EVENT | Labor, Democracy, and the Common Good: Where Do We Stand and What Must be Done
July 1st, 2022
On Tuesday, June 28, KI and Bargaining for the Common Good hosted a conversation, “Labor, Democracy, and the Common Good: Where Do We Stand and What Must be Done.” Dorian Warren of Community Change…
Rewatch Sessions from “The Pandemic Worker Wave”
June 13th, 2022
On June 2-3, 2022, the Kalmanovitz Initiative hosted a public forum, “The Pandemic Worker Wave and a New Social Compact.” The event featured two days, ten panels, and over 45 speakers who commented…
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.” The panel featured activists from…
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 panel of women activists and…
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 the new book by the same title which…
EVENT: Envisioning Just Cause Employment & a New Social
April 6th, 2022
On March 30th, KI hosted an event, “Envisioning Just Cause Employment & a New Social Compact.” The event featured a distinguished panel: Guilherme Machado Dray, Professor of Labor and…
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 worsening this crisis. The…
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 Archives.” The panel focused on…
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 more control over the design and…
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, one of the major U.S. cities most affected by gentrification. Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it’s an…
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, Assistant Professor of 20th Century U.S.…
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 Transition Strategies: Workers and the Green Revolution.” Special thanks to panelists Alexander Bercht, Mark…
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, progressive causes, and unions. The…
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 SEIU 1199 NE and members of Bridgeport Generation…
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 was part of a series of events as…
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 Kalmanovitz Initiative and Author of…
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 workers’ rights, however, voter…
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 Renewal. Hosted by Leon Fink, the…
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.…
