Archive: Events
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Immigration, Human Rights, and Global Economic Renewal (Video)
On Friday October 16, the Kalmanovitz Initiative hosted a distinguished panel of experts for an online forum, Immigration, Human Rights, and Global Economic Renewal. Hosted by Leon Fink, the editor o
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Students’ Role in Fighting Gentrification (Video)
KI hosted a candid conversation on the individual responsibility and systemic action necessary to fight gentrification, with a particular focus on the role of college students.
Category: Events
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Mapping the Common Good: Lessons for Building BCG Campaigns
Over 150 activists and organizers from across the country gathered to learn about how to use the Bargaining for the Common Good network’s innovative mapping tool to help build innovative campaigns.
Categories: Bargaining for the Common Good, Events
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The Future of Worker Rights and Welfare Policies in Germany and America (Video)
The Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung co-sponsored the webinar “A German-American Dialogue on Worker Rights and Welfare.” This July 7 panel was moderated by Lane Windham, Associate Director of the Kalmanovitz Initiative and co-director of WILL Empower.
Category: Events