TEACHING GUIDE

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SCRATCHING OUT A LIVING

Latinos, Race, and Work in the Deep South

Ange la Stuesse

Un ivers i ty o f Ca l i forn ia Press Ca l i forn ia Ser ies in Publ ic Anthropology

2016

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AUTHOR’S NOTE IhavecreatedthisteachingguidetoprovideinstructorsandcommunitygroupsusingScratchingOutaLivingwithresourcestoaidthemintheirteachingandreadingofthebook.ScratchingOutaLivingwillbeofinteresttostudentsofmigration,labor,race,LatinosintheU.S.,intergrouprelations,neoliberalism,globalization,agriculture,food,Southernstudies,Americanstudies,anthropology,sociology,geography,ethnography,andengagedscholarship.Inadditiontoquestionsmeanttostimulatesynthesis,analysis,andreflection,whichcanbeusedinoraldiscussionoraswrittenassignments,theguidealsocontainsalistofcomplementaryresources—films,art,andinteractivewebsites—andideasforaction.Itismyhopethatreaders’engagementwiththeideasinthisbookwillleadthemtoexplorefurtherthechallengesofimmigration,racerelations,laborexploitation,andcommunitychange,andtotakeactionontheseissuestomaketheircampus,theircity,theircountry,andourworldabetterplace.Thanksforreading!AngelaStuesseCONTENTS DiscusstheIssues 2GoDeeperwithAdditionalResources 7TakeActiontoImproveOurWorld 11

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DISCUSS THE ISSUES

CHAPTER ONE Southern Fried: Globalization and Immigrant Transformations 1. Whatistheauthor’smainfocusinthebook?Whataretheoverallthemessheis

exploring?

2. WhatdoweknowaboutMississippi’spoultrycommunitiesandhowtheyhavechangedoverthelasttwentyyears?

3. Whatisglobalizationtheory?Whatisneoliberalism?Inwhatwaysaretheseuseful

analyticaltoolstodescribethechangesinMississippi’spoultryregion?Whataretheshortcomingsofeach?

4. Howistheauthor’sapproachtofieldworkandhermethodologydifferentthaninother

studiesyou’refamiliarwith?Whatarethepotentialbenefitsanddrawbacksofthisapproach?

CHAPTER TWO Dixie Chicken: Racial Segregation, Poultry Integration, and the Making of the “New” South in Central Mississippi 1. Inwhatwayshavesystemsofwhitesupremacymoldedsocialrelationsandthe

developmentofthepoultryindustryincentralMississippi?

2. Howhavegovernmentpoliciesimpactedthedevelopmentofthepoultryindustryovertime?Whatistheroleof“thestate”inthishistory?

3. WhywasMississippiaprimelocationforthepoultryindustry’sgrowthinthe20th

century?WhatqualitiesoftheregionaredesirableforlargecorporateprocessorslikeTyson?

4. Whydoyouthinktheauthorchosetoincludesuchadetailedhistoryofraceandplace

inthebook?Inwhatwaysmightthispastmatterinthepresent? CHAPTER THREE The Caged Bird Sings for Freedom: Black Struggles for Civil and Labor Rights 1. Howwereracialexclusionandwhitesupremacydefendedinthepoultryregionof

Mississippiduringthemid-20thcentury?Whatweresomeofthetacticsused,andwhatmadethemeffective?

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2. HowdidCivilRightsMovementeffortssurroundingschoolintegration,votingrights,

andeconomicjusticeaffectthesocialandpoliticalclimateleadinguptopoultryplantintegration?

3. WhathappenedincentralMississippi’schickenplantswhenAfricanAmericansbeganworkingontheprocessinglines,accordingtoStuesse?

4. DescribetheMississippiPoultryWorkersUnion’seffortstoorganizepoultryplantworkers.Whyweretheyunsuccessful?

CHAPTER FOUR …To Get to the Other Side: The Hispanic Project and the Rise of the Nuevo South 1. WhatdifferentexplanationsexistforwhythepoultryindustrybeganrecruitingLatino

immigrantstoMississippi?HowdoesStuessehelpusmakesenseofthesecompetingnarratives?Whyisshecriticalofthediscourseof“laborshortage?”

