The Workers Unite Film Festival is a celebration of Global Labor Solidarity.The Festival aims to showcase student and professional films from the United States and around the world which publicize and highlight the struggles, successes and daily lives of all workers in their efforts to unite and organize for better living conditions and social justice.… Read More »Workers Unite! Film Festival
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
Roosevelt House, together with the New York City Chapter of the Living New Deal, is pleased to present a discussion of the women who supported Eleanor Roosevelt and Frances Perkins in their path breaking endeavors to rescue the nation and create a better future. The panel will feature preeminent Eleanor Roosevelt biographer Blanche Wiesen Cook and Roosevelt House… Read More »Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Eleanor Roosevelt and Frances Perkins Embrace Politics and Power for Women
Museum at Eldridge Street12 Eldridge Street New York, NY 10002 The Museum at Eldridge Street is proud to present a new exhibition featuring 29 women who lived or worked on the Lower East Side of New York at the turn of the twentieth century. Their mixed media portraits by artist Adrienne Ottenberg incorporate maps of… Read More »Art Exhibition: On the Lower East Side: 28 Remarkable Women…and One Scoundrel
The New York Labor History Association cordially invites you to attend the Thirty-Seventh Annual John Commerford Labor Education Awards (Virtual) Reception NYLHA’s only fundraiser of the year supports a wealth of terrific – and free - programming about labor and workers. This year we honor labor journalist Richard Steier and activist scholar Rebecca Givan for… Read More »John Commerford Labor Education Awards (Virtual) Reception
Based on the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Presented by Threedumb Theatre January 16-27 Barons Court Theatre28a Comeragh RdLondon, W14 9HR Trailer: https://youtu.be/iUel1RLlis4 More information at www.baronscourttheatre.com/pwgaa
MUSEUM AT ELDRIDGE STREET12 Eldridge Street New York, NY 10002 March 3, 2024 3:00 PM Celebrate Women's History Month with the Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition and the Museum at Eldridge Street! Remarkable Women of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Join us in the Museum’s historic Main Sanctuary on Sunday, March 3rd at 3pm for… Read More »Panel Discussion & Choral Performance: Remarkable Women of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
March 5, 6:30 PM American Jewish Historical Society 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011 Join the American Jewish Historical Society for a discussion on organized and informal Jewish labor movements in early 20th century NYC, addressing factors such as gender, class, race, and religion. Beginning with the internal diversity of the Jewish community… Read More »Panel Discussion- Jewish Labor in Early 20th Century NYC: Intersections and Tensions
Honoring the Legacy of Ed Vargas Mar 7, 2024, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Cornell University ILR School NYC Conference Center570 Lexington Avenue, 12th floorNew York, NY 10022 The Worker Institute’s Ed Vargas Labor Community Legacy Fund seeks to honor the life and legacy of Ed Vargas, a veteran labor leader in New York City… Read More »Launch of The Ed Vargas Labor Community Legacy Fund
A public forum remembering Kitty Genovese 60 years later will be held on Saturday, March 9th at Fordham University, 113 West 60th Street, NYC. The event will look back at the tragedy in New York on March 13, 1964, when young Kitty was murdered near her home while many unhelpful neighbors said “I just did… Read More »Remembering Kitty Genovese: A Public Forum at Fordham University
March 25, 2024 will mark the 20th anniversary of Chalk, an annual community intervention to honor the workers killed in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. Each year Chalk volunteers inscribe the names and ages of the Triangle workers in front of their former homes. If you're interested in participating, send a note to Chalk and… Read More »Chalk for the Triangle Workers
Christ The King High School Hugh Kirwan Auditorium68-02 Metropolitan AvenueMiddle Village, Queens, NYC The Triangle Fire Memorial Association, Inc. will hold its Triangle Fire Anniversary Memorial Ceremony at the Christ The King High School at 68-02 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, Queens, NYC. All are invited to this annual event and reception. This Association is an… Read More »Triangle Fire Memorial Association Ceremony and Awards Reception