Social Justice

Organizing in the Ranks: Racism and Resistance in the U.S. Military

05/16/2013 - 7:00pm

Hear stories from historians and veterans about clashes and convergences surrounding race and military engagements: Yuichiro Onishi (Transpacific Antiracism), and Dr. Malinda Lindquist (Race, Social Science, and the Crisis of Manhood, 1890-1970), professors in the African-American and African Studies department at the University of Minnesota; and Melvin Carter, Jr., a Navy veteran of the Vietnam era and founder of "Save Our Sons."

All Labor Has Dignity

05/21/2013 - 7:00pm

Join professional actor and Macalester College Professor Harry Waters for a re-enactment of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 1962 speech to the Minneapolis convention of the United Packinghouse Workers, where King drew connections between the labor and civil rights struggles. Music and related readings will complement his performance.

Dred Scott's Fight for Freedom

05/21/2013 - 1:30pm

MAAM presents Lynne Jackson, the great-great granddaughter of Dred and Harriet Scott and director of The Dred Scott Heritage Foundation, who will discuss the role of the 1857 Supreme Court decision and its effect on the abolition of slavery.

TCDP TOP PICK | Annual Labor History Tour: Steel Rails, Strong Hearts

05/19/2013 - 2:00pm

TCDP TOP PICK: The railroad business was one of the great forces that built Minnesota, and black workers were an integral part of that business—from laying the rails on up. On May 19, historians Dave Riehle and James Robinson will lead a tour of St. Paul sites associated with this underappreciated chapter of local labor history. - Jay Gabler

Dish: Cuisine for Change

05/30/2013 - 6:00pm - 10:00pm

Dish: Cuisine for Change is Second Harvest Heartland’s annual fundraiser to raise awareness of hunger’s prevalence in our community and funds to provide nutritious food to our hungry neighbors.

Annual conference of Working Class Studies Association meets in Madison

06/12/2013 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
06/13/2013 - 8:45pm - 06/15/2013 - 8:45pm

The annual conference of the Working Class Studies Association will meet June 12-15 at the Madison College Downtown Education Center in Madison, Wisconsin.

The Price of Privatization and the Trade-offs of Free Trade: Labor Violations in Colombia on the One Year Anniversary of the Free Trade Agreement

04/29/2013 - 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Witness for Peace, MN AFL-CIO and the MN Fair Trade Coalition are excited to host Sohely Rua Castañeda, the Secretary of Women and Labor for Colombia’s National Union School.

Play: "There Are Other Worlds"

04/25/2013 (All day) - 04/28/2013 (All day)

“There Are Other Worlds” is a performance piece that uses aerial arts, movement, prose and poetry to tell the story of Amri Akenyemi a mother, Black activist, and struggling yogi serving fifte

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