2. WhobenefittedfromtheHispanicProject,andinwhatways?Whymighttheanswertothisquestionbesomewhatcomplicated?

3. BrieflydescribethedifferenttacticsusedtorecruitLatinoimmigrantsintoMississippi’spoultryindustry.Howandwhyhavetheychangedovertime,andtowhateffect?

4. Discusstherelationshipbetweenneoliberalglobalization,thepoultryindustry,anditsworkforce.

CHAPTER FIVE Pecking Order: Latino Newcomers, Receptions, and Racial Hierarchies 1. HowdoesStuessedefineracism?Whyisitimportanttotalkaboutwhitenesswhen

consideringtheworkingsofrace?

2. Inwhatwaysishousing,theactualspacespeopleoccupy,animportantterrainforexamininghowracialcategoriesarebeingupheld,challenged,andreworkedwiththegrowingLatinopresenceincentralMississippi?

3. WhatassumptionsnecessitatetheideaoftheimmigrantworkethicinthecontextoftheDeepSouth?Whyaretheseproblematic?Inwhatwaysmightpeople’srelationshipstothenotionoftheimmigrantworkethicdifferbasedontheirownracialidentification?

4. HowareLatinosfittingintoortransformingtheracialsocialhierarchiesofMississippi,accordingtoStuesse?Doyoufindherargumentconvincing?Whyorwhynot?

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CHAPTER SIX A Bone to Pick: Labor Control and the Painful Work of Chicken Processing 1. Discusstheconditionsofworkontheprocessinglineinachickenplant.Doesanything

describedinthischaptersurpriseyou?

2. Howdocorporatechickenprocessorsmaintaininhumaneworkingconditions?Whatsocialandeconomicfactorssupportthistreatmentofworkers?

3. Stuessearguesthatemployersrelyonthestrategicwieldingofdifferenceinordertocontrolthelaborforce.Explainhowrace,gender,andotheridentitymarkerscomeintoplay.WhataretheimplicationsforthelargelyBlackandLatinoworkerswhospendtheirdays/nightsinthechickenplants?

4. Whatdoestheauthormeanwhenshesaystheindustryreliesonasortof“plantationcapitalismwithatwist?”Doyouthinkthisdescriptorisuseful?Whyorwhynot?

CHAPTER SEVEN Sticking Our Necks Out: Challenges to Union and Workers’ Center Organizing 1. Discussthevaryingbarrierstoorganizingworkersinthepoultryindustry.Whichof

thesewouldyouaddressfirst,andhowwouldyougoaboutit,ifyouweretryingtoorganizeallworkers?

2. ThischapterpresentssomeofthedifferingideologiescommonlyheldbyimmigrantandAfricanAmericanpoultryworkers.Whatare“weaponsoftheweak?”Whatisthe“bootstrapmentality?”Howaretheseideashelpfulinunderstandingdivergentapproachestowork,oppression,andagency?

3. Whatisthedifferencebetweenaunionandaworkers’center?GivesomeexamplesofhowthetwocollaboratedinthecontextofMississippi’spoultryindustry,anddiscussthebenefitsandchallengestothiscollaboration.

4. WhydoestheMarxisttheoryoftheworkingclassunitingandrisingupagainstthecapitalistfactoryownersfallshortinthiscontext?Whatotherapproachesdoestheauthorcallfor?

CHAPTER EIGHT Walking on Eggshells: Illegality, Employer Sanctions, and Disposable Workers 1. DiscusswhatyouknowabouttheImmigrationReformandControlActof1986.What

repercussionsdidithaveforemployers?Forworkers?Foradvocatesofworkerjustice?

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2. StuessepresentsseveralpossiblereasonsforTyson’sactionsoutlinedinthischapter.WhydoyouthinkthecorporationtooksuchextensivemeasurestoterminateitsimmigrantworkforceinCarthage?Howdoesthischaptercomplicatetheideaoflaborshortages?

3. HowdidtheaffectedworkersrespondtoTyson’scampaign?Whatcanyousayaboutthepotentialandlimitationsofcollectiveactioninthiscontext?Whatdoyouthinktheworkers,theirunion,ortheirworkers’centershouldhavedone?Whatwouldyouhavedone?

