EVENT | Labor and Ukraine: Solidarity in a Time of War
May 12th, 2022
On May 5 , the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor and the Solidarity Center hosted an event , ” Labor and Ukraine : Solidarity in a Time of War…
Events
EVENT | Women Leading the Labor Movement Surge
May 9th, 2022
On May 4 , WILL Empower , the Kalmanovitz Initiative , and The Century Foundation hosted an event , ” Women Leading the Labor Movement Surge .” The event featured a p…
EVENT | Stopping Gender-Based Violence and Harassment at Work
May 5th, 2022
On April 26 , the Kalmanovitz Initiative and the Solidarity Center hosted a panel , ” Stopping Gender – Based Violence and Harassment at Work .” The panel discussed t…
EVENT: Envisioning Just Cause Employment & a New Social
April 6th, 2022
On March 30th , KI hosted an event , ” Envisioning Just Cause Employment & amp ; a New Social Compact .” The event featured a distinguished panel : Guilherme Macha…
EVENT | Push: Screening and Panel
March 14th, 2022
On Tuesday , March 8 , KI hosted a screening of filmmaker Fredrik Gertten ‘ s documentary , Push on the housing crisis and the role of private equity in creating and…
EVENT: Working Class Writing: From the Community to the Archives
February 23rd, 2022
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 Ar…
EVENT: AI & Global Workers’ Rights
January 24th, 2022
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 mor…
EVENT: Affordable Housing in DC During (and after) the Pandemic
October 4th, 2021
Housing affordability has long been an issue of concern for residents of Washington ,& nbsp ; one of the major U . S . cities most affected by gentrification . Amid the…
EVENT: No Globalization without Representation: U.S. Activists and World Inequality
September 14th, 2021
On September 9 , Jessica Champagne , the Deputy Director for Strategy and Field Operations for the Worker Rights Consortium led a conversation with Paul Adler , As…
WEBINAR: Just Transition Strategies: Workers and the Green Revolution
June 29th, 2021
On June 21 , KI and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung hosted a webinar , ” Just & nbsp ; Transition & nbsp ; Strategies : Workers and the Green Revolution .” Special thanks to pa…
WEBINAR: “Right-Wing Populism as an Anti-Worker Agenda?”
March 26th, 2021
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 , progr…
Webinar: Taxing the Rich and Bargaining for Racial Justice in Connecticut
March 5th, 2021
On February 24th , hundreds of members of the Bargaining for the Common Good network gathered virtually to hear from organizers from & nbsp ; SEIU 1199 NE & nbsp ; and m…
DC 2021: Continuing Crises, Prospects for Change
February 5th, 2021
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…
WEBINAR: Confronting the Digital Workplace: Whose Power? Whose Voice?
January 29th, 2021
On Wednesday , January 27th , KI convened an international panel featuring Christy Hoffman of UNI Global Union , Katie Wells , Postdoctoral Fellow at the Kalmanovit…
Race, Workers, and Voter Suppression (Video)
November 12th, 2020
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…
Immigration, Human Rights, and Global Economic Renewal (Video)
October 26th, 2020
On Friday October 16 , the Kalmanovitz Initiative hosted a distinguished panel of experts for an online forum , Immigration , Human Rights , and Global Economic Ren…
Students’ Role in Fighting Gentrification (Video)
October 9th, 2020
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.
Mapping the Common Good: Lessons for Building BCG Campaigns
September 22nd, 2020
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.
The Future of Worker Rights and Welfare Policies in Germany and America (Video)
July 17th, 2020
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.
Intersectionality and Women’s Voting Rights Over the Past Century (Video)
July 17th, 2020
The Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University, the National Parks Service, and WILL Empower co-sponsored the webinar “Gender, Race, Class, and the Vote: From the 19th Amendment to COVID-19” to discuss how race and class have shaped womens’ ability to vote over the past century. This June 23 panel was moderated by Lane Windham, Associate Director of the Kalmanovitz Initiative and co-director of WILL Empower.