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. The Lemlich… Read More »2023 Clara Lemlich Awards for Social Activism

The Workers Defense League (WDL) honors Tom Conway, President of the United Steelworkers, AFL-CIO, at its annual Awards event. WDL will present the David L. Clendenin Award for Distinguished Service to Labor’s Rights to President Conway. WDL will also honor two outstanding New York union leaders: Jose Maldonado, President, UNITE HERE Local 100, AFL-CIO, and… Read More »Workers Defense League 87th Anniversary Event

Labor Day, Sept 4Lawrence, MA The Bread and Roses Heritage Festival is a celebration of the ethnic diversity and labor history of Lawrence, Ma. This annual festival is celebrated on Labor Day in order to honor the most significant event in Lawrence history: the 1912 Bread and Roses Strike. More information at www.breadandrosesheritage.org ​

September 6-14, 2023 Abrons Arts Center466 Grand Street (at Pitt Street)New York, NY 10002 Objects of Permanence, a special installation curated by Mellány Sánchez and presented during New York Fashion Week, seeks to spotlight the rich histories of the Puerto Rican and other migrant community labor forces in New York City’s garment industry.This show spotlights… Read More »Objects of Permanence: Installation Spotlighting the Rich Histories of the Puerto Rican and Other Migrant Community Labor Forces in NYC’s Garment Industry

September 10 at 3:00 PM Mode: Zoom (a link will be sent to registered participants close to the event date) Registration is free To mark the inauguration of the Triangle Fire Memorial in the fall of 2023, this generative memoir workshop has been specifically designed for family members and people closely related to the workers of the Triangle Waist… Read More »Memoir Workshop for Triangle Fire Families and Activists

October 10, 5:00 PM Jerry H. Labowitz TheatreNew York University1 Washington PlaceNew York, NY 10003 Experts from the Korea Advanced Institute for Science and Technology will discuss the Sewol Ferry disaster of 2014, in which 250 high school students died, and which, like the Triangle Fire, became a major political flashpoint for new safety rules.… Read More »Panel Discussion – The Sewol Ferry Disaster of 2014: Perspectives on Knowing a Tragedy and its Aftermaths

Our Lady of Pompeii Church25 Carmine St, New York, NY 10014 October 11, 2023 at 6:30 pm On October 11, 2023, to mark the unveiling and dedication of the Triangle Fire Memorial, the 6:30 pm mass at New York City's Our Lady of Pompeii Church will be for the repose of the souls of the… Read More »Mass for the Victims of the Triangle Fire

Triangle: Scenes from a ProsecutionBy Jesse WaldingerDirected by Lauren WinnenbergA one-act dramatization of the criminal trial of the owners of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory following the conflagration that took 146 lives in New York City in 1911. Based on trial transcripts. Runs Fri, Oct 13 – Sun, Oct 29Theatre 68 @ MCS Theatre357 W. 36th… Read More »Triangle: Scenes from a Prosecution (A Play Presented in Support of The Triangle Fire Memorial)

As seen in NY Magazine Approval Matrix Oct. 9-22, 2023 issue. More information at www.dress.artinoddplaces.org

Woodstock Poetry SocietyFeatured Reading and Open MikeSaturday, October 14th, 2023 at 2pmWoodstock Library Poets Bracha Nechama Bomze and Reagan Upshaw will be the featured readers when the Woodstock Poetry Society meets in person and via Zoom (and streamed live on Facebook: www.facebook.com/WoodstockPoetry) Woodstock Library5 Library Lane, Woodstock, NY 12498(845) 679-2213 More information and RSVP at… Read More »Poetry Reading in Woodstock, NY: Bracha Nechama Bomze and Reagan Upshaw

A talk by Ruth Sergel, with a gallery visit to the Memory in Cloth exhibit with curators May Chen and Rachel Bernstein. Registration required – email info@LaborArts.org before noon on Monday, November 6. WHERE: NYU/Tamiment Library70 Washington Square SNew York, NY 10012