4. Discussthe“rippleeffects”ofemployersanctionsandcorporateunion-bustingstrategy.Howaredisposableworkerscreated?

CHAPTER NINE Plucked: Labor Contractors and Immigrant Exclusion 1. Whataresomecharacteristicsofthird-partylaborcontractors,andwhyhavethey

proliferatedinrecentdecades?Whatistheirrolewithinabroadersystemofworkerexploitation?

2. WhydidTransMundo’sworkersorganize,andwhatweretheresultsoftheirefforts?Whywasunionizationsotrickyforthem?

3. Whatismeantbya“triangleofexclusion?”Whatprocessestrapworkershere?

4. WhatdoesStuessesuggestshouldbedone?Whatdoyouthinkshouldbedone?Howcanworkers’centersandunionsworktogethertoprotectworkersfromthird-partycontractorsandcorporateemployers’profit-makingschemes?

CHAPTER TEN Flying Upwind: Toward a New Southern Solidarity 1. HowdidnewsocialmovementtheoryandtheteachingsofPaoloFreireguidethe

workers’center’sefforts?Howdoworkers’centersbalanceidentitypoliticswithclassstruggle,andwhyisthisimportant?

2. WhattypesofprogrammingdidtheSolidarity/Solidaridadinitiativehold,andwhatinsightsweregained?

3. Whatdoyouthinkofwhenyouheartheterm“solidarity?”Whatdoesitlooklike?Feellike?

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4. StuessecautionsusfromseeingtheproblemsdescribedinScratchingOutaLivingasexceptionaloruniquetotheSouth.Instead,shesuggests“wemightuseMississippiasamirror…whosereflectionsencourageustotakeacloserlook”atourownlivesandatsocialproblemsonalargerscale.HowdotheexperiencesofMississippi’spoultryworkersreflectbroaderprocessesaffectingworkingpeopleinthe21stcentury?Whatlessonswillyoutakeawayfromthisbook?

POSTSCRIPT Home to Roost: Reflections on Activist Research 1. Whatisactivistresearch?Whatmakesitdifferentfrommoretraditionalethnographic

research?

2. Theauthorwritesofpromisesandpitfallsofactivistresearch.Whatarethey?

3. WhatdoyouthinkofStuesse’sassessmentofher“experiment”inactivistresearch?

4. Discusshowtheauthor’spositionalityshapedherexperiencesinthefield.Howdiditinformherresearchmethods?Heranalysis?Herwriting?

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GO DEEPER WITH ADDIT IONAL RESOURCES

WATCH Globalization, Migration, and Work MississippiChickenDocumentary,82min.2007.DirectedbyJohnFiege,FiegeFilms.www.fiegefilms.com/mississippi-chicken/MississippiChickenisavisuallycompellingexposéofthehardshipsandtragediesofundocumentedLatinAmericanimmigrantsinaruralMississippipoultrytown.Apersonalandemotivevoiceoverfromoneofthefilm'sprotagonistspeelsawaytheinterwovenlayersofpersonalandsocialstorylines,storieswhicharealternatelydevastatingandinspiringandplacethecharacters'experiencesinthecontextofAmerica’sdeepandtroubledhistorywithworkersofeverynationalitywhoareseekingtheAmericandream.Morristown:IntheAirandSunDocumentary,60min.2007.DirectedbyAnneLewis,AppalshopFilms.www.annelewis.org/Morristown.htmlChroniclingnearlyadecadeofchangeinMorristown,Tennessee,thisfilmoffersalookatglobalizationandoutsourcingfromtheviewpointsofUSworkerswhohavelostjobstoforeignoutsourcingandforeignworkerswhohavebeenforcedtomigratetotheUStofindjobs.ThefilmshowsthesameeconomicforcesthathavesentjobsfromTennesseetoMexicohavealsodrivenMexicanstotheUSinsearchofadecentlivingfortheirfamilies.FarmworkerWomen’sStoriesDocumentary,2videos,3-9min.each.2008,2010.LeanneTory-Murphy,WorkerJusticeCenterofNewYork.www.wjcny.org/farmworker-womens-storiesTheBandanaProjectvideo(3min.)highlightswomen’sexperiencesofgenderviolenceandsexualassaultinagriculturallabor,aswellasoneefforttoraiseawarenessoftheseabuses.TheNuestroCamino/OurJourneyvideo(9min.)featuresphotosaccompaniedbythevoicesofsixpoultryworkerandfarmworkerwomensharingtheirexperiencesasrefugeesoftheglobaleconomy.Theydescribetheplacestheycamefrom,whytheymigrated,whattheyfoundwhentheycamehere,theirworkexperiences,andtheirhopesforthefuture.

