Strategic Actions for a Just Economy
| Abbreviation | SAJE |
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| Formation | 1996 |
| Founder | Gilda Haas |
| Purpose | "Our mission is to change public and corporate policy in a manner that provides concrete economic benefits to working class people, increases the economic rights of working class people, and builds leadership through a movement for economic justice; and in the process creating sustainable models of economic democracy." |
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Executive Director |
Cynthia Strathmann PhD |
| Website | www.saje.net |
Strategic Actions for a Just Economy (SAJE) is a non-profit economic justice organization that advocates for tenant rights, healthy housing, and equitable development. It was founded in 1996 by Gilda Haas and is currently led by Executive Director Cynthia Strathmann PhD. SAJE organizes working class communities in South Central Los Angeles through leadership development programs, tenant rights clinics, and job readiness training.
As a founding convening organization of the United Neighbors in Defense Against Displacement Coalition (UNIDAD)--formerly known as the Coalition for a Responsible USC and the Figueroa Corridor Coalition for Economic Justice--SAJE has fought for the adoption community benefits agreements (CBA) that ensure new developments benefit existing working-class residents in impacted neighborhoods. These agreements have included provisions for affordable housing funding, local targeted hiring, low-income health clinics, and set asides for low and extremely-low income housing.
Notable projects with CBAs involving SAJE:
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