2024 “Meeting the Moment – building the Labor Movement during the most pro-union presidency in history“
Lynn Rhinehart, Senior fellow at EPI and former general counsel of the AFL-CIO.
Wednesday, February 7, 2024, 5:30-7:00 pm
Austin 111
2023 “Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities Still Ahead for Labor during the Biden-Harris Administration.”
Pronita Gupta, Senior Fellow at The Workshop Project
Wednesday, January 18, 2023, 5:30 pm-7:00 pm
Milstein West A, Wasserstein Hall, 2nd floor
2020 “Demanding Change in the Loopholes: Protecting Workers Left Out By Our Laws “
Fatima Goss Graves, President and CEO, National Women’s Law Center
Wednesday, February 26, 2020, 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
Wasserstein Hall, Room 2019 Milstein B West, Harvard Law School
2019 “Workers, Equality, and Democracy: How Labor and Its Partners Should Think About the Future”
Sarita Gupta, co-executive director of Jobs With Justice and co-director of Caring Across Generations
Wednesday, January 16, 2019, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
1585 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA | Room 2036 Milstein East C
2018 “History Revisited: Memphis Sanitation Workers 1968”
William Lucy, former Secretary-Treasurer of AFSCME and founding President of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU).
Wednesday, January 24, 2018, 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Ames Courtroom, Austin Hall, Harvard Law School
2017 “REVISITING THE FUTURE OF WORK AND WORKER ORGANIZATION”
Christine L. Owens, Executive Director, National Employment Law Project
Thursday, February 9, 2017, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Wasserstein Hall, Room 2036 B Harvard Law School 1585 Mass. Ave., Cambridge
2016 “THE VALUE OF LABOR: TRANSFORMING UNIONS TO MEET THE CHALLENGE OF OUR TIME”
Lee Saunders, President, American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees
Introduction by Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh
Thursday, January 28, 2016, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Ames Court, Austin Hall Harvard Law School 1585 Mass. Ave., Cambridge
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2015 “Labor, Racism, and Justice in the 21st Century”
Reverend James Lawson
Introduction by Naomi Walker, Assistant to the President of AFSCME
Thursday, February 19, 2015, 4:00p m to 6:00 pm
2014 “Citizens Derided: Corporate Politics & Religion in the Roberts Court”
Jamin Raskin, Professor, American University, Washington College of Law &
Maryland State Senator
Introduction by Darrin Spann, Assistant Director of AFSCME Council 13 in Pennsylvania
Thursday, February 6, 2014, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
2013 “ORGANIZING THE FUTURE OF WORK”
Saket Soni, Executive Director, New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial Justice and
National Guestworker Alliance
Opening Remarks by Elissa McBride, Director of Education and Leadership Training, AFSCME
Thursday, February 14, 2013, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
2012 “She Was One of Us: Eleanor Roosevelt and the American Worker”
Brigid O’Farrell, Mills College
Opening Remarks by Elissa McBride, Director of Education and Leadership Training, AFSCME
Thursday, February 9, 2012, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
2011 “Raising Our Sights: Fighting for a Progressive Vision in Sharply Contested Terrain”
Miles Rapoport, President of Demos
Opening Remarks by Paul Booth, Executive Assistant to the President, AFSCME
Thursday, February 10, 2011, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
2003 “The Future of the Democratic Party and the Latino Vote””
Bill Richardson, Governor of New Mexico
Opening Remarks by Elena Kagan, Dean, Harvard Law School
Tuesday, October 7, 2003, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
2001 “The Strength of America”
Honorable Albert J. Gore
Opening Remarks by Lawrence H. Summers, President, Harvard University
Thursday, October 4, 2001, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
1989 “The Changing Role of the Union and Competitiveness”
Wednesday, November 1, 1989, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Donald Ephlin, International Vice President and Director of the General Motors Department, United Auto Workers
Introduction: William Lucy, International Secretary-Treasurer, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees
Postscript I: Lessons Learned Linda Kaboolian Research Fellow in the Center for Business
and Government, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Postscript II: The Forces Driving Change, Professor of Business Administration,
Harvard Business School
1984 “Employment and Welfare”
Olof Palme, Swedish Prime Minister
Thursday, November 1, 1984, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm