Remembering the Fire: Triangle Factory Fire Commemorative Events

Posted by on March 06, 2011

Remembering the Fire
Widener University Commemorates the
100th Anniversary of the Triangle Factory Fire

Co- sponsors: The College of Arts and Sciences • Gender & Women’s Studies Program
Academic Service-Learning Faculty Development Program • Women’s History Month Sub-committee
Diversity Advisory Committee • Humanities Division • Social Sciences Division
Office of Community Engagement • Office of Multicultural Student Affairs

March 8 —Tuesday — 3:30PM -5:30PM —KLC 339
Film and Discussion!
“Remembering the Fire”
featuring Professors Stuart Eimer and Rachel Batch, Widener University

March 9 —Wednesday — 4PM -6PM —Latham Hall
Workers’ Rights!
“The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and its Legacies:
Fighting to End Child Labor & Sweatshops in the Global Economy”
featuring Charles Kernaghan, National Labor Committee, Pittsburgh

March 10 —Thursday — 4PM -6PM —University Center, Room A:
Students Organize!
“United Students Against Sweatshops: Current Campaigns”
featuring Zack Lerner, Regional Organizer, United Students Against Sweatshops

For more information, please contact Stuart Eimer in Sociology (speimer@widener.edu , x4640), or Kit Healey in Psychology (knhealey@widener.edu, x4353) or Rachel Batch in History (rabatch@widener.edu, x 1137).