The fight to reclassify some gig workers in California
By Emily Rose Thorne, Mercer University Center for Collaborative Journalism In California, gig workers that drive for companies like Uber and Lyft, got a win August 10 in federal court when the court sided with drivers to enforce Assembly Bill 5, AB5, a law that forces companies to reclassify contractors as employees. The move would force the companies to offer employees job benefits. The federal court granted a preliminary injunction...
You’re invited!
Making Contact celebrates a new beginning. We invite you to celebrate with us! In June, we welcomed the third Executive Director in the organization’s 26 year history, Sonya Green. Her appointment is exciting for a few reasons. To start, we think Sonya’s great. You can judge for yourself at the soiree. However, we think you will agree. Additionally, her appointment adds to the list of great women leaders of the...
Hello and an Urgent Request from Sonya
Hello! It’s Sonya Green here, your new Executive Director, writing to you for the first time. I’m delighted to have joined Making Contact. I want to thank you for being a part of this dedicated and supportive community. Listen, if you told me six months ago that I would start as the Executive Director of Making Contact during a pandemic and uprisings for racial justice and social change, I would not have believed that. Yet, I feel...
Thanks Lisa and Welcome Sonya!
Making Contact Welcomes Our New Executive Director, Sonya Green We are pleased to announce that Sonya Green will be the new executive director of International Media Project, the non-profit which produces the award-winning weekly radio program and podcast Making Contact. Sonya is an award-winning journalist and community media leader committed to telling the stories of historically excluded communities. Sonya has recently received...
We’re looking for a new Executive Director!
We’re looking for a new Executive Director! A note from Lisa Rudman: It’s time for me to carefully pass the leadership torch here at Making Contact. I’d like to return to my media production roots and create radio programs and podcasts for MC and other outlets and continue to mentor emerging journalists. Meanwhile I am looking forward to working with our Board in hiring and on-boarding a new leader and then doing...
Listen to Making Contact as a Podcast
Making Contact is accessible wherever and whenever you want to listen as a podcast! Why listen as a podcast? The perk of podcasting is that you can stream our episodes with Wifi or download them on your phone, iPad, or laptop for listening later on! Where to listen? Our episodes are now available to stream and download on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts and more! How do I listen? If you’re new to podcasting...