{"id":62,"date":"2020-07-14T09:22:58","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T13:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/operations\/committees\/the-frances-perkins-forum\/"},"modified":"2020-07-14T10:30:20","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T14:30:20","slug":"the-frances-perkins-forum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/operations\/committees\/the-frances-perkins-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"The Frances Perkins Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-63\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/operations\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2020\/07\/frances-perkins-forum-title-300x208.png\" alt=\"frances-perkins-forum-title\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/operations\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2020\/07\/frances-perkins-forum-title-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/operations\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2020\/07\/frances-perkins-forum-title-768x532.png 768w, https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/operations\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2020\/07\/frances-perkins-forum-title.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Frances Perkins Forum loudly counters the silencing of working-class voices and labor interests in the schools. We facilitate professional development forums for teachers, develop creative curriculums exploring issues relevant to working families,and encourage active civic participation by students and their teachers.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Young people in U.S. schools learn a lot about the titans of industry who are said to have &#8220;built this country,&#8221; but very little about working-class history of the labor heroes who fought for a more just society.<\/li>\n<li>Many young workers do not know how benefits such as the 40-hour work week, overtime pay, retirement benefits, or workplace safety standards were accomplished, and therefore do not have sense of what can be done when benefits are taken away or workplace safety is compromised.<\/li>\n<li>Today&#8217;s youth grow up in a media culture saturated with anti-labor messages and contempt for working-class individuals and culture. Working-class and pro-labor voices are often ignored or belittled within our corporate dominated media.<\/li>\n<li>American students are taught how to compete individually but not how to organize for change in our communities, workplaces, or civic institutions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-65\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/operations\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2020\/07\/Francis-Perkins-228x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"Frances Perkins\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" \/>About Frances Perkins<\/h2>\n<p>Frances Perkins advocated for women\u2019s rights and labor rights during her early career as a social worker and a professor of sociology at Adelphi College.<\/p>\n<p>Her leadership skills brought her to the top levels of New York State government before she was appointed the first female presidential cabinet member as Secretary of Labor under FDR.<\/p>\n<p>Perkins was forceful voice for the rights of working people and the power of collective organizing. She shepherded many New Deal reforms including unemployment insurance, child labor laws, a minimum wage,and Social Security Insurance. Perkins, one of the most influential women in U.S. history, would become known as the \u201cMother of the New Deal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We honor her legacy by educating and advocating for a more just and equitable society.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about Perkins at the <a href=\"http:\/\/francesperkinscenter.org\/?page_id=574\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Frances Perkins Center<\/a> website.<\/p>\n<h2>Steering Committee<\/h2>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: none;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><strong>Rob Linn\u00e9<\/strong><br \/>\nProfessor and Director, Adolescent Education<br \/>\nDepartment of Curriculum and Instruction<br \/>\nAdelphi University<br \/>\np \u2013 516.877.4411<br \/>\ne \u2013 <a href=\"mailto:linne@adelphi.edu\">linne@adelphi.edu<\/a><strong>Leigh Benin, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><strong>Mary Finn<\/strong><br \/>\nLecturer Emeritus<br \/>\nDepartment of Educational Organization, Administration &amp; Policy<br \/>\nState University of New York at Buffalo<br \/>\ne \u2013 <a href=\"mailto:fin@buffalo.edu\">fin@buffalo.edu<\/a><strong>Patrick Finn, Ph.D.<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversity at Buffalo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Advisory Board<\/h2>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 49.9168%;\"><strong>Stanley Aronowitz<\/strong><br \/>\nGraduate Center<br \/>\nCity University of New York<strong>Paul F. Cole<\/strong><br \/>\nExecutive Director<br \/>\nAmerican Labor Studies Center<br \/>\nand Secretary-Treasurer Emeritus<br \/>\nNew York State AFL-CIO<strong>Myrna Cherkos Donahoe<\/strong><br \/>\nCalifornia State University,<br \/>\nDominguez Hills<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stuart Eimer<\/strong><br \/>\nWidener University<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fred Glass<\/strong><br \/>\nCommunications Director<br \/>\nCalifornia Federation of Teachers,<br \/>\nand Faculty at the Labor and Community Studies Department<br \/>\nCity College of San Francisco<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gary Hansen<\/strong><br \/>\nExecutive Director<br \/>\nAspen Foundation for Labour Education<\/p>\n<p><strong>Robert Hatfield<\/strong><br \/>\nEducation Director<br \/>\nCommunications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lauri Johnson<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversity at Buffalo<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><strong>Mike