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Conversation with Julia and Cruz of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers
The Kalmanovitz Initiative is excited to welcome Julia Perkins and Cruz Salucio of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers to Georgetown on April 23. Julia and Cruz will talk about their recent campaigns and how you can support them.
Category: Events
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KI Practitioner Fellow Netsy Firestein Honored by White House as Champion of Change
On Thursday, April 16, 2015, President Obama honored "Champions of Change" at the White House who support working families and have helped to bring about change within their companies, communities o
Category: Practitioner Fellows
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International Labor History Association Names KI's "Workers in Hard Times" Book of the Year
The International Labor History Association announced Workers in Hard Times as the ILHA Book of the Year Award for 2014. The volume, edited by Leon Fink, Joseph McCartin, and Joan Sangster (Universi
Category: Books
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A Student's Reflection from Worker Justice DC
Last month, the Kalmanovitz Initiative’s Worker Justice DC alternative spring break trip participated in a walking tour of the Shaw neighborhood with our friends at ONE DC. Sophie Bauerschmidt Sweeney
Categories: Student Leaders, Worker Justice DC
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A Conversation with Hector Verdugo of Homeboy Industries
Please join the Campus Ministry Catholic Chaplaincy, the Center for Social Justice, and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor for a conversation with Hector Verdugo, the associate executive director of Homeboy Industries on Friday, April 17.
Category: Events
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Introducing Our 2015 Summer Organizing Interns
The Kalmanovitz Initiative is excited to welcome the following five students to our Summer Organizing Internship! Mia Campbell and Kevin Ruano will work with ONE DC, Clara Mejia will work with the DC
Categories: Organizing Internship, Student Leaders
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Launching the Just Employment Policy Website
In celebration of the tenth anniversary of the student hunger strike that enacted Georgetown's Just Employment Policy, the Kalmanovitz Initiative has launched a brand news website for our Just Emplo
Category: Just Employment Policy
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Pass the Torch: An Evening of Student Activism
Join us on Monday, April 13 for a celebration of student activism at Georgetown entitled Pass the Torch: An Evening of Student Activism.
Category: Events
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KI Practitioner Fellow Edgar Aranda-Yanoc Reelected as Chair of Virginia Coalition of Latino Organizations
As a Practitioner Fellow at the Kalmanovitz Initiative in 2011, Edgar Aranda-Yanoc focused on alternative methods of enforcing wage theft judgments using grassroots and social media strategies. Four
Category: Practitioner Fellows