The mission of the Southern Appalachian Labor School (SALS) is to provide education, research, and linkages for working class and disenfranchised peoples in order to promote understanding, empowerment, and change. The Southern Appalachian Labor School is committed to developing a real comprehension of the social, economic, and legal structures which affect the lives of the Appalachian People.
SALS is the host of numerous college work camps during alternative Fall/Spring break weeks for working on housing and Youthbuild mentoring. SALS Work Camp reservation contract
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Blog John David May 8, 2018Energy ExpressWe are asking your help in finding young people for our free Energy Express program that will be held beginning in June at the SALS Community Center in Beards Fork. We provide breakfast and lunch as well as transport from the Valley and the Plateau areas of Fayette County. MoreTagged: Community service Newsletter SALS September 5, 2018SALS News Summer 2018Fifty years after the birth of the first Poor People’s Campaign espoused by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., more than fifty thousand activists, community organizers, faith-based leaders, and concerned citizens marched the streets of Washington, D.C. MoreTagged: AmeriCorps, Community service, Housing, YouthBuild
