Red Hook’s Cutting-Edge Wireless Network
Former NYWF grantee, Red Hook Initiative is working on improving the local mesh, a wireless digital network that residents can use whether or not Internet service is available. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/24/nyregion/red-hooks-cutting-edge-wireless-network.html?ref=nyregion
New Just Food Director Takes a Personal Interest to a Professional Level
Longtime social justice professional, NYU Grad and Former Executive Director of LoveHeals, Jasmine Nielsen is now Director of Just Food. http://www.ediblebrooklyn.com/2014/08/15/new-just-food-director-takes-personal-interest-professional-level/
Advocates want to see NFL act on domestic violence
Ravens running back Ray Rice is sitting out two games for domestic violence. A positive marijuana test, meanwhile, may have triggered a yearlong ban for Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon. Critics of NFL’s arbitrary push toward domestic violence point to the contrast between the punishments and say it’s time for the league to crack down on players who hurt women. Judy Harris Kluger, ED of Sanctuary for Families is mentioned in this article. http://pro32.ap.org/article/experts-want-see-nfl-act-domestic-violence
40 Percent of Restaurant Workers Live in Near-Poverty
It isn’t just fast-food empires that rely on a low-paid, disempowered, and quite-often impoverished workforce. As a stomach-turning new report from the Economic Policy Institute shows, the entire restaurant industry hides a dirty little labor secret under the tasteful lighting of the dining room. http://m.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2014/08/40-percent-restuarant-workers-live-near-poverty
Why Aren’t Women Advancing at Work? Ask a Transgender Person
As a population that has experienced the workplace from both perspectives, they hold the key to its biases. http://www.newrepublic.com/article/119239/transgender-people-can-explain-why-women-dont-advance-work
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