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Building, uniting, and amplifying Black Worker voice and power in partnership with Black Worker Centers across SoCal ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽

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NEW: September Black Labor Report

Black workers didn’t simply participate in America’s economy we helped build it. Yet today, Black workers continue to face a Black Jobs Crisis shaped by unemployment, unequal access to quality careers, public-sector job losses, and new questions about how AI will transform the workplace.

This month’s report explores:
🔴 Black unemployment and the jobs crisis
🔵 Education, public-sector, fire & forestry career pathways
🔴 AI and the future of Black work
🔵 California’s emerging AI laws
🔴 Why Access + Pathways + Protections + Power matter

Want to see the Black Labor Report first? Subscribe to the SoCal Black Worker Hub newsletter! New editions drop every second Wednesday of the month.

And the conversation doesn’t stop with the report. #EchoBlackVoices is TONIGHT! 📣

🗓️ Tonight
⏰ 6:30 PM PT
💻 Zoom https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/NpWurF0ZTiKKC7tVJe-EMg#/registration

🔗 RSVP (LINKS IN BIO)

+ Newsletter Subscription:
https://socalblackworkersunited.org/connect/

Come with your questions, your experiences, and your voice.

#EchoBlackVoices #SouthernCalifornia #BlackWorkers #WorkersoverAI #BlackLaborReport taken in Southern California by @socalbwhub

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15 days ago

TOMORROW: The Future of Black Work is the Conversation.

AI is already changing how we get hired, work, get scheduled, get monitored, and get evaluated. Black workers need to understand what’s changing and be part of the conversations shaping the future of work.

Join us TOMORROW, September 30 for our 2nd-to-last #EchoBlackVoices of 2026! 🔥

We’re excited to welcome United for Respect and SEIU State Council for a conversation about:

🤖 AI & automation in the workplace
👁️ Workplace technology & surveillance
🛒 Experiences of workers at major employers like Amazon & Walmart
🛡️ Worker protections and AI policy discussions in California
✊🏾 Why Black worker voices matter as workplace technology changes

Technology may be changing the workplace, but workers should be part of shaping what comes next.

📅 TOMORROW — Wednesday, September 30
🕡 6:30–8:00 PM PT
💻 On Zoom
🎟️ RSVP: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/NpWurF0ZTiKKC7tVJe-EMg#/registration (Link in bio)

Don’t come alone! Tag a coworker. Text the group chat. Share this post. Bring somebody with you. 🖤

2 sessions left. Don’t miss your chance to be in the conversation.

#EchoBlackVoices #SouthernCalifornia #AI #BlackWorkersMatter taken in Southern California by @socalbwhub

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16 days ago

TODAY IS THE DAY! #EchoBlackVoices is TONIGHT!

AI is changing the workplace right now from hiring and scheduling to surveillance, automation, and how workers are evaluated.

The question is: Will Black workers have a voice in what comes next?

Join us TONIGHT with United for Respect and SEIU State Council for a powerful conversation about AI, worker protections, and the future of Black work.

🤖 Learn how AI & automation are changing jobs
👁️ Talk workplace surveillance & new technologies
🛒 Hear about worker experiences at major employers like Amazon & Walmart
🛡️ Learn about AI policies & worker protections being considered in California
✊🏾 Discuss why Black workers need a voice in shaping the future of work

📅 TONIGHT — September 30
🕡 6:30–8:00 PM PT
💻 On Zoom
🎟️ RSVP — https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/NpWurF0ZTiKKC7tVJe-EMg#/registration (LINK IN BIO)

Don’t wait until the workplace changes to ask what happened. Get informed. Get connected. Get in the conversation. 🔥

Tag a coworker. Text the group chat. Bring somebody with you.

We’ll see you TONIGHT!

#EchoBlackVoices #SouthernCalifornia #BlackWorkers #ai #APPs by @socalbwhub

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15 days ago

🚨 #EchoBlackVoices returns September 30th for our second to last gathering of 2026!

Join us for updates, resources, and opportunities to build Black worker power and secure the ACCESS PATHWAYS PROTECTIONS we deserve.

📅 Wednesday, September 30
🕡 6:30–8:00 PM PT
💻 On Zoom
🎟️ RSVP — www.socalblackworkersunited.org/echo (LINK IN BIO)

#SouthernCalifornia #Blackworkers #EchoBlackVoices EconomicJustice AccessPathwaysProtections by @socalbwhub

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22 days ago

🚨 WE’RE BACK! #EchoBlackVoices returns September 30th! ✊🏾🔥

After Black August, we rested, resisted, and rebuilt—now it’s time to keep building.

September marks our 2nd-to-last #EchoBlackVoices of 2026, and you need to be in the room! 🖤

We’re coming together to talk about what Black workers need to know RIGHT NOW:

💼 Opportunities & resources for Black workers
📣 Updates from across Southern California
✊🏾 Building Black worker power
🗳️ Getting our communities ready to show up this November
🔮 What’s happening now and what’s coming next

For generations, Black workers have been expected to survive systems that weren’t built for us to thrive.

