Archive: Events
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Labor Lab: Listening to Occupy DC
The Kalmanovitz Initiative brought together a panel of Occupiers, scholars and activists to discuss the Occupy Wall Street movement in the context of labor and social justice.
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Learn-in: Professors as Students of Occupy DC
The Learn-in invited professors to McPherson Square, the main site of Occupy DC, to listen and learn from the movement.
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"Reinventing Jim Crow: Jamaican Guestworkers in Wartime America"
Cindy Hahamovitch, Professor of History at the College of William and Mary, joined us to discuss her new book, Reinventing Jim Crow: Jamaican Guestworkers in Wartime America.
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KI Hosts Reading by US Poet Laureate Philip Levine
On Monday, November 7, 2011, the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor brought the nation’s Poet Laureate, Philip Levine, to Georgetown as part of its Labor Lab series. Mr. Levine i
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An Evening with Poet Laureate (and former auto worker) Philip Levine
The Kalmanovitz Initiative was delighted to host the nation’s Poet Laureate Philip Levine for a public reading. Levine, a Detroit native, worked in auto factories in his youth, an experience that shaped his poetic voice.
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KI Hosts Discussion of the PATCO Strike
On Tuesday, October 18th, the Kalmanovitz Initiative sponsored its third event in the Labor Lab series. KI Executive Director Joe McCartin lead a discussion with a panel of former air traffic contr
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The PATCO Legacy and the Future of Collective Bargaining
KI executive director Joseph A. McCartin was joined by former air traffic controllers to discuss the legacy of the 1981 PATCO strike. Professor McCartin’s new book, Collision Course: Ronald Reagan, the Air Traffic Controllers, and the Strike that Changed America, was released in October 2011.
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KI Sponsors Innovation Advisory Board Conference
On Tuesday, October 11, the Center for Economic and Policy Research , the Communications Workers of America and the Kalmanovitz Initiative sponsored a conference on competitiveness, job creation, ineq
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Jobs, Inequality, and the Role of Government
In partnership with the Communications Workers of America and the Center for Economic and Policy Research, the Kalmanovitz Initiative hosted a conference on improving the economic competitiveness and innovative capacity of the U.S.
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KI Hosts Food Justice Event
On Tuesday, October 4th, the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor continued its “Labor Lab” series by looking at justice–through tomatoes. Jennifer Luff, research director for the i
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