Past Events

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

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

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

Worker Power and Economic Democracy: The CWD's Annual Conference

This two-day event features panelists and speakers across organizing, activism, and academia as we discuss the state of…

 

  Old Main Building at Arizona State University (400 E Tyler Mall Tempe, AZ 85281)

BOOK LAUNCH: "Clean Air and Good Jobs" by Todd Vachon

Todd Vachon discusses his recently published book, Clean Air and Good Jobs: U.S Labor and the Struggle for Climate…

 

  West Hall Room 135, Tempe Campus; Zoom

From Precarity to Possibility: A Talk with Zoë West

 

  135 West Hall; Zoom

Movie Night: "Norma Rae"

Join us for a screening of the 1979 film Norma Rae! The film surrounds the efforts to unionize a textile…

 

  Durham Hall, room 210

BOOK LAUNCH: "Quick Fixes: Drugs in America from Prohibition to the 21st Century Binge" by Benjamin Fong

Join us for a book launch event in TWO PARTS!

VIRTUAL EVENT

 

  Virtual; West Hall (Room 135) 1000 Cady Mall Tempe, AZ 85281

BOOK LAUNCH: "After Black Lives Matter: Policing and Anti-Capitalist Struggle"

On April 11th, the Center for Work and Democracy will be hosting a book launch for Cedric Johnson’s…

 

  West Hall Room 135, Tempe Campus; Hybrid via Zoom

Jennifer Silva: Pain and Politics in the Heart of America

Join us at the Center for Work and Democracy in welcoming Jennifer Silva to our campus for this hybrid event, hosted on…

 

  West Hall Room 135, Tempe Campus; Zoom