Archive: Kalmanovitz Initiative

• Meet our Summer Research Intern, Logan Arkema

  This summer, the KI was grateful to have Logan Arkema (COL '20) with us as our summer research intern. Logan is double majoring in Computer Science and Government, with a focus on information securi

  Categories: Research in Action Internship, Student Leaders Tags: Kalmanovitz Initiative, Logan Arkema, Research in Action

• Kalmanovitz Initiative to Help Build New Generation of Women’s Labor Leadership

  Georgetown’s Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor will identify, nurture, train and convene a new generation of diverse, female labor leaders in a collaborative effort with Rutgers

  Category: Our Staff Tags: AFL-CIO, Berger-Marks Foundation, Center for Innovation in Worker Organization, Feminism, Georgetown University, Grants, Immigration, Joseph McCartin, Kalmanovitz Initiative, Labor Movement, Lane Windham, Linda Foley, Liz Shuler, Marilyn Sneiderman, Racial Justice, Rutgers University, Sheri Davis-Faulkner, WILL Empower, Women, Women's Leadership, Worker Justice

• WCP: Playing Chicken: Discovering a Diverse Working Class in Trump Country

  Most Americans envision the rural areas where Trump drew most of his support as predominantly white and working class. In this week's Working-Class Perspective, Kalmanovitz Initiative research analy

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Donald Trump, John Russo, Kalmanovitz Initiative, Patrick Dixon, Poultry Industry, Poultry Workers, Rural, Sherry Linkon, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives

• Fixing Los Angeles and Bargaining for the Common Good

  On Wednesday, July 13, nearly 150 representatives of community organizations, unions, think tanks, and universities gathered to look closely at the success of the “Fix LA” movement and discuss the state of Bargaining for the Common Good efforts around the country.

  Categories: Bargaining for the Common Good, Events Tags: AFSCME, AFT, Amisha Patel, Amy Schur, Bargaining for the Common Good, BCG, Center for Popular Democracy, Fix LA, Gilda Valdez, Jobs with Justice, Joseph A. McCartin, Kalmanovitz Initiative, Marilyn Sneiderman, Matthew Polk, Maurice Weeks, NEA, Patrick Dixon, People's Action, Peter Kuhns, PICO National Network, Randi Weingarten, Reverend William D. Smart, Saqib Bhatti, SEIU

• 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 organi

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