Mark Rylance, academy award actor and Peter Reder, writer, came to Pittsburgh to honor the brave men and women who fought and died in the Battle of Homestead in 1892. Mark Rylance participated in the many activities that commemorated the 125th anniversary of the historic Battle of Homestead.. This speech was delivered during the Meet and Greet event where the Battle of Homestead members met with Mark Rylance and his writer, Peter Reder.
Presentation by author Trilby Busch. "Darkness Visible: A Novel of the 1892 Homestead Strike.", recreates the experiences of the workers and townspeople who witnessed the strike and battle firsthand. Descendants of members of the strike committee will also share their family stories.
The 2018 PA Labor Historical Society Conference was held September 22, 2018 at Community College of Allegheny College -Pittsburgh Campus. This year’s program was entitled ‘Vietnam: A Working Class War’ and featured panel discussions and presentations regarding Vietnam War activism and related topics. The goal of this program was to provide an opportunity for the present generation of young people, students, elders, and members of the larger Pittsburgh community to learn from and dialogue with those whose lives and politics were profoundly impacted by the Vietnam War.
The Tree of Life Massacre of October 2018 has cast an indelible stain on the history of Pittsburgh. We mark its first anniversary with a discussion by historians and activists reviewing both our country's response to race-bating, hate-mongering, and systematic discrimination. Joe White, Carl Redwood and Steffi Domike lead the panel discussion.
The Battle of Homestead Foundation sponsored the Betty Davis 75th Birthday Bash at the AMC Waterfront Theater on July 26, 2019. The documentary "Betty - They Say I'm Different" was shown followed by a birthday celebration at the Waterfront Sing Sing/Rock Bottom restaurant.
The Battle of Homestead Foundation labor supporters gathered in Natrona Heights, Brackenridge and Arnold Cemetery, Pennsylvania, to remember the one hundred year anniversary of the death of labor activists, Fannie Sellins and Joe Strazeleski, who were brutally murdered by the Coal and Iron Police.
Presented by Dr. Sarah Papazoglakis, a privacy and trust product strategist at Facebook Reality Labs. The 2021 Bernard Kleiman Lecture co-sponosred with United Steelworkers examines whether Carnegie’s fabled philanthropy was at its core a planned public relations effort to soften his legacy as a manipulative financier and ruthless suppressor of unions.
