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  • 2024 Call for Proposals

    Community-Based Participatory Research Projects. Deadlines:  August 15, 2024 Amount:  $15,000 – $25,000 Geography:  United States & Territories The Sociological Initiatives Foundation (SIF) is dedicated to the belief that research and…

  • Pathways to Success: The Need for Better Training for Retail Workers

    The report, Pathways to Success, shows that while career ladders exist in retail, workers have trouble climbing those ladders and are expected to take on additional responsibilities without a change in title, pay or additional training.

  • Expanding Food Benefits for Immigrants

    The United States has many social benefit programs that help people avoid hunger.  Not everyone, however, has access to these food safety net programs and many are unaware of their…

  • Shining a Light on Domestic Employers

    The recent report, My Home is Someone’s Workplace: Re-envisioning Domestic Employment in New York State, by Hand in Hand was a first-of-its-kind, in-depth look at the demographics, needs, and challenges…

  • Milk Cows Not Workers!

    New York’s dairy production and processing industry generates $14 billion a year and is the star sector of the state’s agricultural economy. Unfortunately, the immigrant workers who provide milking labor…

  • Construction Jobs Lack Basic Provisions in $175 Billion Industry

    As cities in the south continue to boom, workers earn poverty level wages and face dangerous working conditions. Build a Better South report highlights issues plaguing the construction industry in…

  • Utility Rights and Energy Security

    Nobody Leaves Mid-Hudson is a grassroots organization empowering the low-income population of Poughkeepsie, NY to keep their lights on. Approximately, 295,797 New York residential customers had their utility service disconnected…

  • Integrating the Undocumented Community

    A Qualitative Exploration of the Process for Obtaining DC’s Limited Purpose Driver’s License In January of 2015, Center for Social Justice (CSJ) and community partners, Central American Resource Center and…

  • “Stay with your words”: Indigenous youth, local policy, and the work of language fortification

    Elizabeth Sumida Huaman, Nathan D. Martin of Arizona State University, and Carnell T. Chosa, of the Leadership Institute of the Santa Fe Indian School recently published  “Stay With Your Words”:…

  • Behind the Kitchen Door: Extreme Inequality and Opportunity in Houston’s Vibrant Restaurant Economy

    Restaurant Opportunities Center of Houston’s latest report is the most comprehensive examination to date of the Houston-area restaurant industry. Behind the Kitchen Door offers a vivid picture of the state…