Labor, Social, & Environmental Justice Fair with the CSU Dominguez Hills Labor Studies Club
You are invited to participate in the Labor, Social, and Environmental Justice Fair to be held on Thursday, April 19, 2012, from 11 AM to 4 PM on the campus of CSU Dominguez Hills. Organizations will set up at around 8 AM. Unity Fest, with great music and cultural programming by our Multicultural Center at CSUDH, will be held in conjunction with the Fair, so a good time should be had by all. Our planning committee, consisting of students, community and labor organizations is finalizing the program, and we are inviting you to be part of this great event!
This is the fourth year for the Fair. Last year, we were very pleased with the wonderful turnout we were able to achieve, with 300 high school students coming from four different schools, dozens of community college students and over 700 of our own students attending. We’ve learned a lot from the past events and plan to make this the best Fair ever. We plan to have clusters of booths that are grouped around the theme of the fair, one that is organized around informing people about labor, the military and prison industrial complex, inequality, immigration, environment, and education. Our theme for this year is Together We are Unstoppable, Another World is Possible.
This Fair has multiple goals. CSUDH is the only four-year university in Southern University to offer a major in Labor Studies. We think it is crucial to honor labor and promote labor studies, and we want to build our support for the labor and social justice community. We view the Fair as an opportunity to deepen connections among campuses, labor unions, workers’ centers, community organizations, and people: students, faculty, union folk and community members. It is a space for transmitting information about organizing campaigns and work issues, jobs and internships, and discussions about broader issues. The Fair is funded by a grant from the Diane Middleton Foundation and from our Associated Student organization, as well as a growing list of labor and non-profit sponsors. If you would like to donate towards our fair, please let us know so we can add your name to the list.
We plan to repeat our successful format of holding outdoor booths for many organizations where people can have one-on-one conversations, while some indoor and many outdoor interactive events occur hourly. Faculty and students, community members and union workers and officials will move between the indoor meetings, exhibits, and the outdoor booth spaces with cultural programming and refreshments. We will have some outstanding guest speakers too.
Please join us in providing us with your ideas and involvement to make this conference a success. We have a booth application form that you can request from us, but we ask that all requests come in before March 30th. Looking forward to holding an event that will be enjoyable and worthwhile.
