The Waging Liberation: The Dynamics of Race and Labor
At this moment of both racial reckoning and an upsurge in union organizing, The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth is bringing together local and national racial justice leaders and labor organizers for a day of dialogue around race, labor, and the politics of liberation.
The intersection between racial justice and the right to fair wages and access to employment has always been at the center of the fight for civil and human rights. From the abolitionist movement to Black Lives Matter, organizers have recognized the need to form broad based coalitions in the struggle for racial and economic justice. Through keynote addresses, panel discussions and interactive workshops with prominent scholars and activists, we will explore the intersectional struggles for racial and economic justice.
Thursday, November 16, 2023 | 9am – 5pm The Waging Liberation: The Dynamics of Race and Labor conference | Marketplace at UMASS Dartmouth | Please use Parking Lots 5 or 6
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Thursday, November 16, 2023 | 6:30pm - 9:30pm Annual Awards Banquet Marketplace at UMASS Dartmouth | Please Use Parking Lot 5
Keynote speaker: Rev. Dr. William Joseph Barber II
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The Waging Liberation: The Dynamics of Race and Labor Conference is the combined efforts of the Frederick Douglass Unity House, the Labor Ed Center, the Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality, Black Studies, the Office of Diversity Equity, and Inclusion, the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, and the New Bedford Branch of the NAACP. The Conference is being supported by the UMass Dartmouth Crime and Justice, History, and English Departments, and The Faculty Federation (Local 895).
