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"In addition to classes in oral history, learning in adulthood, gender, music, I also took time to attend number of conferences and present my work to the scholarly community."
Indira Kajosevic (2008 - 2009)
Executive Director
Reconciliation and Culture Cooperative Network
Carrie Gleason
Revson Fellow 2009 - 2010
Coordinator of Retail Action Project
Retail, Wholesale & Department Store Union
Carrie Gleason is the Coordinator of the Retail Action Project (RAP), an innovative community labor partnership she developed for the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU, UFCW). RAP is dedicated to winning economic justice for New York City retail workers through strategic organizing, leadership development, and services. Carrie has led and won several campaigns to win union contracts and secure the payment of unpaid wages for low-wage workers. As a lead organizer for UNITE HERE Local 6, she helped mobilize local immigrant communities for the Immigrant Worker Freedom Ride in 2003. She is a graduate of Cornell University.
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