Mulgrew<\/strong><br \/>\nPresident<br \/>\nUnited Federation of Teachers (UFT)<strong>Cesar Rossatto<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversity of Texas at El Paso<strong>Cindy Rottman<\/strong><br \/>\nCentre for Leadership and Diversity<br \/>\nOISE\/University of Toronto<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bill Scheuerman<\/strong><br \/>\nPresident<br \/>\nNational Labor College<\/p>\n<p><strong>Susan Schurman<\/strong><br \/>\nRutgers University<\/p>\n<p><strong>Howard Stevenson<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversity of Lincoln, UK<\/p>\n<p><strong>Linda Tubach<\/strong><br \/>\nDirector<br \/>\nCalifornia Federation of Teachers<br \/>\nLos Angeles Unified School District Collective Bargaining Education Project<\/p>\n<p><strong>Daniel Walkowitz<\/strong><br \/>\nNew York University<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lois Weiner<\/strong><br \/>\nNew Jersey City University and AFT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Collaborative Partners<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.labor-studies.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>American Labor Studies Center<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nThe ALSC is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to collect, analyze, evaluate, create, and disseminate labor history and labor studies curricula and related materials to K\u201312 teachers, in alignment with state and national standards.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cft.org\/about-cft\/committees\/labor-in-the-schools-committee.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>California Labor in the Schools Committee<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nAs the statewide affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers, the CFT represents faculty and other school employees in public and private schools and colleges, from early childhood through higher education.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/streetpictures.org\/chalk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Chalk Project<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nAn annual community-wide commemoration of the 1911 Triangle Factory Fire in New York City on March 25 .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.laccd.edu\/dhli\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>The Dolores Huerta Labor Institute<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nDHLI focuses on developing educational opportunities for students that better prepares them academically for the workforce and social justice efforts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.laborarts.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Labor Arts<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nA virtual museum that presents powerful images that help us understand the past and present lives of working people. Labor Arts gathers, identifies and displays images of the cultural artifacts of working people organizations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nyclc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>New York City Labor Chorus<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nThis Chorus promotes union solidarity by expressing through song the history and ongoing struggles of workers for economic and social justice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freireproject.org\/resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Freire Project: Critical Pedagogy Reading Room and Teacher Resources<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nThe Freire Project is dedicated to building an international critical community to promote social justice in a variety of cultural contexts. It is committed to conducting and sharing social, political, and educational research.<\/p>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/operations\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2020\/07\/labor-rights-triangle.jpg\" alt=\"Labor and Worker's Rights\" width=\"181\" height=\"238\" \/>Labor and Worker&#8217;s Rights Research<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/new-york-city-triangle-factory-fire-leigh-benin\/1100094671\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New York City Triangle Factory Fire<\/a><br \/>\nEdited by Rob Linn\u00e9, Leigh Benin, and Andi Sosin<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/organizing-the-curriculum-rob-linne\/1101658520?ean=9789087907181\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Organizing the Curriculum: Perspectives on Teaching the US Labor Movement<\/a><br \/>\nEdited by Rob Linn\u00e9, Leigh Benin, and Andi Sosin<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/teacher-education-with-an-attitude-patrick-j-finn\/1111883089?ean=9780791470367\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Teacher Education with an Attitude: Preparing Teachers to Educate Working-Class Students in their Collective Self-Interest<\/a><br \/>\nEdited by Patrick Finn and Mary Finn<\/p>\n<h2>Articles and Book Chapters<\/h2>\n<p>Linn\u00e9, R. Benin, L. &amp; Sosin, A. (In Press 2009). Talking Union in the Schools: A Labor Perspective on Social Justice Education. <em>Journal of Educational Foundations.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sosin, A. Benin, L. &amp; Linn\u00e9, R. (In Press 2009). Organizing the Curriculum: Changing What Students Learn about Unions in School. <em>New Voices in Labour Studies.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Linn\u00e9, R. Benin, L. &amp; Sosin, A. (Spring 2009). Teaching Labor\u2019s Untold Story: How to Get Labor Back into the Classroom. <em>New Labor Forum<\/em> (85-94).<\/p>\n<p>Sosin, A. Benin, L. &amp; Linn\u00e9, R. (2009). <em>Collaborating for Labor Consciousness: The Education &amp; Labor Collaborative in Collaboration in Education<\/em>, edited by Judith Slater and Ruth Ravid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Frances Perkins Forum loudly counters the silencing of working-class voices and labor interests in the schools. 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