The Workforce Alliance
To help three New England workforce coalitions become independent, sustainable and effective in shaping state and federal welfare and job training policies.
To help three New England workforce coalitions become independent, sustainable and effective in shaping state and federal welfare and job training policies.
To educate policymakers, the media, and the public about the benefits of Europe’s REACH program, which phases out chemicals that persist in the environment and accumulate in people and wildlife, and establishes a more precautionary policy that encourages industry to…
To increase the number of students served and develop relationships with New York City corporations that will lead to paid apprenticeships and jobs.
To provide general support.
To enable Vermont WildWoods to investigate marketing possibilities associated with wood products from conserved lands.
To address human rights violations faced by the poor in Argentina, including providing legal advocacy to improve quality of life, generating discussions on related topics and raising policymaker and public awareness.
To promote comprehensive sexuality education by educating policymakers, supporting science-based programs, and mobilizing parents and youth.
To reduce toxic diesel emissions from vehicles in the Boston area and participate in a coalition that aims to reduce diesel emissions statewide by 50 percent by 2010 and 75 percent by 2020.
To achieve fundamental reform in Massachusetts policymaking and regulation on chemical use-stressing prevention of harm to public health and the environment-by building a broad statewide coalition representing health-affected, medical, organized labor, environmental, and faith communities that generates grassroots advocacy.
To shift the market away from PVC (polyvinyl chloride) plastic by convincing “big box” retailers, as well as manufacturers and small retailers, to stop selling or using those products; and to instigate and support local and state campaigns to phase…