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Monday, April
16
5pm - Dinner Served
5:20 - Screening
7:30 - Conversation
Jane Addams
Hull-House Museum
Residents' Dining Hall
800 S. Halsted
SEATING IS LIMITED
Reservations Required.
Call Rupal Soni at the Neighborhood Writing Alliance: 773.684.2742
Labor Film Series
Working Questions:
1). Do work roles reflect hierarches -like race, class, and gender- or do they create them?
2). How have we transformed from a "working society" into a consumer society?" What kind of society do we want to be?
3). How do we understand the many different divisions of labor - intellectual or manual, blue collar or white collar, masculine or feminine in a socially just world? |
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This film screening and discussion are part of the Neighborhood Writing Alliance's on-going project, “Learning Curves,” which focuses on the theme of formal and informal education. Matewan , an Oscar nominated film and winner of the Independent Spirit Award, portrays events surrounding the 1920 coal-miners strike in Matewan, West Virginia. Through its honest portrayal of the tensions between the workers and the coal company, and among the workers themselves, the film raises questions about what people must learn, and unlearn, in the process of working towards social justice.
After the film, Bill Ayers, Professor of Education at UIC, will lead a discussion around issues of labor education, unionization, race, and immigration.
The Neighborhood Writing Alliance (NWA) provokes dialogue and promotes change by creating opportunities for adults in Chicago to write, publish, and perform works about their lives. In support of this mission, NWA hosts free writing workshops for adults in low-income neighborhoods during which participants tell their stories and make connections between their own histories and the experiences of others. Selected writing from the workshops is published quarterly in the
Journal of Ordinary Thought , and is presented in readings and events throughout the year. The Journal of Ordinary Thought was founded on the proposition that Every Person is a Philosopher. This event is ADA accessible. If you have a disability and need additional accommodations to attend this event, please inform us at the time of reservation.
The Labor Film Series brings people together to discuss important labor issues and how they affect working people. In an age where we are persistently addressed as consumers and not workers, this series of films will create a community of people committed to re-thinking, re-defining, and understanding our relationship to work in a global society. This series is curated by JAMES THINDWA, Executive Director of Chicago Jobs with Justice; labor historian and UIC Professor LEON FINK; and HELENA WORTHEN, Assistant Professor in the Chicago Labor Education Program
at UIC.
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