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November 9, 2015 by Kalmanovitz Initiative Leave a Comment

WCP: Action for Justice: The Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor

The most recent Working-Class Perspectives post centers on the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor, housed at Georgetown University, and its efforts to educate, agitate, and organize for worker justice. The author is Jessica F. Chilin-Hernández, who serves as the Initiative’s program advisor and administrator.

Earlier this fall, Working-Class Perspectives affiliated with the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor.  The Initiative reflects one of Georgetown University’s core ideas, as University President John J. DeGioia stated during his 2001 inauguration: “For Georgetown, the service of justice means engaging harsh realities head on.” In order to advance Catholic social teaching as it relates to labor and worker justice, the University launched the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor (KI) in 2009.  Under the leadership of labor historian Joseph A. McCartin, we engage questions of workers’ rights and the future of the labor movement. Grounded in Georgetown’s commitment to just employment and Catholic social teaching on the rights of workers, our mission to develop creative strategies and innovative public policy to improve workers’ lives in a changing economy translates into many actions: teaching, mentoring, challenging, building bridges, and incubating projects that forward the respect of labor and dignity of workers.

Take a moment to read the blog post in its entirety as well as other Working-Class Perspectives posts.

Our Visiting Scholar for the 2015-16 academic year, John Russo, brings the renowned Working-Class Perspectives blog to the Kalmanovitz Initiative. The blog is edited by John Russo and Sherry Linkon, a professor of English at Georgetown University. It features several regular and guest contributors.

 

Filed Under: Our Staff, Visiting Scholars Tagged With: DC Action Lab, Jack DeGioia, Jess Chilin, John Russo, Joseph A. McCartin, Kalmanovitz Initiative, President DeGioia, Sherry Linkon, WCP, Worker Justice, Working-Class Perspectives

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