Archive: Events
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99% Spring: Whose Streets? Labor, Civil Disobedience and Social Change
Stephen Lerner, one of the leading organizers of the 99% Spring, shared his thoughts on the movement, in conversation with Michael Kazin, Georgetown Professor of History and co-editor of Dissent.
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The Michael Jurist (SFS '07) Memorial Lecture Featuring Cornel West and Tavis Smiley
The Kalmanovitz Initiative co-sponsored the GU Lecture Fund’s Michael Jurist (SFS ’07) Memorial Lecture by Dr. Cornel West and Tavis Smiley.
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A Closer Look at Apple and Foxconn: Labor Practices in China and Brazil
On Wednesday, April 11, 2012, the Economic Policy Institute sponsored a forum titled A Closer Look at Apple and Foxconn: Labor Practices in China and Brazil.
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Communities Respond to Immigration
The Kalmanovitz Initiative hosted screenings of two films that explored community reactions to immigration: “9500 Liberty,” which was screened on April 2 and “On the Line,” which was screened on April 18.
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A Hammer With Which To Shape It: Art and the Human Voice in the Global Labor Struggle
On March 19, 2012, monologist Mike Daisey joined us to address the notion of solidarity in a globalized economy and own up to his own failing to accurately document the labor conditions at Apple factories in China.
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Mike Daisey Comes to Georgetown
On March 19, 2012, Mike Daisey, the New York Times-acclaimed monologist, comes to Georgetown University for a one-night free performance of his original talk, “A Hammer With Which To Shape It: Art and the Human Voice in the Global Labor Struggle” at 7:30pm at Lohrfink Auditorium.
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What Works for Workers? Public Policies and Innovative Strategies for Low-Wage Workers
On February 23-24, 2012, the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor and the Joseph S. Murphy Institute for Worker Education and Labor Studies, CUNY, hosted a conference called What Works for Workers? Public Policies and Innovative Strategies for Low-Wage Workers.
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What Works for Workers? A Conference on Public Policies and Innovative Strategies for Low-Wage Workers
In February 2012, the Kalmanovitz Initiative invited an interdisciplinary group of scholars to a two-day conference at Georgetown University that addressed the impact of a range of policy strategies on low-wage work.
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Wisconsin On: The Politics of Collective Bargaining in the Public Sector
In light of events in Wisconsin and Ohio, the Kalmanovitz Initiative hosted a panel discussion of the history, law, and politics of collective bargaining in the public sector.
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KI Co-Hosts Launch of American Workers in an Age of Austerity
On Wednesday, January 25, 2012, the Kalmanovitz Initiative co-sponsored a launch event for the winter edition of Dissent magazine's 2012 winter issue: "American Workers in an Age of Austerity." The la
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