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LaborFest presents an evening of stories, poetry, theatre and oral histories celebrating the resilience, dignity and power of working people.

Program schedule:

6:30 – 6:45: People arrive, peruse the book area, book signing opportunity/el público llega
6:45 – 7:00: Welcome and lay out plan for the night/Bienvenidos y presentar el programa
7:00 – 8:15: Workers Invoking Justice/Trabajadores Invocando Justicia:
Nuevo Sol Domestic Workers on Stage perform excerpts from: Resistencia en Tiempos de Trump!/Resistance in the Age of Trump!
Jenny Worley presenting excerpts from Neon Girls, A Stripper’s Education in Protest and Power
Bill Shields, Bahaar Tadjbakhsh and Labor Theater Friends perform, Do You Like the Union? – On the Line with Local 3
Michael Dunn reads excerpts from his novel about 19th Century Pennsylvania miners’ struggles: Anywhere But Schuylkill

8:15 – 8:30: Break and Book Signing Opportunity/Interracción entre Artistas y al Público
8:30 – 9:30: Workers Voices Speak through Oral History and Memoir/Voces de la Historia Oral:
Harvey Schwartz and ILWU Oral History Interviewee presenting excerpts from Solidarity Stories.
James Tracy presenting excerpts from new work about his uncle and the 1946 Oakland General Strike.
Jacqueline Ramos – The Mission Speaks via Poetry and Performance.
Tina Martin and Renato Larin – City College Labor Elders Speak

For more information contact Bill Shields –  billshieldssf@gmail.com