community organizer Angelica Salas discusses the grueling battles people fight to secure legal status and shares lessons in organizing and developing policy proposals for immigration reform.
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Neighborhood |
2008 |