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Fair Food FoodChainsDocumentary,82min.2014.DirectedbySanjayRawal,IllumineOpportunityGroup.www.foodchainsfilm.comFromEvaLongoriaandEricSchlosser,authorofFastFoodNationandaproducerofFood,Inc.,comesapowerfulandshockingexposéabouthowonesmallgroupofworkersfoughtcorporategreedtoendslaveryandabuseinAmerica’sfields.TheirFairFoodprogrampartnerswithgrowersandretailerstoimproveworkingconditionsforfarmlaborersintheUnitedStates.Amust-seefilmforeveryonewhoshopsinasupermarket.FairFood:FieldtoTableDocumentary,3videos,5-7min.each.CaliforniaInstituteforRuralStudies.www.fairfoodproject.org/main/SeriesofshortvideosonorganizingfarmworkersforfairfoodproducedbytheCaliforniaInstituteforRuralStudies,whichworkstoincreasesocialjusticeinruralCaliforniaforallresidents,butespeciallymarginalizedpopulations,buildingsustainablecommunitiesbasedonahealthyagriculture. Race and the Struggle for Civil Rights ATimeforJusticeDocumentary,38min.1994.ProducedbyCharlesGuggenheim.www.tolerance.org/kit/america-s-civil-rights-movement-time-justiceInATimeforJustice,AcademyAward-winningfilmmakerCharlesGuggenheimcapturesthespiritofthecivilrightsmovementthroughhistoricalfootageandthevoicesofthosewhoparticipatedinthestruggle.NarratedbyJulianBondandfeaturingJohnLewis,the38-minutefilmallowstoday’sgenerationofstudentstowitnessfirsthandthemovement’smostdramaticmoments—thebusboycottinMontgomery,theschoolcrisisinLittleRock,theviolenceinBirminghamandthetriumphant1965marchforvotingrights.FreedomSummerDocumentary,120min.2014.DirectedbyStanleyNelson,AmericanExperience.www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/freedomsummer/Inthehotanddeadlysummerof1964,thenationcouldnotturnawayfromMississippi.Over10memorableweeksknownasFreedomSummer,morethan700studentvolunteersjoinedwithorganizersandlocalAfricanAmericansinahistoricefforttoshatterthefoundationsofwhitesupremacyinoneofthenation'smostsegregatedstates.Workingtogether,theycanvassedforvoterregistration,createdFreedomSchools,andestablishedtheMississippiFreedomDemocraticParty.Thisfilmhighlightsthepatientandlong-termeffortsbybothoutsideactivistsandlocalcitizensinMississippitoorganizecommunitiesandregisterblackvoters—eveninthefaceofintimidation,physicalviolence,anddeath.

