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September 9, 2009
2009 ALSTON BANNERMAN FELLOWS SELECTED!
 
2009 Sabbatical Fellows:

Jose Bravo, Just Transitions Alliance, Chula Vista, CA
Arnoldo Garcia, National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Oakland, CA
Sylvia Ledesma, Kalpulli Izkalli, Albuquerque, NM
Ai-Jen Poo, Domestic Workers United, New York, NY
Juanita Valdez-Cox, La Union del Pueblo Entero, San Juan, TX


2009 Senior Fellows projects:

Scott Douglas, Greater Birmingham Ministries, Birmingham, AL - Using stimulus funding as an entry point, develop models of participatory budgeting that engage grassroots leaders and progressive academics in a process for setting public funding priorities

Saru Jayaraman, Restaurant Opportunities Center United, New York, NY - Develop a blueprint for transnational labor organizing and the development of international labor standards that transform discriminatory and exploitative employment practices

Gail Small, Native Action, Lame Deer, MT - Craft policies to address climate crisis through collective models of ownership that protect Native sovereignty, leave fossil fuels in the ground, and develop alternative energy sources