August 2008 Edition |
| Moving Forward by Leslie Moody, Partnership Executive Director From groundbreaking CBAs to a national civic engagement campaign to defend opportunity in Colorado, read how the Partnership is integrating its work and building off each other's strengths like never before. |
| FRESC Voter Engagement Campaign 2008: An Urgent Call to Denver by FRESC Read how FRESC is combining a membership drive with a voter mobilization and advocacy drive to ensure that voters will be part of a larger movement the puts working families issues front and center. |
| Poverty Day - August 26, 2008: Unprecedented Network-Wide Report Release on New Census Data by Sebrina Owens-Wilson, Partnership Research & Policy Specialist 2007 was a year that working families struggled to make ends meet, with most of them seeing little to no increase in real wages. Read how the Partnership released reports that sheds light on this crisis of working poverty. |
| Building a Base to Win Community Benefits at Former Military Bases by Ernesto Sanchez, Partnership Communications Specialist Redevelopment of former military bases present a once in a lifetime opportunity to offer real economic opportunity and benefits to communities impacted by base closures. Read how EBASE convened a national group of leaders to learn more about base reuse outcomes and strategies. |
| Historic CBA Signed in Pittsburgh by Pittsburgh UNITED Pittsburgh UNITED makes history in Pittsburgh! Read about Pittsburgh's first-ever community benefits agreement victory and highlights from the historic agreement. |
| Mayor Dellums Vows Oakland Will Be Next City to Pass a Comprehensive Clean Trucks Program by East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy With Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa at his side, Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums pledged to follow L.A. Harbor's example of a port trucking system that works for working families and creates a clean environment. Read more about this monumental show of solidarity. |
| CCNE Civic Engagement Project: Identifying "Community Voters" for Social Change by Ricardo Henriquez, CCNE Director of Development and Administration Read about CCNE's ambitious research and policy development project called “The New Haven Economic Blueprint” and the deep engagement of local neighborhood residents in formulating and prioritizing public policy recommendations that benefit working families. |
| CPI Wins Privatization Reforms in San Diego by Susan Duerksen, CPI Communications Director Read about CPI's successful passage of several reforms to protect working families and their communities from the worst risks of privatization. |
| A Victory in the New York Harbor Community Benefits Campaign by Kate Atkins, GANE Executive Director Read about GANE's ambitious campaign to attach community benefits to the 10-billion dollar redevelopment of the former Military Ocean Terminal army base in Bayonne, NJ. |
