Presented by People’s Heritage Tours Dr. Daniel Katz -- ILGWU historian -- leads a walking tour beginning at Cooper Union at Astor Place, proceeding to the NYU Brown building on Washington Place, the site of the Triangle fire, and up to Union Square, where the social justice legacy of the fire continued for a century.… Read More »Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Walking Tour
Workers Unite Film Festival Presents Free Virtual On-Demand Screenings March 24th-31st in Honor of Women’s History Month Films Anchor Point - Women have been a force in wildland firefighting since 1942. Still, they remain outnumbered 10-to-1 on the fire lines and do double-duty battling both the infernos that scorch public lands and the smoldering embers of… Read More »Free Virtual Film Screenings in Honor of Women’s History Month
The Directors and Officers of the TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FACTORY FIRE MEMORIAL Cordially invite you to attend their Eighteenth Annual Award Reception and Scholarship Fundraiser. March 30, 20236pm - 8pm RWDSU Union Hall370 Seventh Ave, 5th FloorNew York, NY 10001(steps away from Penn Station) Honorees JANELLA T. HINDSSecretary-Treasurer, NYC Central Labor Council CHARLENE OBERNAUERExecutive Director, NYCOSH… Read More »Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Annual Award Reception and Scholarship Fundraiser
Awards Presentation & Reception: Honoring Excellence in Journalism in Service of the Common Good Since 1950, the Sidney Hillman Foundation has honored journalists, writers and public figures that pursue investigative journalism and public policy in service of the common good. Sidney Hillman was the founding president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, a predecessor… Read More »Hillman Prizes for Journalism
Clara Lemlich Awards for Social Activism May 19, 20234:00 PM The Museum of the City of New York1220 Fifth Ave at 103rd St.New York, NY The Clara Lemlich Awards for Social Activism celebrate the lives of incredible women whose many decades of brilliant activism have made real and lasting change in the world. More information… Read More »2023 Clara Lemlich Awards for Social Activism