We deserve more than survival. We deserve ACCESS. PATHWAYS. PROTECTIONS. We deserve the opportunity to THRIVE.

📅 Wednesday, September 30
🕡 6:30–8:00 PM PT
💻 On Zoom
🎟️ RSVP — www.socalblackworkersunited.org/echo (LINK IN BIO)

Don’t come alone. 👀 Send this to your coworker, cousin, friend, neighbor, and group chat.

2 sessions left. Don’t miss your chance to get connected. 🔥

#SouthernCalifornia #Blackworkers #EchoBlackVoices #EconomicJustice #AccessPathwaysProtections by @socalbwhub

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🚨 NEW: August Black Labor Report 🚨

Black August is a worker issue. ✊🏾

From incarcerated labor and barriers to employment after release to wage theft and unequal access to good jobs, this month’s Labor Report connects the history of Black August to the fight for dignity, opportunity, and power at work today.

📊 Inside the report:
• The employment barriers facing formerly incarcerated workers
• Why Black women experience even greater reentry disparities
• AB 2483 and pathways from incarcerated firefighting to careers
• How wage theft steals from Black workers
• Why we organize for Access, Pathways & Protections

Our history gives us lessons. Our organizing determines what comes next.

And the conversation continues at our LAST #EchoBlackVoices of the year! 📣

🗓️ Wednesday, September 23
⏰ 6:30–8:00 PM PT
💻 On Zoom
🔗 RSVP — Link in Bio

Come learn, connect, share your voice, and help us continue building Black worker power across Southern California.

Rest. Resist. Rebuild.

#BlackAugust #BlackWorkers #SouthernCalifornia #EchoBlackVoices #BlackLaborReport taken in Southern California by @socalbwhub

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2 months ago

Legal Aid at Work was proud to table at this year’s Black August Commemoration, Resistance 2026: Rest. Resist. Rebuild, hosted by @socalbwhub. Black August reminds us that our strength has always been rooted in community—in how we care for one another, stand together, and continue building toward something better.

We loved seeing new and familiar faces, sharing resources, and spending the day with so many orgs and individuals continuing to stand with Black workers across Southern California. by @socalbwhub

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2 months ago

Join us on TODAY❗️August 19th from 5:30–9:00 PM as we honor political prisoners, uplift our history, recognize Black worker power, and continue building the movement together.

Because when we fight…we win. RSVP now, link in our bio.

#BlackAugust2026 #BlackWorkerPower #PowerBuilding #SouthernCalifornia by @socalbwhub

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2 months ago

Black August is coming. Don’t just hear about it, be part of it. Tomorrow 8/19 from 5:30-9PM. You don’t want to miss it ✊🏾

RSVP link in bio for address and more information⭐️

#BlackAugust2026 #BlackWorkerPower #PowerBuilding #SouthernCalifornia #Resistance by @socalbwhub

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2 months ago

Black August is a time to Resist. Rebuild. Rest. ✊🏾

Swipe through to learn what Black August means, what to expect at our commemoration, and who’s joining us — from Emmy-award winning artists to labor leaders, legislators, and organizers building power for Black communities across California.

🗓️ Wednesday, August 19, 2026
🕜 5:30-9:00PM
📍 The Beehive, Los Angeles
🎟️ Tickets are FREE! Register today via the link in bio.

This is study. The history is discipline. This is community. Join us.

#BlackAugust2026 #Resistance #Resilience by @socalbwhub

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2 months ago

If LA County were its own country it would be the 20th largest economy in the world.

@bw4wla
@scope_la
@fightsoulcities
@lacanetwork_official
@essie4justice
@lablackworkercenter
@instabaji
@dignityandpowernow
@socalbwhub

And these are some of the organizations bold enough to build Black power within it.

Talking land. Democracy. Reparations.

What it takes to build Black power at the center of one of the most powerful economies on earth — before November.

The network doesn't stop. 🖤

#BlackPowerNetwork #LosAngeles #BlackCalifornia #BuildingPower by @socalbwhub

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Black August is coming. And you need to be there.

This is more than an event. This is community. This is resistance. This is Black joy. This is Black Worker Power.

Join the Southern California Black Worker Hub for Black August 2026: Resistance. Rest. Rebuild.

This will be an evening of reflection, discipline, and renewed commitment to Black liberation and worker justice.

Featuring Emmy-awarding winning special guests @richiereseda and @jj_eightyeight along with food, music, guest speakers, and community.

🗓️ Wednesday, August 19, 2026
🕜 5:30-9:00PM
📍 The Beehive Los Angeles

Tickets are FREE! Scan the QR code or click the link in bio to RSVP.

Bring your friends. Bring your coworkers. Bring your family.

Together we resist. Together we rise. Together, we rebuild.🔥

#BlackAugust2026 by @socalbwhub

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