Strategic Actions for a Just Economy
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| 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 based in Los Angeles.[1] It was founded in 1996 by Gilda Haas and Kent Wong and is currently led by Executive Director Cynthia Strathmann PhD.[2][3][4][5]
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.[6][7] 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.[8][7]
Notable projects with CBAs involving SAJE:
- Staples Center/LA Live[8]
- GH Palmer Lorenzo Project[9]
- University of Southern California University Village[7]
- Grand Metropolitan Development[10]