Dear Friends of Economic Justice,



As 2023 comes to a close, we are reflecting on the work we did together this year. We hope you will continue your support <[link removed]> in the year ahead!



Did you know that UFE now has three hubs? We are maintaining our presence in Greater Boston, continuing to build coalition structures to advance worker-led change in North Carolina, and wrapping up our first full year of programming to build a cadre of Black and Latinx workers’ rights organizers in Alabama. And of course we continue to collaborate with national partners!



- In Greater Boston, where workers are organizing, UFE is there with our Popular Economics Education and transformative leadership development. When we gathered earlier this year for a multiday convening of established and emerging immigrant leaders advancing economic justice projects in Greater Boston, we saw the “multiplier effect” in action -- nearly every trainer and session facilitator was a woman who had been through UFE’s trainings to learn about the economy through popular education. Support this work to continue in 2024! <[link removed]>







Participants in the Boston-area Grassroots Leadership Institute, where a majority of trainers were past UFE trainees



- In North Carolina, ranked the worst state in the country for workers, we find that workers are fed up. People are working long days and have families — and they are still organizing. UFE coordinates the Raising Wages NC coalition, where low-wage BIPOC worker-led groups set the agenda for raising the minimum wage. We are a co-founder of the Avila Retreat Center, ensuring that immigrant- and BIPOC-led groups have access to that space for collective learning, action planning, and rest. Your gift to UFE <[link removed]> ensures that our economic justice curricula, intersectional supports, and creative communications meet worker organizing with support and solidarity.







Workers assemble at the “Building Worker Power” Convening at the NC Justice Center





- In Alabama, we are building people power in a place that was not meant for us to thrive. UFE’s Grassroots Organizing School of Alabama is building a cadre of BIPOC worker-leaders ready to step into organizing for change. Participant Iralda Hernández, an immigrant, domestic worker, and mother of four, began through GOSA to connect her family’s struggles with those of other low-wage workers. She has become a popular educator and organizer, working with her community to increase access to health care. Participant Juan Carlos Pérez, a poultry processing worker for 25 years, is stepping into leadership through GOSA. He is volunteering his time as an immigrant organizer in family reunification efforts with other low-wage workers. Give to UFE today <[link removed]> to support leaders like Iralda and Juan Carlos, and the 2024 GOSA cohort in Alabama.







And, across our hubs, we are growing and innovating:



- Healing for liberation — We are bringing circle work and other tools for individual and collective healing to economic justice organizing. We are supporting artists, organizers, educators, and other community members with transformative justice workshops and trainings that connect movement work for economic justice to healing work for liberation using popular education.

- New curriculum — UFE and Equipo Maíz launched a new training curriculum – “Racism in the Mind, Skin, and the Action” – in 2023.  A resource for learning and reflection about anti-Blackness in Latinx communities, the curriculum debuted in an epic month of trainings and workshops in each of UFE’s geographic hubs: North Carolina, Boston, and Alabama.



Together – with you, with low-wage workers, with immigrant workers – we are coming together to learn, strengthen our bonds, and take action for a more just economy. Your support will ensure we can continue this transformational work in the months ahead. If you are able, please increase or double your gift today <[link removed]>!







En la lucha,



Jeannette Huezo



Executive Director and Senior Popular Educator



P.S. If you have already given, THANK YOU! You will receive a letter of thanks shortly.







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