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Causes: Civil Rights, Intergroup & Race Relations, Labor Unions, Leadership Development, Race
Mission: Through education, research, training, and leadership development, we work to improve the social, economic, and environmental conditions of low income workers, their families, and communities.
Programs: Campaigns the organization has undertaken various campaigns addressing major barriers to low wage worker organizing. Currently, the prison divestment campaign aims to stop the lobbying power of the private prison industry so that humane and common sense reforms are possible in criminal and immigration policy.
enlace institute the institute presents trainings in strategic organizational development that were developed over many years of learning through enlace campaigns. The institute's purpose is to advance the field of strategic organizational development, particularly to gain recognition of the importance of teams in social, economic and environmental justice organizations and to train these groups in team-building skills so that they can win improvements in the lives of low income workers and their families. The organization operates the new york worker center federation which unites worker centers to tackle bigger targets and create more dynamic worker-led movements. The wcf offers the delfino leadership institute each year to develop the leadership of workers.
enlace - enlace is a strategic alliance of low-wage worker centers, unions, and community organizations in mexico and the u. S. Enlace partners with member organizations in international campaigns against multi-sector transnational corporations and work to build up the partner organizations as part of this strategy. Enlace uses an integrated approach to organizing, creating unique campaign strategies while developing systems that strengthen organizations internationally.