Center for Work and Democracy Fall Conference

1475 North Scottsdale Road,Scottsdale AZ 85257

27 August, 2021

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Please join us for the Center for Work and Democracy’s Fall Conference. Registration is required. August 27, 2021, ASU Skysong 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. This event is free and will also be live streamed. You will receive a link with information regarding the live stream after you register. Please join us for the Center for Work and Democracy’s Fall conference. The event will report on the Center’s work in George Floyd Square, on mapping the kernels of renewal in the labor movement, and on essential work and care work. We will also be introducing new residents and postdoctoral researchers at the Center, including our first activist-in-residence. Finally, the keynote panel will bring Craig Calhoun, University Professor of the Social Sciences, into dialogue with Dave Regan, the President of United Healthcare Workers West/SEIU, for a discussion on changes in American political economy and the path forward for the labor movement. Please see the full conference schedule and list of participants below. Registration is strongly encouraged. There is limited space on site due to Covid protocols. Masks are required on site. The event will be live streamed. All registrants will receive a link to the live stream. Conference Schedule: 1 to 5 p.m. in room 201 Global 1PM Public Event Begins: Introductions Pardis Mahdavi, Dean of Social Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Science Michael McQuarrie, Director of the Center for Work and Democracy 1:15 Research Reports Michael McQuarrie, ‘Whereas the City Killed a Man…’: George Floyd Square and 21st Century Protest Jiwoon Yulee, Mapping the Space of Strategic Efforts to Revive American Labor Mary Margaret Fonow, Indulata Prasad, Jiwoon Yulee, “(re)thinking Social Reproduction and the Infrastructure of Care” 2:30 Introducing Center Fellows Ben Case, “When Yelling Isn’t Good Enough: Riots in Civil Resistance” Jiwoon Yulee, “Labor Precaritization and the Financialization of Social Reproduction” Jeanelle Austin, “Memorialization, Art, and Protest in George Floyd Square” 4:00 Keynote Discussion Craig Calhoun, “Economic Transformation and the Future of Democracy” Dave Regan, “The Path Forward for American Labor” 5:00 Reception in room 241 Innovation Participants: • Jeanelle Austin, Activist-in-residence, Center for Work and Democracy, co-founder of George Floyd Global Memorial • Craig Calhoun, University Professor of Social Sciences, Chair of the Center for Work and Democracy Advisory Board • Ben Case, Lead Researcher, Center for Work and Democracy • Mary Margaret Fonow, Emeritus Professor, School of Social Transformation. Center for Work and Democracy Advisory Board • Pardis Mahdavi, Dean of Social Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences • Michael McQuarrie, Director, Center for Work and Democracy • Indulata Prasad, Assistant Professor, School of Social Transformation, Affiliated Faculty at the Center for Work and Democracy • Dave Regan, President, United Healthcare Workers West/SEIU • Jiwoon Yulee, Lead Researcher, Center for Work and Democracy FREE PARKING AT SKYSONG on the north side of the building near McDowell This event will held in building 1 of Skysong: 201Global https://www.imsglobal.org/sites/default/files/SkySongMap.pdf