Clark Atlanta University introduces new training initiative dedicated to labor advocacy

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March 26th, 2025

The launch coincided with the campus’ Black Women in Public Policy in the South Symposium. From left to right: Princess Moss, Executive Vice President of the National Education Association (NEA); Keturah Johnson, International Vice President of the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA-CWA); Tanya Wallace-Gobern, Executive Director of the National Black Worker Center (NBWC); Erica Smiley, Executive Director of Jobs With Justice; Yvonne T. Brooks, President of the Georgia AFLCIO and Kellie Morgan, International Representative of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) (Marlon Hyde/WABE)

Updated on March 27, 2025, at 10:50 a.m.

Clark Atlanta University launched a new program on Tuesday to train young Black and Brown leaders in the labor movement. Organizers say that they aim to educate and empower students, while labor leaders hope to diversify the field. 

Calvin Cullen, one of the first fellows to join the Institute for the Advancement of Black Strategists, says the initiative was born from a partnership between the HBCU and Jobs with Justice, a nonprofit labor advocacy network.

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