Archive: Events
-
EVENT: Working Class Writing: From the Community to the Archives
On February 9, KI and the Lannan Center for Poetics and Social practice hosted a panel discussion entitled, "Working Class Writing: From the Community to the Archives." The panel focused on writi
-
EVENT: AI & Global Workers’ Rights
A recent Kalmanovitz Initiative -sponsored webinar on A.I. and Global Workers’ Rights on January 20 spotlighted the urgent need for working people to have more control over the design and implementat
-
EVENT: Affordable Housing in DC During (and after) the Pandemic
Housing affordability has long been an issue of concern for residents of Washington, one of the major U.S. cities most affected by gentrification. Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it’s an issue th
Categories: Events, News, Race and Economic Empowerment Project
-
EVENT: No Globalization without Representation: U.S. Activists and World Inequality
On September 9, Jessica Champagne, the Deputy Director for Strategy and Field Operations for the Worker Rights Consortium led a conversation with Paul Adler, Assistant Professor of 20th Century U.S.
-
WEBINAR: Just Transition Strategies: Workers and the Green Revolution
On June 21, KI and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung hosted a webinar, "Just Transition Strategies: Workers and the Green Revolution." Special thanks to panelists Alexander Bercht, Mark Rowlinson, José Br
-
WEBINAR: “Right-Wing Populism as an Anti-Worker Agenda?”
On Wednesday, March 24, over 100 people gathered for a webinar on the emergence of far-right political parties and the impact of these parties on workers, progressive causes, and unions. The Kalmanov
-
Webinar: Taxing the Rich and Bargaining for Racial Justice in Connecticut
On February 24th, hundreds of members of the Bargaining for the Common Good network gathered virtually to hear from organizers from SEIU 1199 NE and members of Bridgeport Generation Now about a groun
Categories: Bargaining for the Common Good, Events, News
-
DC 2021: Continuing Crises, Prospects for Change
On February 3, a group of local DC activists and thinkers gathered to reflect on a tumultuous 2020 and looked forward into a New Year in the District. The panel was part of a series of events as part
Categories: Events, News, Race and Economic Empowerment Project
-
WEBINAR: Confronting the Digital Workplace: Whose Power? Whose Voice?
On Wednesday, January 27th, KI convened an international panel featuring Christy Hoffman of UNI Global Union, Katie Wells, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Kalmanovitz Initiative and Author of “Just-in-Pla
-
Race, Workers, and Voter Suppression (Video)
Voter suppression in the United States has a corrosive effect on elections and participation in the political process. When combined with the steady erosion of workers' rights, however, voter suppres
Category: Events