John,

This Juneteenth, as we honor the power of our ancestors and celebrate the emerging Black leadership of the future, we’re thrilled to announce the launch of the second Advancing Black Strategists Initiative Fellowship cohort. In partnership with Clark Atlanta University, Jobs With Justice will welcome the newest ABSI fellows on July 11, 2024.

The Advancing Black Strategists Initiative intends to defeat anti-Black and anti-worker strategies that were birthed during the Confederacy, prevailed through the Jim Crow era, and persist today. This paid apprenticeship program offers a cohort of Black worker-leaders direct experience in developing and implementing strategies that seek to expand organizing and collective bargaining power. Fellows also participate in a rigorous curriculum led by Black academics which examines the effects of race, class, gender, and power on workers across the South.

We invite you to join us in our unwavering commitment to equip future southern Black Strategists with the necessary tools and resources.

In the same spirit of resistance as the first Juneteenth jubilee, Southern Black workers will lead us on the path to economic and worker justice for all.

In Solidarity,

Jason Tomlinson

ABSI Coordinator

Jobs With Justice

P.S. Keep a lookout! We’ll be sharing more about the 2024 ABSI cohort in this space.