Wal-Mart: Respect DC!
By Veronica Mora, a student at St. Cloud State University and intern at United States Student Association. “Mayor Gray, Mayor Gray, help us make Walmart pay!” echoed across the Freedom Plaza where community members gathered to voice their demands loudly, on the hot and humid Wednesday afternoon last week. As the speakers took the microphone, […]
Connecting the Movement: Sindy Avila
Today, we continue “Connecting the Movement” with Sindy Avila, a recent graduate of Portland State University. How’d you get involved with SLAP? I recently become involved with SLAP by attending Turning the Tide National Summit in Virginia. Turning the Tide Campaign is a collective effort of communities and organizations across the country unified to confront […]
The American Dream, the Meta-Brand and Special Effects: These are the things that Van Jones really likes
This Opinion piece presents the opinions of the author. It does not necessarily reflect the views of Jobs with Justice or our stakeholders. Hi everyone. How are you? Good? Great. Welcome to the SLAP Netroots Nation report back series. Today we’ll be talking about Van Jones. But before we go there, a brief overview […]
Connecting the Movement: Sam Sukaton
Today, we continue “Connecting the Movement” with Sam Sukaton, a recent graduate of UCLA. How’d you get involved with SLAP? Honestly? I fell into it. I’d always been interest in ethnic activism – I’m Indonesian-American – and UCLA’s economic situation (or rather, the fact I was going to UCLA with no money) really developed my […]
National Student Labor Pre-Conference August 4th!
Join us August 4-7 at the National Student Labor Pre-Conference and the Jobs with Justice National Conference! Click here to register by this Friday and save on the registration cost. At the Student Labor Pre-Conference students will have a chance to connect with other activists and organizers around the country to share experiences, strategize over […]
Connecting the Movement: Curtis Hierro
Curtis Hierro is a graduate student at the University of Central Florida. How’d you get involved with SLAP? I was looking to get involved in a campus group that took direct action in community issues. Historically, the labor movement has always acted as a catalyst for progressive change in the United States. When people are […]
Connecting the Movement: Meghna Chandra
Meghna Chandra is a student at University of Pennslvaniya 2013 and is majoring in Urban Studies. How’d you get involved with SLAP? I used to volunteer as part of a charity initiative in West Philadelphia. We would write resumes for people in West Philadelphia for about two hours and return back to our dining halls […]
CAL Furthers the DREAM
By Nestor Rivera As economic times for California continue to show a dim future, California residents and Legislature continue to show support to undocumented students. As the Federal DREAM(Development Relief and Education for Alien Minors) Act failed to pass the US Senate after successfully passing the House this past December 2010, California continues to push […]
Connecting the Movement: Isaiah Toney
Leading up to the National Student Labor Pre-Conference and Jobs with Justice Conference this summer in Washington, D.C. from August 4-7th, SLAP will be interviewing students within our network to see what they’ve been up to and what they’re looking forward to at this years national conference! To kick off our “Connecting the Movement” series, […]
Students and Workers Unite!
April and May have been amazing months of organizing! From coast-to-coast, students have not been taking attacks on students and workers laying down; rather, we’ve all been standing up and asking legislators “Where’s the Funding?!” Here’s just a quick snapshot of the amazing work happening on campuses nationwide: UMass-Amherst: UMass Amherst SLAP recently won a […]
