Events

In this event, organized by the Consortium for Social Movements and Education Research and Practice (CSMERP) and co-sponsored by the Center for Global Workers' Rights (CGWR) and the Department of Learning and Performance Systems, the distinguished speaker Karla Hernández-Mats, the president of the United Teachers of Dade (UTD), discussed how educators are fighting the restrictions on teaching and academic freedom.​

We hosted a webinar titled "How to Get Your City Council to Pass a Gaza Ceasefire Resolution: Lessons from State College, PA", where we explored the strategies behind the successful campaign to get the State College Borough Council to unanimously pass a Gaza Ceasefire Resolution.

Distinguished featured speakers, Arnie Graf and Hahrie Han will discuss how community organizing can lead to more just economies and societies. Grassroots organizing and collective action have always been fundamental to U.S. democracy and progressive social change. Yet some instances of collective action have been especially successful. What’s the difference between a social movement that wins victories for its constituents, and one that fails? What are the factors that make collective action powerful and effective? These questions will be addressed through an examination of the Industrial Areas Foundation organizing model, one of the largest and longstanding community organizing groups in the United States.