Welcome to new ELWJ Director, Emily Andrews, and Policy Analyst, J Geiman

CLASP welcomes Emily Andrews and J Geiman to its Education, Labor, and Worker Justice team.

Emily, who will serve as Director, brings an extraordinary background that includes leadership roles in economic and worker justice issues through the labor movement, community organizing, and movement building. She joins CLASP from Community Change, where she served as Director of New Organizing Strategies.

J, who will serve as a Policy Analyst, brings a deep understanding of the need to address the cycle of poverty and inequity through the education system, as well as the importance of labor unions in holding institutions accountable and advocating for the working classes. J joins CLASP from the National Democratic Institute, where they were a Program Officer.

We are excited to add Emily and J to this team to advance an integrated vision that supports the education, training, economic security, and empowerment of workers paid low wages.

Additional Publications and Reports

The Time for Equitable Green Economy Investment Is Now

This blog post advocates for budget reconciliation legislation that contains federal investments in jobs in sustainability and combating climate change. Such investments must center the economic empowerment of communities with barriers to employment. 

Recovery Legislation Must Prioritize Immigrant Essential Workers

This blog post argues that an equitable economic recovery requires policies to improve the conditions of immigrant essential workers and advance economic opportunity through a pathway to citizenship, fair wages, access to benefits, and stronger labor enforcement standards. 

Subsidized Jobs: Youth and Adults Impacted by the Criminal Legal System

This fact sheet - produced jointly by CLASP, the National Youth Employment Coalition, and Heartland Alliance - advocates for ensuring youth and adults impacted by the criminal legal system are targeted in job creation and subsidized employment efforts. 

House Action on Reconciliation Package Could Improve Lives of Millions

In this statement, CLASP Executive Director Olivia Golden highlights how the budget reconciliation package being developed in Congress invests boldly in our country’s economic recovery and secures a more equitable future for millions of families, children, women, young adults of color, and people with low incomes.

CLASP Applauds DC Council’s Vote to Strengthen Paid Family Leave

This blog post celebrates the approval of a budget by the Council of the District of Columbia, which significantly strengthens D.C.’s paid leave program.

The Green Economy Needs Subsidized Jobs

This blog post urges Congress to advance a federal subsidized jobs program focused on essential work available now in the green economy to help more people gain economic stability while reducing the harm of climate change.

CLASP in the Media

AUGUST 2021 | FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM

Juggling Work and College, Fort Worth Area Moms Refused to Let COVID Derail Their Plans

AUGUST 2021 | WORKSHIFT

Walmart and Target Up the Ante with ‘Free College’ for Employees

AUGUST 2021 | TEEN VOGUE

Overwork Is Taking a Huge Physical and Mental Toll on Workers

JULY 2021 | THE MOGULDOM NATION

Here Is How Rising Inflation Hurts Black America: 5 Things To Know

Conferences and Presentations

AUGUST 17, 2021 | ADVANCE CTE

“Without Limits Lunch and Learn: Each Learner’s Skills are Counted, Valued, and Portable”