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Dear LIFT Community,

As spring enters full swing, we celebrate the renewal of nature alongside the enduring legacy of the labor movement. Click here to learn more about LIFT’s most recent Partnerships grantee cohort retreat, the US Secretary of Labor’s visit to SWO grantees, and the resilience of immigrant women workers.

Author: Magaly Urdiales
Co-Executive Director, Western North Carolina Workers Center (SWO Grantee)

This Women’s History Month, I would like to bring attention to the experiences of immigrant women workers. We must recognize that as individuals we are not disaggregated from our identities—whether that is as mothers, wives, or workers. Click here to read more.

We are happy to share with you our 2023 Impact Report! We hope it serves as a testament to our dedication to transparency and showcasing the powerful progress LIFT and our grantees have made in the pursuit of economic equity, thriving families, vibrant communities and innovations in worker organizing.

As the year draws to a close, we are excited to announce our newest round of National Partnerships and Southern Workers Opportunity Fund grantees! We look forward to sharing the great work they are leading to advance workers’ rights. We also want to share an update from LIFT’s visit to the White House. Click here to learn more!

Author: Jennifer Epps, Executive Director of The LIFT Fund

In the United States, Black workers are among the most marginalized individuals who consistently face unjust labor practices, low wages and harsh working conditions. Click to read more.

Dear LIFT Community,

As Labor Day approaches, we want to both uplift the amazing work of our grantees and partners in advancing workers’ rights as well as highlight the ongoing challenges many workers across the country continue to face. As always, The LIFT Fund looks forward to continuing to work in solidarity with you all to build a powerful labor movement! Click to read more.

Dear LIFT Community,

It has been a busy past few months at LIFT. We are excited to share updates about our convenings, key learnings and the amazing work in the labor field. We hope this serves as a source of inspiration as we continue to work together to build worker power! Click to read more of our summer updates from LIFT!

Dear LIFT Community,

It has been a busy past few months at LIFT. We are excited to share updates about our convenings, key learnings and the amazing work in the labor field. We hope this serves as a source of inspiration as we continue to work together to build worker power! In May, we held the latest LIFT Learning Days event. Click to read Learning Days reflections from this powerful event.

Dear Partners,

We’re excited to share that we are now accepting proposals for LIFT’s Southern Worker Opportunity Fund 2023-2026 grant cycle! The Southern Workers Opportunity Fund, led by the LIFT Fund, is the first-of-its-kind fund dedicated to supporting organizational infrastructure and campaigns that increase workers’ power and improve economic livelihoods and social conditions in sectors across the South. Click to apply and learn more!

Dear LIFT Community,

We’re excited to share with you our second e-news with updates about grantees, partners and staff. We hope to send these updates more often, so please feel free to share feedback about what you’d like to hear from us!

LIFT recently conducted a needs assessment with current grant recipients. Click to read more.