Panel Discussion: Learning and Education in Graduate Worker Organizing
This event explores how learning and education shape graduate student organizing campaigns. It is often said that social movements are schools, that organizing is a process of learning and educating. Speakers share insights on what and how people learn through and for organizing, highlighting the educational practices that emerge within unionization efforts.
Keynote speaker:
Dr. Kate Ragon, Labor Educator and Assistant Clinical Professor of Labor and Employment Relations at Penn State's School of Labor and Employment Relations
Panelists:
Grace Easterly, President, GEU-UAW Local 6950, University of Connecticut
CJ Gust, Organizer, CGE-UAW, Pennsylvania State University
Chidera Ntiwunka-Ifeanyi, Executive Council and International Student and Workers Solidarity committee member, AAUP-AFT, AFL-CIO, Rutgers University
Lauren Wewer, Bargaining Chair, Pitt Grad Union-USW, University of Pittsburgh
Facilitator: Gonca Acaray
This event is co-hosted by the Consortium for Social Movements and Education Research and Practice (CSMERP), the Lifelong Learning and Adult Education (LLAED) Program, and the Center for Global Workers’ Rights (CGWR).
