Jobs With Justice launched the Advancing Black Strategists Initiative (ABSI) in the fall of 2020. We began with a vision to create a cohort of Black economic justice and labor-focused strategists committed to leading, developing, and advancing policies and campaigns that support the collective power-building of working people, particularly in the South. In 2023, we launched the first Black Southern Labor Institute at an HBCU with a historic partnership with Clark Atlanta University. The Labor Institute for Advancing Black Strategists is housed in CAU’s W.E.B. Du Bois Southern Center for Studies in Public Policy. As Black workers continue to earn significantly less than their counterparts due to anti-worker policies and discrimination, Read more