Archive: Student Leaders

• Introducing Our 2015 Fall and 2016 Spring Research In Action Interns

  The Kalmanovitz Initiative is excited to welcome the following four students to our Research in Action Internship for fall 2015 and spring 2016! Sophie Bauerschmidt Sweeney, Melina Hsiao, and Yanely

  Categories: Research in Action Internship, Student Leaders Tags: Bill Fletcher, In the Public Interest, Lilah Burke, Melina Hsiao, Research in Action, Sophie Bauerschmidt Sweeney, Violet Omolade Wey, Yanely Perez

• Introducing Our 2015-2016 Organizing Interns

  The Kalmanovitz Initiative is excited to welcome the following four students to our Organizing Internship for the fall of 2015 and spring of 2016! Mia Campbell, Candace Milner, and K Me will work wi

  Categories: Organizing Internship, Student Leaders Tags: Bria Wage, Candace Milner, DC Jobs with Justice, DC JWJ, DO Kyung Yun, K Me, Mia Campbell, ONE DC, Organizing Internship

• Meet Our 2015-2016 ILP Coordinators for Worker Organizing

  The Kalmanovitz Initiative is excited to have Chris Wager, Aicha Diallo, Ashley Valenzuela, Nicole Berroa, and Pam Escalante as our ILP coordinators for our Worker Organizing Project! They have been

  Categories: Immigration and Labor Project, Student Leaders, Uncategorized Tags: Aicha, Ashley, Chris, DC Employment Justice Center, ILP, Immigration and Labor Project, Many Language One Voice, MLOV, Nicole, Pam, Worker Organizing Project

• Meet Our 2015-2016 ILP Coordinators for Limited Purpose Driver's Licenses

  The Kalmanovitz Initiative is excited to have Laura Padilla, Carolyn Vilter, and Austin Rose as our ILP coordinators for the Limited Purpose Driver's License Project! They have been working closely w

  Categories: Immigration and Labor Project, Student Leaders Tags: Abel Nunez, Arturo Griffiths, Austin Rose, CARECEN, Carolyn Vilter, Center for Social Justice, CSJ, Diana Guelespe, ILP. Immigration and Labor Project, Laura Padilla, Limited Purpose Driver's License Project, Trabajadores Unidos

• CHATLANI: Recycling Is Good for the Environment. It Should Also Be Good for Workers

  Shalina Chatlani (SFS ’17) interns for Industry Dive and is an Undergraduate Writing Fellow for the Kalmanovitz Initiative. We are thrilled to feature her blog posts about the intersection of enviro

  Categories: In the News, Student Leaders Tags: Environmental Justice, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Recycling, Shalina Chatlani

• Celebrating Ten Years of Just Employment at Georgetown

  On November 5, 2015, Georgetown students, alumni, staff, faculty, and administrators gathered in Riggs Library to reflect and celebrate the way the university realizes its Catholic identity and Jesuit heritage to the men and women who sustain our campus: the Just Employment Policy (JEP).

  Categories: Events, In the News, Just Employment Policy, Student Leaders Tags: Bob Stumberg, Cal Watson, Caleb Weaver, Chris Kerr, DC Action Lab, Donte Crestwell, Erik Smulson, Georgetown Solidarity Committee, Georgetown University, Hannah Cook, Hunger Strike, Ignatian Solidarity Network, JEP, Joseph A. McCartin, Just Employment Policy, Kerry Danner McDonald, Lisa Krim, Living Wage, Natalie Yoon, Nick Wertsch, Raymond Kemp, Robert Groves, United Students Against Sweatshops, Virginia Leavell

• CHATLANI: Intersections of Race and Class in the Environment

  Shalina Chatlani (SFS '17) interns for Industry Dive and is an Undergraduate Writing Fellow for the Kalmanovitz Initiative. We are proud to host her blog posts on our website, including this thought

  Categories: In the News, Student Leaders Tags: CIW, Class, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Environmental Justice, Race, Shalina Chatlani, Working-Class Perspectives

• Shalina Chatlani is Our New Undergraduate Writing Fellow

  The Kalmanovitz Initiative is blessed with the presence of brilliant, passionate students who share its home institution of Georgetown University. These students offer a wealth of perspectives based

  Category: Student Leaders Tags: Environmental Justice, Jackson MI, Shalina Chatlani, Student Writing, Undergraduate Writing Fellow

• Finding a Home on the Hilltop Through Farmworker Justice

  Pamela Escalante (SFS '17) reflects on her experience organizing with the Student Farmworker Alliance and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers to eliminate sweatshop conditions in the fields and build a

  Category: Student Leaders Tags: CIW, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, DC Fair Food, Fair Food Program, Georgetown University, Pam Escalante, Pamela Escalante, SFA, Social Justice, Student Farmworker Alliance

• Reflecting on a Weekend of Worker Justice in Pittsburgh

  [caption id="attachment_3387" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Photo Credit: Morgan Currier[/caption] Georgetown University students Esmi Huerta and Cassidy Jensen recently travelled to Pittsburgh, w

  Categories: Anti-Sweatshop Sourcing, Just Employment Policy, Student Leaders Tags: Cassidy Jensen, Center for Social Justice, Corp, Corp Philanthropy, CSJ, Esmeralda Huerta, Esmi Huerta, Fight for 15, SOCA, Students of Color in Alliance, United Students Against Sweatshops, University of Pittsburgh, USAS