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The Center for Work and Democracy hosts a number of events each year to promote scholarship that supports our mission and that seeks to build a community of scholars, activists and organizers interested in advancing democracy, equity, and the power of working people.
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Twin Flames: The George Floyd Uprising from Minneapolis to Phoenix
This collaboration between the CWD, the George Floyd Global Memorial, and the ASU Art Museum displays protest art and offerings left in Minneapolis during the 2020 Uprising in the wake of Floyd's murder at the hands of Minneapolis Police.
Book Talk: "Biography of a Sound" with Author Rashad Shabazz
On April 25, author and professor Rashad Shabazz will discuss his new book, "Biography of a Sound-- Prince, Place and the History of the Minneapolis Sound," with commentary from George Floyd Global Memorial's Jeanelle Austin.
"Working people are the majority of the people in a democracy. So if working people's voices aren't heard, then we're only hearing a fraction of the people who should really be the people of a democratic society."
Craig Calhoun, Advisory Board Chair
Upcoming events
BOOK TALK: Rashad Shabazz's "Biography of a Sound" with Commentary from Jeanelle Austin
Join Dr. Rashad Shabazz, CWD board member and Associate Professor in the Schools of Social Transformation and…
ASU Art Museum, "Art in Focus" room; Virtual via Zoom
Twin Flames: The George Floyd Uprising from Minneapolis to Phoenix
OPEN FEBRUARY 3, 2024 THROUGH JULY 28, 2024!
In partnership with the ASU Art Museum and the…
the ASU Art Museum
Past events
The Politics of Care: A Talk with Deva Woodly
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, discussions about the politics of care have proliferated within and beyond…
ASU Art Museum, "Art in Focus" room; Virtual via Zoom
25th Annual John P. Frank Memorial Lecture with Matthew Desmond
Matthew Desmond is the Maurice P. During Professor of Sociology and the founder and principal investigator of the …
Herberger Theater (222 E Monroe St Phoenix, AZ 85004); Virtual
BOOK LAUNCH: "Become Ungovernable: An Abolition Feminist Ethic for Democratic Living" by H.L.T. Quan
H. L. T. Quan will launch her latest book, Become Ungovernable: An Abolition Feminist Ethic for Democratic Living…
ASU Art Museum, "Art in Focus" room; Virtual via Zoom
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