NEW BOOKS
The Workers Defense Project is highlighted in a chapter of the new book, Real World Labor.
Published by Dollars and Sense, Real World Labor reviews the most significant theoretical, historical, and practical issues confronting labor unions and workers on a national and global level. Real World Labor is edited by Immanual Ness, Amy Offner and Chris Sturr.
Featuring the Workers Defense Project, a grantee of the Sociological Initiatives Foundation.
GRANTEES IN THE NEWS
Source: The Lowell Sun
The Lowell Sun announced that Sonith Peou, program director for Lowell’s Metta Health Center, will receive a Community Health Leaders Award from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, together with $125,000. Of the monies, $105,000 will go to Lowell Community Health Center to be used for expanding Metta’s services and facility.
Featuring Lowell Community Health Center, a grantee of the Theodore Edson Parker Foundation.
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SUCCESS STORIES
We are a nation of volunteers. Each year, 61 million Americans donate their time to charitable causes. Nonprofit organizations rely on volunteers to help feed the hungry, paint buildings, and raise money by participating in walkathons or bike rides.
The leaders of the Jericho Road Project in Concord, Massachusetts believe we can do more and we can do it better.
