Archive: Events
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In Defense of the Public Square
The Kalmanovitz Initiative is pleased to host In Defense of the Public Square, a conference of elected officials, public intellectuals and union, business and civil rights leaders on May 1 and 2, 2015, in partnership with the Albert Shanker Institute.
Category: Events
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Conversation with Julia and Cruz of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers
The Kalmanovitz Initiative is excited to welcome Julia Perkins and Cruz Salucio of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers to Georgetown on April 23. Julia and Cruz will talk about their recent campaigns and how you can support them.
Category: Events
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A Conversation with Hector Verdugo of Homeboy Industries
Please join the Campus Ministry Catholic Chaplaincy, the Center for Social Justice, and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor for a conversation with Hector Verdugo, the associate executive director of Homeboy Industries on Friday, April 17.
Category: Events
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Pass the Torch: An Evening of Student Activism
Join us on Monday, April 13 for a celebration of student activism at Georgetown entitled Pass the Torch: An Evening of Student Activism.
Category: Events
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Students, Workers, and the Making of the 99 Percent Movement
Join the Center for Social Justice and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for a discussion with Michael A. Gould-Wartofsky, the author of The Occupiers: The Making of the 99 Percent Movement.
Category: Events
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Screening of Paycheck to Paycheck with GU Women's Center
Join the Georgetown University Women’s Center for a special screening of HBO’s Paycheck to Paycheck as part of Women’s History Month. The documentary features single, low-income mother Katrina Gilbert as she tries to provide for her children on meager earnings.
Category: Events
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Screening of Food Chains with DC Fair Food
Join the Kalmanovitz Initiative, the Georgetown Solidarity Committee, and DC Fair Food for a screening of Food Chains, a documentary about the Coalition of Immokalee Workers Fair Food program.
Categories: Events, Worker Justice DC
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Compañeras: Zapatista Women's Stories with Hilary Klein
The Kalmanovitz Initiative is pleased to welcome Hilary Klein back to Georgetown for a discussion of her new book, Compañeras: Zapatista Women’s Stories.
Categories: Events, Practitioner Fellows
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Kalmanovitz Initiative Fellow Stephen Lerner to Speak at Advancing Worker Rights Conference
Kalmanovitz Initiative fellow Stephen Lerner will speak at the Advancing Worker Rights conference hosted by the Worker Institute at Cornell University on April 17 and 18, 2015.
The conference marks the 80th anniversary of the National Labor Relations Act, the 70th anniversary of the Industrial and Labor Relations School, and the 150th anniversary of Cornell University.
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Janesville: Vanished Jobs and the Decline of the Middle Class
An intimate story of one proud community devastated by the Great Recession, and its implications for the nation. Told by award-winning Washington Post journalist and Kalmanovitz Initiative fellow Amy Goldstein.
Categories: Events, Practitioner Fellows