Wednesday, October 19, 2022 | 6pm to 7:30pm
Columbia University – Buell Hall
505 West 116th Street, Manhattan
Panel speakers will share personal stories about growing up with sewing mothers and grandmothers during the decades when practically every Chinese immigrant family in New York City included garment factory workers – the hard work and long hours, the social environment and friendships, union benefits and programs, and the strength, solidarity and activism of the immigrant women workers. Speakers will discuss how they teach this history and legacy to new generations.
Moderator: Mae M. Ngai, Co-Director, Center for the Study of Ethnicity & Race – Columbia University
Panelists
- Vivian Louie, Director, Asian American Studies Program & Center, Hunter College/CUNY
- Donald Kwan, Teacher, Garment Industry Day Care Center, Chinese-American Planning Council
- Amy Chin, Assistant Professor, American Studies and Asian Studies, Vassar College
Music Performance
Taiyo Na & Treya Lam
Event Sponsors
Center for the Study of Ethnicity & Race – Columbia University
Labor Arts
