Sidney Awards
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Tevin Louis, left, was charged with felony murder after police killed his best friend and alleged accomplice Marquise Sampson, right.
September 14, 2016
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UPCOMING: Thurs Oct 6, 6:30pm @1199SEIU, a disucssion with former SACTWU General Secretary, Johnny Copelyn, on the release of his book, Maverick Insider.
March 22 at the Schomburg Center, co-sponsoring a discussion on advancing justice for black women and girls. More details.
On Oct 19, we co-sponsored with CUNY’s Murphy Institute a discussion about #BlackLivesMatter and #Fightfor15 with Hillman judge, Jelani Cobb, Alicia Garza and Kendall Fells. Watch video here.
On Jan 15, Hillman co-sponsored an all-day conference with the Albert Shanker Institute and the American Prospect called “The American Labor Movement at a Crossroads: New Thinking, New Organizing, New Strategies”. See more here.
On Sept 11, the Hillman Foundation hosted “Your Shirt Off Their Backs,” a panel discussion on sweatshops, labor, and the global economy. See photos and video of the event.
In case you missed “Stuck in Segregation” at the Schomburg Center with Farai Chideya, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Richard Rothstein and Patrick Sharkey, you can watch the livestream video here, and download a PDF of Rothstein’s “Segregation Never Really Ended: The Link Between Housing and Education” here.