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EXPLORE LivesontheLine:TheHumanCostofChickenImmersivewebsiteandreport.2015.OxfamAmerica.www.oxfamamerica.org/livesontheline/Howdoesthechickenyoueatgettoyou?Thereisgrowingpublicawarenessofthetreatmentofanimalsinourfoodchain,butsometimesthetreatmentofworkersattractslesspublicattention.ThisinteractivewebsiteistheresultofresearchconductedbyOxfamonpoultryworkersintheUS,anditfeaturesstories,photos,andvideofromtheseworkers—womenandmenwhowantyoutounderstandwhat’swrongwiththeindustryandhowyoucanhelpthem.WagesandWorkingConditionsinArkansasPoultryPlantsMultimediawebsiteandpolicyreport.2016.NorthwestArkansasWorkers’JusticeCenter.http://nwawjc.org/poultry-report/TheNorthwestArkansasWorkers’JusticeCentersurveyednearly500Arkansaspoultryworkersabouttheirexperiencesinthechickenplants.ThismultimediawebsiteandreportsharestheirfindingsaboutpoultryinthestateTysonFoodscallshome.Thesiteincludesstatistics,a“workers’perspectives”sectionincludingimagesofworkersalongsidetheirownwords,andshortvideosofinterviewswithworkers,alongwithanexecutivesummaryandthefullreport.TheMeatrixMultimediawebsiteandanimatedshortfilms.2003,2006.FreeRangeStudios.www.themeatrix.comTheMeatrixwebsiteoffersinformationontheissuessurroundingfactoryfarming,aswellasalternativestoconventionally-raisedmeat,poultry,dairy,andeggs.Aseriesofshortanimatedfilmsusepopcultureandhumortoeducateviewersaboutthefoodtheyeatandwhereitcomesfrom.TheMeatrixII½filmshowswhathappensinsideameatprocessingfacility.ThewebsitealsofeaturesTheMeatrixInteractive360,atooltohelppeoplelearnaboutfactoryfarming,withindepthinformationontheissues.TheEatWellGuide®,anonlinedirectoryofsustainablefoodfromfarms,storesandrestaurantsinNorthAmerica,helpspeopletakeaction.GoingSouth,ComingNorth:MigrationandUnionOrganizinginMorristown,TennesseeMultimediadigitalessay.2011.FranAnselyandAnneLewis,SouthernSpaces.http://southernspaces.org/2011/going-south-coming-north-migration-and-union-organizing-morristown-tennesseeThismultimediaessayaugmentsthe2007filmMorristown:IntheAirandSun,adocumentaryaboutthemigrationofindustrialcapitalandthearrivalofimmigrantlaborinandaroundMorristown,Tennessee,bysituatingthefilmwithinthecontextofworkers’responsestoglobalization,particularlytheeffectsofNAFTAafter1994.Followthetwo-waycurrentsnowsoevidentinmanysoutherntownswhereindustrialplantsmovesouth

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andmigrantlaborcomesnorthacrosstheinternationalborder.Toexaminetheconnectionsbetweenlaborrightsandimmigrantrights,theessayjuxtaposesalocallaborunioncampaignwithanti-immigrantlegislationacrossthestateandthecountryusingtext,stillimages,andvideo.FoodChainAvengers:AFoodJustice&WorkerJusticeComicBookGraphicnovelfromtheFoodChainWorkersAlliance.$3.50/book,includesS&Hhttp://foodchainworkers.org/?page_id=4258TwentymillionpeopleworkinthefoodsystemintheU.S.,joiningmillionsaroundtheworldwholaboronfarmsandinmeat,poultryandfoodprocessingfacilities,warehouses,grocerystoresandrestaurants.TheFoodChainAvengerscomicbookusesexamplesdrawnfromrealexperiencesbyworkersintheirrespectiveindustries,thefivemaincharactersofthestorywalkusthrougheachoffivesectorsofthefoodchain:production,processing,distribution,retail,andfoodservice.Whileexposingtheexploitativenatureoftheindustryvis-à-visitsworkers,communities,andtheenvironment,thecomicalsotellsthestoryofstruggletovictory.CoalitionofImmokaleeWorkers/FairFoodProgramMultimediawebsite.2016.CoalitionofImmokaleeWorkershttp://www.ciw-online.org/resources/TheCoalitionofImmokaleeWorkers(CIW)isinternationallyrecognizedforitsachievementsinthefieldsofsocialresponsibility,humantrafficking,andgender-basedviolenceatwork.Builtonafoundationoffarmworkercommunityorganizingstartingin1993,andreinforcedwiththecreationofanationalconsumernetworksince2000,CIW’sworkimprovingconditionsinindustrialagriculturehassteadilygrownovermorethantwentyyears.ExplorethewebsitetoreadabouttheFairFoodProgramandwatchseveralshortvideosaboutagriculturalworkingconditionsandhowworkersandconsumersarechangingthemtogether.UnsafeattheseSpeedsPolicyReport.2013.SouthernPovertyLawCenter.www.splcenter.org/20130301/unsafe-these-speedsEverydayinAlabama,thousandsofpeoplereporttoworkatvastpoultryprocessingplants.Theprocessinglinemovesatapunishingspeed,andworkersoftenenduredebilitatingpainintheirhands,gnarledfingers,chemicalburns,andrespiratoryproblems—tell-talesignsofrepetitivemotioninjuriesandotherailmentsthatflourishintheseplants.Thestoriesinthisreportwerecollectedfrominterviewswith302Alabamapoultryworkers,amongthemostvulnerableinAmerica.NoRelief:DenialofBathroomBreaksinthePoultryIndustryPolicyReport.2016.OxfamAmerica.https://www.oxfamamerica.org/static/media/files/No_Relief.pdfChickenisthemostpopularmeatinAmerica,andthepoultryindustryisbooming.Butworkerssaythatthethingthatoffendstheirdignitymostissimple:lackofadequatebathroombreaks,andthesufferingthatentails,especiallyforwomen.ThisreportispartofOxfam’scampaigntoadvocateforimprovedconditionsforpoultryworkers.

