Intersectional Organizing: Building Solidarity in the Labor and LGBTQIA+ Movements

Intersectional Organizing:

Building Solidarity in the Labor and LGBTQIA+ Movements

Tuesday, March 25

1:00pm - 2:30pm (ET)

Virtual Zoom event. Free and open to all.

Speakers:

Jaz Brisack (they/them) - Co-Founder, Starbucks Workers United; Author, Get on the Job and Organize

Brittani Murray (she/her) - Co-President, Pride at Work; United Steelworkers Union, Civil and Human Rights Department

Moderator:

Joanna Wuest (she/her) - Assistant Professor, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, State University of New York at Stony Brook; Author, "Queer Working-Class Politics and the U.S. Labor Movement", New Labor Forum, Fall 2024

Join us on Tuesday, March 25^th to learn about the intersection of LGBTQIA+ activism and the labor movement. This program brings together a panel of queer labor organizers, scholars, and activists to discuss how queer organizers build community within their workplaces to support civil rights and social justice movements. Speakers will also share strategies for building power to defend workplaces and vulnerable communities, as we witness increased attacks on the rights and safety of LGBTQIA+ people, especially transgender individuals, as well as an unprecedented assault on workers’ rights.

This program is the first in a new public forum series that highlights the intersection of LGBTQIA+ activism and the labor movement. It is organized as part of SLU’s participation in the CUNY LGBTQIA+ Consortium and is made possible through the generous support of LaGuardia Community College and the New York City Council LGBT and Queer Caucus.