While I haven't had a chance to report back on the last batch of event I posted (and I do plan to), here are a couple of other things I'm really excited about that are happening in the next week!
Thursday, November 19
Getting to Work: Labor Issues in the 21st Century
6:30pm
Theresa Lang Community & Student Center, 55 West 13th Street
Following every economic crisis, American labor has risen up to fight for reform. Where is organized labor now? Have American workers surrendered their expectations of in order to compete within the world market?
Bookforum, in conjunction with the Vera List Center for Art and Politics, will host a discussion on November 19 at 6:30 p.m. at the New School to investigate how the American workforce has changed, how work can be fairly rewarded in a post-industrial economy, and what rights still exist.
Friday, November 20
Down by the River: An Undergraduate Symposium on Race and Environmental Justice Organizing and Policy
9:00am
Eugene Lang College, New School for Liberal Arts
66 W. 12th Street Room 510
Whether responding to harsh effects of toxic-dumping in Birmingham, Bronzeville or Brooklyn, activists, community members, and politicians have often regarded race and ethnicity as crucial factors in the research and analysis produced to combat unjust environmental practices. In light of these efforts, Eugene Lang College’s Ethnicity and Race Program presents Down By The River: An Undergraduate Symposium on Race and Environmental Justice Organizing and Policy.
Books Through Bars Solidarity Event
Co-sponsored by Amnesty International, Students Creating Radical Change, and Sustainable Silver
7:00pm
The Parlor
Books Through Bars is a volunteer collective that gathers and sends books to incarcerated people all over the United States, who too often severely lack access to education. On September 14, a fire in an apartment above the space they use at the New York City AIDS Housing Network caused serious water damage, destroying nearly all of their library and supplies. Students have always played an important role in Books Through Bars’ work, and their solidarity is needed now more than ever. Come learn more about what Books Through Bars does and why, and strategize with other student activists about what role we can play in their recovery and growth.
Tuesday, November 24
Swip Swap and Food Inc. Screening
Co-sponsored by Oxfam America @ NYU, Net Impact, Earth Matters! and Sustainable Silver
6:30pm
Kimmel 802
Join us for a night of swip-swapping, screen- printing, movie-watching, and dinner-eating.
6:30 Bring over clothing, books, CDs, and miscellaneous items and swap em for someone else’s cooler stuff.
7:45 We’ll screen Food Inc., an awesome movie that looks into America’s industrial agriculture as well as its alternatives.
Dinner will be provided.