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TAKE ACTION TO IMPROVE OUR WORLD

DemandFair,SafeWorkingConditionsforPoultryWorkerswww.oxfamamerica.org/livesontheline/OxfamAmericaiscallingontoppoultrycompaniestopubliclycommittocorelaborrights,includingfaircompensation,saferworkplaceconditions,andgreaterworkforceengagement.Demandfair,safeworkingconditionsforpoultryworkers.Signthepetition!SupporttheFoodChainWorkersAlliancehttp://foodchainworkers.orgFoundedinJuly2009,theFoodChainWorkersAllianceisacoalitionofworker-basedorganizationswhosemembersplant,harvest,process,pack,transport,prepare,serve,andsellfood,organizingtoimprovewagesandworkingconditionsforallworkersalongthefoodchain.Lookformembersinyourareaandgetinvolvedintheircallstoaction:

• AllianceforFairFood(www.allianceforfairfood.org)o Learnmoreaboutcurrentcampaignsandtakeactiono SupporttheFairFoodProgram

• BrandworkersInternational(www.brandworkers.org)• CincinnatiInterfaithWorkersJusticeCenter(www.cworkers.org)• ComitédeApoyoalosTrabajadoresAgrícolas(http://cata-farmworkers.org)• FairWorldProject(http://fairworldproject.org)• FarmworkerAssociationofFlorida(www.floridafarmworkers.org)• MigrantJustice/JusticiaMigrante(http://migrantjustice.net)• NorthwestArkansasWorkers’JusticeCenter(http://nwawjc.org)• RestaurantOpportunitiesCentersUnited(http://rocunited.org)• TheStreetVendorProject(http://streetvendor.org)• UNITEHEREFoodServiceDivision(http://unitehere.org/industry/food-service/)

o LearnmoreaboutstudentpartnershipswithUNITEHERE• UEResearchandEducationFund(http://www.ueref.org)• UnitedFoodandCommercialWorkersLocal770(http://www.ufcw770.org)

ExploreandSupportOtherWorker,Immigrant,andRacialJusticeOrganizations

• MississippiImmigrantRightsAlliance(www.yourmira.org)• MississippiWorkersCenterforHumanRights(http://msworkers.org)• NorthwestArkansasWorkers’JusticeCenter(http://nwawjc.org)• WesternNorthCarolinaWorkers’Center(www.wncworkerscenter.org)• GreaterMinnesotaWorkerCenter(http://www.mygmwc.org)• NebraskaAppleseed(https://neappleseed.org)• CoalitionofImmokaleeWorkers(www.ciw-online.org)

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• InterfaithWorkerJustice(www.iwj.org)o LearnmoreaboutstudentinternshipswithIWJ

• CoalitionofBlackTradeUnionists(www.cbtu.org)• SouthernPovertyLawCenter(www.splcenter.org)• CenterforNewCommunity(http://newcomm.org)• CASAofMaryland(http://wearecasa.org)• UCLALaborCenter(www.labor.ucla.edu)• WelcomingAmerica(www.welcomingamerica.org)• NationalBlackWorkerCenterProject(http://blackworkerproject.com)

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