Arts, Culture, Media & Economic Justice Resources:  

 

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Domestic Workers United

Domestic Workers United is an organization of Caribbean, Latina and African nannies, housekeepers, and elderly caregivers organizing for fair labor standards and to end exploitation for all. The Invisible Women-Rise, DWU's dance theater collaboration with artist Lisa Ramirez, was an important part of their successful campaign for a Domestic Workers Bill of Rights in New York.  

 

Teatro Jornalero Sin Fronteras

Cornerstone Theater Company and the National Day Laborer Organizing Network partnered to create this traveling theater troupe made up of day laborers in Los Angeles. The troupe performs original short plays for audiences of fellow day laborers at job centers and work sites. Their plays highlight the struggles of living and working as a day laborer without documentation.

 

Media Mobilizing Project

The Media Mobilizing Project exists to build the media and communications infrastructure for a movement to end poverty, led by poor and working people, united across color lines. Through the powerful combination of creative communications and organizing, MMP clarifies the issues at stake and inspires and unites those who have a vested interest in change. 

 

 

 

Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition 

 

 

Commemorating the Centennial of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, which took the lives of 146 workers, mostly young immigrant women, and galvanized a movement for social justice. Ongoing work includes a permanent public art memorial and an online archive of community stories of the fire and its relevance today.

 

Bread and Roses Centennial 

The 100th Anniversary of the Great Lawrence Strike of 1912, popularly referred to as the Bread & Roses Strike, begins next year. The Bread & Roses Centennial Committee has formed to coordinate a series of events and programs that will take place through the year to celebrate this historically significant event.  

 

 

 

Going South, Coming North: Migration and Union Organizing in Morristown, Tennessee

A new multi-media essay by Anne Lewis and Fran Ansley based on the Appalshop film, Morristown: In the Air and Sun, focusing on issues of immigration, factory flight, and the organized demand for economic justice.

 

Provisions Library 

An extensive online collection of resources includes hard-to-find publications and powerful images related to art and social change, including a section on Work and Class.

   

National Radio Projects' Labor Desk

Highlights the struggles of everyday people for healthcare, childcare, livable wages and more. Click the links to radio programs on a wide range of labor issues.

 

On Wisconsin: Taking the Pulse of the Labor Beat

Audio recording from a panel presentation at the National Conference for Media Reform, which took place in April 8-10, 2011 in Boston, MA.

 

 

National Priorities Project  

With great charts, statistics, and Federal Budget 101, which gives a guided tour through the budget, NPP 's website offers tools and resources to better understand the federal budget and the impact of spending priorities on our communities.

   

Center for Popular Economics 

CPE simplifies the economy and puts useful economic tools in the hands of people fighting for social and economic justice.  Check out their website for tools & resources including the book Field Guide to the U.S. Economy.

 

United for a Fair Economy

UFE raises awareness about how wealth and power undermine the economy, corrupt democracy, deepen the racial divide, and tear communities apart. You can find great resources on their website including New Report: Flip It to Fix It, a report on immediate, fair solutions to state budget shortfalls and An Infographic: Comparing Growth of U.S. Family Incomes.