The Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race at Columbia University will hold a panel discussion called "Celebrating Our Roots," which will have special musical performances to commemorate the… Read More »Celebrating Our Roots: Panel Discussion Honoring the 40th Anniversary of the 1982 Chinatown Garment Workers’ Strike
Planet Harlem Mural Dedication Thursday, October 20th, 2022 from 6-9pm 321 Malcom X Blvd New York, NY 10027 Free RSVP Designed by renowned Harlem artist Paul Deo, this mural is… Read More »Harlem Mural Dedication
Social Fabric: Land, Labor, and the World the Textile Industry Created Cornell University LibraryIthaca, NY 14853 Social Fabric: Land, Labor, and World the Textile Industry Created tells the story of… Read More »Library Exhibit Explores Fraught History of Textile Industry
Adidas Flagship 565 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, NYC During the pandemic, brands stole millions in unpaid wages, benefits and severance from garment workers. Corporations exploited the pandemic to undermine labor rights… Read More »Pay Your Workers Rally
November 20 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Museum at Eldridge Street12 Eldridge StreetNew York, NY 10002 Announcing the East Coast debut of Yale Strom’s moving cantata in honor of… Read More »Concert: Yale Strom’s “Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire” Cantata
Sidney Cox Library of Music and Dance Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY The International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union produced the hit musical Pins and Needles, which ran on Broadway from 1937-1940. For the topical… Read More »Songs to Leave You in Stitches: The Story of the ILGWU’s Musical “Pins & Needles”
Each year since 1987, the New York Labor History Association has awarded the John Commerford Labor Education Award to two honorees for their contributions to workers’ empowerment. The 2022 Awards… Read More »NY Labor History Association’s Annual Labor Education Awards
Friday, December 16th6:00 – 9:00 pmCity Lore56 East First StreetNYC Rise Up! The Art of Activism on the Lower East Side is an oral history-based place-marking project honoring sites of… Read More »OPENING: Rise Up! The Art of Activism in the Lower East Side
Stroll through the neighborhood’s 100-year-old history! One hundred years ago, there were as many as 500 synagogues dotting the streets of the Lower East Side. Only a few, like the… Read More »Synagogues of the Lower East Side Walking Tour
Cocktail reception in support of St. Pat's for All, featuring live music and Irish step dancing, at the New York Irish Center Tickets and more information at www.eventbrite.com
Join the Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition as we march in the St. Pat's for All Parade. Sunnyside/Woodside, Queens, NY. Parade Route Starts at 43rd and Skillman Ave. RSVP at… Read More »March with the Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition in the 2023 St. Pat’s For All Parade
Writer and performance artist Annie Lanzillotto presents her latest publication, in which she invites readers to join her on a poetic journey to learn what it is to feel “like… Read More »Book Talk: Annie Rachele Lanzillotto reads from Whaddyacall the Wind? (Bordighera Press, 2022) at the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute