Southeast Regional Economic Justice Network Records, 1990s-2010s

Collection Number: 5391

Collection Title: Southeast Regional Economic Justice Network Records, 1990s-2010s

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Size	283.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 150,000 items)
Abstract	The Southeast Regional Economic Justice Network (REJN) Records, 1990s-2010s, document the organization's administrative activities; social, economic, environmental, and racial justice programs; and its resource library. Topics include working women, organized farm labor, race and globalization, 2010 census work, voting rights protection and advocacy, NAFTA, the Hamlet Response Coalition, Bhopal victims, industrial revitalization, youth, and African American and Latino alliance building. Southeast Regional Economic Justice Network (REJN), founded by African American activist Leah Wise in 1989, is a local, regional, and international network of individuals and organizations working on social, economic, environmental, and racial justice issues in workplaces, families and communities. Acquired as part of the Southern Historical Collection.
Creator	Southeast Regional Economic Justice Network.
Curatorial Unit	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language	English

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Restrictions to Access: Boxes 1-30, Box 146, and Box 167 are closed to research. Materials must be screened for confidential information before they can be accessed. For information about access to these materials, contact Research and Instructional Services staff at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu. Please be advised that screening materials for access can be a lengthy process.; This collection contains additional audiovisual and digital materials that are not available for immediate or same day access. For information about access to these materials, contact Research and Instructional Services staff at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu. Please be advised that preparing unprocessed materials for access can be a lengthy process.; Access to audio materials may require production of listening copies.

Restrictions to Use: No usage restrictions.

Copyright Notice: Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], in the Southeast Regional Economic Justice Network #5391, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information: Received from the Southeast Regional Economic Justice Network in April 2008 (Acc. 100921) and Leah Wise in August 2015 (Acc. 102299) and September 2015 (Acc. 102306).

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Processed by: Rebecca Stubbs and Dawne Howard Lucas, June 2022

Encoded by: Laura Smith, December 2017

Updated by: Dawne Howard Lucas and Rebecca Stubbs, June 2022, August 2022, October 2022

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Southeast Regional Economic Justice Network (REJN), founded by African American activist Leah Wise in 1989, is a local, regional, and international network of individuals and organizations working on social, economic, environmental, and racial justice issues in workplaces, families and communities.

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The Southeast Regional Economic Justice Network (REJN) Records, 1990s-2010s, document the organization's administrative activities; social, economic, environmental, and racial justice programs; and its resource library. Topics include working women, organized farm labor, race and globalization, 2010 census work, voting rights protection and advocacy, NAFTA, the Hamlet Response Coalition, industrial revitalization, youth, and African American and Latino alliance building.

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Box 1-30

Box 1

Box 2

Box 3

Box 4

Box 5

Box 6

Box 7

Box 8

Box 9

Box 10

Box 11

Box 12

Box 13

Box 14

Box 15

Box 16

Box 17

Box 18

Box 19

Box 20

Box 21

Box 22

Box 23

Box 24

Box 25

Box 26

Box 27

Box 28

Box 29

Box 30

Administrative and financial files

Boxes 1-30 are closed to research. Materials must be screened for confidential information before they can be accessed. For information about access to these materials, contact Research and Instructional Services staff at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu. Please be advised that screening materials for access can be a lengthy process.

Box 31-42

Box 31

Box 32

Box 33

Box 34

Box 35

Box 36

Box 37

Box 38

Box 39

Box 40

Box 41

Box 42

Correspondence/chronological files

Box 43-54

Box 43

Box 44

Box 45

Box 46

Box 47

Box 48

Box 49

Box 50

Box 51

Box 52

Box 53

Box 54

REJN gatherings and external conference files

Box 55-60

Box 55

Box 56

Box 57

Box 58

Box 59

Box 60

Outside organization files

Box 61-64b

Project files: World Conference Against Racism (WCAR)

Box 65

Project files: Black and Latino Project

Box 66

Project files: Latino Project

Box 67

Project files: Contingent Workers

Box 68

Project files: Contingent Work

Box 69

Project files: Contingent Work and Latino Project

Box 70

Project files: Contingent Work

Box 71

Project files: Latino Project

Box 72-75

Box 72

Box 73

Box 74

Box 75

Project files: Strive

Box 76-78

Box 76

Box 77

Box 78

Project files: Youth organizing/YOTI

Box 79-82

Box 79

Box 80

Box 81

Box 82

Project files: NAFTA

Box 83-84

Box 83

Box 84

Project files: Hamlet Response Coalition (HRC)

Box 85

Project files: National Council of the Churches Economic and Environmental Justice Working Group (NCCEEJWG)

Box 86

Project files: Bhopal, India

Box 87-88

Box 87

Box 88

Project files: Federation for Industrial Retention and Renewal (FIRR)

Box 89

Project files: South Piedmont Economic Action for Recovery (SPEAR)

Box 90

Project files: Census project

Box 91-92

Box 91

Box 92

Project files: Deep South and administrative files

Box 93-96

Box 93

Box 94

Box 95

Box 96

Unsorted files

Box 97

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Collection Number: 5391 Collection Title: Southeast Regional Economic Justice Network Records, 1990s-2010s