Celebrating Our Roots – Panel Discussion to Honor the 40th Anniversary of the 1982 Chinatown Garment Worker Rallies

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.

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Murphy Institute for Worker Education and Labor Studies – CUNY

Murphy Institute for Worker Education and Labor Studies – CUNY Presents Underground Undergrads: A Conversation About the DREAM Act Date: Monday, June 15, 2009 Time: 6PM to 8PM Place: 25 West 43rd Street, 18th Floor between 5th & 6th Avenues, Manhattan   This student publication, Underground Undergrads: UCLA Undocumented Immigrant Students Speak Out, features the … Read more